Historical Register in London, Middlesex

Financial Measures and Debtor Relief Legislation Considered in Commons

The House resolved to grant 590000 to cancel similar Exchequer Bills and discharge seamen wages. A Malt-Bill passed third reading and was sent to the Lords, a relief for insolvent debtors was ordered, and expiring laws to be revived. A grand Committee examined the loss of 145 6d from February 1724 and a bill to restore that loss was ordered. On February 14 the Mutiny Bill progressed, and Ways and Means debated raising up to 1250000 by annuities at 4 percent for 32 years, funded by Anne era duties, with a writ issued for a Burgess in Port ifgnam alias Westrow. Further Ways and Means proposed a 3d in the pound levy for 1729 on lands and offices.