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576 C. I. Anno fecundo Georgii III. A. D. 1761 His Majcfty imf owered, axwl Commorts, ill this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of thefime, That it fhall by Letters Patent under and may be lawful to and for the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by any Letters Patent, or Inden- un^^the Queen Tn^An'^^^' ^'^ ^^ feveral Letters Patent or Indentures, under the Great Seal of Great Britain^ hereafter to nui"> of i^o.'oooL " be made, to give and grant to her faid Majefty the Queen, or to fuch other Perfon or Perfons as his Majefty Ihall think fit, to be named in fuch Letters Patent, Indenture or Indentures, and his or their Heirs, to the Ufe of, or in Truft for her Majefty, one Annuity or yearly Rent or Sum of huii Jred to take Place from the thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain ; which Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred Deceife of his Majefty, thoufand Pounds, and every Part thereof, {hall commence and take Eftedl immediately from and after and^contmue duriiis hit jj^g Deceafe of his Majefty, and continue from thenceforth for and during the natural Life of her Ma- ' ^' jefty; and fhall be paid and payable at the four moft ufual Days of Payment in -he Year; rhat is to the fame to be paid quar- fay, the fifth Day of January^ the fifth Day o( April, the fifth D ly oi July, an J the tenth Day of tfi'bi October, by even and equal Portions ; the firft Payment thereof to be made at fuch of ti'e laid Days as -fhall firft and n:xt happen after the Deceafe of his Majefty, in cafe her Majefty the Queen fhall furvivehim, as aforefaid; and that the faid Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred thoufand Pounds fhall or may, by fuch Letters Patent, Indenture or Indentur.s, be direcfcd to be ilTuing and payable out of the hereditary and out of, or charged and chargeable upon all or any Part of fuch of the faid Duties, Revenues, and otherRevenuescairicd to Branches, which by the faid A61 made in thelaft SelTion of Parliament, intituled. An Acl for the Sup- an aIi off Geo"" ^A^^ °f ^^'^ Majejly i HmJhrAd, and cf the Honour and Dignity of the Croiun of Great Brit , in, were car- eo. 3. ^j^j ^^^ ^^j made Part of, the faid General or Aggregate Fund, as fliall befubfifting after the Deceafe andanyoccafionalDefci-of his prefent Adajefty ; and in cafe the Duties, Revenues, and Branches, out of v/hich the faid An- ency to bemadegoodout nuity or yearly Sum of one hundied thoufand Pounds Ihall be ifTuing or payable, or charged or th "^Hd^Fund '^°'"°^'"^ '^^^^'^S^'^^'^ upon, fhall at any Time or Times be deficient to make good the lame, or any Part ^^ ' thereof, fuch Deficiency and Deficiencies fliall or may, by the faid Letters Patent, Indenture or Indentures, be directed to be from Time to Time, as often as fuch Deficiency or Deficiencies fhall fo happen, fupplied, ifTuing, and payable out of, or charged and chargeable upon, all and every the Duties and Revenues which compofe the faid Fund, commonly called The G en f.ral or Aggregate Fund, and every or any of them (after paying or referving fufficient to pay, all fuch Surri and Sums of in Preference to all other Money, as hath or have been directed by any former A61: or Afts of Parliament to be paid out of Payments which (hall (he fame) but with Preference to all other Payments which fhall or may hereafter be chare:ed upoii, there'uTn.^' '^"2^^ and payable out of, the faid Fund. Trr^d"! nuit b ^' '^"'^ ^ '^ hereby further enacted. That the faid Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred thou- paid^at'theReceiptof his^*^"^ Pounds fliall be paid and payable at the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, or by and from Majefty's Exchequer, the immediate Hands of all and every the Commiflioners, Farmers, Treafurers, or Receivers for the '^Fime being of the faid Duties, Revenues and Branches refpecStively, -upon v/hich the faid Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred thouland Pounds, or any Pare or Parts thereof, fhall be charged, vvith- free of all Taxes and out any Fees or Charges to be demanded or taken for paying the fame, or any Part thereof; and the ^*^'^6" » ■ f Acquittance and Acquittances of her Majefty, or her Truftces, or of her Alajefty's Treafurer or herMateftv'o'r herTruf- Receiver General for the l^ime being, fliall be a good and fufficient Difcharge for the Payment therc- tecr, to be a fufficient of, without any further or other "Warrant to be fued for, had, or obtained in that Behalf; and that •Difcharge. the faid Annuity or yearly Sum of one hundred thoufand Pounds, and every Part thereof, fhall be free and clear from all Taxes, Impofitions, and other publick Charges whatfoevcr : and that if the Officers reft^ring or ne- Officers of the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, or the faid CommifTioners, Farmers, Treafu- .r!utyma°brS^'''^^S' ^^ Receivers for the Time being, of all o'r any of the faid Duties, Revenues, or Branches, upon which the faid Annuity or yearly Sum of one huirdred thoufand Pounds, or any Part ox Parts thereof, fhall be charged, as aforelaid, fhali refufe or negle<St to pay the faid Annuity or yearly Sum, or any Part thereof, to her Majefty, her Treafurer, Receiver General, or Traftccs, or to do any A61: neceffary to enable her Majefty, or her Truftees, or her Treafurer, or Receiver General to re- ceive the fame, then her Majefty, or fuch her Truilees, as aforefaid, may, from Time to Time,. ■iie, profecute, or implead fuch OtHcers, Commiffioners, Farmers, Treafurers, or Receivers, or, any of them, or all or any of their Securities, Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, by Bill, Plaint,, or Adion of Debt, and fhall and may recover Judgments, and fue out Executions thereupon againft fuch Officers, Commiffioners, Farmers, Treafurers, or Receivers refpcftively, and their refp>;cf;ivc Securities, Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, for fuch Sum and Sums of Money then due and owing upon the faid Annuity of one hundied thoufand Pounds, or any Part thereof, as fhall be in the Hands of fuch Officer or Offtcers, Commiffioners, Farmers, Treafurers, or Receivers rcfpec- . lively, at the Time or Times when Demand fhall be made of the Payment of the faid yearly Sunii„ ■or any Part thereof as aforefaid, or for the Refufal or Neglc6l to do any Aft necefTary to be aone by ■fuch Officer or Officers, to enable her Majefty, or her Truftces, Treafurer, or Receiver General to receive the fame. ill. And, for the Iretter Accommodation of her Majefty, in cafe fl>c fliall happen to furvive his l^i.MajeiU impowefrd Majefiy, Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Tliat it ftiall and may be lawful to and Stran.', with iti Riuhts Capital Mtfiuagc Called by the Name oi Denmark-Houfe, <izs Somerfet Houfe, alias Strond Houfe, and Appu.ncuar.tt.', fituate in or n^wr tc Strand, and in or near the Parilh of o^iV;/ yWir//;)' «/ Si) ond, in the County of Mid'.llifif-, with its Rights, Mcmbeis, and Appurtenances whatfoevcr, and all an i lingular Houfes, Uu-