A. D. 1750. Anno vicefimo tertio Georgii II. - C, 21. -i^y^ iX. Provided alfo, That it fhall iiot be interpreted any undue Preference to incur any Penalty in point of fj^,^ ,(• r^^f^_ Payment, if the Auditor direft, and the Clerk of the Pells record, and the Tellers do pay fubfcquent Or- qucnt Onit-p. i.n deri to Perfons thr.t come arid demand their Monies, and bring their Orders, before other Perfons that did ra'-d before fiuh not come to take their Monies, and bring their Orders in Courfe, fo as there be fo much Money referved as as we. c not dj- •!will fatisfy pcecedent Orders, which fhall not be otherwifs difpofed of, but kept for them; Intereft upon "^^"^'^°- Tvoan being to ceafefrom the Time rhe Money is fo referved and kept in Bank for them. X. And be it further enacted, That all and every Perfon and Perfons to whom any Money fliall be due Orders affign- ,for Loans to be regiflrred by virtue of this AiSt, after Order entered in the Book of Regiftry as aforefaid, his, ^'^• ter or their Executors, Adroiaillrators or Affigns, by proper Words of Allignment to be indorfed and writ- ten upon his, her or their Order, may affign and transler his, her or their Right, Title, Intereft and Be- nefit of fuch Order, or any Part thereof to any other ; which being notified in the OfHce of the Auditor of No Fee for the Receipt aforelaid, and an Entry or Memorial thereof alfo made in the Book of Regiftry aforefaid for E'wry. Orders (which the Officers fhall upon Requeft without Fee or Charge accordingly make} fliall intitle fuch Affignee, his her or their Executors, Adminiftrators, SuccefTors and Affigns, to the Benefit thereof, and Payment thereon, and fuch Affignee may in like Manner affign again, and fo foiies qucties ; and afterwards The Affjgnmep.f. it fhall not be in the Power of fuch Perfon or Perfons who have or hath made fuch Affignmcnt, to make not to be voiced, void, releafe or difcharge the fame, or any the Monies thereby due, or any Part thereof. XI. And to the end there may be no Want or Failure of a certain Sum not to exceed in the whole the faid S rm of nine hundred thoufand Pounds, to be raifed either by fuch Loans as aforefaid, or by iffuing Exche- quer Bills as is herein after mentioned, or by both or either of thofe Ways or Means for the publick Service ; Be it further ena£i:ed by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, Cottim-fiioners or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners ^jy^^ai^^new of the Treafury for the time being, fhall judge it more advifeable to raife the faid Sum of nine hundred thou- Exchequer Bills fand Pounds, or any Part thereof, by Exchequer Bills, inftead of fuch Loans as aforefaid, that then they for the faid Sum refpeclively are hereby authorized and impowered at any Time or Times to prepare and make, or caufe to °^ 900, ceo 1. be prepared and made at the Exchequer, any Number of new Exchequer Bills, for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the w.hole the faid Sutn of nine hundred thoufand Pounds, together with fuch Loans as aforefaid, in the fame or like Manner, Form or Order, and according to the fame or like Rules and Direcfions, as in and by a certain h&. of Parliament {For granting an Aid to his Majejiy, by a Latul Ta. for the Service cf the Year one thoufand fcven hundred and fifty) are enafted and prefcribed concerning t e . Exchequer Bills to be n-.ade in purfuance of the faid AcL XIL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Claufes, Provifoes, fufecT to the Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, contained in the faid laitr-mentioned Regulations A'ft relating to the Loans or Exchequer Bills authorized to be made by the fame A<5i: (except fuch Claufes contained in ths as do charge the lame on the Aids or Aflefiments, granted by the fame Aft) fhall be applied and extended to Land Tax, &c .the Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of this Aft, as fully and efFeftually to all Intents and Ptirpofes as if the fiid Exchequer Bills had been originally authorized by the faid laft mentioned Aft, or as if the i'aid fcveral Claufes or Provifoes had been particularly repeated or re-enafted in the Body of this prefent Aft. XIII And be it enaftcd by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Exchequer Bills as fhall be made in Exchequer Elih, purfuance of this Aft, and the Intereft, Premium, Rate and Charges incident to, or attending the fame, &c. to' be repaid Ihall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon, and fhall be repaid and borne by and out of. the grow- put of the Smk- ing Produce of the faid Surplufles, Excelies and Overplus Monies, commonly called ne Sinking Fund, (ex- 'nefund, cept fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes by any former or other Aft or Afts of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund fl:all and may be iilued and applied, as faft as the fame can be regularly ftated and afccrtained, for and towards the paying o!F, cancelling and difcharging fuch Exchequer Bills, Intereft, Premiiun, Rate or Charges, until the whole of ihem fhall be paid off, cancelled and difcharged, or Money fufficicnt for that Purpofe be kept and refer- veJ in the Exchequer, to be payable on Demand to the refpeftive Proprietors thereof. XIV. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Monies coming into Land Tax, &c. the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one Aft of this Seffion of Parliament (intituled. An An for granting an Aid to his Majc/iy by a Land Tax^ to be raijcd in Great Britain, for the Service of the Tear one ihoiijand [even hundred and fifty) and fo much Mone', if any fuch be, of the Tax thereby granted, as fhall arife or remain, after all the Loans or Exchequer Bills made or to be made on the fame Aft, and all the Intereft, Pra-mium, Rate and Charges thereupon, and the Charges thereby allowable for raifing the faid ^ Land Tax, fliall be fatisfied, or Money fufficient fnall be referved ui the Exchequer to difcharge the fame ; and alfo all the Monies coming into the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one other Aft of this Seffion of Parliam.ent (intituled. An ASl for continuing and granting to his Majefy certain Duties upon Malt Tar, Malt, A'lum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Year one thoujoMd feven hundred and fifty) and fo much Money, if any fuch be, of the Duties thereby granted, as (hall arifc or remain after all the Loans or Exche- quer Bills made, or to be made on the fame Act, and all the Intereft:, Pramium, Rate and Charges thereon, and the Charges thereby allowable for raifing the faid Duties, fliall be fatisfied, or Monies fufficient ihall be referved in the Exchequer to difcharge the fame ; and alfo all the Monies coming into the Exchequer, for and Annuities. Contributions for Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, granted by one other : Aft of this prefVnt Seffion of Parliament, intituled. An A£l for graining to his Majefty the Su?7i rf one mil- . - ■•■ fton, to be raifcd by Annuities at tinee Pounds per Centum per Annum, and charged on the Sinking Fund, trarf- ferrahle at the Bank of England ; and the Sum of feventeen thoufand five hundred and fifty-three Pounds ten .Shillings and ten Pence, remaining in the JtLxchequer at Chrifmas laft, being the Surplus of the additional Duties upon all Wines imported, over and above fufficient to fatisfy the Annuities charged thei'cupon; and the Sum of twciity-nijie thoufand eight hundred and fifty-fix Pounds one Shilling and eleven Pence Hslf- H h 2 penny.
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