- 574 C. 21^ Anno quinto GuLiELMi & Mari^. A. D. 1694.
Paupcts ex- XIV. Provided al-.'.'ays, and it is hereby further enafted, That none of the Rates, Impofitions, or Suim cepted, of Money, before in this A£t exprefled, Ihall be raifed, levied, collected, or paid, or to be payable unto their Majeflie.?, by virtue of this Aft, by any Perfon or Perfons that Ihall be admitted to fue or defend tti forma faiip'^ris. Records, S:c. to XV. And to the End their Majeftics may not be defrauded of any the Duties hereby granted. Be it •bcwntasufuaLgp^circd, That all Records, Writs, Pleadings, and other Proceedings m Courts of Law and Equity, and ail Deeds, Inftruments, and Writings whatfoever, hereby charged, (hall be ingroiled and written in fuch Pvlanner as they have been ufually accuftoQicd to be w. itten, or are now written. I ; tJpon Renewal XVI. Provided always, and be it further enacted. That as often as their Majefties, their Heirs or Sue- tha^hlte pTcer ^'^'^°S' ^"^1 think fit to alter or renew the faid Maries or Stamps, or any of them, it fliall be lawful for all ] m.i.kcThythem^'^'""^ '^^^o ^^ll at that Time have in their Cuftody or Polleffion any Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, ' J flijlihavcit marked with the Mark or Stamp which fhall be fo altered or renewed, and upon which none of the i ch.mgcd within Matters or Things hereby charged fliall be ingroiled or written, at any Time within the Space of fixty ' ') iixu Djys. Days after fuch Intention of renewing or altering fnall be publilhed by Proclamation, as aforeiaid, to bring ; or fend fuch Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, unto the faid CommilTionirs, to the Head Office in Z,«//<2'o« or i Weflminjhr, or to fuch other Officers as ihall be appointed, as aforefaid. And the faid Com.miHioners and . , Officers refpectivejy are hereby required to deliver, or caufe to be delivered, unto the f;veral Perfons who fliall fo bring and deliver any Quantity of Vellum, Paper, or Parchment, the like Quantity of Vellum Parchment, or Paper, and as good in Quality, llamped with fuch new Stamp or Mark, without de- i manding or taking, direftly or indirectly for the fame, any Sum of Money, or other Confideration what-i ( 7e«jlty upon foever, under the Penalty of forfeiting for every Offence one hundred Pounds, to be fued for, recovered i Ofiicer. jij^ji divided in fuch Manner as other Penalties in this h.&. are direiSed to be fued for, recjvered, and Paper not divided. And in cafe any Perfon ihall negleil or refufe, within the Time aforefaid, to bring, or caufe . wTthf.1 that ^'^ ^^ brought and delivered, unto the faid CommiiTioners or Officers, as aforefaid, any fuch Vellum, Tlmc'of noufe. ■f^^'^"^^"' oi^ Paper, the fame is hereby declared to be of no other Effeft or Ufe, than if it had never ' been ftamped, and that all Matters or Things, which fhall after that Time be ingroiled or written thereon,i j fhall be of no other Effeft than if they had been ingroffed or written on Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, not' . marked or ftamped at all ; and all Perfons who fhall ingrofs or v/rite any the Matters or Things hereby ( charged on fuch Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, after the faid Time, fhall forfeit and fuffer as herein i before is enafted for Perfons writing or ingroffing on Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, not marked ori a flamped. i Credit of Loan xVlI. And be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and fort | atV/'°pei°Ce" t ^"^ Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to advance and lend to theit| | en . ]^gjg(i.jgg jj^^Q fj^g Receipt of their Exchequer, upon the Credit of this Adf, any Sum or Sums of Money I not exceeding the Sum of three hundred and thirty thoufand Pounds in the wliole; and to have and; i, receive, for the Forbearance of all fuch Monies as fliall be lent, Intereft not exceeding the Rate of eight' i ¥o. is per Centum per Annum. '. Diftinft Account XVIII. And be it further enafted and ordained by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every die « and weekly Officer and Officers, who fliall be concerned in the levying, collecting, and receiving the Duties arifing i ^^ ° by this A<3:, do keep a feparate and diftinft Account thereof, and pay the fame in Jpeclc into the Rc-( ceipt of their Majefties Exchequer weekly on Wcdnefday in every Wee:<, unlefs it be an Holiday, and tl^ .„ the next Day after which fhall not be an Holiday, and upon Negleft or Refufiil of the fame, ihall inqmj t. Penalty. the Penalties, Forfeitures, Damages, and Colts, as other the Officers of the Exchequer, herein afterj ..! mentioned fhall be liable to ; which Monies fo paid in fhall be applied to the Ufes hereafter mejitioiiedl L in this A<£t, and no otherwife. 'n rfRect-^tsi" •^^■^- And be it further enaiSted by the Authority aforefaid. That there fhall be provided and kept'ir -^ the Exchequer, "their Majefties Exchequer (that is to fay) in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipts, one Book, in which j all Monies, that fhall be paid into the Exchequer by virtue, of this A£t, fliall be entred and regiftred, apar and diflijid: from all other Monies paid ch' payable to their Majefties, upon any Account whatfoever^ and that all and every Perfon and Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, who fhaJ lend any Money to their Majefties upon the Credit of this A£t, and pay the fame into the Receipt of thi Talley and Or- Exchequer, fhall immiediatcly have a Talley of Loan ftruck for the fame, and an Order for his or their Re- der to the payment, bearing the fame Date with the Talley; in which Order fhall be alfo contained a Warrant fo Lender. Payment of Intereft for Forbearance, not exceeding the Rates aibrefaid, for his or their Confideration, t( Orders to be be paid every three Months, until the Repayment of his or their Principal ; and that all Orders for Repay- legiftrcd, ment of Money fliall be regiitred in Courfe, according to the Date of the Talley refpeftively, without Pre- and Perfons paid ference of One before another; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons fhall be paid in Courfe, accordini 4B Courfe, 33 fj^gjj- Q^^q,^^ fj^all ftand regiftred in the faid Book, fo as that the Perfon, Native or Foreigner, his, a their Executors, Adminiflrators, and Affigns, who fhall have his, her, or their Order or Orders lir( entred in the faid Book, fhall be taken and accounted as the lirit Perfon to be paid upon the Monie to come in by virtue of this Aft; and he or they, who fhall have his or their Order or Orders next entred Ihall be taken and accounted to be the fecond Perfon to be paid, and fo fucceffively and in Courfe ; ani ■ that the Monies to coma in by this Aft fhall be in the fame Order liable to the Satisfaftion of the fuii refpeftive Parties, their Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, fucceffively, without Preference oi on before another, and not otherwife, and not to be divertible to any other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe whatfo ever; and that no Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, direftly or indireftly, be demanded or taken of any of thei Iviajeltie.s
