A. D. 1716. Anno tertio Georgii Regis. C. 7. 109 ..rpoles 111 this Act p. , giftred in one or more Book or Books to be kept in the Offices of the Auditor of the Receipt and Clerk of the Pells, feverally for that Purpofe, to which all Perfons concerned, at all feafonable Times, {hall have free Accel's, without Fee or Charge. Ill, And it is hereby alio enacted, That all the Monies, which, from and after the twenty-ninth Day The Monies of September one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, fhall be brought into the Exchequer, or fhall be " ifin S »**« ?-9 . then remaining there, of or for the faid Cuftoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, Rates, Duties, additional Di| r appropnared for tics, proportional Parts, weekly and other Payments, by this and the faid former Acts, or an^ of them, Payment o( granted or continued, as aforefaid, (except the necefiary "Charges of ilfuin ; and applying the faid Monies Aimtliries pay- to the fame Ufes and Purpofcs, and rendring the Accounts thereof) fhall be and are hereby appropriated, ab ]f b > ';•■ " and fliall be iffued and applied to and for the Payment and Satisfaction of fuch Annuities as fhall be pay- ' &< " ' able by virtue of this Act, and making fuch other Payments as are hereby directed, in their due Order, Me- thod and Form, and with fuch Preferences, and fubject to fuch Redemptions, as are in and by this A£t prefcribed of and concerning the fame refpectively, and without any Fee or Charge whatfoeyer to be de^ manded of or paid by the refpective Perfons or Corporations, who are to receive the faid Monies ; and that the refpective Officers of the Exchequer, who fliall make any Delay in iffuingor paying the fame, or fliall be guilty of diverting or misapplying any of the faid Monies, contrary to this Act, for any fuch Offence fhall be forejudged from their refpective Offices or Places, and be rendred incapable to ferve his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccelTors, in any Office or Employment of Truft or Profit whatfoever, and fliall alfo be the any- more than one Imparlance fhall be granted and allowed. ' IV. And whereas the faid yearly Sums of one hundred thirty-five thoufand Pounds, one hundred ' eighty-fix thoufand fix hundred and feventy Pounds, one hundred fixty-eight thoufand and three Pounds, ' o.iC hundred fixty-eight thoufand and three Pounds, and thirty-nine thoufand eight hundred fifty-five ' -Pounds fifteen Shillings feven Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny, adding thereunto the above-mention- ' ed Surplus or. Remainder of the Duties granted by the Act of the ninth Year of her late Majefty 's Reign 9 Ann. c, S, ' firft above recited (which Surplus or Remainder was thereby alfo made applicable towards discharging the ' principal Monies payable by virtue of that Act, and Cemmimibus Annis hath amounted to twenty-ieven ' thoufand three hundred and feventeen Pounds eleven Shillings and three Pence per Annum) do amount in
- the whole to feven hundred twenty-four thoufand eight hundred forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten
' Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny per Annum:' Now it is hereby further enacted by the Authority 724.2+9 1 6 '• aforefaid, That yearly and every Year, reckoning the firft Year to begin from the Feaft of St. Michael the, IoJ _- ' 5 th fta11 Arch-angel in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, and from thenceforth for ° e ^ ? JnT^ ever (fubject n:verthelefs to fuch Prqvifoes and Powers of Redemption as are hereafter in this Act con- axpiiincd by tained) the full Sum of feven hundred twenty-four thoufand eight hundred forty-nine Pounds fix Shil-jGeo, 1. c.i.,. lings and ten Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny, by or out of the Monies ariiing of or for the faid Cu- Sec 5 Geo, 3, ftoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, Rates, Duties, additional Duties, proportional Parts, weekly and other c ' ' 9 '. Payments by this Act appropriated and directed to be brought, from Time to Time into the Exchequer, as aforefaid, in cafe the fame fhall extend to the faid Sum of feven hundred twenty-four thoufand eight hundred forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny per Annum, fhall be computed and reckoned to be a general yearly Fund ; and in cafe ah the Monies lo arifing into the Exche- quer of or. for the faid Cuftoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, Rates, .Duties, additional Duties, proportional j Parts, weekly and other Payments, fhall not amount to feven hundred twenty-four thoufand eight hun- . dred forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny per Annum, then the Monies fo arifing, fo far as the fame will extend, fhall be Part of the faid general yearly Fund of feven hun- . dred twenty-four thoufand eight hundred forty-nine Pouads fix Shillings and ten Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny />«• Annum, for and towards the anfwering and paying all the Annuities and Payments by this . Act charged or chargeable thereupon ; and in cafe all the Monies by this Act appointed or appropriated, Deficiencies as aforefaid,. fhall at any time or times appear to be fo deficient or low in the Produce of the fame, as that (hall be made witfiin any one Year to be reckoned, as. aforefaid, the faid Monies fo arifing in the Exchequer of or for allS ood out ot the the faid Cuitoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, Rates, Duties, additional Duties, proportional Parts, weekly fi , rl ? A ' df s rjnt - and other Payments, ihall not amount to fo much as feven hundred twenty-four thoufand eight hundred m^n. forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny, that then, and fo often, and in every fuch Cafe, fo much as fliall be wanting to make, up the faid general Fund or Sum of feven hun- dred twenty-four thoufand eight hundred forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny, for every or any fuch Year, fhall be fupplied and made good, from Time to Time, by and out of the firft Aid or Supply to be granted in Parliament next after fuch Deficiency fliall appear, andihallj from Time to Time be transferred thereunto., as foon. as the fame (hail be granted, .
