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6qo G. 33. Anno fecundo Georgii III. A. D. 1762.

  • Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain^ bearing Date the twentieth D^y of Jpni
  • ■ in the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, his Majefty, in gracious Compliance with the Defire of

' the Houfe of Commons, exprefied in the faid Addrefs, did give and grant unto the hid Wrihur On- ' Jlotv, in Confideration of his great and eminent Services performed to his County as aforefaid, and

  • as a fignal Mark of his Majefty's Royal flavour, an Annuity or yearly Suni of three thoufand

' Pounds, to be iffuing and payable out of, and charged and chargable upon, the refpeftive Monies ' and Revenues therein after mentioned, to be held, received and enjoyed by the faid Jrthur Onjlowy

  • his Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, for and during the natural Lives of him the faid Arthvr

' Orjhiv, and of his Son George Onjloiv Eiquire, and for and during the natural Life of the longer

  • Liver of them; and to direil that the faid Annuity, or yearly Sum of three thoufand Pounds, for
  • fo long Time as his Majefty {hould continue in Life, (hould be charged upon, and paid out of
  • any Monies, which from Time to Time, fhould be in the Receipt of the Exchequer, applicable
  • to the Ufes of his Majefty's Civil Government, and that the faid Annuity or yearly Sum fhould
  • commence fro:-!i the Day of the Date of the faid Letters Pattnt: And v/hereas by virtue and in

' purfuance of the faid Letters Patent, feveral Payments have been made out of the Monies appli- ' cable as aforefaid, to the faid Arthur Onjlow, amounting in the whole to the Sum of two thoufand ' one hundred and thirty-four Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence Hhalfpenny : And whereas

  • his Majefty has been graciouily pleafed to fignify to his Parliament, that it not having been in his
  • Majefty's Power to extend the Effect of the faid Grant beyond the Term of his own Life, his

' Majefty recommends it to his Parliament to confider of a proper Method of extending and fecu-

  • ring the fame in the moft effectual Manner, for the Benefit of the faid Arthur Onjhw: Now we,
  • your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjeils, the Commons of Great Britain in this prefent
  • Parliament aflemblcd, being defirous to make good to your Majefty fuch Expences as have been,
  • and to provide for fuch as might be, incurred by your Majefty in confequence of the faid Grant,
  • and to fettle and fecure, in the moft beneficial Alanner, for the Ufe of the faid Arthur Onjlow^ the
  • yearly Sum of three thoufand Pounds, for and during the Term herein after mentioned, agreeably
  • to your Majefty's moft gracious Intentions, and as a Teftimony of the grateful and aft'edionate

' Remembrance which your Majefty's faithful Commons retain of the long continued and eminent 1 s td.aq. * Services of xz {ixxd Arthur Onflow ^ do therefore moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it may fobe iiVuedo'ucof the' be enacSled ;' And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Sum of two thoufand one Aggregate Fund, hundred thirty-four Pounds twelve Shillings and three Pence Halfpenny, fhall and maybe iffued to make good the like g^d paid from and Out of the Duties and Revenues which compofe the Fund, commonly called The ^^^^^^^^° f^^'^^^^^' Aggregate Fund, and be applied in making good the like Sum paid as aforefaid to the faid y/r//;z/r com't ofTh-^AnnuUy" Onjlow on account of the faid Annuity or yearly Sum ; and the faid Money fo to be ifliaed and paid grantedhimby his Ma- Out of the Aggregate Fund, fliall be added to, and made Part of, the Monies applicable to the Ufes jefty, in purfuance of the of his Majefty's Civil Government, and fhall and may be iffued and applied for fuch Ufes accordingly. Addrefs of the Houfe of XilL And be it further enacfted by the Authority aforefaid, That in lieu of the faid Annuity or Commons. yearly Sum of three thoufand Pounds by the faid Letters Patent, bearing Date the twentieth Day The faid Annuity oi April in the firft Year of his Majefty's, Reign, granted to the faid Arthur Onjlow Efquire, his thTfJt^u^eOTt'of t!^ Executors, Adniiniftrators or Afligns, and payable as aforefaid, the faid Arthur OnJloiv, his Execu- /KcrcgateFund- tors, Adminiftrators and Afligns, fhall have, receive and enjoy at the Receipt of the Exchequer, for and during the natural Lives of him the faid Arthur OtjJIow and of George Onjlow Efquire, his Son, and for and during the natural Life of the longer Liver of them, one Annuity or yearly Rent or Sum of three thoufand Poujids of lawful Money of Great Britain, out of the Duties and Revenues which compofe the faid Fund commonly called The Aggregate Fund, and every or any of them (after paying or rcferv'ing fufficient to pay all fuch Sum and Sums of Money as have been directed by any former A£t or A£ts of Parliament to be paid out of the fame, but with Preference to all other Pay- ments which (ball or may hereafter be charged upon, or payable out of, the faid Aggregate Fund) j to commence on 5 Jan. -vviij^h faid Annuity or yearly Rent, or Sum of three thoufand Pounds, fliall commence from the 1762, and to be p^d ^^^-^ £)^y ^f January one thoufand fcven hundred and fixty-two, and ftiall be paid and payable ^7'"j*oV ' "'^quarterly to the faid Arthur Onjlow, his Executors, Adminiftrators and Afligns, at the four moft ^ April, ufual I^ays of Payment in the Year; that is to fay, "^J'he fifth Day of April, the fifth Day of July^ 5 Jul), the tenth Day of October, and the fifth Day of January, by even and equal Portions ; the firft quar- 10 Odfober and terly Payment thereof to become due and payable on the fifth Day of April in the Year of our Lord 5 January. ,. „ ^^r!^ thoufand feveii hundred and fixty-two; and that the Annuity or yearly Sum granted by tcnt"toccYfrtLreupon. ^^^ ^^^^ J^etters Patent fhall ceafe and determine, from and after the fifth Day of January in the ' faid Year, Ttcafury iropowered to XIV. And be it further enacled by the Authority aforefaid. That it ftiall and may be lawful fo direft the Auditor of the and for the Comm.ifllioners of his Majefty's Treafury now being, and the High Treafurer and Under Exchequer to make TVcafurcr of the Exchequer, and Commiflioners of the Treafury for the Time being, and they are foM^h^^'id A'nn"!rVsit^^'^y ^^'^°'^'^' J"'P«wercd and required, by V/arrant under their Hands, to direct the Auditor ftlli b«omc due "with- ^ the Receipt of the Exchequer now and for the Time being, to make forth and pafs Debentures, out Fee} ' from Time to 'J'imc, for paying the faid Annuity, or yearly Rent or Sum of three thoufand Pounds, as the f.une ftiall, from Time to Time, become due and payable, without any Fees or Charges to be demanded or taken for payiiig the fame, or any Part thereof; which faid Warrant, and the De- bentures to be ma.!c forth and pafTed thereupon, fhall be a fufficient Authority to the feveral and re- fpcdivc Officers of the Receipt of the Exclicquer now and for the Time being, for the Payment of the faid Annuity, or yearly Rent or Sum of three thoufand Pounds to the faid Arthur Onjlow, his 3, Executors^