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A. D. 1716. Anno tertio Georgii Regis. C. 8. 127 miities after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum ; and to and for the Payment and Sati fa of the (aid yearly Sums of one hundred and twenty «houfand Pounds, and fifty-four thoufand fix hundred Pounds, and all Arrears thereof (if any,) and fuch other annual and other Payments as are hereafter in this Ailt prefcribed to be made out of the fame, and every of them : All which Arrears and groi ments before mentioned are to be fatisjied and difcharged in th. ir due Courfe and Order, and with fucn Pre- ferences as are by this Act appointed, according to the Tenor and true Meaning thereof, and without Fee or Charge whatfoever to be demanded or paid for the fame or any Part thereof, but fubject to fuch fe- veral and refpedtive Redemptions as are in this Act prefcribed touching the faid growing Payments or ; ny of them, and t none other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever ; any former La , Si i1 it , Proviu/m, Ap- propriation or other Matter or Thing whatfoever to the contrary notwithstanding : And in i ny. tn ' •' - Officers or Ministers of the Exchequer fliall divert or mifapply any of the Monies of r : ; . laid Rates, Dn- ties. Revenues or Incomes by this Act appropriated for the Ufes and Purpofes hereby directed or appoint- 3 ed, or any of them, contrary to the Purport and true Meaning of this Act, or fliall pay or iitue the fame, t j^j* r ojj ces ^ or any Part thereof, othervvife than according. to the Intent of this Aft, and in the Order hereby directed, or {hall not keep Books or make Entries, and do and perform all other Things which by this Act he or they are required to do and perform ; every fuch Offker and Minifler fha!l forf it his Officej and be rendred uncapable to ferve his Majefty,: his Heirs or Succeffors, in any Office or Imployment of 'Fruit or Profit whatfoever, and fhall alio be liable to pay double the Value of any Sum or Sums of Money fo delayed to be paid, or fo diverted or mifapplied, with full Colls of Suit to thofe who fhall fuffer or be grieved thereby, to be recovered by Action of Debt, or upon the Cafe, Bill, Suit, or Information, in any of his Majf Courts of Record at TVeJhninJrer, wherein no Eilbin, Protection, Privilege, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fhall be granted or allowed. XIX. And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies by this Act appro- priated or mentioned to be appropriated for the faid Ufes and Purpofes in this Act appointed, fliall be iffiied : and applied in Manner and Form following, (that is to fay) in the firft place to. pay off fo much as at or^.'^ before the faid Feaft of the Nativity of St. John Baptist in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven' hu{i-j une i ,:: dred and eighteen fliall grow due or be in Arrear to the faid Governor and Company, for or upon the laid ^ ■:■.-. former yearly Sum of one hundred and fix thoufand five hundred and one Pounds thirteen Shillings and live: ' :i ; '■ Pence ; and fo much as at or before the faid Feaft of the Birth of our Lord Chrift one thoufand feyeh htm- ' . J ' 501 '- ! ' dred and feventeen fliall be due and demanded for the faid Interett, after the Rate of two Pence per Gentitm ni fo miKl . as per Diem ; and fo much as on or before the fame Feaft-day fhall be due and in Arrear on the faid for mer a t Ghriftmas Allowance of three Pounds per Centum per Annum., and upon the faid former yearly Sums of forty-five 171-1 (nail be thoufand Pounds, and eight thoufand Pounds ; and after paying or referving fufficient to pay fo much as at dje ,c " Inte ' any Time or Times fliall be grown due for or upon the faid former yearly S urns, or demanded for the faid V e *-pjrm- and Intereit of two Pence per Centum per Diem as aforefaid ; then to and for the answering and difchargjng fofj raic |, a ' s at much as fliall, from Time to Time, be incurred and grown due for or upon the faid Annuities or Sums of the fame Feuft- eighty-eignt thoufand feven hundred fifty-one Pounds feven Shillings and ten Pence Half-penny, one hun- /:■' OiM b dred thoufand Pound's, and feventy-fix thoufand eight hundred and thirty Pounds and fifteen Shillings pier ? Inte " a at Annum, and the faid other Annuity or Annuities after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, to^ T | c n ' n c f the iaid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeffors, or to their Cafhier, foE Then to pay' lb their Ule, weekly, or as foon as the fame can be fatisned out of the Monies of the faid Rates, Duties, Re- much as ft 11 be due on venues and Incomes, or any of them, according to the Tenor and true Meaning of this Act, fo as by fuch?' owndl . weekly or other Payments the whole of the faid Annuities or yearly Sums to be paid to the faid Gbye'rno'i?.^ A " n "y" c [' and Company, or their Succeffors, at the End of each Quarter be not exceeded, and fo that upon every t 'h e " Bank ot c.ie faid quarterly Fcaft-days the whole then due thereupon feverally be completed, made up or fatisfied^Veekly, and to and for the anfwering and discharging fuch Demands as fliall be made of or for the faid growing Iri-f'and the 1 d. pet teres! of one Penny per Centum per Diem, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act. c< nt, per Diem. XX. And it is hereby enacted, That after paying or referving fufficient to pav and fatisfy, from Time Then to paj the to Time, fo much as at any'Time or Times is or fhall be grown due or demanded for or upon the faid for-.5' eal 'b s " nm "' mer yearly Sums and Interest- .of two Pence per Centum per Diem as aforefaid; and for and upon the faid,J?°i° . A , ing Annuities or Sums of eighty-eight thoufand feven hundred fifty-one Pounds feven Shillings and ten Pence. ^ife. J Half-penny per Annum, one hundred thoufand Pounds per Annum, and feventy-fix thoufand eight hundred and thirty Pounds fifteen Shillings per Annum ; and the faid other Annuity or Annuities after the -Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Anniun, and to anfwer fuch Demands as fliall be made, of or for the faid growing. Intereft of one Penny per Centum per Diem ; then the faid yearly Sum of one hundred and twenty thoufand" Pounds, for the Service of his Majefty 's Boufhold and Family, and other his neceffary Expences and Oc- casions, and all Arrears thereof, from Time to Time grown due, fhall be paid to his Majefty, during his.' Majefty's natural Life as aforefaid, out of the Monies by this Act appropriated, or mentioned and intend- ed to be appropriated for the Ufes and Purpofes by this Acl: appointed as aforefaid ; and that the Co:i:«  mifTioners of his Majefty's Treasury, and the High-treafurer and Under-treafurer of the Exchequer for the Time being fhall and may, and they are hereby authorized and required to caufe the find yearly Sum of one hundred and twenty thoufand Pounds, or fuch Arrears thereof, to be ifiue'd and applied weekly, Or as foon as the fame can be fatisiied, in the Order and Courfe before-mentioned for that Service, out of the Monies arifen or to ante as aforefaid, fo as by fuch weekly or other Payments the Sum of thirty thoufand Pounds, to be due thereupon, at the End of each Quarter, be" not 'exceeded ; and fo that upon every of the laid quarterly Feaft-days the whole then due thereupon (if the faid appropriated Monies will extend thereunto) be completed, made up or fatisned, according to the true Meaning of this Act.. 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