nies he hath paid, and that are growing due, and the Expences he hath incurred in Respect of the said Mortgage, and that the same be paid without Fee or Reward ; Money 90,000 l. upon Account, for pay and Cloathing of the Militia, and Repayment to his Majesty of 1,332 l. 10 s. advanced by him for the service of the Militiaand any Sum or Sums of not exceeding ninety thousand Pounds, upon Account, towards defraying the Charge of Pay and Clothing for the Militia, from the thirty-frst Day of December one thousand seven and fifty-eight to the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand seven hundred and sixty, and for repaying to his Majesty the Sum of one thousand three hundred and thirty-two Pounds ten Shillings, by him for the Service of for the Service of the Militia, pursuant to an Address of this House of the twenty-ninth of November last to his Majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to give Directions for the issuing, till further Provision could be made in Parliament for that Purpose, such Money as should be found necessary for the Pay and Cloathing of the Militia for the Year one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine, and promising to make same good to his Majesty;20,000 l. to the East India company, in lieu of the King's Troops withdrawn from thence and any Sum of or Sums of Money not exceeding twenty thousand Pounds, upon Account, to be paid to the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies towards enabling them to defray the Expence of a Military Force in their Settlements, to be maintained by them, in lieu of the Battalion of his Majsty's Forces commanded by Colonel Adlercron withdrawn from thence, and now returned to Ireland ;200,00 l. upon Account to make Compensation to the Provinces of North America, for Expences incurred by them in Levying, Cloathing, and Pay of Troops raised there. and any sum or sums of Money not exceeding two hundred thousand Pounds, upon Account, to enable his Majesty to give a proper Compensation to the respective Provinces in North America for the Expences incurred by them in the Levying, Cloathing and Pay of pences incurred by them the Troops raised by the same, according as the active Vigour and strenuous Efforts of the respective Provinces shall be thought by his Majesty to merit;2,443 l. 3 s. 1 d. for purchasing Lands for securing Portsmouth, Chatam and Plymouth Docks. and any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding two thousand four hundred forty-three Pounds three Shillings and one Penny, for defraying the Charges incurred in pursuance of an Act made in the thirty-first Year of his present Majesty's purchasing Lands for for the better securing his Majesty's Docks, Ships, and Stores at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Plymouth.
These Aids to be applied to no other Ises.XVI. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Aids and Supplies provided as aforesaid, shall not be ifssued or applied to any Use, Intent or Purpose whatsoever, other than the Uses and Purposes before mentioned, or for the several Deficiencies or other Payments directed to be satisfied thereout by any Act: or Acts, or any particular Clause or Clauses for that Purpose contained in any other Act or Acts of this present Session of Parliament.
Rules to be observed in the Appliction of the Half-pay.XVII. And, as to the said Sum of thirty-four thousand three hundred and sixty-seven Pounds fifteen Shillings and ten Pence, by this Act appropriated, on account of Half-pay as aforesaid, it is the Application of the hereby enacted and declared by the Authority aforesaid. That the Rules herein after prescribed, shall be duly observed in the Application of the said Half-pay ; that is to say. That no Person shall have or receive any Part of the same, who was a Minor, and under the Age of sixteen Years, at the time when the Regiment Troop or Company in which he served was reduced ; that no Person s shall have or receive any Part of the fame except such Person who did actual Service in some Regiment, Troop or Company ; that no Person having any other Place or Employment of Profit, Civil or Military, under his Majesty, shall have or receive any Part of the said Half-pay; that no Chaplain of any Garrison or Regiment, who has any Ecclesiastical Benefice in Great Britain or Ireland, shall have or receive any Part of the said Half-pay; that no Person shall have or receive any Part of the same, who has resigned his Commission, and has had no Commission since ; that no Part of the same shall be allowed to any Person by virtue of any Warrant or Appointment, except to such Persons as would have been otherwise intitled to the same as reduced Officers ; and that no Part of the same shall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot, lately disbanded in Ireland, except to such as were lately taken off the Establishment of Half-pay in Great Britain.
XVIII. 'And whereas by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the thirty-first Year of his present Majesty's Reign,Clause in Act 31 Geo. 1. c.33 intituled, Act for enabling his Majesty to raise the Sum of eight hundred thousand Pounds, for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; the several Supplies which had been granted to his Majesty, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to the several Uses and Purposes therein expressed ;amongst which, any Sum or Sums not exceeding thirty-five thousand fix hundred and two Pounds, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Majesty's Land Forces and Marines ; subject nevertheless to such Rules to be observed in the Application of the said Half-pay, as in and by the aforesaid Act were prescribed in that Behalf : Now it is hereby provided, enacted and derclared, by the Authority aforesaid, Application of the Savings of the said sum of 35,602 l. granted the last session towards Half-pay That so much of the said Sum of thirty-five thousand fix hundred and two Pounds, as is or shall be more than sufficient to satisfy the said reduced Officers, according to the Rules prescribed by the said Act: to be observed in the Application thereof, or any Part of such Overplus, shall and may be disposed of to such Officers who are maimed or have lost their Limbs in the late Wars, or such others as by reason of their long Service or otherwise his Majesty shall judge to be proper Objects of Charity, or to the Widows or Children of such Officers according to such Warrant or Warrants under his Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, as shall be signed in that Behalf; any thing in this Act, or the said former Act, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Treasury may issue to the Banks of Scotland the Sum of 69,910 l. 15 s. 9 d. 1 q. for discharging the Incumberance of the Perth Estate,IX. And for the better and more easy Payment of the said Debts upon the said Lands and Estate of Perth, by this Act directed to be paid and discharged, be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, or any three or more of them nowbeing, or the High Treasurer, or any three or more of the Commis-
