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A. D. 1690. Anno fecundo Gulielmi & Mari^. Scff. 2. C. 5. 455 Place or Office ; and if fuch Preference be unduly made by any his Deputy or Clerk, without DireiSion or Privity of his Mafter, then fuch Deputy or Clerk only (hall be liable to fuch Aftion, Debt, Damages, and Cofts, and fliall be for ever aft;r uncapable of his Place or Office ; anJ in cafe the Auditor fhall not direfl the Order, or the Clerk of the Pells record, or the Teller make Payment, according to each Per- fon's due Place and Order, as afore directed, then he or they (hall be judged to forfeit, and their refpcftive Deputies and Clerks herein offending, to he liable to fuch Adlion, Debt, Damages, and Cofts, in fuch Manner as aforefaid. All which faid Penalties, Forfeitures, Damages, and Cofts, to be incurred by any iof the Officers of the Exchequer, or any their Deputies or Clerks, fliall and may be recovered by Acii- lon of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of their Majeilies Courts of Record at JVeJtmiv.jin iwherein no EiVoin, Protcftion, Privilege, Wager of Law, Injunftion, or Order of Reftraint, fhali be in jaiiy wife granted or allowed. i LIX. Provided always, and be it hereby declared, That if it happen that fcveral Tallies of Loan, or {Orders for Payment as aforefaid, bear Daie, or be brought the fame Day to the Auditor of the Rcctipt ta be regiftcred, then it fhall be interpreted no undue Preference which of thole he enters firft, fo he enters ithem all the fame Day. j LX. Provided alfo, That it {hall not be interpreted any undue Preference to incur any Penalty in point jof Payment, if the Auditor direct, and the Clerk of the Pells record, and the Teller do pay i'ubfcquent lOrders of Perfons that come and demand their Money, and bring their Orders, before other Perfous that |did not come to demand their Money, and bring thir Orders in their Couri'e, fo as there be fo much 'Wlo- jney referved as will fatisfy precedent Orders, which fhall not be othtrwife diipofed, but kept for them j ilntereft upon Loan being to ccafe from the Time the Money is fo referved and kept in Bank tor them. j LXL And be it further enacSted by the Authority afor<;faid. That every Perfon or Perfons to whom any Orders for jMonies fhall be due by Virtue of this Aft, afer Order entred in the Book of Regifter aforef;ad for Pay-Moit-yiiov/ ment thereof, his Executor.-:, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, by Indoriement of his Order, may afllgn and '""^^"''^" ■transfer his Right, Title, Litereft, and Benefit. of fuch Order, or any Part thereof, to any other; which being notified in the Office of the Auditor of Receipt aforefaid, and an Entry or Memorial thereof alfo Imade in the Book of Regifter aforefaid for Orders (which the Officers fhall, upon Requeft, without Fee^'^^'^'^ perpetual,, jor Charge accordingly make) fhall entitle iuch Affignee, his Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, to'^""' j"^' j^'^

the Benefit thereof, and Payment thereon; and fuch Affignee may in like manner affign again, and fo a„d p.[,.t of the

itoiies pwties ; and afterwards it fhall not be in the Power of fuch Perfon or Perlbns, who have or hath Soutk Sca fund,

made fuch Affignments, to make void, releafe, or difcharge the fame, or any the Monies thereby due, or

any Part thereof. CAP. V. (15.) jAn A(fl for the Continuance of feveral former Ads therein mentioned, for the laying feveral ' ■ Duties upon Wines, Vinegar, and Tobacco. JHoJi Gracious Sovereigns, iTT 7E your Majefties mofl: dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons in Parliament aflembled, taking into VV our ferious Confideration the great and neceffary Expences in v/hich your Majefties are engaged for our Defence and Safety, have cheerfully and unanimoufly given and granted unto your Majefties the Im- pofitions and Duties hereafter mentioned, for and during the Term hereafter expreffed ; and we do moft humbly befeech your M.ijefties that it may be enafted; ..IL And be it enaded by the King's and Queen's moft Excellent Majefties, by. and with the Advice and Dutiss upon Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftTembled, and.wine and by the Authority of the fame, That the feveral Impofitions and Duties upon Wines and Vinegar, granted ^'°^^.'"™"' ' by an A& made in the firft Year of the late King J^nes, intituled, J^i A£i for granting his Majejiy a?'. Im- "g"^ "" J"" fofttion upon all Wines and Vinegar, imported betiveen the four and twentieth Day of June one tboifmdfx hun- dred eighty-five, and the four and tiventieth Day of June one thoifandfix hundred ninety and three, ftiall be conr itinued from the three and twentieth Day oifune in the faid Year one thoufand fix hundred ninety-three, and (hall be raifed, levied, coile£ted, anfwered and paid unto their Majefties and their Succefibrs, until; the four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-fix, and no longer: And that. ' the faid Ail, and all Powers, Provifions, Penalties, Ariicles,^ and Claufes therein contained, (hall conti- nue and be of full Force and EfFeft, until the faid four and twentieth Day of fune one thoufand fix hun^ dred and ninety-fix, and (hall be applied, praftifed, and executed, for the raifing, levying, colledling, . anfwering, and paying the faid Duties hereby continued, according to the Terior and Intent of this pre- vfetit Ad. ] III. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That the Rates and Duties for all Sorts, of Duty uppn To, , Tobacco granted by an Ad made in the firft Year of the Reign of the late King James, intituled. An J^^^"° ^"^ ^:'jf"- for granting to his Majejiy an Impofition upon all Tobacco and Sugar, imported between the four and tiuentieth ^^^^s^ilall Day of June one thovfand fix hundred eighty-five, and the four and twentieth Day of _ June one thoufand fix hun- Made Part of dred ninety-three, fhall be continued from the three and twentieth Day of June in the faid Year one thou- the South Sca fand fix hundred and ninety-three, and fhall be raifed, levied, colleded, anfwered, and paid unto their P""- 9 Apn^ Majefties and their SuccelTors, until the four and twentieth Day of y««« one thoufand fix hundred and j' ^'" ^ '^'^°»- niiiety-fix, and no longer j and that the faid laft mentioned Ad, as for and concerning Tobacco only, and ' ' • ' all.