A. D. 1714. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. C. 19. 47 XVI. Provided, That where any Offender in the faid Rivers, or in any or them, fhall be punifhcd by offenders pu'. Force of this Act, he {hall not be profecuted, nor incur the Penalty of any other Law, or Statute for thenifted by this fame Offence. j£«- Penalty of any other Law. the GeneTal'^Quarter-feflions, who are hereby impowered to hear and finally determine the fame. XVHLProvided, That this Act, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not extend or be conftrued to ^ ';f r ° t ' ™'^ f extend, to any ancient Wears or Locks upon any Rivers; but that it fhall and may be lawful for the .j„a Locks, may Proprietors or Owners thereof to repair, maintain, rebuild, remove, or take down any of the faid Wears repair them,*c; or Locks, as they might have done in cafe this Act had not been made. notsviibftandiDg Continued 'by 23 Geo. 2. c. 26. For farther Frovifiom concerning Prefervation and Improvement of F! fiery, fee 5 Geo. I. c. iS. 2 Geo. 2. c. 19. 9 Geo. 2. c. JJ«. 22 Geo, 2. c, 49. 23 Geo. 2. c. 24 & 26. 26 G'eo. 2. c. 9. 28 G«. 2. c. 14. 29 Geo, 2, f. 23 S? 39. 30 Geo. 2. e. 21 £f 30, 33 Gcj. 2, (.37, CAP. XIX. An A 61 for railing nine hundred and ten thoufand Pounds for Publick Services, by Sale of Annuities, after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, redeemable by Parliament •, and to authorize a Treaty concerning Private Rights claimed by the Proprietors of the Su- gar-Houfes in Scotland.
- I. "ft /TOST Gracious Sovereign ;_ Whereas in and by an Act of this Seffion of Parliament, intituled, For the A pplii-
' Exd 1 num ' Fund c and ten ilooufand Pounds for the Service of the Publick, by Sale, of Annuities; after the Rate of fix Pounds per Suv. 2. c, a 1 Centum per Annum, redeemable by Parliament, it is, amongft other Things enacted, That for raifing. a
- Sum not exceeding nine hundred and ten thoufand Pounds, as Part of the neceffary Supply for the Ser-
- vice of your Majefty's Navy and Forces, and other publick Occafions, a certain yearly Sum. of fift'y-
' four thoufand fix hundred Pounds, from the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel in the Year of our Lard
- one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, forever, fhall, by quarterly Payments at the four mod ufual
' Feafts of the Year, by equal Portions, without any Deduction or Abatement whatsoever, be feparated- ;
- and fet apart at the Receipt of the Exchequer, out of the Monies of a General or Aggregate Fund ari-
' fing and to arife by feveral Duties and Revenues in and by the faid Act appropriated for that and other 4 Purpofes therein particularly expreffed ; and that the faid yearly Sum of fifty-four thoufand fix hundred ' Pounds fhall from Time to Time be iffued and applied to anfwer and fatisfy fuch perpetual Annuities ' as fhould be purchafed, after the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum per Annum, fubject neverthslefs to be ' redeemed according to the true Intent and Meaning of fuch Ait or Acts of Parliament as fhould be 4 paffed in that Behalf: And whereas it is by the aforefaid Act provided, That from and after the com- - 4 plete paying off and difcharging all the Principal and Intereft which fliall be due upon all the Exchequer- - 4 bills therein mentioned, and cancelling the fame, and full Payment of all Arrearages (if any fhall be then ' due) for and upon the Allowances, yearly Sums, and Deficiencies therein expreffed ; then and not till ' then, the faid General or Aggregate Fund by that Act eftablifhed for the feveral Purp'ofes aforefaid, and 4 all the Subfidies, Duties, and Revenues contained therein, fhall be underftood to be redeemed by.Par- 4 liament, other than and except certain particular Subfidies and Duties therein defcribed, that is to fay y ' the Subfidies and Duties called the two Thirds of a Subfidy of Tonnage and Poundage,, upon Goods ' and Merchandizes imported, and certain Duties upon Coffee, Cocoa-nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa-pafte, ' Tea, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Pictures, and Muflins, and certain increafed Duties upon 4 Coffee, Cocoa-nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa-pafte, Tea, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves,. Mace, . and ' Pictures, and certain further Duties upon all white Callicoes, China Ware, and Drugs : And it is by - ' the fame Act alfo enacted, That all the faid particular Subfidies and Duties fo excepted, fhall be conti-
- nued for anfwering and paying out of the fame (amongft other Payments therein mentioned) all the
' Monies which after fuch Redemption (hall grow due for and upon the faid yearly Sum of fifty-four. thou- 4 fand fix hundred Pounds for the Payment of the faid Annuities, after the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum '. per Annum, intended to be purchafed, as aforefaid, and that the fame Annuities ■fhould continue for ever, ' unlefs they be redeemed by Parliament ; and that the faid particular. Subfidies and Duties fo continued for
- anfwering fuch Payments} or fo much thereof as fhould be fufHcient to pay the fame, are and fhall be
4 appropriated, iffued, and applied thereunto, in fuch Manner as in and by the faid Act in Part before re- ' cited (Relation thereunto being had) may more fully appear : And whereas it is conceived,. That the 4 faid Sum, not exceeding nine hundred and ten, thoufand Pounds for the Service of the Publick, may ,be .
- raifed
