A. D. 1758. Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii II. G. 23. 359 III. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, 'I'hat from and after the faid fifth Day The Life Annuities of 'fmuarv one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, the feveral Annuities on fingle Lives by the '^="7°V"t' f" P"* . . y 1 -. ' 1 »_i ^LT-i_ • rr>/-^L ri-'iu -ii- /u 11 u ©"t of 1 he Sinking faid A£t granted, payable at the Exchequer in refpect of the aforelaid three millions, Ihall be ^^^^^ *" charged upon, and made payable out of the Produce of the faid Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund i any Thing to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies which have arifen Produce of the addj- fince the fifth Day of January one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, or that fhall or may here- tional Stamp Duties, after arife, of the Produce of the feveral additional Stamp Duties on Pamphlets and printed Papers, the additional Duty on Coals exported, the Surplus on the new Duty on Licences for retailing the Duty on Coals ex- Wine, and the Surplus on the Duties on Licejices for retailing Spirituous Liquors, which were P"'^^^'*' 3"<* ^"'■pl"'®*" jnade a Fund for Payment of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, at the Bank of En^Jand^^ on three Licences and "retailin-'* millions borrowed by virtue of the faid hOt made in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of his prefent Spirituous Liquors, Majefty, towards the Supply of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, as alfo of the grantedby Aa 3oGeo.2. Annuities on fingle Lives, payable at the Receipt of the Exchequer in refpe£t of the fame, fhall be Life Annuites therer carried to and made a Part of the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund ; and the fame (hall be ^?he"sinkin "^Fund^'ana' deemed and taken to be Part of the faid Sinking Fund, and (hall be illued and applied to fuch Ufes apniied"ac'tofdingly'. *" and Purpofes as the feveral Excefles, Surplufles or Overplus Monies, compofing the faid Sinking Fund, are or may be ifTued and applied j any Thing in the faid before recited A£l to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XXIIL An Aft to continue feveral Laws therein mentioned, relating to the allowing a Drawback of the Duties upon the Exportation of Copper Bars imported ; to the Encouragement of the Silk IVIanufaftares and for taking off feveral Duties on Merchandize exported, and reducing other Duties-, to the Premium upon Mads, Yards, and Bowfprits, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine; to the encouraging the Growth of Coffee in his Majefty's Plantations in America to the fecuring the Duties upon Foreign made Sail Cloth, and charging Foreign made Sails with a Duty ; and for enlarging the Time for Payment of the Duties omitted to be paid on the Indentures and Contrafts of Clerks, Apprentices, or Servants; and alfo for making Affidavits of the Execution of Articles or Contracts of Clerks to Attornies or Sollicitors, and filing thereof.
- ATT HE RE A S the Laws herein after mentioned, which have by Experience been found ufe- p«amble,
- VV ^"1 ^"^ beneficial, are near expiring :' May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Ma-
jefty, that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That a Claufe in an A61 made in the Claufe In an Aa 9 8e ninth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled. An 10 W. 3. c.26. relating Aa to fettle the Trade to Africa; for allowing during a limited Time, a Drawback of the Duties D^^:e^^[I'„co°* "' upon the Exportation of Copper Bars imported ;. and which Claufe was to continue in Force for the Ba^rs^Vc^" '^^^^^ Term of thirteen Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and which Claufe, after the Expiration thereof was, by an Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign and the Provifo in Ad- t)f her late Majefty Qtieen Anne, revived and continued ; and alfo a Provifo in the laft mentioned iz Ann^e, c. 18. re- • A£l contained. That no Drav/back fiiould be allowed on the Exportation of any Copper, but fuch '^ting thereto, as had been or ftiould be imported from the Eaji Indies and the Coaft of Barhary only ; and which faid 13 Geo. 1. c. 2,7, Claufe and Provifo, by feveral fubfcquent A<Sts of the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- 15 Geo. 2, c. 35. jefty King George the Firft, and of the fifteenth and twenty-fixth Years of the Reign of his ^6 Cw. 2. e. jz. prefent Majefty, were continued until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; ftiall be and furiher continued t* the fame are hereby further continued, from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-fourth Day of 24 h^^ '7^6. June one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-fi.x, and from thence to the End of the then next Seition of Parliament. II. And be it further ena^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That fo much of an Aifl made in the Part of Aft 8 Gto. i. eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for the Encouragement off- 15. relating to the the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom ;, and for taking off feveral Duties on Merchandizes ex- ^'"'^"""S^'"^"'^ °' *= ported ; and for reducing the Duties-^ upon Beaver Skins, Pepper, Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs ^^^J cominuc<i"to' '" imported, and for Importation of all B'urs of the Produ6t of the Britijh Plantations, into this King- ^^ June 1766. dom only; and that the two Corporations of Afiurance, on any Suits brought oa their Policies, fhall be liable only to fingle Dam^iges and Cofts of Suit; as relates- to tlie Encouragement of the Silk Manufadures of this Kingdom, and to the taking ofF feveral Dutie-5 on Merchandizes ex- ported; which was to continue in Force for three Years, from the tv/enty -fifth Day of ALi>h one thciufand fe.vea hundred, and twenty-two, and from thence to the End of the theu next Scfliau of a. P.aiUwiient ;
