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A. D. 1736. Anno nono Georgii II. C. 35. 237 Warrants, /hall be gracioufly pleafed to dire<5t or appoint; and any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceed- 5<>,25°1- *°'he ing rifty-fix thoufand two hundred and fifty Pounds, on Account of the Subfidy payable to the King of ^"| of Den ' Denmark, purfuant to the Treaty bearing Date the nineteenth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-fix. XXII. And it is hereby alfo enacted, That out of all or any the Aids or Supplies provided as aforefaid, 21,0961. 9s. %d. there fliall and may be iflued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding twenty-one thou- £° r th Y Grants'* (and ninety-fix Pounds nine Shillings and eight Pence, towards making good the Deficiency of the i 735 . Grants for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-five. XXIII. And it is hereby alfo enacted, That out of all or ariy the Aids or Supplies provided as afore- ".944 I .'4s- faid, there (hall and may be iflued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding twenty-two oTth^c'ener'al thoufand nine hundred forty-four Pounds fourteen Shillings, for making good the Deficiency of the Fund Fund, commonly called the General Fund, for raifing feven hundred twenty-tour thoufand eight hundred forty- nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence and one fifth Part of a Penny, for the Year ending at Michael- mas one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-five; and any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding 24,1:701. u, •;&. twenty-four thoufand five hundred and faventy Pounds two Shillings and feven Pence, to make good to l ° a ih !r Sink ' n E the Sinking Fund the like Sum paid out of the fame, for Intereft on the million lent on Credit of the Salt Duties, for the Supply of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and thirty -four, purfuant to a Claufe io.oool. to the in an Act of Parliament paffed in the feventh Year of his Majefty's Reign ; and any Sum or Sums of Mo- Afric an Com- ney not exceeding ten thoufand Pounds, towards the Maintenance of the Britijh Forts and Settlements be- pany ' longing to the Royal African Company of England, on the Coaft of Africa ; and there fliall and may be 10,000 1. to the iflued to the Truftees for eftabliftiing the Colony of Georgia in America, any Sum or Sums of Money not gia.° n3(0 eor " exceeding ten thoufand Pounds, by them to be applied towards fettling and fecuring the faid Colony. XXIV. And be it enacted, That the faid Aids or Supplies provided as aforefaid, ihall not be iflued The Money to or applied to any Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever, other than the Ufes and Purpofes before mention- be 'f ue ^ 01 jl y ? s ed, or for the feveral Deficiencies or other Payments directed to be fatisfied thereout, by any parti- lerein lre e ' cular Claufe or Claufes for that Purpofe contained in any other Act or Acts of this prefent Seflion of Parliament. XXV. And as to the faid Sum of forty-fix thoufand feven hundred and eighty Pounds eighteen Rules to be ob- Shillings, by this Act appropriated on Account of Half-pay as aforefaid ; it is hereby enacted and ferved in . the declared by the Authority aforefaid, That the Rules herein after prefcribed lhall be duly obferved in Half-pay. " ° the Application thereof; that is to fay, That no Perfon (hall have or receive any Part of the fame, who was a Minor, and under the Age of fixteen Years, at the Time when the Regiment, Troop or Company, in which he ferved, was reduced; That no Perfon (hall have or receive any Part of the fame, except fuch Perfons who did actual Service in fome Regiment, Troop or Company ; that no Perfon having any other Place or Imployment of Profit, Civil or Military, under his Majefty, lhall have or receive any Part of the faid Half-pay ; that no Chaplain of any Gariion or Regiment, who has any Ecclefiaftical Benefice in Great Britain or Ireland, fliall have or receive any of the faid Half-pay ; that no Perfon ihall have or receive any Part of the fame, who hath refigned his Commiflion, and hath had no Commiflion fince ; that no Part of the fame fliall be allowed to any Perfon by virtue of any War- rant or Appointment, except to fuch Perfons who would have been otherwife intitled to the lame as reduced Officers ; and that no Part of the fame fliall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regi- .' ments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot lately difbanded in Ireland, except to fuch as were lately taken ofFthe Eftabliftiment of Half-pay in Great Britain. ' XXVI. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the eighth Year of his Majefty's Reign,

  • intituled, An Ail for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the
  • Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred ana thirty-five, feveral Supplies which had been granted to

' his Majefty, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to feveral Ufes and Purpofes therein exprefled,. ' amongft which, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding forty-nine thoufand eight hundred thirty-

  • four Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of
  • his Majefty's Land Forces and Marines, fubject neverthelefs to fuch Rules to be obferved in the Appli-

' cation of the faid Half-pay, as in and by the aforefaid Act were prefcribed in that Behalf : ' Now it is hereby provided, enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of the faid Sum of forty- surplus Money nine thoufand eight hundred thirty-four Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, as is or (hall be more granted to re- than fufficient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according to the faid Rules by the faid Act prefcribed to f^^ Year 6 " be obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part of fuch Overplus, (hall or may be difpofed of to i 73? , how to fuch Officers who are maimed or loft their Limbs in the late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of &e difpofed of, their long Service or otherwife his Majefty fliall judge to be proper Objects of Charity, or to the Widows or Children of fuch Officers, according to fuch Warrant or Warrants under his Majefty's Royal Sign Manual, as fliall be figned in that Behalf ; any thing in this Act, or the faid former Act to the contrary notwithftanding. CAP. XXXV. An Act for indemnifying Perfons who have been guilty of Offences againft the Laws made for fecuring the Revenues of Cuftoms and Excife, and for enforcing thofe Laws for the future.

  • T X 7 HEREAS, notwithftanding the feveral Laws already made to prevent the unlawful importing Preamble.
  • VV and clandeftine landing and running of prohibited and uncustomed Goods, divers wicked and For former tamt

' evil difpofed Perfons have of late not only carried on, and do full continue, fuch pernicious and illegal Zm?,™efJ'to 8 ' Practices, 12 Car. 2, c. 4.