A. D. 1729. Anno fecundo Georgii II. C. 4 — 7. 675
XVI. And be it further enacted by the Authority afbrefaid, That by or out of the fame Surpluffes, Ex- eoo.ccbl, for , cedes or Overplus Monies commonly called The Sinking Fund (after Payment of, or referving fufficient for redeeming a pro- paying the faid Sum of feven; hundred feventy-five thoufand twenty-feven Pounds feventeen Shillings and i Krl in3 ". >; " tof ten Pence Half-penny) there fhall be iffued, paid and applied, in one intire Payment, to the fame Gover- l £* A ™^' x i oi nor and Company, the Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds, for redeeming a proportional Part of their before-mentioned Annuity of eighty thoufand Pounds, or by fuch other quarterly Payments, in Part of (he faid five hundred thoufand Pounds, until the whole be compleated, as the fame Governor and Company fhall voluntarily agree to accept of; and that when and as fuch Payment of five hundred thoufand Pounds, or any Part thereof, is made, a proportional Part of the fame Annuity of eighty thoufand Pounds fhall from time to time ceafe, determine and be abated for the Benefit of the Publick. XVII. Provided always, and be it enabled by the Authority aforcfaid, That all the Monies which fhall The RenvWrt arife for the faid Surpluffes, ExcefTes or Overplus Monies, commonly called the Sinking Fund (over and t0 be W"'! 1 - beyond what will fatisfy and pay the feveral Sums before directed to be iffued and paid thereout, and fuch f ' d for d . lfcl " r - other Charges as have been heretofore made therein by Authority of Parliament) mall be appropriated, re- Debtstncurn I ferved and applied to and for the further difcharging the Principal and Intereft of fuch national Debts and before ij , Incumbrances, as were incurred before the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and '7'6- fixteen, and are declared to be national Debts, and were provided for by Act or Acts of Parliament, in fuch tonummg Bank Manner and Form as fhall be directed by any future Act or Acts of Parliament, to be difcharged therewith-^" ^fi^'Z r or out of the fame, and to and for no other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever. icGeo.t'.c. ti. in Geo. z. r. 6. CAP. IV. *+<?«.*.<.* An Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land-Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine. EXP. 3 s. in the Pound. For Application of the Surplus of the Duties arifingby this Act fee 2 Geo. 2. c. 18. CAP. V. An Act for repairing the Roads leading from Carina! s Gate to the City of Lichfield, and from the faid City to Stone, and from thence to the End of the County of Stafford in the Poff P>.oad towards Chefler ; and alfo from the Town of Burton upon Trent to the faid City of Lichfield, and from thence to Wood .CWand Ogle/ Hay; and alfo from the faid City of Lichfield to High Bridges in the County of Stafford, and the County of the faid City of Lichfield. P R. The Tolls and Powers took Place 1 May 1729, and are to continue for 21 Years- 1 CAP. VI. An Act for making good the Lofs occafioned by a Sum of Money being ftolen out of his Ma- jefty's Exchequer in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four.
- TX/'HEREAS the Cafh Room belonging to the Office of William Powleft Efquire (commonly called
- VV Lord William Poivlett) one of the Tellers of his Majefty's Exchequer, was, betwixt Monday the
' firft and Wedncjday the third of February one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, broke into, and 4 there was ftolen thence, and carried away, the Sum of four thoufand one hundred ninety-one Pounds ' fourteen Shillings and fix Pence, notwithstanding all due Care was taken for Security of the faid Cafh, ' according to theDirections of the Act made in the eighth and ninth Years of the Reign of the late King ' William the Third, of glorious Memory, intituled, An All for the better Obfiervation of the Courfie an- 8 & 9 W. j. ' tiently nfed in the Receipt of the Exchequer, and there was not any Neglect or Default in the faid Teller, or c - 2 8.
- in any of the Officers or Servants intrufted or imployed by or under him; and it is juft and reafonable to
' make Provifion for making good the faid Lofs, and to declare the Indemnity and Difcharge of the faid ' Teller in refpect thereof;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefiy that it may be enacted, &c-. " j, 191/. 14. f. 6 d. ftolen out of Lord William Powlctt's Office, to be replaced there out of the Sinking- « Fund." P R. C A P. VII. An Act for the more effectual collecting in Great Britain and Ireland, and other Parts of his Ma- jefty's Dominions, the Duties granted for the Support of the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich.
- /|7HEREAS by an Act made in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefiy King William 7 w. 3. c. it,
' VV the Third, intituled, An Acl for the Increafie and Enc:uraganent of Seamen, and an Act made in the g W ' eighth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Acl to inforce the Act for the Increafie and Encou- ' ragement of Seamen, and alfo another Act made in the tenth Year of the Reign "of her late Majefty Queen ' Anne, intituled, An AH for the better colletling and recovering the Duties granted for the Support of the Royal I0 AnDl c ' '7« ' Hofpital at Greenwich, and for the further Benefit thereof, and for the Prcfierviv.g her Majefiy s Harbour ' Moorings, there was given and eftablifhed, for the Support of the faid Hofpital, a Duty of fix Pence per
- Menficm, payable by all Seamen; and particularly by the faid Act of the tenth of Queen Anne, it was
- (amongft other things) enacted, That the faid Duty Should be paid by every Seaman, and other Perfon
' whatfoever, that fhouid ferve or be imployed by her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeffors, or by any other Per- ' fon or Perfons whatfoever, in any of her Majefty's Ships, or in any Ship or VefTel belonging to any of the
- Subjects of Great Britain or Ireland, or Dominions thereunto belonging, and by every Mailer or Owner,
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