308 C. 27. Anno undeciino Georgii II. A. D. 1733 ' VII. And whereas Conftables or other minifterial Officers of the Peace have refufed or neglected to ' be aiding or affifting in the Execution of the before mentioned Acts made in the ninth and tenth ' Years of his prefent Majefty's Reign, although thereunto required ;' Be it further enacted by the Penaltytw Authority aforefaid, That from and after the laid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hun- Jj™! 1 ^ 1 " dred and thirty-eight, if any Conftable, or other minifterial Officer of the Peace whatfoever, fhall refufe ege o uty. or ne gj e ^ upon due Notice or Requcft, or on their own View, to be aiding and affifting in the Ex- ecution of this Act, or of the before mentioned Acts made in the ninth and tenth Years of his Ma- jefty's Reign, or any or either of them ; fuch Conftable or other minifterial Officer of the Peace, being thereof convicted by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, before any Juftice of the Peace for the County or PJace where fuch Offence fhall be committed, fliall forfeit for every fuch Of- fence the Sum of twenty Pounds, to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods, by War- rant under the Hand and Seal of fuch Juftice of the Peace ; the one Moiety to go to the Poor of tire Parifh where fuch Offence fhall be committed, and the other Moiety to the Informer, who fhall pro- itcdte for the fame, rendring the Overplus thereof to the Owner if any there be. Jk_. VIII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day toaflUs j"u- °f June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-eight, no Diftiller or other Seller of fpirituous Liquors ftices in Mat- or itrong Waters whatfoever ihall, during fuch Time as he -fhall be a Diftiller or Seller of fuch Li- ih' 5 ?jj cernin8 quors, be capable or have any Power to act, or fliall be directly or indirectly concerned in acting, as a Juftice of the Peace in any Matter or Thing whatfoever, which fliall any ways concern the Execution of this prefent Act, or of the before mentioned Acts made in the ninth and tenth Years of his prefent Majefty's Reign, or either of them. Tines liow to 1^- And be it further enacted by. the Authority aforefaid, That all Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures he recovered, by this Act impofed, lhall and may be fued for, recovered, levied and mitigated by fuch Ways, Mearrs &c ' and Methods as any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture is or may be in like Cafes fued for, levied, recovered and mitigated by any Law or Laws of Excife, or by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in Concrrxhjr f/iri- any of his Majefty's Courts of Record ■tf.WcftminJier, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland; and utntsiAynn that one Moiety of the faid Fines and Forfeitures, and which are not herein before directed to be cJX'JT.%^ otherwife diftributed, fhall go and be paid to theUfe of his_ Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the- 36 bcl. z.'c. g other Moiety thereof to the Perfon or Perfons who lhall inform or fue for the fame. 37 Geo. 2. c. 17. 19 Geo. 2. c . 12, 20 Geo. 2. c. 39. 24 Geo. 2. c- 40. 26 Geo. 2. c. 13. 27 Geo. z, r. II. 31 Geo. 2. c. 36. 32 Geo. 2. r. 29. 33 Geo. 2. c. 9 £? 28. and 2 Geo. 3. c. 5. CAP. XXVII. An Aft for granting to his Majefty the Sum of two Millions for the Service of the Yeaf one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-eight •, and for paying the Governor and Com- pany of the Bank of England one Million, for redeeming art Annuity of forty thoufand Pounds payable to them ; and for the further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament. Moji Gracious Sovereign, PreamMc, re- ' X/~ H ER E A S by an Act of Parliament made in the third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty citing the' a a ' VV King Georce the Firft, intituled, An Acl for redeeming fv'eral Funds of the Governor and 3 Geo. 1. c. 8. ' Company of the Bank of England, purfuant to former Provifoes of Redemption ; and for ftcuring to them ' feveral new Funds and Allowances redeemable by Parliament ; and for obliging them to advance further '•'Sums, not . exceeding two millions five hundred thoufand Pounds, at five Pounds per Centum, as Jhall be ' found necejfary to be employed in leffening the national Debts and Incumbrances ; and for continuing certain 1 Proviftons made for the Expence of his Majefty's civil Government ; and for Payment of Annuities formerly ' pur chafed at the Rate of five Pounds per Centum ; and for other Purpofes in this Acl mentioned ; the faid ' Governor and Company of the Bank of England became intitled to one Annuity or yearly Sum of
- one hundred thoufand Pounds, for or in refpect of the Sum of two millions, being the Amount of
' certain Exchequer Bills, which according to the Directions of the fame Act were delivered up by the ' faid Governor and Company to be cancelled ; and the faid Annuity was thereby charged on the Ag- ' gregate Fund, and made redeemable by Parliament on Repayment to the faid Governor and Com- ' pany of the Bank of England of the faid Sum of two-millions : And whereas by an Act of Parliament 11 Ceo. 1. c. 9. ' made in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, ' An Acl for continuing the feveral Annuities of eighty-eight thoufand feven hundred fifty-one Pounds feven 1 Shillings and ten Pence Halfpenny, and one hundred thoufand Pounds tJ the Bank ^England, until Mid"
- fummer one thoufand fiven hundred and txventy-feven, and from thence for reducing tbejame to feventy-one
1 thoufand and one Pounds tiuo Shillings and three Pence three Farthings, and eighty thoufand Pounds re-
- deemable by Parliament ; and for preventing the uttering of forged, counterfeited or crafed Bank Bills or
4 Nates; the faid Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred "thou'and Pounds, payable to the faid Go-. ' vernor and Company ot the Bank of England, in refpect of the faid Sum of two millions, was fom ' Midfummcr one thoufand feven hundred and twenty feven, reduced to an Annuity of eighty thoufand
- Pounds accordingly ; and it was thereby amongft other Things provided and enacted, That if at any
' Time or Times thereafter Payment fhould be made to the faid Governor and Company of the Bank. ' of England, of any Sum or Sums of Money, not being lefs than five hundred thoufand Pounds at a
- Time, in Part of the faid two millions, fo much of the Annuity attending the fame, as fhall bear a
Proportion
