424. G. 25- Anno vkefimo quinto, Georgii II. A. D. 1752. ' Jejhoyed) it is amongft other Things enadled, That it fhould and might be lawful to and for any Pcrfon ' or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to contribute, advance and pay into the Receip: of his Ma- • ' jcfty's Exchequer, for his Majefty's Ulc, at fuch Time or Times as fliould be appointed by the Com-
- miflioiiers of the 'Freafury then being, or by the High Treafurer, or the Commiffioners of the Treafury
' for the J^ime being, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding four hundred thoufand Pounds, in Pait ' of the faid whole Sum of one million two hundred thoufand Pound?, for the abfolute Purchafe of any
- certain Annuity or Annuities, to commence from the tv.'cnty-ninth Day oi Septnnhcr one thoufand feven
' hundred and thirty-one, and to be paid and payable to fuch Contributor or Contributors, or fuch as he, ' file or they fhould nominate b!s, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators, SuccclTors and Affigns rcfpec- ' tivJy, until Redemption thereof by Parliament, in Manner therein after mentioned; which certain An- ' nuities v/ere to be computed at the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Annum for every one hundred ■* Pounds, and proportionably for any greater Sum to be advanced and paid; and the Purchafe Money fo ' to be paid for every fuch Annuity at the Rate aforefaid, was thereby appointed to be paid into the faid
- Receipt at the Time or Times before mentioned; and the faid- Annuities were by the faid Afl: charged
■' upon and made payable at the refpecStive half-yearly Days of Payment therein fpecified, out of the Money ' arifing by the additional Duties on ftampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, by the faid Act granted and ' appropriated for th;; Payment thereof; and the Sum of fourteen thoufand Pounds /)^r Amnan is thereby
- direfted to be ifl'ued and applied at the faid Receipt of Exchequer, out of the faid additional Duties on
^ ftampt Vellum, Parcliment and Paper, to anfwer and pay the faid Annuities at the refpeclive hali-ycarly ' Days of Payment therein fpecified; and after referving fufficient to pay and fatisfy, from Time to 'rime, ' fuch half-yearly Payments as fhould grow due upon the faid Annuity of fourteen thoufand Pounds, that " then the further yearly Sum or Annuity of twenty-four thoufand Pounds fliould be iilued and paid to the
- Cafhier of the Bank oi England, out of the Monies remaining in the faid Receipt, of the faid additional
' Duties on ftampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, for anfwering and paying all and every the Annuities ' or yearly Paym.cnts, after the Rate oi three Vounds per Centum per Annum, to the Contributors of the ' Lo.tery therein mention';d, in refpedt of the principal Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds, advanced ' by them upon the Credit of the faid additional Duties, at the refpeftive half-yearly Days of Payment
- therein fpecified, until the faid feveral and rel'peftive Annuities ftiould be redeemed by Parliament, ac-
- cording to the Provifo therein contained for that Purpofe; as in and by the faid Act, Relation being
- thereunto had, may more fully appear: And whereas the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons did, in
' purfuance of a Refolution of the faid Houfe in the laft Seffion of Parliament, give Notice by V^riing in- ' ferted in the London Gazette, and affixed upon the Royal Exchange in London, that the faid Annuities will ' be redeemed and paid off on the tenth Day of Oclober one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two, agree- ' able to the Power of Redemption in the laid Act;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority a.'brefaid, Tveafiiry to iffue That it fliall and may be lawful to and for the faid Commiffioners of the Treafury, or any three or more of 4TO,cool. to be them now being, or the faid High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury pri'tto°s'ofth-°' ^°^ '■^^ Time being, and they are hereby refpe£tively authorized and required, on the faid tenth Day of Orders of l' aii Q^ober one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two, to caufe the faid Sum of four hundred thouland Pounds jriade in piuiQ- to be ifTucd and paid at the faid Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, out of all or any the Aids or Sup- anceof ^Gco. 2. plies provided as aforefaid, unto the Proprietors of the ieveral and refpeiStive Orders of Loan made forth to uic'^NotTcr '" purfuance of the before recited A£t of the fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, all the principal yiven^by the Sums contained in_ the faid Orders of Loan, amounting in the v/hole to the faid Sum of four hundred thou- Spe^ker. f^'id Pounds, purfuant to the Notice given by the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons in that Behalf as aforefaid. On Payment of XX. And be it further enaiSted by the Authority aforefaid. That fi-om and after the paving off and dif- the above Sum, charging all the principal Sums contained in the faid Orders of Loan, amounting in the 'whole to the faid cta'-f """'^ " P"C'pal Sum of four hundred thoufand Pounds, or r ferving Money fufficient for that Purpofe, and aifo ' .upon full Payment of all Arrears of the Annuities payable in refpcdt thereof, the laid feveral and rcfpeitive Annuities flia'l ceafe, determine and be underilood to be redeemed; and from and after the Redemption of the iaid Annuities, ail the Moni-.-s which fhall from Time to Time arife into the faid Receipt of Ex- and the Duties to chequer, of or for the faid additional Duties on ftampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, iliall from thence- ' ' ' ' ' " ' . - _j|^y ^j- j.^e,^ty_fQm. j]^yijj-j,^j Pquj^j_^ charged h Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, out of edemption thereof by Parliament, according to the Provifo therein con- tained in that Behalf; any Thing in this or the faid recited hO. to the contrary thereof in any wife noc- withftanding. and the SuqVus XXL Provided alvvays, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe there (hail be to be rtfcn-Ed foi any Surplus or Remainder of the Monies arifing b>' the faid additional Duties at the End of any one Year, the D.ipofumn after the faid Annuity of twentv-four thoufand Pounds, and all Arrears thereof, are fatisficd', or Money "'"'• fecient fliall be rclerved for that Purpofe, that then fuch Surplus or Remainder ihall from Time to Time be relervcd for the Difpofition of Parliament, and fliall not be iilued but by Authority of Parliament, and as fliall be du'eaed by future Act or A£ts of Parliament in that Behalf; any Thing in any former Ad or Afl:s to the contrary thereof notwithftanding. ThereAids to be XXLf. And be it fur;her enaded by the^Authori y aforefaid. That the laid Aids and Supplies provided 'h.utrteo'c ^5 f ^;i=^? fli-Jl not bo iUued or applied to any Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever, other tlian the Ufes roffitionsJ. ' ""^ ^ urpoles belorc mentioned, or for the Lveral Deficiencies or other Payments directed to be fatisficd thet-eout by any Act or A6ts, or any particular Claufe or Claufes for that Purpofe contained in r.nv other Act or Atii of tins prefent Seffion of Parliament. XXIII. and the Duties to cnequer, or or ror tns laid additional Uuties on Itampt V ellur le applied to pay forth be wholly applied to anfwer aad pay the further Annuit r.uit'y"ofzro-"i "P°"?"^ "^'"^"^^ payable by the Atid recited Act of the fourth ^ *' "° 'the faid additional Duties, until Redemption thereof by Parlia
