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1478
48° GEORGII III. Cap.149.

The Duties on Admissions of certain Persons to act as Solicitors, &c. in Scotland to take place from the passing of this Act XLV. And be it further enacted, That, notwithstanding any thing herein before contained, the Duties hereby charged on the Admissions of Persons to act as Solicitors, Agents, or Procurators, in any Court in Scotland, shall take place from and immediately after the passing of this Act, with respect to the Admissions of First Clerks of Advocates, and of any other in Scotland, Persons, to act as Solicitors, Agents, or Procurators, who shall not have to take place served an Apprenticeship for Five Years to a Writer to the Signet, or to a Solicitor, Agent, or Procurator, under regular Articles or Indentures of Apprenticeship which shall have paid the Stamp Duty payable by Law for the same at the Date thereof; and the Duties charged on such Admissions by the said Act of the Forty-fourth Year of His Majesty's Reign shall cease and determine at the same Time.

The Duties to be paid to the Receiver General, and by him into the Exchequer.XLVI. And be it further enacted, That all the Monies to arise from the Duties granted by this Act, together with the Monies to arise from the Duties granted by the aforesaid Act of the Forty-fourth Year of His Majesty's Reign, and remaining unrepealed, and from the Duties on Licences to deal in Thread Lace, granted by an Act of the Forty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, and now under the Management of the Commissioners of Stamps, shall be paid into the Hands of the Receiver General of the Duties on stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, who shall from Time to Time pay the same into the Bank of England for safe Custody, pursuant to the Act in that Case made and provided, and shall thereafter pay the some (after deducting the Charges of raising, collecting, and accounting for the same, and all other Charges first payable thereout,) into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, in one Sum, at such Times, and in such Manner, as the present Stamp Duties are by the Laws in force directed to be paid ; and that the Money so paid into the said Receipt shall be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain.

Appropriation of Duties.XLVII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and eight, out of the Monies so to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer as aforesaid, there shall be set apart the yearly Sum of Three millions nine hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and ninety Pounds and Ten-pence, being the aggregate Amount of the nett yearly Produce of the Duties granted by the aforesaid Acts of the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Years of His Majesty's Reign, (except the Duties on Lottery Licences and Shares of Tickets since repealed, and except the Duties on Ale Licences and Game Certificates which are intended to be removed from the Management of the Commissioners of Stamps by certain Acts of the present Session,) upon an Average of Two Years, ending on the Fifth Day of January last, and of the net Produce of the Duties on Appraisements and Licences to Appraisers, granted by the aforesaid Act of the Forty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for One Year, ending on the same Fifth Day of January; and which said yearly Sum shall be set apart, by Four equal Portions quarterly, on the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, the Fifth Day of July, and the Tenth Day of October in every Year; and there shall also be set apart, at the Exchequer, quarterly, on the Days aforesaid,
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