A. D. 1714. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. C. 19. 51 one fifth Part of his, her, or their faid Purchafe-money, or his, her or their Executors, Adminiftratoio, Succeflbrs or Affigns, do not advance and pay to the faid C.flncr, one other fifth Part of his, her or their ConfiJeration-money fo to be paid for fuch refpedive Annuity or Annuities, as aforefaid, on or before <!■. ! twenty-ninth Day of November then next enfuing ; and one other i< ifth Part 'thereof, on or before the twen- ty-eighth Day of January then next coming; one other Fifth Part thereof, on ojr Before the tweivy-nir:' Day of March then next following; and tiie remaining I'ifth Part thereof pn or before, the, twenty r.iivh Day of May which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thouland feven hundred and fixteen ; then and in ■every fuch Cafe refpedively, fo much of the Confideration-inoiity as fliall have been actually paid for tl firit Payment to the faid Cafhier for fuch refpedive Annuity, fliall hi forfeited for the Benefit of the Bub- lick, and no Intereft, at the Rate aforefaid, fliall be payable for the faid firft Payment ; any Thing in this Ait contained to the contrary notwithftanding. XVI. Provided always, and it is hereby enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Governor and Bank >n Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeflbrs (notwithftanding the Redemption of all or any"."".? '*' "" their own Funds, in purfuance of the Ads for eftablifliing the fame, or any of them) fliall continue a '^" r J 1 '; tR 'j', rr Corporation, with all the Powers, Privileges and Advantages thereunto belonging, for the Purpofes in this redeemed, ftc. .Ad expreffed, till all the Annuities to be purchafed on this Act fliall be redeemed by Parliament, according the Provifo herein after contained in that Behalf; and that the faid Governor and Company, or any Mem- bers thereof, fliall not incur any Difability for or by reafon of their doing any Matter or Thipg in purfu- ance of this Ad. XVII. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Fee or Gratuity whatfoever fliall So Fees to be or may be demanded or taken of any his Majefty's Subjects, for receiving or paying the faid Contributi- "'""• oh-monies, or any of them, or for any Tallies, or other Receipts concerning the fame, or for Killing the faid yearly Fund, or any Part thereof, or for paying the faid Annuities, or any of them ; and that no Fee or Gratuity fhall be demanded or taken for any Transfer of any Sum gre.at or fmall, to be made in purl'u- ance of this Ad ; upon pain that any Officer or Perfon offending, by taking or demanding any Fee or Gratuity contrary this Ad, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds to the Party grieved, to be recovered with full Colts, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejlminjler. XVIII. Provided always, and it is hereby enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That at any Time upon w, / en t'"^ A "- . one Year's Notice and Repayment by Parliament of the faid Sum of nine hundred and ten thou (and n "'^ tles n ? aIlbe Pounds, or fo much thereof as fliall be advanced upon this Ad, unto the refpedive Contributors of the jqg^ x ', c .,c. fame, or to fuch Perfon and Perfons, as by, from or under them, fliall be then intitled to the faid Annui- ties, after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, in refped of the Money fo advanced, according to fuch Interefts as they refpedively fliall then have in the fame Annuities, and alfo upon full Payment ■um per Annurtl, ive Pounds per Jeneral or Aggre- gate Fund, and of the faid particular Duties chargeable with the faid Annuities, as aforefaid, as the fame Annuities fliall amount unto, fhall be underftood to be redeemed by Parliament, but without prejudicing any other of the yearly Sums or Payments, by this ox the faid recited Ad charged or intended to be char- ged on the faid General or Aggregate Fund, or upon the faid particular Duties which fliall then remain to be fatisfied out of the fame ; any Fhing herein contained to the contrary in any w r ife notwithftanding. ' XIX. And whereas feveral Exemptions from Cuftorns and Excife have been, and are claimed as pri^ c ^ m fi fnr .* ' vate Rights by the Proprietors of the Sugar-houfes in Scotland, touching which Exemptions feveral 1 ^ at y c °'! cem "
- Qyeftions have arifen, not as yet decided : And whereas it is evidently prejudicial to his Majefty's Reve- ^1 'chimed
' nue, and to all other Traders in Sugars, and diftilling of Spirits, that fuch Exemptions fhould fubfift and by. the Proprie-
- continue ; and yet neverthelefs it is juft that reafonable Satisfadion fhould be made to the faid Proprietors tors ofr *Hc_.Si>-
- for any fuch private Rights ;' Be it therefore enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffion-| ar "'" n,fesia
ers of the Treafufy, or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Treafurer for the Time being, fhall ^'g ( ' _ ,, be and are hereby impowered to treat with the Proprietors of the Sugar-houfes aforefaid, for fuch a Sum ore. 4', §. 6, j, Sums of Money as may be a reafonable Satisfadion for fuch private Rights of Exemption from CuftomS. Such Pro- and Excife, to which the Proprietors are entitled. prieTrs arc 10 ' XX. Provided always, and it is hereby enaded, That the ComrnifTioners of the Treafury, or High ffi,^*^" Treafurer for the Time being, fhall have Power to allow to the Cafhier or Cafhiers, who fliall receive the the Remainder of the faid yearly Sum of fifty-four thouland fix hundred Pounds, to arife over and above fo much as fliall be fufficiem, from Time to Time, to difcharge all Monies which fhall be due on the An- nuities to be purchafed on this Ad) to allow and pay to the faid Cafhier for the Time being, a Salary or Allowance not exceeding two hundred and fifty Pounds per Annum, for receiving the Money to pay the Annuities upon this Act, and applying the fame to that Ufe, and for his Pains and Charges in keeping -and rendering his Accounts thereof ; and a Salary or Allowance not exceeding tw r o hundred Pounds per Annum to the faid Accountant General for the Time being, for his Service and Charge in performing the Duty and Truft incumbent upon him by this Ad ; any Thing in this or any other Ad contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Hz CAP.
