A. D. 1762. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 34. 697 of the fame, except fuch Perfon who did aftual Service in fome Regiment, Troop or Company ; that no Perfon having any other Place or Imployment of Profit, Civil or Military under hii Ma- jefty, (hall have or receive any Part of the faid Half-pay ; that no Chaplain of any Garrifon or Re- giment, who has any Ecclefiaftical Benefice in Great Britain or Ireland, fhall have or receive any Part of the faid Half-pay; that no Perfon fhall have or receive any Part of the fame who has re- figned his Commiilion, and has had no Commiffion fince j that no Fart of the fame fhall be allowed to any Perfon by virtue of any Warrant or Appointment, except to fuch Perfons as would have been otherwife intitled to the fame as reduced Officers ; and that no Part of the fame fhall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot, lately dif- banded in Ireland^ except to fuch as were lately taken off the Eflabliihment of Half-pay in Great Britain. ' XIX. And whereas by an A£l of Parliament made and pafTed in the firft Year of his prefent Ma- Claufe in the Aa of ' jefty's Reign, intituled, An A£i for enabling his Majejly to raife the Sum of one million, for the Ufes and i Geo. 3. c 19.
- Purpofes therein mentioned ; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Sejfton of Pariia-
- went ; and for exempting a?iy Annuities or Sums of Money granted, or to be granted, to the Royal Family
- from Payment of Taxes; the feveral Supplies which had been granted to his prefent Majefty, as is
- therein mentioned, were appropriated to the feveral Ufes and Purpofes therein exprefled ; amongfl
' which, any Sum or Sums not exceeding thirty-four thoufand eight hundred hftv T'ur Pounds nine
- Shillings and two Pence, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Majefty's Land
- Forces and Marines, fubje6l neverthelefs to fuch Rules to be obferved in the Application of the
' faid Half-pay, as in and by the aforefaid Aft were prefcribed in that Behalf;' Now it is hereby Application of the Sa- provided, enabled and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That fo much of the faid Suni of thirty- vings of the Sum of four thoufand eight hundred fifty-four Pounds nine Shillings and two Pence, as is or fliall be more 34-'854-l 9s- ad- than fufficient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according to the Rules prefcribed by the faid Aft J^^^^ ^'if- 'a"'°" "' to be obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part of fuch Overplus, fhall and may be difpofed ^^"^ ^ '^^^' of to fuch Officers who are maimed, or have lofl their Limbs in the late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of their long Service, or otherwife, his Majefty fhall judge to be proper Obje£ls of Charity, or to the Widows or Children of fuch Officers, according to fuch Warrant or Warrants, under his Majefly's Royal Sign Manual, as fhall be figned in that Behalf j any Thing in this hSt or the faid former A6t to the contrary notwithftanding.
- XX. And whereas divers Admiffions of Perfons into Corporations and Companies, and Ad-
' miffions or Appointments to Offices in Corporations and Companies, within the Kingdom of
- England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tzueed, have through the Mifi;ake, In-
' advertency or Negleit of the Officers of fuch Corporations and Companies, been omitted to be ' flamped, as by feveral Adts of Parliament is required, whereby the Titles to the refpe6tive Fran-
- chifes and Offices of the Perfons or Officers fo admitted or appointed may be drawn into Difpute;'
Be it therefore enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That upon the Payment at any Time before the Further Time allowed Iz^DdiY oi MichaehnasTcxm one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, of the Duties impofed f?"" P^y'""'] of 'he Du- by Law upon, for or in refpeft of fuch Admiffions or Appoinments, unto the Perfon or Perfons AppomtmltTS'"p!r authorifed to receive fuch Duties, and the tendering fuch Admiffions or Appointments to the proper f^ng to Franchifes and Officers, in order that the Duties may be impreffed thereon ; fuch Admiffions and Appointir.ents, Offices, and all Afts done or to be done in confequence thereof, fhall be as valid and efFe6tual to all Intents and Purpofes, as if fuch Admiffions and Appointments had been ffamped, and the Duties paid, previous to, or at the Time of fuch Admiffions or Appointments, and in fuch Manner and Form as is diredled, appointed and required by the feveral Afts of Parliament relating to the faid Duties ; 1 and the refpeilive Officers of fuch Corporations and Companies, and other Perfons, fhall, from the Time of the Payment of fuch Duties refpeftively, and the Tender of fuch Admiffions and Ap- pointments for the Duties to be impofed thereon, be and are hereby freed, exonerated and dif- charged from all Penalties impofed by the faid A6ts, for or in refpedt of the Omiffion in the {tamp- ing of, and Payment of the Duties charged upon fuch refpective Admiffions and Appointments, within the Time and in the Manner directed and required by the faid A6ls, and the Commiffioners for the Time being appointed to manage the Duties payable to his Majefly, his Heirs and Succef- fors, and charged on {lamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and their proper Officers and Servants are hereby required and injoined to receive fuch Duties, and to caufe the Admiffions or Appoint- ments fo tendered, to be imprefTed or flamped with the proper Mark or Marks, Stamp or Stamps, ufcd for denoting the Payment of the faid Duties j any Thing in the faid A£ts contained to the con- trary notwithftanding. ' XXI. And whereas in the Month of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, at Chufe for Relief of
- Liverpoc/le in the County Palatine of Lancajler, there was fhlpped on Board .<i. Drake, yji^^^j W. Earl, in refpeft of
- Mackenzie Mafter, by William Earl of Liverpoole aforefaid, for the North Seas, feven hundred and Siblin HarbTur'."'""
' twenty Bufhels of White Salt, for the Duty whereof Bond was given by the faid William Earl, ' ^ ^ fojeph Carter, and fames Mackenzie ; and the faid VefTel, th^ Drake, going into the Harbour of
- Dublin, was wrecked, whereby the Salt above mentioned was lofi: and perilhed in the Sea; but
- the Proof fuch Lofs could not be made within the Time limited by Law ;' Be it therefore enacted
by the Authority aforefaid. That the Bond or Bonds given by the faid William Earl, Jofeph Carter, and James Mackenzie, for and in refpect of the Duty oi the f^aid feven hundred and twenty Bufliels of Salt lb lofl, fhall forthwith be delivered up, difcharged and vacated, and the fame is and are here- by difcharged and vacated accordingly ; any Ad or Ads of Parliament to the contrary notwithftanding. Vol. Vin. 4 U CAP.
