388 C. 31' Anno tricefimo fecundo Ge org 11 II. A. D. 1758. »o be iiTued and applied and applied for and towards making good the Supply granted to his Majefty for the Service of the towards tlif Supplies Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-rine ; and the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury, granted for »b« ear or any three or more of them now being, or the High 7'reafurer, or any three or more of the Com- mifTioners of the Treafury for the Time being, are hereby authorized and impowered to iffue and apply the f^me accordingly. A further Sum nor ex- ^^' ^^^ ^^ '^ further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That by or out of fuch Monies as teeding 2,250,0001. to ^i^H thereafter, from Time to Time, be and remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of the Sur- beifTuedand applied out plufles, Excefles, Overplus Monies, and other Revenues compofing the faid Fund commonly called cf the growing Produce The Sinking Fund, after paying or referving fufficient to pay all fuch Sums of Money as have been SJfad'su^i"* ^°'*"'^' direaed by any former Ad or Ads of Parliament to be paid out of the fame, there Ihall and may, at uppiy. j^ jjj^^ Manner, be iffued and applied a further Sum not exceeding two millions two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds, for and towards the faid Supply. Surplus reroainirjgorthe HI. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Part of the Sum of one hun- Sum of 100,0001. dred thoufand Pounds granted to his Majefty iti the laft Seflion of Parliament, upon Account, to- granted in the laft Sefli- wards defraying the Charge of Pay and Cloathing for the Militia for the Year one thoufand (ev^n Cha°*'"f pi'^a*!d"^ '^'^""'^^^'^ ^""^ fifty- eight, and for defraying fuch Expences as were adtually incurred upon the Ac- Cl<wthingof*the: Militia' <^ount of the Militia in the ear one thoui'and feven hundred and fifty-feven, as (hall remain in the Bj alfo the Sum of Receipt of the Exchequer after Satisfadlion of the faid Charges and Expences; and alfo the Sum of 73,3081. 3». 10 d. iq. feventy-three thoufand three hundred eight Pounds three Shillings and ten Pence Farthing, now re- O»erplos of the Cants maining in the Exchequer, being the Overplus of the Grants for the Service of the Year one for the Year 1758J thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight ; and alfo the Sum ofone hundred thoufand Pounds repaid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, and now remaining there, being the fame Sum which was granted to With the Sum of ^jj Majefty by a Vote of this Houfe of the fifteenth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and Ih^ExX^lTh^l^^^^^^^ to enable his Majefty to make good his Engagements with the Emprcfs of Rujia, fhall" Sum voted to the Em« ^nd may be, in like Manner, ifilied and applied, at the faid Receipt, for and towards the faid Supply. prefs o Ruflia m the Year 1755. ^obe ifl'ued and applied towards the faid Supply. In cafe of Want of Mo- IV. And whereas it may fo happen that there may be a Want of Money for carrying on the cur- ney for carrying on the ^g^^t Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, before Monies fufficient may curient errice, have arifen into the Exchequer, from the faid Surpluftes, Excefies orOveiplus Monies, commonly called The Sinking Fundy to fatisfy and pay the faid Sum of two millions two hundred and fifty thou- fand Pounds, by this A61: granted ; in fuch Cafe it (hall and may be lawful to and for the i'aid Com- miflioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafu- the Treafory may bor- rer, or any three or more of the Commiflioners of the Treafury for the Time being, by Warrant or row a Sum comjkegood Warrants under his or their Hands, to permit and fuft'er any Perfon or Perfons, or Body or Bodies two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds, upon Credit of the growing Produce of the faid Surplufies, to be repaid quarterly, Excefils or Overplus Monies, and to be repaid out of the fame as they (hall quarterly afterwards with intereif. aiile, together with Intereft for the Forbearance thereof in the mean Time; arrd it fhall and may be Bank may advance lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank oi England, to advance or lend to his Majefty ia thereon any Sum not cx- uj^^. Manner, at the Receipt of the Exchequer, upon the Credit of Loan granted by this A£t, any cee iflg 2,250,000 . g^^^ ^^ Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of two millions ^wo hundred and fifty rowithftsniing »he Aft thoufand Pounds; any I'hing in an Act made in the fifth and fixth Years of the Reign of K.'ugfVilliam v(^ltf>yi.k M. and Queen Maiy, imituled, Jn JSi for granting to their Majejiies feverol Rates and Duties upon Ton- nage cf Ships and Fejfels, and upon Beer, Ale and other Liquors, for jecuring certain Recompences and Ad- vantages in the faid A£i mentined, to fuch Perfons as (hall voluntarily advance the Sum of one million five hundred thoufand Pounds, towards carrying on the fvar againfi France, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwitnftanding. ' V. And v^ht'Tcas Samuel Taylor of Greenock Merchant, did, in or about the Year one thoufand ' feven hundred and twenty-eight, become bound, with four other Perfons who are fince become
- Bankrupts, iji a Bond conditioned for the P;.yment of one thoufand four hundred fev( n Pounds
- four Shillings and five Pence Farthing or thereabouts, being the Duties on certain Tcbaeco im-
- ported : And whereas there was drawn back upon Tobacco exported, end paid in Money, before
- the laid Bond became due, the Sum of feven hundred fifty-one Pounds twelve Shillings and three
- Pence Halfpenny or thereabouts, in Difcharge of the faid Bond; and there hath been fince paid
- by the f?id Samuel Taylor, the Sum cf five hundred feventy-eight Pounds five Shillings and fix
- penec three Farthings or thereabouts, two hundred forty-fevcn Pounds one Shilling and three
- Pcnee three Farthings whereof or thereabouts, was brought to Account as in Difcharge of the In-
- t(rcft, and the Rcfidue applied in Difcharge of the Capital Sum fecured by the faid Bond; and the
- faid Samuel Taylor did afterwards pay, at feveral Times, the Sum of eighty-five Pounds in further
' Difcharge of the faid Debt, into the Hands of a Perfon employed in the Office of the Solicitor of
- his Majf-fty's Cuftoms in Scotland: And whereas a Judgment was obtained againft (he faid Samuel
- Taylor, in or about the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, for the faid Debt, and be
' is now confined in the Gaol of ^^w/)-riy, in Confcqueiice of fuch Judgment : And whereas the
- (aid Drav/backs and Monies paid, amount to more than the Capital Money fecured by tic faid
Bond;
