A. D. 1760. Anno prlmo Georgii III. C. 20. 569 he dire6ted by any future A^Sl or Ails of Parliament j any Thing to the contrary thereof in any wife jiotwithftanding. ' ' ' XXVI, And whereas feveral Sums of Money and Annuities granted by his late Majefty to his ' Royal Family, out of the Revenues for defraying the Charges of the Civil Government, were by "^ ' certain Ads of Parliament exempted from the Payment of all Taxes, Impofitions, and other pub- ' lick Charges whatfoever, and it is proper that the like Exemption fhould be allowed upon and in
- refpeft of fuch Annuities and Sums of Money as have been or fhall be granted to the Royal Family
' by his prefent Majefty ;' Be it therefore enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That ail fuch Suqis of AH Annuities, &c. Money and Annuities as have been granted, or which (hall be at any Time hereafter granted, by his granted by his Majefty Majefty, to any of the Royal Family, out of the Revenues appointed for defraying the Charges of J^j?" ^ "L T«-fJ'-e " the Civil Government, and fupporting the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, fhall, from and after the twentieth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one, be free and clear, and the fame, and every Part thereof, is and are hereby freed and difcharged from all Taxes, Impofitions, Fees, and publick Charges whatfoever ; any former Acl or Ads of Parliament to the contrary not- yithftanding. CAP. XX. An Afl for enabling his Majedy to raife a certain Sum of Money towards paying off and difcharging the Debt of the Navy, and towards Naval Services, for the Year one thoufand leven hundred and fixty-one ; and for allowing further Time for making Affidavits of the Execution of Articles or Contrads of Clerks to Attornies or Solli- citors, and filing thereof. ' Mo/i Gracious Sovereign, ' « XXrE, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjeds, the Commons of Great Britain, in Par- PrcaiiUe.- ' VV liament aflembled, for raifmg the Supply granted to your Majefty, towards paying off and
- difcharging the Debt of the Navy j and alfo towards raifingthe Supply granted to your Majefty for
- Naval services, in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one ; have refolved to give and
- grant unto your Majefty the Sum of one million five hundred thoufand Pounds ; and do there-
' fore moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it may be enaded ;' And be it ena£led 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 aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. Credit of Loan grinted That it (hall and may be lavv'ful to and for the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by Warrant or War- to his rvlajefly for rants under his Royal Sign Manual, to authorize and impower the Commiffioners of his Majefty's i.s°o>°°ol- Treafury now, or for the Time being, or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Treafurer Treafury may raife the for the Time being, at any Time or Times before the fifth Day of "January one thoufand {o.'vtw hun- fame by Loans or Ex- pired and fixty-two, to caufe or diredl any Loans to be taken or received at his Majefty's Exchequer chequer Bills, from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Body or Bodies Politick or Corporate, or any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out there, for any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding, in Loans and Exchequer Bills together, in the Whole, the faid Sum of one million five hundred thou- fand Pounds, in the fame or like Manner, Form and Order, and according to the fame or like Rules in like manner as fs pre- and Directions, as in and by an Act of this prefent Seflion of Parliament, intituled. An ASt for grant- fcribed by the Land Tax ing on Aid to his Majejiy hy a LandTax to be raifed in Great Britain _^^r the Service of the Tear one thou- ^^°^ thisSciTion, con- fand feven hundred and fixty-otie, are enacted and prefcribed concerning the Loans or Exchequer Bills"""??^,!^!"^ "f^!'^.'" J.J, , . J ^ ^ r r • ^ n ^ quer Bills tnereby to be 10 be taken or made in purluance ot the laid Acit. n,ade out. IL And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every theClaufes, Provifoes, TheCIaufcs &c. in the Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Dilabilities contained in the faid laft faid Aa rela'ting' to the mentioned A6t relating to the Loans or Exchequer Bills authorized to be made by the fame A(St (ex- ^-^^ns or Exchequer cept fuch Claufes as do charge the fame on the Taxes granted by the fame A6t, and except fuch ^'^ Claufes as limit the Rate of Intereft to be paid for the f orbtarance of Money lent on the Credit of the laid A6t, and ?,lfo except as is herein after mentioned) ftiull be applied and extended to the Loans extended to the Loans and Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of this Ai5t, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and and Exchequer Biils :<» Purpofes, as if the fame Loans or Exchequer Bills had been originally authorized by the faid ]aft^e made forth in ^lur- - mentioned A6t, or as if the faid feveral Claufes or Provifoes had been particularly repeated and ^e_'^"-'^<=^ °^ this Ad: enacSted in the Body of this A6t. in. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Exchequer E-'^chequer Bills, after Bill or Bills to be made out by virtue of this Act, fhall, after the fame hath or have been ifmed and ^e'n?'^"^^ 'i"a applied, paid at the Exchequer to the Treafurer of his Majefty's Navy for the Time being, and applied by him "" '" ^ '^"^^'"'^ ;i<'^' r 1 i-> r L • r ■ I I I- 1 T'- 1 r 1 ^ - 1 T< ..cn.ingcd by anv Col- tor the rurpoles herein after-mentioned, be afterwards, at any i ime before the twcnty-lixth Day Oi icaor?, &c. of'thepuh^ March one .ou(< A feven hundred and fixty-two, received or taken, or pafs or be, current to any lick Revenues, beioie Receiver or Collector in Gr^fl/ 5r/ViS'/V/ of the Cuftoms, Excife, or any Revenue, Supply, Aid, or ^^ -'^^^•^^ '762. Tax whatfoever, due or payable to his Majefty, his Heirs, or Succefibrs, or at the Receipt of the Exchequer, from any fuch Receiver or CollecStor, or from any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Poli- tick or Corporate, otherwife, or on any other Account, than for the Difcharge and Cancelling of fuch Bills, in cafe the fame lliall be in due Courfe or Order of Payment before the faid twenty-fixth Day of March j nor ihall any fuch Receiver or CoUedtor exchange at any Time before the faid Vol. Vm. 4 D twenty-
