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304 C. 19. Anno fexto Ann^ Reginze. A. D. 1707. Part thereof, to any other; which being notified in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt aforefaid, and an Entry or Alemorial thereof alio mnde in the Book of Regiftry aforefaid for Orders, (which the OfHcers fhall, uponRequeft, without Fee or Charge, accordingly make) {hall entitle fuch Afilgnee, his Executors, Affignee may af- Admiiiiftrators and AfTigns, to the Benerlt thereof, and Payment thereon ; and fuch Affignee rriay in like figuagiiiu Manner aflign again, and fo f3i;w^«ij!'.>'i.'j-, and afterwards it ftiall not be in the Povver of fuch Perfon or Perfons, who have or hath made fuch Allignmcnt, to make void, releafe, and difcharge the fame, or any the Monies thereby due, or any Part thereof. ' XXI. And wiiercas in and by the faid Aft of the fifth Year of her faid Majefly's Reign, a Credit ' was given for any Sums not exceeding eight hundred twenty-two thoufand three hundred eighty-one ' Pounds fifteen Shillings and fix Pence Farthing, to be borrowed at an Intereft, after the Rate of fix ' Pounds ^tT Centum per Annum, upon the feveral Subfidies, Impofitions, and Duties in that Aft men- ' tioned ; and the Lord High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commi/Tioncrs of the Treafury for ' the Time being, are thereby authorized and direfted to caufe the Officers of the Exchequer to receive ' from time to time, by Way of Loan, at the like Litereft at the faid Receipt, any further Sum or Sums ' of Money over and above the faid Sum of eight hundred twenty-two thoufand three hundred eighty-one ' Pounds fifteen Shillings and fix Pence Farthing, as fliould be fufficient to make good the Payment of all ' the interefl: Monies appointed or allowed by that Aft, every three Months, until the Subfidies. Impo- ' fitions, and Duties tlicrein mentioned, fhould come into the Exchequer, and be fufficier.t for that Pur- ' pole, purfuant to the Intent and true Meaning of that Aft :' Now it is hereby provided and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That nothrng in this Aft contained fhall extend, or be conftiued to extend, to Claufe of l,pa!l in 5 Annas, c, ay. f. 2. not lef- iened by this Aft.

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altering:. leffening the faid Power and Direftion of borrowing Monies to make good the Payment of the faid intt-refl: every three Months, until the faid Subfidies, Impofitions, and Duties in the faid recited A..ft mentioned, fliall come in and be fufEcient for that Purpofe, as aforefaid, or in any wife to alter or prejudice the Security given by the faid Aft of the fifth Year of her Majefty's Reign, for the Repayment or Satisfaftion of the fame, *• or any other the principal and intereft Monies which were fecured or intendrd to be fecured by that Act, that the Orders for the fame fhall be regiftred in Courfe, and paid in the fame Manner, as if this Aft had never been made ; this prefent Aft, or any thing therein contained, or any other Matter or Thing v/hatfoever to the contrary in any wife not- withllanding. XXII. And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Monies lent, and to be lent unto her Majefty on one Aft o£_ this Seflionjaf Parliament, intituled. An ASf for granting an Aid to her Ma- Claufe of Ap- propriation. 6 Annacj c. i. jejty to he raifed ly a Land Tax in Great Britain, for the Service of tl Year one thoufand feven hundred and eight, and fo much Money (if any fuch be) of the Tax thereby granted, as fhall arife and remain (af- ter all the Loans made or to be made upon that Aft, and the Intereft thereof, anJ the Charges thereby allowable for the raifing the faid Tax, fhall be fatisfied, or Money fuflicient fliall be referved to difcharge the fame :) And all the Monies lent, and to be lent unto her Majeffy, upon one other Aft of this Sef- 6Ann^:, c. 4. fion of Parliament, intituled. An AdI for charging ayid continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and eight, and lb much Money of the faid Du- ties of Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry thereby granted, as fhall arife and remain after all the Loans made or to be made upon that Aft, or thereby transferred or direfted to be transferred thereunto, and the Interefl: thereof, and the Charges thereby allowable for raifing the faid Duties thereby granted, fhall be fatisfied, or Monies fufficient fhall be rei'erved to difcharge the fame : And the Sum not exceeding five hundred and forty thoufand Pounds mentioned and intended to be raifed by another Aft of this Seffion of € Anns, c. 5. Parliament, intituled. An ASifor raifing a further Supply to her Majejly, for the Service of the Year one thou- fand feven hundred and eight, and other Ufes, by Sale of Ammitics charged on a Fund not exceeding forty thou- fand Pounds per Annum, to arije by appropriating J ever al Surpluffes, and by granting further Terms in the Du- ties on Low IVincs, and on Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen., the Stamp Duties, the one third Subfidy, the Duty on Sweets, and one of the Branches of Excife, and by making other Provifion in this Aut ?nentioned : And the Sum not exceeding one million and twenty thoufand Pounds, mentioned and intended to be raifed 5 Anna, c. 11. by another Aft of this SefTion of Parliament, intituled. An Aii for continuing one half Part of the Subfidies of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Duties upon IVines, Goods, and Merchandizes imported, luhich luere granted to the Crown in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, and for fettling a Fund thereby and by other Hays and Means, for Payment of Annuities not exceeding eighty thoufand Pounds per An- num, to be fold for raifing a Supply to her Majefiyjor the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and 6 Anns, c. 17. eight, and other Ufes therein exprjfj'ed : And the Sum of one million two hundred thoufand Pounds, agreed to be advanced by the EngUJh Company trading to the Eafi Indies, purfuant to an Aft of this Seffion of Parliament for alluring to the faid EngUJh Company trading to the Eaft Indies on Account of the united Stock, a longer Time in the Fund and Trade therein mentioned : And the Sum not exceeding feven hundred twenty-nine thoufand and fixty-feven Pounds fifteen Shillings and fix Pence three Farthings, in- tended to be raifed on this prefent Aft, fhall be appropriated, iffiaed and applied, and the fame are here- n ainary of the by appropriated for or towards the feveral Ufes and Purpofes herein after exprefled ; that is to fay, for or Kivy. towards the defraying the Charges of the Ordinary of her Majefty's Navy, and for Viftuals, Wages, Wear and Tear,and other Services of the Navy, and the viftualling thereof, performed and to be per- formed ; and for the Sea Service in the Office of the Ordance, performed and to be performed ; and for Wharf at Portf- o"" towards making of a Wharf and Storehoufe at Portfmouth ; and for or towards the Land Services, per- muuih. formed and to be performed by the Office of Ordance ; and to and for Subfiftence, Ofl-reckonings, and Clearings for one 'ear, from the three and twentieth Day oi December one thoufand feven hundred and Guards andCarr feven, to hfr Majeffy's Guards an4 Garrjifons xxy Gre^t Britain, and the contingept Charges of the fame ; vtbnh 3 ' and