A. D. 1758. Anno tricefimo fecundo Georqii II. C. 31.' 387 IV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That if any of the faid MelTuages, "^j^«;= /';« P^^'es irife- Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, fo vefted by the Aiid Ad, or any Intereft therein, (hall be- '^,^fZi;^,^^^,^^'"^ long to any Corporation, or Body Politick, Ecclefiaftical or Civil, or to any other Perfon or Per- jjjfpofing of theMoney, fons whatfoevcr, who, by reafon of any Difability, is or are not capable by Law to take and dif- pofe of the feveral Sums of Money which (hall be due and payable for and in refpe6l of their feve- ral Interefts in the faid Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or any Part thereof, by the faid A£t vefted; that then, and in every fuch Cafe, the Money due to fuch Body or Bodies Politick ot Cor- it 's then to be paid to ■porate, Ecclefiaftical or Civil, or fuch Perfon or Perfons under fuch Difability as aforefaid, fhali be t|^<^ R'^meiribrancer of paid into the Hands of the Deputy Remembrancer of his Majefty's Court o^ Exchequer for the Time ^ ^ '"^ ^^""' being, for the Ufe of fuch Body or Bodies Politick or Corporate, and the refpedtive Perfons inte- refted therein as aforefaid: Which feveral Sums of Money {hall, with all convenient Speed, be laid and to b3 laid out in the out in the Purchafe of other Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, in Places moft convenient for Purcha^of other Land:, the Parties interefted, their Heirs and Succeflbrs; any Lav/', Statute or Cuftom to the contrary thereof notwithftanding.: And the Eftate or Eftates fo to be purchafed, fhall be conveyed and fettled to be conveyed and fet- to the fame Ufes, Litents and Purpofes, as the former Eftates were fettled at fuch Time as they tied to tlie fame ufes j became vefted in the Truftees appointed by the faid A6t: And that until fuch Purchafes can be and till fuch Purcbs'es made, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Deputy Remembrancer to place fuch Monies out at can be made, is to be Intereft on Parliamentary Funds, or other good Securities; which Intereft fnall, from Time to P'*"** "^ *"^ ^"'*"^' Time, as the fame fliall grow due, be paid to the feveral and refpe^tive Parties who are refpeclively intitled to fuch Principal Sums. ' V. And whereas the Lands lately purchafed at ornear Portf/rwuth and Chatham for fortifying the
- Docks there, were before and at the Time of taking in the fame, liable to, and charged with, the
- Land Tax, Poor and other Rates of the refpective Parifhes wherein fuch Lands rel'peif^ively lie,
' and no Confideration was or has been allowed or paid to difcharge fuch Lands from, or any Pro-
- vifion made for the Payment thereof: And whereas fuch Lands are chiefly under the Care and
' Management of his Majefty's Officers of Ordnance at tl*c refpe£tive Places aforefaid :' Now in or- der to obviate all Difficulties concerning fuch Taxes and Rates, Be it further enailed by the Au- thority aforefaid. That the Lands and rremiffes taken in for the Purpofes aforefaid, fliall from The Lands, *c. taken in henceforth ftand and be fubje(ft, liable to, and chargeable with the Payment of the Land Tax, and all for fortifying the Docks Parifli Taxes and Rates, in Proportion with other Lands and PremiiTes in fuch refpe6tive Parifties at Portfmouch aad tha- charged and chargable therewith; and that the faid Lands and Premifles hereby fo charged ^^^i^l^^-^^^'^^f^J^l^^^^ chargeable with fuch Taxes and Rates, fhall, as to fo much thereof as fhall not be otherwife de- Taxes, &c. mifed or occupied by any particular Perfon or Perfons, ftand and be charged to, and in the Name of, and paid by the Storekeeper of his Majefty's Ordnance for the Time being at the faid refpective which are to be paid by Ports or Places where fuch Lands refpediively lie, and that fuch Storekeeper paying the fame, fhall the Storekeeper, be repaid and allowed fuch Sum and Sums of Money as fuch Storekeeper fhall fo pay, by the Trea- and allowed in his Ac- furer or Paymafter of his Majefty's Ordnance for the Time being, on Demand thereof, who fhall""'} be allowed the fame in his Accounts; and that in cafe fuch Storekeeper fo charged and chargeable therewith, fhall negledt or refufe to pay any fuch Tax or. Rate, fo to be made on him as aforefaid, when demanded, that then, and in every fuch Cafe, the Sum or Sums fo to be afTelTed and charged and in ca'e of Nonpay- to and on fuch Storekeeper, in refped of fuch Lands and Premiffes, fhall and may be levied on fuch |"*" ""'^^ ^^ ^"'"'^ °"-.' Storekeeper by fuch Ways and Means, and in fuch Manner, as upon any other Occupier of Lands ""' liable to the Payment of any fuch Tax or Ratej any Law, Statute, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XXXL An A£l for granting to his Majefty certain Sums of Money out of the Sinking Fund •, and for applying certain Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hunared and fifty-nine j and for Relief of Samuel Taylor, with refpedt to a Bond entered into by him for fecuring the Duties on Tobacco imported. Jl^oji Gracious Sovereign,
- "W/^'" ^°" -^^J^^y's "^oft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons oi Great Britain in Parii- Pieamble,
- VV ament aflembled, being defirous to raife the Refidue of the neceffary Supplies which we
- have chearfully granted to your Majefty in this Seffion of Parliament, by Ways and Means the
- leaft burthenfome to your Majefty's Subjeds, have refolved to give and grant to your Majefty the
- Sums herein after mentioned ; and do therefore moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may he
- enaded ;' And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and
Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the Sum of one hundred and eighty thoufand feventy-fix 180,0761. 17s; jc. Pounds feventeen Shillings and three Farthings, remaining in the Receipt of the Exchequer, difpofe- |"P'"5 lemaining in the able by Parliament for the Publick Service, of the Income of the Surplufibs, Excefles, Overplus J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Monies, and other Revenues compofing the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund^ for theQuar- Fund, for the QuarTer tex ended the fifth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and iifty-dine, Ihall aud may be ilTued enaiag s ^P"! 1759. D d d 2 and
