A.D. i747« Anno viceGmo Georgii IL C. 36. 41 fand two hundrec] thirty-three Pounds one Shilling and one Penny, for making good the Deficiency at Def.clency on C.6j7////wj- one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, of the Duties on Glafs and Spirituous Liquors; and ^^'^'"™P"='- any" Sum or Sur^is of Money, not exceeding thirty-eight thoufand fix hundred forty-eight Pounds five Sail- D,|j^^„cy^'„' ' lings and two Pence Farthing, for making good the Deficiency at Chnftmas one thoufand feven hun- cbf; and Spiri- dred and forty-fix, of the Surplus of the Fund of the Lottery one thoufand feven hundred and four- mousLiquois. teen. ^s.Mi. fs. zd, ' XXVL And whereas by an Ac^ of Parliament made and paffed in the fixth Year of the Reign of her J"J^'^'"!j|^.^lJ^J ' ' ' late Majefty Qiieen Anne (intituled. An Aci for cont'imimg one Half Part of the Suhfidies of Tonnage «k^ Lottery in 17%. ' Poundage, and other Duties upon Wines, Goods and Merchandizes imported, ivbich zuere granted to the Croivn ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^'
- in the tiuclfth Tear of the Reign of King Charles the Second ; and for fettling a Fund thereby, and i>y other
'. lFays_ and Means, for Payment of Annuities, not exceeding eighty thoufand Pounds per Annum, to be fold for
- raifng a further Supply to her Majejly for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and eight, and
' other Ufes therein exprcfed) certain Annuities v/ere granted and made payable at the Exchequer out of the
- faid Duties by that A£i: continued : And whereas in purfuance of an Adl made in the fixth Year of th-e
' Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firfl: (intituled. An AM for enabling the South-Sea Company 6 Geo. i, c. 4, ' to incrcafe their prefent Capital Stock and Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein ' mentioned; and for raif.ng Monies to be applied for leffeningfeveral of the publick Debts and Incumbrances ; and ' for calling in the prefent Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled, and for making forth nevj Bills in lieu thereof, to ' he circulated and exchanged upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer) feveral of the Proprietors of the Annui- ' ties before mentioned did I'ubfcribe the fame into the Capital Stock of the faid South Sea Company, upon ' the Terms in the faid lafl recited A£l mentioned, by means whereof the fiiid Company are become inti- ' tied to the yearly Sum of forty-feven thoufand three hundred twenty-feven Pounds thirteen Shillings and ' eight Pence, for interefl: and Charges of Management, upon fuch Part of the faid Annuities fo fubfcribed. ' into their Capital : And whereas the Monies arifen into the Exchequer, of or for the Rates and Duties ' by the faid firft recited Kdi granted, have proved fo lov/ and deficient, that at the Feaft of the Birth of ' our Lord Chrift one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, there was due and payable to the feveral Per- ' fons intitled to fuch Part of the faid Annuities as were not fubfcribed to the South Sea Company, as ' alfo to the South Sea Company, upon their Annuity aforefaid, the Sum of eighty-five thoufand nine hun- ' dred fixty-eight Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence three Farthings : And whereas no Provifion is
- made by the faid A£ts, or either of them, for making good fuch Deficiency;' Be it therefore enafted by
the Authority aforefaid, That out of all or any the Ads or Supplies aforefaid, there fliall and may be ilfijed 85,96^1. 12s. faid Fealt Day of the Birth of our Lord Chrift one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix. pany. ^'f'- XXVIL And be it further enacfled by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Aids or Supplies provided The Supplies to ' as aforefaid fhall not be ilTued or applied to any Ufe, Litent or Purpofe whatfoever, other than the Ufes and te applied as ■ ' Purpofes before mentioned, or for the feveral Deficiencies or other Payments directed to be fatisfied there- '^"^"^^'^'•- out by any Act or A6ts, or any particular Claufe or Claufes for that Purpofe contained in any other Act or Afls of this prefent Seffion of Parliament. XXVIIL And as to the faid Sum of twenty-nine thoufand nine hundred fourteen Pounds fifteen Shillings aind ten Pence by this Act appropriated on Account of Half-pay, as aforeiaid ; It is hereby enafled and dcr Rules to be ob- clared by the Authority aforefaid, That the Rules herein after prefcribed fhall be duly obferved in the Ap- ^"'^!' '" "^^"^ plication thereof; that is to fay. That no Perfon fhall have or receive any Part of the fame, who was a theH"l'f-°p"v Minor and under the Ageof fixteen Years, at the Time when the Regiment, Troop or Company, in which .s,,j2i Qa. z. hi ferved was reduced ; that no Perfon fnall have or receive any Part of the fame, except fuch Perfons who c zi.fia. 35. did acStual Service in fome Regiment, Troop or Company; that no Perfon having any other Place or Em- pl'iyment of Profi', Civil or R/Jilitary, under his Majefty, flaall have or receive any Part of the faid Half-^ pay; that no Chaplain of any Garrifon or Rcj,imenr, who has any Ecclefiafiical Benefice in Great Britain^ or Ireland, fhall have or receixe any Part of the faid Half-pay ; that no Perfon fhall have or receive any Part of the fame, who has refigned his Commillion, and has had no Commhrion fince ; that no Part of the fame Ih.ill be allowed to any Perfon by virtue of any Warrant or Appointment, except to fuch Perfons who v/ould have been otherv/ife intitled to the fame as reduced Officers; and that no Part of the fame fhall be allowed to any of the Ofiicers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot lately dif- banded in Ireland, except to fuch as were lately taken ofi^ the Efi:ablifhment of Half-pay in Great Britain, ■ ' XXIX; And whereas by an KGi of Parliament made in the nineteenth Year of his Majefty 's Reign, 19 Geo, 2. c 37, ' (intituled. An Aci for granting to his Majefty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, for the Service
- of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and frtyfx ; and alfo for enahling his Majcfly to raife a further Sum
' of Money for the Ujes and Purpofes therein mentioned and for the further, appropriatijig the Supplies granted^
- in this Sejfmi of Parliament and for making frth Duplicates ^cf Exchequer' Bills, Lottery Tickets, Receipts,
' Annuity Orders or other Orders, lofft, burnt or otheriuife deflraycd.X feveral Supplies which had been granted ' to his Majefty, as is therein m.cntioned, were appropriated to feveral ,Ufes and Purpofes therein exprefled, ' amongft which, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding twenty-four thoufand feven hundred and ' one Pounds feven Shillings and fix Pence, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Ma- ' jefty's Land Forces and Marines, fubjecl: neverthek-fs to fuch Rules to be obferved in the Application of ' the faid Half-pay, as in and by the aforefaid Act were prefcribed in that Bchaif ;' Now it is hereby pro- 7"!,"^J^'i"V^' vided, enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That fc much of the f-iid Sum of twenty-four thou- ™ trbe'!"'ul fand feven hundred and one Pounds feven Shillings and fix Pence, as is or fhall be more than fufficient to fa- eiVo r»c!i Ob-'" tisfv the fiid reduced Officers, according to the Rules prefcribed by the faid Aft to be obfcryed in the Appli- yfls ns his Ma. Vul,. VIL G catibji.)':i',*"ilJif':ci:.
