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190 C.g. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. A. D. 1718". the faid Commiflioners for the faid Buildings and Repairs, or any five or more of them, for all or any the- - Ufes and Services before by this or the faid former Acts prefcribed or allowed in that Behalf, and not Tieafurer ac- otherwife, or to any other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever; which faid Treafurer and Treafurers refpec- countnbleinthe tively fliall be accountable in the Exchequer for the fame, and fhall give fuch fufficient Security, as fhall be Exchequer, and approved by the Commiflioners of the Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or by the Trea- to give Security. r urer an[ j Under- treafurer of the Exchequer, or any three or more of the Commiflioners of the Treafury for the Time being, before he or they enter upon his or their Office for making fuch Accounts, The Produce of X. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Produce of the faid the Duties beiore Duties which fliall come or be brought into the Receipt of Exchequer for fuch Coals or Culm, as afore- 25 March i 7 ig, fa^ imported or to be imported before the faid Feaft of the Annunciation of the Bleffed Virgin Mary one Purfuanc'-of the thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, fliall be ifiued and applied in fuch Manner as the fame ought to have forn?erfl<ft°. * been iffued and applied by or in purfuance of the faid former Acts or any of them, if this prefent Act had not been made; and if it fhall appear, after the Application thereof, that any Money fhall remain unfa- tisfied for Principal or Intereft upon the Regifter of Loans kept at the Exchequer, by virtue or in purfu- 9 Ann. c.22. ance of the faid Acts of the ninth and tenth Years of her late Majefty's Reign or either of them, then ]oAnn. c 11. fuch Remainder fo unfatisfied fhall be paid and difcharged out of the firft Monies to be raifed or paid in Part of the faid Sum of three hundred and fixty thoufand Pounds; any thing herein contained to the con- trary notwithftanding. ThePowers, & c . XI. And it is hereby enacted, That all fuch Powers, Provifoes, Directions and Clanies contained in in the former the faid recited Acts of the ninth and tenth Years of her faid late Majefty's Reign, and in the faid Act of Atts continued the fi r ft Year of his Majefty's Reign, or in any other Act or A£ts of Parliament touching the building and c. 2?°' ' 'T repairing of the faid Churches, and any other Matters and Things therein foecified, as are now in Force and are not taken away or altered by this prefent Act, fhall continue and be in Force to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame Powers, Directions, Provifoes and Claufes were repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act. H : sMa)e(tymay XII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall and may be lawful to-' appoint Com- and for the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succefiors from Time to Time, by Commiflion or Letters Pa- rniflioders for tents under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to nominate, conftitute and appoint fuch Perfons to be Com- ' the Churches. m ifli onei r S to execute all and every the Powers in the faid recited A cts of the ninth and tenth Years of her faid late Majefty's Reign, and of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, which do or fhall remain to be executed, and all the Powers in this prefent Act, touching the building and repairing of the faief Churches and other Matters by fuch Commiflioners to be done and performed, and to obferve fuch Direc- tions as fliall be moft conducible to his Majefty's gracious and pious Intentions in the Prcmiffes. XIII. And to the End a good and fufficient Fund and Security may be fettled and eftablifhed for raifinr; the Sum of five hundred and five thoufand nine hundred ninety and five Pounds, Part of the faid Sum -of five hundred twenty-eight thoufand three hundred and twenty Pounds one Shilling and nine Pence, for making good the Supply granted to his Majefty in this Seffion of Parliament : Be it further enacted by the Af:er Lady-day Authority aforefaid, That yearly and every Year, from and after the Feaft of the Annunciation of the 1717. for 32, Ulefled Virgin Mary one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, for and during the Term of thirty-two 14s. per Ann." Years from thence next immediately enfuing, the full Sum of thirty thoufand five hundred fifty and nine to be the Fund Pounds and fourteen Shillings per Annum, by_ or out of the Monies of or for the faid feveral Duties on for the fortunate Coals and Culm by this Act appropriated or intended to be appropriated as aforefaid, fhall be and by this i ' ots ' Act is declared and enacted to be a particular Fund and Security for anfwering and pay'ing,as well the Prin- cipal as the Intereft of the fortunate Lots or Chances herein after-mentioned, in fuch Courfe, Manner and Form as are hereafter in this Act prefcribed in that Behalf; And the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury now being, and the High-treafurer and Under-treafurer of the Exchequer, and the Commiflion- ers of the Treafury of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors for the Time being, are hereby ftrictly en- joined and required to caufe the faid yearly Sum of thirty thoufand five hundred fifty-nine Pounds and fourteen Shillings to be from Time to Time fet apart, ifTued and applied according to this Act, out of the Duties ariftng as aforefaid; any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. AnvPerfonsrray XIV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall and may be lawful for any be Contributors. Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to contribute or advance, for or towards railing the faid Sum of five hundred and five thoufand nine hundred and ninety-five Pounds, by- paying, at or before the refpective Days and Times in this Act limited in that Behalf, to any Receiver or Receivers to be appointed for that Purpofe, as is herein after-mentioned, the Sum of three Pounds, or divers intire Sums of three Pounds, upon this Act; and that for raifing the faid Sum of five hundred and' five thoufand' nine hundred ninety-five Pounds, any Perfon who will become Contributor or Adventurer,, fhall or may advance the Sum of three Pounds, for which Sums fo advanced he, fhe or they, in cafe of a fortunate Lot fhall be entitled to receive, by virtue of this Act, f;ch principal Money and Intereft for the fame, to be paid, as herein after is mentioned, by and out of the faid particular Fund of thirty thoufand five hundred fifty and nine Pounds and fourteen Shillings per Annum, fettled by this Act; and that every fuch Contributor or Adventurer may advance as many intire Sums of three Pounds, as he, fhe or they fhall think fit; and for every fuch Sum of three Pounds fo advanced he, fhe or they, if fortunate, is and are to be in- terfiled in one Lot or Share of and in the fame yearly Fund by virtue of this Act: And the fame intire Sums of three Pounds each are hereby appointed to be paid to fuch Receiver or Receivers at or before the: refpective Days and Times and in the refpective Proportions herein after^ mentioned, that is to fay, One , third