1 566 C. 20. Anno quinto Gulielmi $c Marine. A. D. 16Q4J Falfs Oath Ftrjury. ^ , „. Contributor, his or her Executors, Adminiftrators or Afligns, at his, her, or their Eledion to mat,.' i l'fpTJ"or Oath of the Truth of his, her or their refp.ftive Nominee's Life, or the Life of one of them, upon Contribu'toi's the Day when the faid Pay Vients inall become due, before one or more Juftice- of the Peace of the'refpec- ' Oath. tive County, Riding, City, I'own or Place wherein fuch Perfon at the Time of miiking the faidOath ' fhall refide (which Oath he or they are hereby impovvered to adminiit;er) and the faid Juilice or Juftices ! Ihall make a Certificate ihereof, for which ^ath and Certificate no Fee or Reward fhall i.e required and the (iiid Certificate fhall be filed in the faid Office of Receipi in the Exchequer; and if any Perfsn fhall be i guilty of a falfe Oath, or forging any CertifiL.ate, touching the Premiiles, and be thereof lawfully convided ( he fhall incur the Pains and Penalties to be infliiSted upon Perfons who commit wilful Perjury or Forgery* If Nominee in and in cafe any Nominee (hail at the Tiir.e of fuch Demand be refident in Scotland, or beyond the Seas' ' Scotland, &c. j^j^j ^j^y Qj,g ^^. ^^^g ^f tj^g Barons of the Exchequer for the Time b^ing fhall certify, that upon Proof to ■ aEaron^of th^ ^^™- o^ them made (which Proof he and they is and are hereby authorized and required to take in a fum- i Exchequer. ■ mary Way) it doth feem probable to him or them, tuat the faid Nominee is living (which Certificate is to ; be given, and Examination made, without Fee or Charge] the faid Certificate, Deing filed as aforefaid ;' fhall be a fufficient Warrant for making the faid Payment to the refpective Contributors or Advancers* ( Punilhment for their Executors, Adminiftrators, orAfligns; and if any Perfon or Perfons fhall receive one or more Pay- | Nombel'^"" ments upon his, her, or their Annuity or Annuities, for any Time beyond the Death of his, her^ or their ! vtiik. ^^ iNominee or Nominees, when the fame oughL to ceafe, fuch Perfon or Perfons Ihall forfeit treble tKe ! Value of the Monies fo by him, her or them received; the one half thereof to their Majefties, their t Heirs and Succeffors, and the other half to him or them v/ho will fue for the fame by Adiion, Suit 1 Bill, or Information, in which no Eifoin, Proteftion, Privilege, Wager of Law, or more than ojie Im^i A parlancefhall he allowed. 'i If the whole XXXVIIL And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe the whole < Sum be not Sum of twelvs hundred thoufand Pounds fhall not be fubfcribed and paid into the Exxhtquer, as afore- 1 Deficien^c'*' ^^^' ^^^^ *^^^ '° "^"^h of the faid yearly Sum of one hundred thoufand Pounds, hereby intended to anfwer: I mVtie"fupplied the Recompence for the fame, as by fuch Deficiency (hall by this Act be undifpofed, (hall and may bsand; | by Annuities, is hereby applied and appropriated (fo far as the fame will amount) to pay to any Pejfon and Perfonsj (x who (hall advance and pay any Sum or Sums of Money into the Exchequer, on or before the firftr' i Day of Ft hrua.y, which (hall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety and four, oiiJ I Account to have an Annuity or Aniiuities for one, two, or three Lives, fuch refpe.dlive Sum and Sums fori } fuch refpedlive Life or Lives, according to fuch Rates and Proportions, and for fuch Time, and under' :«
- fuch Rules and Directions, as are herein before contained, with relation to fuch as (hall advance and .payJ |
the faid three hundred thoufand Pounds. _ j ; If 1,500,0001. XXXIX. And be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That if the whole Sum of fifteen hundr«dJ v« ■benotraifed thoufand Pounds be not advanced and paid into the Exchsqzter, upon this Aft, before the firft Day of 1 ;i of°Ms°Aa''^' Oii'l^ one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, that then it (hall and may be lawful for their Majeilies,; fe Dc-ficiency to or their Officers in the Receipt of their Majefties Exchequer by their Command and Appointment, tio V te fuppiied by borrow and take into the faid Recei.pt for , their Majefties Ufe, by way of Loan, any Sum or Sums of; it loan. Money, which together with the wholj Value or Amount of all the Sums of Money, which (hall before' la jthe faid firlFDay of 0/7o^ir be cQntribute4 or advanced, as aforefaid, (hall not exceed the Sum or Sums of j ri ,*fifteen hundred thoufand Pounds, which Sum or Sums fo taken up by way of Loan, (hall and m.ay bej j: > .charged upon the Credit of their Majefties Exchsguer in general, and Tallies of Loan, and Orders of Re- I (' •payment of the fame, fhall be levied and .drawn accordingly, which faid Orders (hall be affignable and ! i transferrable from one Perfon to ajiother. '. , 8 per Cent. XL. And it is hereby .enacted,. That all and every Sum and Sums of Money, fo to be borrowed,! " allowed upon „o(. exceeding as aforefaid, .together with Interell for the fame not exceeding the Rate of eight Pounds^ ' 1
- • per Centum per Annum, to be paid every three Months, until Satisfaftion of the Principal, (halJ be payable, . i
and fatisfied unto the refpe£tive Lender or Lenders of the fame, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftra- ' i ■ tors, or Ailigns, out of the Monies which (hall afterward arife and be brought into the Exchequer by or for : ; If the Duties Contributions upon this A£t, fo far as the fame will extend ; and in cafe the Money fo arifing by this Atj . < fall ftoit, next fhall not be fufficient for the paying thereof, then the faid Loans, which fhall remain unfatisfied, with the , i Subfidy given Intereft for the fame, fhall be repaid out of the next Aids or Supplies to be granted to their Majefties in' ( chaS."""™' Parliament, and ihalj ,be transferred and transferrable thereunto, as foon as any fuch Aid or Supply (hall .be ( The reft of granted to their Majefties; and if no fuch Aids or Supplies fhall be granted to their Majefties before I the Revenue the fecond Day of February one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, then the Lid Sum and Sums of ' charged, if Money, fo to be borrowed, not exceeding as aforefaid, and the Intereft thereof, fhall be payable- and be i '"subfiT'^bi-^P^^ ^'^^ fatisfied to the Lender or Lenders, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns 1 ibrc 2 February, refpedively, by and out of any their Majefties .Treafure, which from thenceforth (hall come into, be, or : remain in tlie Receipt of their Majefties j5.yc'^j'^««', not being already appropriated to any particular Ufes j ".by any Adt or A(Sts of Parliament before this Time made. i 3,000,0001. ' XLL And whereas by an A(St of this prefent SefTion of Parliament, intituled, An A£i for grantingi . i fo'rmerly appro- '* to their lidajejiies an AM of four Shillings in the Pound for one Year, for carrying on a vigorous IVar againjl. priated to vhe t France, the Sum of ten hundred thoufand Pounds, including therein the Sum of four hundred thoufand J NavyandOtd- 4 Pounds already borrowed for the Ufe of the Navy, is by the faid Act appropriated for the Services ' "s Te w. &M.' of the Navy and Ordjwnce, as Part of the Supplies granted this Seflion Cor the Payment of W.,ges, K fi.jf.. * ' ' 'for ;
