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and endent eir A. D. 1762. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 36. 701 XII. And be it ena£led, That the Clerk of every Regiment or Battalion of Militia and the Cap- The Reeimental and tain of every Independent Company of Militia, in every County, Riding, and Place, within the Battalion Clerks, Part of Great Britain aforefaid, fhall, between the twenty-fifth Day of March and the twenty-fourth Captains of indep Day ofjufie in the Year one thoufand {even hundred and fixty- three, deliver to the Receiver or Re- <^°'np='"'"' ^'!/°Ak": • !^ 1 r 1 T J '-r- r i^-i n ■ t- -ni i-i<-it->- -n ^^^ "1 Accounts or tnei ceivers Crenerai or the Land i ax tor the County, Ridmg, or rlace to which fuch Regiment, rsat- Receipts and Difburfe- talion, or Independent Company fhall belong, a fair Account in Writing of all Monies by him re- mcnts. ceived and difburfed, for the Service of the preceding Year, in purfuance of this A6t, with proper Vouchers for the fame ^ and fliall pay back to the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land i tr r Tax, any Surplus of fuch Monies that fhajl then be in his Hands ; which faid Accounts, figned by ^"theReTeTveVsGelTa?; fuch Regimental or Battalion Clerk, or by i'uch Captain of an Independent Company rcfpecflively, , , '.uj /I 11 1 ,• •. J i_ ^L /- • J n • T> • y-. » r 1 T i '-r- ■ i r^ rf ■' r who are to tranlmit the ihall be tranlmitted by the laid Receiver or Receivers General or the Land J ax, into the Omce or Accounts into the Audi- the proper Auditor of his Majefty's Revenue. tors OiTice. XIII. Provided always, and be it enaifted, That all Penalties, all Cofts and Charges of Suit, and Recovery of Penalties, all Sums of Money for which any Perfon or Perfons is or are by this Aft made anfwerable, may and &c. fliall be recovered in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejlminjier^ by A6tion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Eflbin, Wager of Law, or Protedtion, or more than one Im- parlance (hall be allowed. XIV. Provided always, and be it enai^ed, That no Fee or Gratuity wbatfoever (hall be given or ^^ ^" payable for any paid for or upon account of any Warrant or Sum of Money which fhall be iffued in relation to, or ^"""^r Sum of Mo. m purfuance ot this A6t. of jhis Aa. CAP. XXXVL An Aft for better fecuring the Payment of the Sums of Money direfled by an A<51 made in the thirty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late Majefby King George the Second, to be applied in Augmentation of the Salaries of the Puifne Judges in the Court of Kin^ s Bench^ the Judges in the Court of Common Pleas, the Barons of the Coif in the Court of Exchequer at Wejlminjlerj and the Juftices of Chejler and the Great Seffions for the Counties in Wales for the Time beine.

  • 1X7 H E R E A S by an Aft made in the thirty-fecond Year of the Reign of his late Majefty Pieainble reciting Claufe

« W King George the Second, intituled, Jn Ja for augmenting the Salaries of the Puifne Judges '" ^^ 3^ G«- a. <=• 35-

  • in the Court ^King's Bench, the Judges of the Court of Qommon Pleas, the Barons of the Coif in the

' Court o/" Exchequer at Weftminfter, the Judges in the Courts of Seffion and Exchequer in Scotland,

  • and Jujiices o/Chefter and the Great Sejjions for the Counties in Wales, it was fet forth, That the
  • Salaries of the faid Judges and Juftices were inadequate to the Dignity and Importance of their
  • Offices, and therefore, in order to eftablifh in the firft Place a proper Fund for the Augmentation

• ' of the Salaries of the faid Judges in the Courts at Weflminfter, and Juftices of Chejler and the Great

  • Seflions for the Counties in JVales^ certain Stamp Duties were thereby granted and appropriated to
  • the Payment of the feveral and refpeftive Sums of Money directed by the faid AB. to be applied
  • in Augmentation of the Salaries of the faid laft mentioned Judges and Juftices, and certain Sums
  • were dire»Sled to be paid yearly, out of the Duties and Revenues therein mentioned, in Augmen-
  • tation of the Salaries of the faid Judges in Scotland : And whereas the Fund provided for Payment
  • of the Sums granted in Augmentation of the Salaries to the faid Judges and Juftices in England
  • and Wales, hath proved infufficient to make good and anfwer the fame : We your Majefty's m.oft
  • dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons o{ Great Britain in Parliament afiembled, in order to
  • make the faid Fund effldtual to anfwer the faid Purpofes, do give and grant unto your Majefty
  • the Duties herein after mentioned, and do therefore moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it
  • may be enafted ;' And be it enabled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Ad-

vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefcnt Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the fifth Day of July one thoufand From and after 5 joiy {even hundred and fixty-two there ftiall be throughout England, the Dominion of Wales, and 1762, the folJowir.g ad. Town of Berwick upon Tweed, raifed, colleaed, levied and paid unto and for the Ufe of his Ma- ^;^^'°^^' |J'^J°^^ ^'"^ jefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, for every Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, on which the p°,,.^^_^^" ^^^ ,j"^',.^ Matters or Things herein after mentioned fhall be ingrofled or written, at any Time or Times after viz. ti»e faid fifth Day of 7z^/y, over and above the Rates, Duties, Charges, and Sums of Money, now due and payable to his Majefty for or in refpedl of the fame, the further Rates, Duties Charges, and Sums of Money ; that is to fay. For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any «" ^^ery Adrniffion .a- Admiflion into any of the four Inns of Court fhall be ingrofled or written, the Sum of two Pounds. coui"f 40 s! For every Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which any Regifter, and on every TeftimoniaS Entry, Teftimonial, or Certificate of the Degree of Utter Barrifter, taken in any of the four Inni of the Degree of an Utter of Court (hall be ingroflbd or written, the Sum of two Pounds. ^x^^^, o?c"u"t'"o «f n. And