A concise abstract of the most important clauses [electronic resource] : in the following interesting acts of Parliament, passed in the session of 1779; By which the Public in general are more immediately affected, than by any passed in any former Session, viz. 1. Act for the Suppression of Smugglers, and the Protection and Encouragement of Fair Traders. 2. Act for Preventing Personal Arrests under Ten Pounds. 3. Act for Raising, Embodying, and Regulating the Militia in England, and Fencible Men in Scotland. 4. Act for Impressing Seamen. 5. Act for Erecting Penitentiary Houses for the Confinement of Offenders convicted of Transportable Crimes. 6. Act for imposing Taxes on Dwelling-Houses, and Hired Servants. 7. Act for imposing Taxes on Post and other Hired Horses, and Carriages. 8. Act for Additional Stamp Duties, wherein are ascertained the Quantity of Chancery and Common-Law Sheets. 9. Act for Licensing Auctioneers, and Taxing Estates and Goods sold by Auction. With a preface, notes, and observations, by a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.
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A concise abstract of the most important clauses [electronic resource] : in the following interesting acts of Parliament, passed in the session of 1779; By which the Public in general are more immediately affected, than by any passed in any former Session, viz. 1. Act for the Suppression of Smugglers, and the Protection and Encouragement of Fair Traders. 2. Act for Preventing Personal Arrests under Ten Pounds. 3. Act for Raising, Embodying, and Regulating the Militia in England, and Fencible Men in Scotland. 4. Act for Impressing Seamen. 5. Act for Erecting Penitentiary Houses for the Confinement of Offenders convicted of Transportable Crimes. 6. Act for imposing Taxes on Dwelling-Houses, and Hired Servants. 7. Act for imposing Taxes on Post and other Hired Horses, and Carriages. 8. Act for Additional Stamp Duties, wherein are ascertained the Quantity of Chancery and Common-Law Sheets. 9. Act for Licensing Auctioneers, and Taxing Estates and Goods sold by Auction. With a preface, notes, and observations, by a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.
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Great Britain.
Uniform Title
Public General Acts. 1779. Abstracts
Concise abstract of the most important clauses.
Concise abstract of the most important clauses.
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London : printed for Fielding and Walker, Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[12],91,[1]p. ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, N5244.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Gentleman of the Inner Temple.
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