212 C. 19. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. A. D. 1718.. 4 and Intereft of fuch National Debts and Incumbrances as were incurred before the twenty-fifth Day ' of December one thoufand (even hundred and fixteen,- declared to be National Debts, and provided ' for by Ails of Parliament, the laid Corporation is alfo willing to advance and pay the Sum of feven ' hundred feventy-eight thoufand Feven hundred and fifty Pounds, or fo much thereof as is herein after ' limited and appointed, at fuch Times, and by flich Proportions at a Time, as are herein after men- ' tioned, fubjedt neverthekfs to fuch Deductions, Defalcations and Abatements to be made out of the Proprietors of 'fame, as are hereafter. in and by r.his Act allowed:' Now we your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Lottery-tickets g^^s the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affemb'led, being defirous that the Proprietors of they^hinkfol 'the faid Lottery-annuities, and the faid Arrearages thereof (if they or any of them fo think fit) may be fubferibe the permitted voluntarily to fubferibe the fame into the Stock and increafed Stock of the faid Company, as fame into the afcrefaid ; and that the (aid Sum of feven hundred feveniy-eight thoufand feven hundred and fifty Pounds, South-Sea or r muc h thereof as fhall be payable by the faid Company in purfuance of this Act, may be applied to- TheS'imof wards difcharging the Principal and Intereft of fuch National 'Debts and Incumbrances as were incurred 778,7501. to be before the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fixfeen, declared to be National applied to dif- Debts, and provided for by Acts of Parliament ; and being willing to give fuitable Encouragements to the charge Na- f a ;j Corporation in Coniideivition thereof, do moll: humbly prdent to your Majefty the feveral Impofitions, tional Debts j> a ;- es anc } Duties herein after mentioned, and do humbly pray your Majefty that it may be enadted ; and incurred before . _. , , --. . „ ,, „ ' ,, . ,, . 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' . ,-, r r t o ■ 2 - Dec I , i 6_ be it enacted by the lvmg s molt LxceJient iViajeity, by and with the Advice and Conient or the JLords Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the Duties on.Ceals fame, That all fuch feveral and refpecYive Impofitions, Rates and Duties, for and upon ali Coals, Culm and Houfes an d Cinders, and for and upon every Dwelling- houfe inhabited, that now is or hereafter fhall be eredted A /l"'« ° 4 ' 1 ci built within the' Kingdom of Great Britain, having twenty Windows or more, as were granted, impofed, continued or directed by the faid Act of the eighth Year of her faid LVjajefty's Reign for the Term or Terms of Years therein mentioned (except as therein is excepted) {hall continue, and be. paid and payable to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeiiors for ever, for the Purposes in this Act prefcribed and directed; and {hall Thefe Duties be raifed, levied, collected and paid to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, in the fame Manner, and 3qG«. a..«. 19. the eighth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, of thereby referred unto, now being in Force for raifing, §' 2b ' collecting, levying, recovering, anfwering, paying, and accounting for the faid feveral Impofitions, Rates, Duties and Sums of Money, as well upon Coals, Culm and Cinders, as upon Houfes having twenty Windows. or more, during the Term or Terms aforefaid (except as is before excepted) fhall be revived, and be for ever continued, practifed, and put in Execution, for raifing, collecting, levying, recovering, anfwering, paying and accounting for the faid feveral Impofitions, Rates and Duties, by this Adt intended to be continued and made perpetual, for the Purpofes in and by this Adt prefcribed and diredted, in the fame Manner, and as fully and effectually, as if the fame Powers, Authorities, Rules, Directions, Penal- ties, Forfeitures, Difabilities, Claufes, Matters and Things, were particularly and at large fet down and re-enadted in this Adt ; the faid Act of ;he eighth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding ; neverthelefs the faid feveral Impofitions, Rates, Duties and Sums of Money by this Adt intended to be continued and made perpetual, as aforefaid, fhall be fubjedt to fuch Provifoes and Powers of Redemption, as are hereafter in and by this Adt contained and prefcribed of and concerning the fame. The Money to II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies arifing of or for the faid b= paid into Impofitions, Rates and Duties hereby intended to be continued and made perpetual, fubjedt to fuch Re- Ex^nequer. demption, as aforefaid, (except the neceffary Charges of raifing, collecting, levying, recovering, anfwer- ing, paying and accounting for the fame) fhall, from Time to Time, be brought into the Receipt of the Exchequer for the Ufes and Purpofes in this Act prefcribed ; and fhall, from Time to Time, be fairly and distinctly entred and regiftred in one or more Book or Books to be kept in the Offices of the Auditor of the Receipt, and Clerk of the Pells, federally, for that Purpofe, to which all Perfons concerned, at all feafonable Times, lhall have free Accefs without Fee or Charge. All the Monies . III. And it is hereby alfo enadted, That all the Monies, which from and after the faid Feaft of the Birth of thefe Duties, f our L orc t Chrift one thoufand feven hundred and eighteen fhall be brought into the Exchequer, or fhall aft 'g j'^-1" be then remaining there, of or for the faid feveral Impofitions, Rates and Duties, by this and the faid former ateii.'sAnn. Adt of the eighth Year of her late Majefty's Reign, or either of them, granted or continued, as aforefaid, c. 4. (except the neceffary Charges of iffuing and applying the faid Monies to the Ufes and Purpofes by this Adt intended and directed, and rendring the Accounts thereof, and after paying or referving in the Exchequer, Monies fufficient to pay all Arrears of the faid Pay-tickets due, at and for or before the Feaft of Saint Alichael the Archangel one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen) fhall be and are hereby appropriated, and fhall be iffued and applied to and for the Satisfaction of fuch feveral and reflective Payments as are by this Adt directed, in their due Order, Method and Form, and with fuch Preferences, and fubjedt to fuch P v edemptions, as are in and by this Adt prefcribed of and concerning the fame refpedtively, and without any Fee or Charge wha'tfoever to be demanded of, or paid by the refpedtive Perfons or Corporations who Femlty miii- are to receive the faid Monies; and that the refpedtive Officers of the Exchequer, who fhall make any De- chtquer officers ,j a y j n ifjhiflg ox paying of the fame, or fhall be guilty of diverting or mifapplying any of the faid Monies, miiapp yrag. contrary
