Act Amending Explaining Passed Fourteenth (3 results)

Condition: Very Good +. Title continued: "within the Province of Quebec, in America." [2], 1227-1228 p.; 31 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third . . . Being the First Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain." Woodcut royal coat of arms above the imprint. Woodcut headpiece and historiated initial at the beginning of the act. The act allows run, brandy, and other spirits to be brought into Quebec through additional ports of entry. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound; lightly creased along lower half of spine; clean and bright.

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With title vignette & decorated initial. Remnants of original binding to spine & stabholes. Internally clean. Slight wear & light foxing to outer pages. ; Full Title: An Act for Explaining and Amending so much of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of His Present Majesty for the repairing and enlarging the roads from the town of Selby in the West Riding of the County of York, to the town of Leeds; and from thence, in two several branches, one through Bradford and Horton, and the other through Bowling and Wibsey, to the town of Halifax in the same riding, as relates to that part of the said roads which lies between Selby and Leeds; and also for reparing the road from Tadcaster in the said West Riding, over Bramham Moor through Kidhall Lane, over Win Moor, and through Seacroft to a place called Halton Dyal, where it comes into the abovesaid road, between Selby and Leeds. --- An amending Act establishing the Tadcaster and Halton Dial Turnpike Trust, one of Yorkshire's earliest turnpike authorities. This legislation clarified provisions of the 1740 Leeds and Halifax Roads Act (which created the turnpike from Selby through Leeds to Halifax) and authorized the separate maintenance of the important route from Tadcaster over Bramham Moor through Seacroft to Halton Dial, where it joined the Selby-Leeds road. The Trust operated until 1873, collecting tolls to maintain this crucial West Riding coaching route. The original 1740 Act established one of Britain's earliest turnpike systems during the initial expansion of turnpike trusts beyond the Home Counties. These trusts transformed English road infrastructure by enabling local businessmen and gentry to collect tolls for highway improvement rather than relying on ineffective parish maintenance. The Tadcaster route served as a vital link in Yorkshire's commercial network, connecting the market town to Leeds and the broader West Riding road system. A significant example of mid-Georgian transport legislation documenting the development of Yorkshire's road infrastructure during the crucial period of turnpike expansion. ; 31.2 x 20.1 cms; 531-566 pages.

Condition: Good. 4 pages in paper cover. 31 cm. Title page with Royal coat of arms. Act itself 2 p. Anno Regni Decimo Quinto, &c. Cap. 40.