A. D. 1757' Anno tricefimo Georgii II. C. ig. ^;^ his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, and the other two Thirds fhall be to and for the Ufe of the Pro- '^'^LXX Provided always, and be it enaiSled, That in cafe any Officer of the Exchequer {hall make Officer unwit- Payment of any Share or Shares of the faid yearly Fund of thirty-three thoufand fcven hundred and tingiypaymg fifty Pounds, by this Ad direded to be fet apart for the Purpofes aforefaid, upon any iuch Certificate ^;;;";;y^^*;";^;=^ or Certificates as aforefaid, fuch Officer (hall not incur any Penalty, forfeiture or Difability, though ^^ ^^^^^ _^,,^ p^, the faid Certificate be forged or falfe, or the faid Nominee be dead, unlels the laid Officer did nalty ihereby. know, at the Time of fuch Payment, that the faid Nominee was dead, or that the faid Certificate was forged or falfe. • /u n LXXI. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if at any Time or J imes it Ihall Deficiencies of happen that the Produce of the faid feveral Rates and Duties and Sums of Money hereby granted for Pay- the Duties to be ment of the faid fevend Annuities, (hall not be fufficient to pay and difcharge the feveral and rcfpective ^.^,^ |f j^;;^'^ Annuities, and other Charges dire£Kd to be paid thereout, at the End of any or either of the refpedive ^^^^^ s half-ye?.rly Days of Payment, at which the fame are hereby directed to be paid ; then, and fo often, and in every fuch Cufe, fuch Deficiency or Deficiencies ihall and may be fupplied out of any ot the^Monies which at any Time or Times fliall be or remain in the Receipt ofExchequer, of the Surpltifles, Excefles, Overplus Monies, and other Revenues compofing the Fund commonly called 77;,? Sinking Fund^ (except fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes, by any former Acl or Ads of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund (hall and may be, from time to time, iifued and applied accordingly ; and if at any Time or Times before any Monies ofoccafional Want the feveral Rates and Duties and Sums of Money hereby granted,, (hall be brought into the Exchequer as of Money lor aforeHiid, there fhall happen to be a Want of Money for paying the feveral Annuities as aforefaid, Payment otAn- which fhall be aaually incurred and grown due at any of the half-yearly Days of Payment before men- J^l^'^'i-r^i^^^^^^ tioned, that then and in every fiach Cafe the Money fo wanted fhall and may be fupplied out of the Mo- the sinking nies of the 6'/«/7w^ /ki^ (except as before excepted) and be iflued accordingly. Fund. LXXII. Provided always, and be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That whatever Monies_ fhall Monies ifTued • be iffued out of the Sinking Fund {hzW, from time to time, be replaced by and out of the firft Supplies to out of the Sink- be then after granted in Parliament. ing Fund, to be- replaced. LXXIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforef^iid, That in cafe there fhall be surplus of the any Surplus or Remain-der of the Monies arifing by the faid feveral Rates and Duties, after the laid fe- Duties to be re*- Adl or Ada of Parliament ; any thing in any former or other Act or A£ts of Parliament to the contrary notwithftanding. LXXIV. And it is hereby enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fliall at Peifons fuedoa any Time or Times be fued or profecuted for any Thing by him or them done or executed in purfuance this A£t may of this A£t, or of any Matter or Thing in this Att contained, fuch Perfon or Perfons ihall and may plead P'^ad the the General Ifilic, and give the Special Matter in Evidence for his or their Defence ; and if upon the General iffue. T'rial a Verdict fhall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fnall become non- f'uited, then fuch Defendant or Defendants Ihall have treble Coils to him or them awarded againfl fuch Treble Cofts, Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. LXXV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That an A£l made in. the fecond Year ^Geo. 2. c a«. of the Reign of his prefenc Majefty, intituled. An Act for the bctrer Rcgukiiion of Attornies and SoUicit'jrSy miie^^t^xxnX* which was to be in Force from the firit Day oi June one thoufand f^ven hundred and twenty-nine for the Term of nine Years, and from thence to the End of the next Sclfion of Parliament ; and which by an laC^o. j. e, 13. A<St made in the twelfth Year of his prefent Majelty's Reign, was explained and amended, and further continued until the twenty-fourth Day oi "June one thouiand feven hundred and forty-eight,, and from thence to the End of the next Sefiion of Parliament ; and which by an A£t made in the -^^ twenty-third *^.jfnotiidt^ Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, was explained and amended, and further continued until the twenty- fourth Day offline one thoufand i<i'cn hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament ; by which the Payment of feveral Stamp Duties on the Admilfion of Attornies and Sollicitors is enforced and regulated, iTiail, from and after the Expiration thereof,, be further continued^ and made perpetual.
- LXXVI. And whereas divers Perfons through Mi{lake,.Abfence, or fome unavoidable Accident, to
- • the Prejudice of Infants and others, have omitted to caufe Affidavits to be made and filed in the proper
Offices,, of the actual Execution of feveral Contra£Vs in Writing, to ferve as CJerks to Attornies and allowsd t<J y rerion and rerions wnonave omitted to cau:e lucn /ilhdavic or Altidavits to be made mike ind file and filed as aforefaid, and who fhal}, on or before the firft Day oi Michaelmas Term one thouiand feven A.-fidavits of hundred and fifty-feven, caufe one or more Affidavit or Affiavits to be made and filed in fuch Manner E>^':cution of in- as is directed by the Lav/s in Being, fhall he and are hereby indemnified, freed and difcharged from and omine"to^b» againfl all Penalties, Foifeiturt.s, inca{)acities and Difabilities, in or by any A6t or Acts of Parliament done within the mentioned, incurred or to be incurred for or by Reafon of any Negledt or Omiffion, in caufing fuch Affi- Time limited by davit or Affidavits to be made out and filed in fuch Manner as is required by the Laws in Being ; and l^^iW' fu.ch AfEdavit.or Affi.dajts. fo -to be in<Ml'i and filed as aforefaid , fliall be a^ effectual to all intents and Purpofes,,
