A.D. 1710. Anno nono Ann^ Reginje, C. 7. 431 ' LVII. And whereas feveral ill-difpofed Perfons, with Defign to defraud her Majefty's Subjc6ls, have Pcrfons fetttng ' of Lite prelumed to ereil and fet up Offices or Places, for making Infurances on Marriages, Births, "p Imuranceson ' Chriftnings or Service, which Pradtices are alfo prejudicial to thePublick, and tend to defraud her Ma- ^."^."' ' jefty's Subjefts ;' Be it further cnaiSled by the Autliority aforefaid. That every Perfon or Perfons, v/ho fo"-joi^' '°" after the eighth Day of March one thouiand feven hundred and ten fliall eredl: or fet up any Office or ^ Place, for making AfTurances on Marriages, Births, Chriftnings and Service or on any of them, fhall for- feit for every iuch OiFence the Sum of five hundred Pounds, to be recovered and diflributed in fuch Manner, as the Penalty of two hundred Pounds laft mentioned is to be recovered and diftributed ; and every Perfon or Perfons, who after the faid eighth Day of March, in any Office or Place, before the faid Contracting for eighth Day oi March erefted or fet up, for making Infurances on Marriages, Births, Chriftnings and Ser- ["=" im'urancea vice or on any of them, {hall make or fufFer to be made therein any new Infurances, or Contracfts for new '" Off'.'^^sal- Infurances on Marriages, Births, Chriftnings and Service or on any of them, fliall forfeit for every fuch fjft^ioul'"" Offence the Sum of one hundred Pounds, to be recovered and diftributed in like Manner. LVIII. Provided neverthelefs. That fuch Offices and Places eredted, fet up, or ufed before the faid Offices fet up hs^ eighth Day oi March, for making Infurances on Marriages, Births, Chriftnings and Services or on any '»'•= S March, of them, may be continued after the faid eighth Day oi March, for making good, and executing only fuch "">' l^^^""- Infurances or Contrails for Infurances therein refpedively made before the faid eighth Day of March, as ki'ng'good the' they might have continued if this A61 had not been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary former infu-^ thereof notwithftanding. ranees only. ' LIX. And whereas fome Doubt hath arifen, whether Long Pepper might not be chargeable with the Lon ' additional Duty of one Shilling and fix Pence *^r_Pound, chargeable upon all and all Manner ofPepper, eh^geabl'e'wit'b'^ ' by Virtue of the A.Gt made the laft Sefiion of Parliament, for granting to her Majefty new Duties of Ex- is. 6 d. per lb, ' cife upon feveral imported Commodities;' For preventing therefore of any Difputes concerning the ^ Annse, c. 7. fame ; be it declared and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That Long Pepper fliall not be deemed, con- |,' ^' .. ftrued or taken to be charged or chargeable with the faid Duty of one Shilling and fix Pence per Pound; „^"aZernm' any thing in the faid laft mentioned AQ. contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. sJ/Ji^^ioX^, c. 26. /. 45v 6Goe. I. A 21. /.45. ZGeo, i. c. 15,/. 15. and?, Geo. i, c, 18./. as. Some Benefit Tickets in the laft Lottery not being adjufted, prefent Managers may fettle them before 27 May 1711. EXP. CAP. VIL An Adl for enabling and obliging the Bank of England, for the Time therein mentioned, to exchange all Exchequer Bills for ready Money upon Demand -, and to difable any Perfon' to be Governor, Deputy Governor, or Diredor of the Bank of England, and a Diredor of the Eaji India Company, at the fame Time. A Y it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty ; Whereas in purfuance of an A.&. of Parliament, made 7 Ains, c. ■/,, 'n the feventh Year of your Majefty's Reign, (amongft other Things) for enlarging the Capital
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' amounting in Principal Money to two millions and five hundred thoufand Pounds, for her Majefty's ' Supply; and in purfuance of another Aft of the fame Seffion of Parliament, made (amongft other yAnns, c. & ' Things) for circulating a further Sum of Exchequer Bills ; and of an Att made in the eighth Year of ' your Majefty's Reign, intituled. An Ai^ for granting an Aid to her Majejiy, to he raifed by a Land Tax in % Ansse c..i» ' GKa.t^ut2 , for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feve?i hundred and ten, further Exchequer Bills, to ' the amount of four hundred thoufand Pounds in Principal Money, have been alfo made out and ifllied ' for her Majefty's Supply: And whereas in purfuance of the faid Afts, (over and above the Bills afore- ' faid, amounting in the whole to two millions nine hundred thoufand Pounds) other Exchequer Bills for ' Intereft, after the Rate of two Pence j>«r CV7z//^/« jj^r i3/V«, and for a certain Allowance, after the Rate ' of three Pounds fer Centum per Anman, have been made forth, and are ftill to be made forth quarterly, • until the Funds mentioned in the faid A£ls fhall takeEffedl:, as is thereby directed ; and the faid Gover- ' nor and Company of the Bank oi England, by the faid AcSls or fome of them, are obliged and required ' to exchange fuch of the faid Exchequer Bills, which (after the making forth of the fame) have been or ' ftiall have been paid to any Receivers or Colleftors of any your Majefty's Revenues, Aids, Taxes or ' Supplies, as have been or ihall have been exchanged by fuch Receivers or Colle<ftors for ready Money^ ' and v/hich alfo have been or fhall have been paid by fuch Receivers or ColleiStors into her Majefty's
- Exchequer, and likewife have been or fnall have been reiffued or repaid from her Majefty's Exchequer,
' in the Manner and Form iii the faid Afts expreffed, as the faid Governor and Company ihall be requi- ' red to exchange by any Perfon or Perfons whatibever, for ready Money, and fo totles quoties, as often as the • faid Bills fnould be paid into the Excnequer by fuch Receivers or Colleftors, and be from thence reilFued iru ' Manner and Form thereby prefcribed ; and the faid Governor and Company are not, by the faid Afts or any ' of them, obliged to exchange or pay ready Money for any of the faiii Bills, until the faid Bills {hall have ' had a Currency in the Revenue or Taxes, and fhall have been reiflued at the Exchequer as aforefaid, ' and fo toties quoties, in Manner and Form as aforefaid ; and by the faid A(fts or fom.c of them, the faid ' Funds are further charged with a Sum of two hundred thoufand Pounds yearly, for the difcharging and ' cancelling the faid Bills, as in and by the faid feveral A£b of Parliament (Relation being thf-reunto re-
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