A. D. 1762; Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 33. 687 Cofts, and fhall have fuch Remedy for the fame, as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have for Cods of Suit in other Cafes by Law. CXXII. And be it further enaded, That this A3: fliall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be, Publick Aft, n Publick AcS, and {hall be judicially taken Notice of as fuch, by all Judges, Juftices, and other Perfons whomfoever, without fpecially pleading the fame. CAP. XXXIII. An A(5l for granting to his Maiefty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund ; and for applying certain Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two -, and for fettling and fecuring a certain An- nuity for the Ufe of the Right Honourable Arthur OnJloWy Speaker ot the Houfe of Commons in the laft five Parliaments. Mojl Gracious Sovereign,
- "ITT E your Majefly's moft dutiful and loyal Subje<fls the Commons oj Great Britain^ in Par- Preamble.
- yy liament afiembled, being defirous to raife the Rcfidue of the neceilary Supplies vi^hich we
- have chearfully granted to your Majefty in this Seffiion of Parliament, by Ways and Means the
- leaft burthenfome to your Majefty's Subjects, have refolvcd to give and grant to your Majefly the
' Sum herein after mentioned ; and do therefore moft humbly beleech your Majefty that it may be
- enacted ;' And be it enadled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Adyice and ~ ,
Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That by or out of fuch Monies as fliall from time to time be There flull be iiTued and remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of the Surpluflxs, Exceffes, Overplus Monies, and 1,0009,3171. as. 8 d. other Revenues compofing the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund, after paying or referving ^ I* °"' °^ ^'^^ ^'"^'"S fufficient to pay all fuch Sums of Money as have been directed by any former Adt or A6ls of Par- "" ' liament to be paid out of the fame, there fiiall and may be ifl'ued and applied for and towards making good the Supply granted to his Majefty for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, a Sum not exceeding one million nine thoufand two hundred feventeen Pounds two Shillings and eight Pence Halfpenny ; and the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commif- fioncrs of the Treafury for the Time being, are hereby authorized and impowered to ifTue and apply the fame accordingly. II. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That the Sum of one hundred and fif- 115,000!, being Monies repL' of his late Majefty's Detnife ; and alfo the Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds, remaining in the Re- ao,ooo], remaining un- ceipt of the Exchequer, being Part of the Sum of one hundred thoufand Pounds, granted to his late applied of the Money Majefty in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, upon Account, towards defraying granted m the Year the Charge of Pay and Cloathing for the Militia for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- Ir-pa'yTn'rctohirfof eight, and for defraying fuch Expences as were adually incurred upon the Account of the Militia the Miiida • '"^ in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven ; and alfo the Sum of eighty thoufand Pounds, Snnnr.i rpmammann • • • 1 T> • r L T^ 1 1 ■ 1 1 1-1 n T • n • 1 -ir oujuuoi. remaining un- remainmg m the Receipt or the Jbxchcquer, which was granted to his late Majcity in the Year one applitdof the Money thoufand feven hundred and fixty, upon Account, towards defraying the Charge of Pay and granted in the Year on Account, towards defraying the Charge of the Pay of the Militia of that Part of Great -S^'^'i'^^'" aifo una^plied'^of'^he'"^ called E?^glandy when unembodied, and of the Cloathing of the Part of the faid Militia then unem- Money granted in the bodied, for one Year, beginning the twenty-fifth Day of yI<f^rtA one thoufand feven hundred and Year 1761, for the like fixty-one ; and alfo the Sum of fevcnty-three thoufand fix hundred and feventy-eight Pounds, re- P"P'^'«s > maining in the Receipt of the Exchequer, being the Surplus of the feveral Duties on Malt, efta- and 7^6781. Surplus bliflied by an Aft made in the thirty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, for paying An- jn the Exchequer of the ruitics granted in the Year one thoufii.'id feven hundred and fixty, after fatisfying all Charges and x "J'" ^^^'^ '" ^ incumbrances thereupon, to the fifch Day of y^/.'/z^rj' one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, fhall and may be, in like Manner, iiTued and applied, at the faid Receipt, for and towaids the iaid Supply. III. And it is hereby enaiflcd by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe the faid Comm.iffioners ofciaufeof Loan for rai- his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or mort of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or '"'['S the aforefaid Sunt any three or more of the CommiHioners of the Treafury for the Time being, ihall think it ad- °^ ^'°9>^i7i- *5. id, vifeable to raife the faid Sum of one million nine thoufand two hundred feventeen Pounds two Shil- ^^' lings and eight Pence Halfpenny, or any Part thereof, by Loans or Exchequer Kills, in Manner herein after mentioned, that it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to advance or lend to his Majefty, at the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding the faid Sum of one milliou nine;
