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The Bill for laying an Imposition of a quarter of a year's value upon very new foundation within the Lines of Communication, & Bills of Mortality.

The Duty upon Licences.

note Jan. 5th. /note A third Shilling Land tax. These Bills all pass'd into Laws, except the Licence & new foundation Bill.

While things were going on thus briskly with regard to the Supply, the Corporation Bill that had been Committed note 1690. /note the 19th. of Dec. was reported the 2d. of Jan. on the 4th. the Bill was engross'd, & would have been deletion unclear /deletion addition read the third time /addition if by some management the prevailing party, had not been induc'd to give their Adversarys time to rally, in addition which tho' for a few days they manag'd matters so well that /addition deletion the unclear while they employ'd have unclear so well that /deletion