Legislation by Source Document: National Archive of the United Kingdom
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for preventing Frauds and Perjuries. | 32 George II – Chapter 18 | 1758 | This Act implements several measures to prevent frauds and perjuries, such as by requiring contracts be made on sales at a price of ten or more pounds, and several measures relating to property law, including allowable terms of leases and sales or inheritance of property. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act concerning Marriages and Divorce and for punishing Incest and Adultery, and declaring Polygamy to be Felony. | 32 George II – Chapter 17 | 1758 | Under this Act, intention of marriage must be publicly given on three Sundays prior to any marriage. Polygamy is made a felony and incestuous marriages or impotent marriages are allowed to be declared null and void. Penalties for those who offend against this Act's terms or who commit adultery are outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for preventing Frauds by Butchers and Fishmongers. | 32 George II – Chapter 16 | 1758 | Under this Act, only livestock killed and dressed in the most clean and plain manner are allowed to be exposed to sale, and tainted or unfit fish are not to be sold. Penalties for those who act in defiance of this Act are outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts. | 32 George II – Chapter 15 | 1758 | This Act sets regulations on how creditors can collect payments of debts and procedures to take place if the debtor cannot repay their creditor. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for preventing Trespasses. | 32 George II – Chapter 14 | 1758 | This Act sets standards for fences and sets procedures for how and in what cases damages done by horses or livestock should be compensated. Swine are also not to be permitted to be at large in the streets of Halifax. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act relating to Treasons and Felonies. | 32 George II – Chapter 13 | 1758 | Under this Act anyone found to compass or imagine the King's death, levy war against him, assist his enemies, or forge counterfeit money or counterfeit seals, is to be convicted of high treason. Punishments for other felonies like rape, abortion, or killing, or attempting to kill or maim, or accidentally killing another person, are outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent the Sale of Slop-Cloathing, and for punishing the Concealers or Harbourers of Seamen or Marines deferring from the Royal Navy. | 32 George II – Chapter 12 | 1758 | This Act makes it illegal for Seamen or Marines to sell their uniforms and defines punishments for those found to be harbouring the same. This Act is to remain in force for the term of the present war (the Seven Years War). | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act relating to Wills, Legacies, and Executors, and for the Settlement and Distribution of the Estates of Intestates. | 32 George II – Chapter 11 | 1758 | This Act regulates how wills are to be enacted and puts restrictions on how much property can be bequeathed without the oath of witnesses. The Act also outlines what is to be done in the event that inheritors or witnesses are deceased. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent forestalling the Market. | 32 George II – Chapter 10 | 1758 | This Act regulates when live stock, fresh provision, and other articles as listed brought in from neighbouring colonies can be sold. Under this Act, goods are to be held at a public wharf for forty-eight hours before being sold, and that a cryer is to announce the sale. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for erecting a House of Correction or Workhouse, within the Town of Halifax. | 32 George II – Chapter 9 | 1758 | This Act provides a sum of five hundred pounds to be collected from duties on spirituous liquors to be put towards the construction of a workhouse to be built to the dimensions specified. Commissioners to oversee the construction are appointed. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |