244 C. 19. Anno quinto Ann^e Reginae. A. D. 1706. gleiSt therein, or for detaiaing, diverting, or mifapplying any Part of the faid Monies, as ar? preferibed 9 & 10 W. 3. and to be infliiSted by virtue of an Aft of Parliament made and pafied in the ninth Year of the '• 44- Reign of his faid late Majefty King William the Third, intituled. An ASi for raffing a Sum not ex-' cee iing two Millions^ upon a Fund for Payment of Annuities, "fi^'"' ^he Rate of eight Pounds per Centum per Annum, and for JettUng the Trade fo'^A^ Ealt Indies, for the like Offence or Negle>Sl in Relation to the Duties upon Salt, and other Duties upon Stampt Vellum, Parchment, and Paper thereby granted, or for detaining, diverting, or mifapplying any Part of the Monies which were granted by the AiS laft-mentioned. Monies arlfing XlV. All it is hereby enabled and declared, That all the Monies arifing, as aforefaid, of or for the to be a General faid feveral and rcfpe£i:ive Rates and Duties upon Low Wines and Spirits of the firft Extradlion, and the Fu-nd. fjjj Dutiej payable by Hawkers, Pedlars, Petty Chapmen, and others, as aforefaid, and the Duties upon Sweets, and the faid Duties upon ftampt Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, hereby appointed to be paid weekly into the Exchequer, as aforefaid, and the faid additional Subfidy, and the (aid Sum not exceeding, thirty-five thoufand Pounds hereby directed to be referved out of the Contribution-money, as aforefaid, and the fiid refpeftive Overplus Monies of the faid former Annuity Funds, hereby appointed to be com- puted and applied for fuch feveral and refpe6live Times, and in fuch Manner as are before-mentioned, and every of them, or fo much of the faid feveral Rates, Subfidies, and Duties, Contribution-money, and Overplus-money, as'fhall be fufficient for anfwering the full and due Payment of all the Annuities to be purchafed on this Aft, and all Arrearages thereof from time to time incurred according to the true Pvdean- ing of this Aft, are, and fhall be the general Fund for Payment of the fame, and are and fliall be liable thereunto, and {hall not be diverted or divertibls to any other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever, un- der the Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities in this Aft expreffed. For purchale of XV. And for the raifing any Sum and Sums of Money, not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of Annuities for 99 eleven hundred and fifty-five thoufand Pounds, that is to fay. The Sum not exceeding one' Million one Years, Perfons hundred and twenty thoufand Pounds thereof, for carrying on the prefent War and other her Majefty's I'i'c -^ ooorBv Occafions, and the faid Sum not exceeding thirty-five tlioufand Pounds, Refidue thereof, to be applied 6Geo.'i.c.4. f, I. for or towards the making good the quarterly Payments to be incurred on the Annuities to be purchafed the South Sea in purfuance of this Aft ; It is hereby further enafted, by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may Company may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to con- purchafe thefe tribute, advance, and pay into the Receipt of her Majefty's Exchequer, for her Majefty's Ufe, at or be- fore the refpeftive Days and Times in this Aft limited in that Behalf, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of one Million one hundred fifty-five thoufand Pounds, for pur- chafing any Annuity or Annuities, to be paid and payable during the full Term of ninety-nine Years, to be reckoned from the five and twentieth Day of iJ/^rcA in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven At 16 Years hundred and feven, at the Rate of fixteen Years Purchafe, which Rate doth amount to the Sum of ojie Purchafe, from hundred and fixty Pounds for every fuch Annuity of ten Pounds per Annum, and proportionably for any 25 March 1707. greater Annuity j and the fame Rate or Confideration-money is hereby appointed to be paid into tiie Tobepaidin4 faid Receipt, at or before the refpeftive Days and Times herein after-mentioned (that is to fay) One Parts, to May, fourth Part thereof on or before the tenth Day.^of May in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven JO July, 10 Sep- hundred and feven ; on« other fourth Part thereof on or before the tenth Day oi fuly in the Year of our Novdinbe"i707 Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feven j one other fourth Part thereof on or before the tenth Day of ot September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feven ; and the remaining fourth" Part thereof on or before the tenth Day of November in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred Annuities not to and feven : All which Annuities fo to be purchafed, fhall not exceed in the whole, the Sum of feventy- exceed 73,187!. j^q thoufand One hundred eighty-feven Pounds and ten Shillings per Annum, and fliall be paid and pay- num "tbl" ^^'^ ®* ^'^ ^^^^ ™'^^ xix-i. Feafts or Days of Payment in the Year ; that 15 to fay, the Feafts of the Na- quart'efiyr ^ tivity of Saint ^ohn Baptift, Saint Michael ts Archangel, the Birth of our Lord Chrift, and the Aainun- • ' ' ciation of the b'effed Virgin Tl/i^rj', by even andequal Portions > the firft Payment thereof to be made at the Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John Baptift, v/hdcb fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feven. Contributors XVI. And it is hereby enafted. That in the Offices of the Auditor of the Receipt, and Clerk of the Names, &c, to Pells in the Exchequer, feverally, there fhall be provided and kept a Book or Books in which there beentred, fhall be fairly entred the Names of all who fhall be Contributors, and of all Perfons by whofe Hands the faid Contributors fhall pay in any of the faid Sums upon this Aft, and alfo the Sum.s fo paid, and t&e Times when the fame are refpeftiveiy paid ; to which Book it fhall be lawful for the refpeftive Contri- butors, their Executors, Adminiftrators, and Afligns,, from time to time, and at ai-1 feafonable Times, to. have Refort, and to Lnfpeft the fame without Fee or Reward. Annuities to be XVII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, 1 hat all and every the Annuities whatfo- pjidwith Prefe-' ever which fhall be purchafed upon or in purfuajice of this preleiit Aft, ihali be and are hereby charged rence to ai! other upon, and ftiall be paid and payable from time to time, in the firft Place, and with Preference to all other Payments. payments v/hatfoever, out of the Monies arifing from time to time, as aforefaid, of or for the faid feveral and refpeftive Duties upon Low Wines^ and Spirits of the firft Extraftion, and the Duties payable by Hawkers, Pedlars, Petty Chapmen and others, as aforefaid, and the faid Duties upon Sweets, and the faid Duties upon ftampt Vellum, Parchment and Paper, hereby appointed to be brought and paid weekly into the Exchequer, as aforefaid, and out of the faid Subfidies, and every of them, and alio out of the faid Sum not exceeding thirty-five thoufand Pounds, hereby direfted to be referved out of the faid Coiv- tribution-money, as aforefaid, and alfo out of the faid Overplus Monies of the faid former Annuity Funds bereljy appointed to be computed and applied foi: fuch feveral and refpeftive Times, and in the Manner 4. • * before-
