A.D. 171 1. Anno decimo Ann^ Reginje. C. 11, 517 the Taid former or this prefent Ail intended to be by them performed, until they fhall have compleated and liniilied the fame. II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the The Commlffio. faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to con- nersmaycon- traft, agree for, and purchafe all fuch Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments,_ Rights, and In- ^"^^^"l.' ^^^^^ terefls, as they fliall think proper for the faid new Churches, Church-yards, or Cemeteries for the Burial ^^^^ ^ " ™ ^' of the Dead, and for Houfes for Habitations of the refpeftive Minifters of the refpciStive newParilh Churches, intended to be erefted or made. III. And it is hereby enafted and declared. That fuch Lands, Tenements, Rights, and Interefls, fo to The Lands fo be purchafed in purfaance of this A£t, fhall be conveyed unto the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more purchafed /liall of them, and their Heirs, for the refpedive Purpofcs aforefaid ; and the faid Commiffioners, or any five or ti^/commifii'o- more of them, are hereby authorized and impowered to caufe fuch Churches to be built upon fuch Sites fo ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^,1^^" by them to be purchafed, as aforefaid; and alfo caufe fuch Chapels already erefted, as they, or any five or fhall' canfe the more of them, fliall think proper to be made lit and convenient for Parifn Churches, and to provide fuch Churches to bo Houfes for the Habitations of the refpeftive Minifters of the faid intended Parifhes, and to caufe fuch "i'f> ^'^• Church-Yards and Cemeteries to be made and inclofed for fuch new Parifhes, as by the faid former or this prefent Ai£l: are intended. IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more They may pro- of them, (v/here they fhall fee Occafion] fhall provide more Cemeteries than one for any of the faid in- vide Cemete- tended new Parifhes refpeftively ; and wherever they fhall purchafe Ground for Cemeteries for any of the '•^^' ^'^' faid intended new Parifhes, without the Bounds and Limits of fLch nev/ Pariflies, the Ground fo purchafed for that Ufe, fhall for ever after the purchafing and confecrating thereof, be deemed and taken to be Part of the Parifh for the Ufe of which it fhall be fo purchafed and confecrated, and fhall be for ever difcharged from any Rates or Taxes to the other Parifh out of which it fhall be fo taken. rp|,^ Treafury V. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the ^^'y ^[^^^ ,;,g Lord High Treafurer now being, or the Lord High Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury, for the officers of the time being, without any further or other Warrant or Authority to be fued for, had, or obtained in that Be- Exchequer to re- half, from time to time, to direft the Officers at the Receipt of the Exchequer, to receive by way of Loan ""'^ jj^ Way of from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, willing to make fuch ^^^^"^^"^ ""'^ Loan or Loans upon Credit of the feveral Duties upon Coals by the faid former Aft granted, fuch Sum and of theCommif- Sums of Money as any five or more of the Perfons appointed by her Majefty's Commiffion or Letters Pa- fioners ftall tent before-mentioned, fhall, from time to time, or at any Time or Times, think necefTary, and fhall by think neceffsry. Writing under the Hands of them, or any five or more of them, defire to be raifed (by way of Loan, as ^"^'-'• aforefaid) for the beginning, carrying on, or efFefling all or any the Services by the faid recited Acl, or l„i"l^,]il^in- this prefent A£l: intended, and to allow Intereft not exceeding the Rate of Six Pounds/)^- Centum per An- tereftat 6i, per num., for the Forbearance thereof; and that the IN^onies fo lent, fhall not be taxed or afTeffed by any Afl: Cent. of Parliament whatfoever ; and that fuch Lenders fliall have Tallies of Loan, and Orders tor their Repay- TheMoneyft ment, with fuch Intereff, as aforefaid, out of the Duties granted by the faid recited Aft, the Principal to 'f:""'"^!! ""t ° be paid in Courfe, according to the refpeftive Dates of the Tallies, and the Intereft every three Months, Le'nders'fha'ir until the Repayment of the Principal, and that no Fee or Reward fhall be demanded or taken, in or for have Tallies of the Payment thereof; and that the Money arifing on the faid Duties fhall be liable to fatisfy fuch Orders Loan and Or- accordingly, without being diverted from the fame to any other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe, upon Pain of for- ^"^^ ^':- feiting^ Treble Damages, with Full Cofts of Suit, to the Party grieved by the Party offending; and that 7"'^^ ?^"^-'^ '° fuch Orders fhall be affignable by Indorfements thereupon, according to the Courfe in fuch Cafes ufed in three'lWomTs. the Exchequer; any thing in the faid recited Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. The Orders 'o' VI. Provided always, That fuch Sums as, at any Time or Times before the Fifteenth Day of Afay he a.1ignabie. one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, fhall become due for Intereft of Money to be lent upon this Aft, The Sums due fhall and may be fatisfied as the faid Intereft fhall, from time to time, become due, out of any Money what- for intereft be- foever which fhall come into the Exchequer by way of Loan on the Credit aforefaid ; any thing in this or fore 15 May the faid recited Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ^'j^^^j frot^i VII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may he lawful to and for to time'?™. ""° the Lord High Treafurer now being, and the Lord High Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury, for ^^^ Trcafm -ttj the time being, and they are hereby direfted and authorized, (without any further or other Warrant or Au- iffue Money for thority to be fued for, had, or obtained in that Behalf) from time to time, to ifTue and pay, or caufe to be the Purchafeof ifflied and paid, out of any the Monies to arife by way of Loan, or otherwife, by virtue of this or the faid Lands, stc. former Aft, (fuch Money as is to be applied for Repaym.cnt of Principal, and Satisfaftion of the Intereft of the Loans to be made, as aforefaid, only and always excepted) fuch Sum and Sums of Money as fhall be thought necefTary by the faid Commiffioners, or any live or more of them, for the purchafing fuch Lands, Tenements, Rights, and Interefts for the Purpofes aforefaid, and for building fuch new Churches, and andforcon- ciinverting Chapels into Parochial Churches, and for providing Houfes for the Habitations of the refpeftive verting Cha- Minifters, and for making and inclofing Cemeteries or Church-yards for fuch new intended Parifhes, or >'^'.','"'° ^™- any other Purpofes by the faid former or this prefent Aft prefcribed or allowed, and for recompenfing and ai'I]'f„^"]"ei'^'^I' rewarding fuch Perfon and Perfons as have been or fliall be neceffarily imploycd under them, for their La- ward of Per- " hour and Pains, in fuch Manner and Proportion as the faid Commifiioners, or any five or more of them, funs, ftc. fhall think fit ; vi'hich Monies fo to be ilTued, as aforefaid, fhall be naid unto fuch Perfon and Perfons, not "> he paid to the being of the Number of the faid Commiffioners, for the Ends and Purpofes aforefaid, as her Majefty, her "^ '■--■■"'•• ^'^j Heirs and SuccefTors, fliall, from tim^e to time, direft and appoint to be the IVeafurer or Treafurers in (his j'|^J'^l'°'i'^,'j;' *^ Behalf; and fhall be received by him or them by Way of Impreft, and accounted for only by fuch Trea- BehUf. furer or Treafurers; and fhall be difburfed, expended, and applied by fuch Treafurer and Treafufcrs re- fpeftively, according to fuch Orders and '^Varrants as he or they fliall receive, fioni tirnc to tioie, from the ' faid
