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A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. i. ^yg IV. And be it further enacSled by the Authorif/ aforefaid, That fuch Salaries of Judges as are now or and to be fa!d, after any {hall become payable out of the annual Rent or Sum granted for the Support of his Majefty's Houfe-D^mife ot the Crown, hold, and of the honour and Dignity of the Crown, fhall, from Time to Time, after the Demife °;;'J* "fj^^^f ^7^; fuch of the Duties or Revenues granted for the Ufes of the Civil Government of his Majefty, his as /hall befubfifting after Heirs, and Succeilbrs, as fliall be fubfifting after every fuch Demife refpeftively, until fome further '""c^ Demife, until fuo.. or other Provifion be made by Parliament for the Expences of the Civil Government ; and from and jjj,^^'j°^^^°^" ^^^^*^* immediately after the making of fuch Provifion, and during the Continuance thereof, fuch Salaries ^ ^' '■^'^^n , fhall be paid and payable out of all or any of the Monies which fhall be applicable to fuch Ufes and Expences as aforefaid. Anno Regni GEORGII III. Regis Magnse Britanniae, Franclce, 8c Hibernias, fecundo. AT the Parliament begun and holden at Wejlmhijier the nineteenth Day of May^ Anno Do- mini one thoufand fevcn hundred and fixty-one, in the firft Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain^ France and Ireland^ K^ing, Defender of the Faith, ^c. and from thence continued by feveral Pro- rogations to the third Day of November following, being the firft SefUon of the tv^^elfch Parlia- ment of Great Britain, CAP. I. An A(5t for enabling his IVIajefty to make Provifion for fupporting the Royal Dignity of the Queen, in cafe fhe fhall furvive his Majefty. Mojl Gracious Sovereign^ WHEREAS your Majefly's mofl faithful Commons rcfleiSt with the greatefi: Pleafure on preamble, the joyful and aufpicious Event of your Majefby's Royal Nuptials with a Princefs, defcend- ed from an illuflrious Proteflant Line, diflinguiOned by the mofl eminent Graces and Endowments, and worthy to be the Royal Partner of your Throne, by poiTefling every Virtue that can adorn it, and have a jufl Scnfe of that affectionate Regard which your Majefty has fhewn for your People, by confuking on this mofl important and intereiling Occafion, as on every other, their Happinel's and that of their Poflcrity, and are truly fenfible how acceptable it will be to your Majsfty, that a c'ood, certain, and competent Revenue be fettled for fupporting the Flonour and Dignity of her Majefty,/your Royal Confort, in cafe flie fhould furvive your Majefty (whofe Lives God long prefcrve) : And whereas by an A61 made in the lirfl Year of the Reign of her late Majefiy Queen ^ Annae, c.j* Anne^ for preferving the Inheritance of feveral Revenues of the Crown, intituled. An Art for the better Support of her Majejiy s HouP:iold^ and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, all Grants thereof (other than fuch as are therein exprefTed} are declared to be voidj and by another Adl made in the ninth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An A51 for ejlahlijling a General Pojfq Annae, c. 10.. Office for all her Majejlfs Dominions^ and for fettling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and oth-:r her Majefiy s Occafwns, it was ena(iled. That fuch Part of the Duties and Revenues arifing in or by the General Letter Office or Poil Office, which was thereby vefted in her faid late Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, and therein mentioned to be undeterminable, fhould not be alienable, chargeable, or grantable for any Eitate, T'erm, or Time whatfoever, to endure longer than the Life of the King or Queen that fnould make fuch Alienation, Charge, or Grant refpedtively ; and that all Gifts, Grams, Alienations, and AfTu ranees whatfoever, to be had or made of, and charged upon, the fame Duties or Revenues, or any Part thereof, contrary to the Provifion pjf, that A£t, fhould be null and void : And whereas by an A6t made in the laft Seffioni Geo. 3. <•♦ la. of Parlia'.r.ent, intituled, An Afi for the Support of his Majefiy s Houjhold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of Great Britain, the Duties and Revenues commonly called The Hereditary Revenues, together with feveral temporary Duties and Revenues thereby continued, and all other Branches and Revenues which, on the twenty-fourth Day of October one thoufand feven hundred, and fixty, ftood fettled or appointed to be towards the Support of the lioufliold of his late Majefiy King George the Second of blefTed Memory, and the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, were (ex- cept as is therein excepted) directed to be, during your Majeiiy's Life, carried to, and made Part of, the General or Aggregate Fund eftablifhed by an Adt made in the firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft ; and for the Support of your Majelty's Houlhcld, and of the Honour and Dignity of your Crown, a certain yearly Rent or Rents, or Sum or Sums of Money, was or were by the faid Act granted out of the faid Fund : Now we do moft humbly, chearfuliy, and unanimoufly befeech your Majefty that it may be ena<5ted,' And be it enatSted by the King's, BVOit Excellent Majeily, by and with the Advice and Cou(cnt of the Lor'ds Spiritual ajid Temporal,