- revived. A. D.I 70 1. Anno primo Ann^ Reginse. Stat. 2. C. 6. 115 Lives, or of any Reverfionary Annuities upon the faid Afts, or any of them, do or ought to have, receive, or enjoy the refpeilive Annuities fo by them purchafed : And that all and every the Directions, Powers, Powers, &c. in and Claufes in the faid former A6ls contained, for and concerning the levying of Tallies, the making the sforefaid Aft forth of Orders, or for making of Transferrences or Affignments, or for the apportioning or applying ^ ' the Monies arifuig by the faid tunds or Revenues, or any of them, or for appointing, fettling, or efta- blifhing any other Matter or Thing, for or in relation to the refpedlive Annuities thereby purchafed or obtained (other than the making Proof of Nominees being alive) fhall be and are by Force and Virtue of this Adl revived, and fhall be duly obferved, pra£l:ifed, and put in Execution, for and in refpecft of fuch Annuities as {hall be purchafed and obtained upon this Aft, as fully and eftedlually as if the fame Powers, Direftions, and Claufes were here again expreffed, and particularly repeated. III. And be it further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe the faid Rates ;^^'^^^"'=»» and Duties of Excife which were granted for ninety-nine Years as aforefaid, or the faid two feventh Parts jjg£.-,'I,t ^^^ of the other Rates and Duties of Excife above mentioned, or any cir either of them, fliall at any Time or '"■' ' Times appear to be fo deficient in the Produce of the fame, as that at the End of any one Year to be rec- koned from and after the five and twentieth Day of Deceriiber in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fe- ven hundred and two, the fame, or any of them refpeitively, (hall not be fufficient to difcharge and latif- fy all the Payments upon the refpefiive Annuities by this and any former Aft or Afts of Parliament charged thereupon, whereby the faid Annuities, or any of them, fhall be in Arrear, then, and fo often, .and in every fuch Cafe, ail and every fuch Deficiency and Deficiencies fliall be provided for, anfwered, how they fii^ll and made good by or out of the next Aids to be raifed and granted by Parliament; and the Monies fo to he provided for, be fupplied, together with the Monies of the Rates and Duties before mentioned, fliall be applied to and ^'^' for the Payment of all Arrears which fliall then appear to be due and unpaid upon the faid Annuities, or any of them; fo that the fame fhal' be fully difcharged and paid oft', according to the true Meaning of this A£l. C A P. VI. . An Aft for the better preventing Efcapes out of the Queen's Bench and Fleet Prifons. ■* ^TTHEREAS divers Perfons heretofore legally committed by her Majefly's feveral Courts of Re- 43^17. /-.s. ■* VV cord at JFeJiminJirr, to the-Cuftody of the A'larflial of the ^een's Bench, and to the Prifon of the
- Fleet, upon Aftions for the Recovery of Debt, or Damages, or for Conteriipts in not performing Or-
' ders or Decree;, made in Courts of Equity, and in Execution, have by Bribes and illegal Praftices, to
- and with fuch Marflial of the ^een's Bunch, or to and with the Warden of the faid Pril'on of the F/eet,
- or fome of their Officers or Servants, or other Perfons in Trufl: for them, and for their refpeftive Ufes
' and Benefit, frequently procured from fuch Marfhal or Warden Liberty to efcape, and go at large,
- without Satisfaction made to the refpeftive Plaintifts or Creditors, and without difcharging fuch Debts,
- or fatisfying fuch Damages, or performing fuch Orders or Decrees, as well to the great Dai age of ho-
' nefl Creditors, the Decreafe of perfoual Credit, and Difcouragement of Trade, as in open Defiance tp ' all good and v/holfome Lav/s heretofore made to reftrain fuch Abufes ;' For Remedy whereof, and for preventing the like evil Praftices for the future, Be it enafted by the Queen's mod Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and 'Femporal, and Commons, in this prefent Pailiament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That if any Perfon or Perfons already commit- ted, rendred, or charged, or who fhall hereafter be committed, or rendred to, or charged in the Cuftody of the Marfhal of the ^:een's Bench for the Time being, or to or in the Prifon of the F7eet, either in Exe- Piifoner in the cution, or upon Mefne Procefs, or upon any Contempt in not performing fuch Order or Decree by any Queen's Bench of her Majeliy's Courts at JVeJlnnnlhr, and fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall, at any Time after fuch Com- °' ^'^^"^ ^"^™» iriitmcnt, Render, Charge, or being in Execution, and before he, fhe, or they fhall have made Payment or Satisfaftion to the refpeftive Plaintiff or Plaintift's, Creditor or Creditors, or fhall have cleared him, her, or themfelves of fuch Contempts, as he, fhe, or they were, or fhall be charged with at the Time of luch their Com.mitment, Render, Charge, or being in Execution as aforefaid, make any Efcape from the fnaj^j^-^rcape Cufiody of the Marfhal of the ^uee?is Bench for the Time being, or from the Prifon of the laid ^leen's Scq. ' Bench, QX from the Prifon of the tleet, or either of them, or fhall go at large, at any Time after the"three and twentieth Day o^ Januany, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and tv/o, it fhall and may be lawful upon Oath thereof in Writing, to be made by one or more credible Per- on Oah thereof, fon or Perfons, before any one of the Judges of that Court where fuch Aftion was entred, or Judgment and P'xecution were obtained, or where the Party was fo com.niitted or charged as aforefaid, to and for fuch Judge, before whom fuch Oath fhall be made as abovefaid, and fuch' Judge is hereby authorised and required, from Time to Time, to grant unto any Perfon v/hatfoever, who fhall demand the fame, one or more Warrant or Warrants under his Hand and Seal, therein reciting the Aftion or Actions, Execu- Tiidge mav grsr.t lion or Executions, Contempt or Contempts, with which fuch Perfon or I'erlons fo efcaping,~or gc- Warrant for ing at large, flood charged, or v/ere ccmmitted at the Suit of any Perfon or Perfons, on whofe Behalf 'o-taking fuck fuct Warrant or Warrants fliall be demanded at the 7"ime of fuch Efcape, or going at large (which ^"'^°""' faid Warrant or Warrants fhall be in Force in all places whatfoever, within the Kmgdom of Eriglmd, Dominion of Wales, and Tov.'n of Berwick upon Tweed) direfted to all Sheriffs, 'Mayors, Bailiffs, Conftables, Headboroughs, ajid Tythingmen, therein and thereby commanding thera, and evc- Tj' ot them, in their refpeftive Counties, Cities, Towns, and Precinfts, to feize and rc-c.d;e fuch Perfon Q_? . or
