678 €. 29. Anno decimo nono Georgii II. A. D. 1746. Puintm'tW IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be fufikient for o prccau. the p>i a , ntifT, in any Action of Debt given by this Adt, to fet forth in the Declaration or Bill, that the Defendant is indebted to him in the Sum of and to alledge the particular Offence for which the Action or Suit is brought, and that the Defendant hath acted contrary to this Act, with- out mentioning the Writ of Summons to Parliament, or the Return thereof; and it fhall be fuffi- cient in any Indictment or Information for any Offence committed contrary to this Adt, to alledge the particular Offence charged upon the Defendant, and that the Defendant is guilty thereof, with- out mentioning the Writ ot Summons to Parliament, or the Return thereof; and upon Trial of any Iffue in any fuch Action, Suit, Indictment or Information, the Plaintiff, Profecutor or Informer fhail not be obliged to prove the Writ of Summons to Parliament, or the Return thereof, or any Warrant or Authority to the Sheriff or Sheriffs, grounded upon any fuch Writ of Summons. Suits 10 be X. Provided always, That every Action, Suit, Indictment or Information given by this Act, (hall v-'tM ienCe ' d ^ e com menced within the Space of nine Calendar Months after the Fact upon which the fame is Month's? grounded (hall have been committed. Statutes of XI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Statutes of Jeofails, and Jeofails ex- Amendments of the Law whatfoever, (hall and may be condrued to extend to all Proceedings in any Ac- rr.ified to fuch tion, Suit, Indictment or' Information given or allowed by this Act, or which iliall be brought in uur- Proceedmgs, fuance ^^ » & V Plaintiff dif- XII. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe the Plain- c i°" ti ' u,ills ' *f " tiff or Informer, in any Action, Suit, Indictment or Information given by this Act, (hall difcontinue OoiL Pay - the fame, or be_ nonfuited, or Judgment be otherwife given againft him; then, and in any of the faid Cafes, the Defendant againd whom fuch Adtion, Suit or Information (hall have been brought, (hall recover his treble Cods. Limitation of XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act, or any thing this Aft. therein contained (other than and except fuch Claufes and Provifions as are by this Act made for or concerning allowing Cheque Books, or for or concerning Notice to be given of the Time and Place of Election, and proceeding to Election thereupon) (hall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to any City or Town, being a County of itfelf, or to any Perfon or Peifons, where the Right of voting for any Member or Members of any fuch City or Town is, for or in refpect of Burgage Tenure, or S iCm" Cr c t wnere the R'gbt of voting for fuch Member or Members, for or in refpect. of a Freehold, does not Gp.2l c'.lo'. require the fame to be of the yearly Value of forty Shillings. CAP. XXIX. An Act for fettling an additional Revenue of twenty-five thoufand Pounds upon his Royal Highnefs William Duke of Cumberland, and the Heirs Males of his Body, for the fignal Services done by his Royal Highnefs to his Country. May it pleafe your mojt Excellent Majejly, ' H E R E A S by the glorious Succefs with which it has pleafed Almighty God to blefs your Ma- jefty's Arms, under the aufpicious Conduct of your Majedy's dearly beloved Son the Duke ' of Cumberland, we may reafonably hope for a happy and fpeedy End of the prefent wicked and unna- ' tural Rebellion :' In return therefore for your Majefty's unwearied Care and affectionate Concern for the Safety and Profperity of your People, ot which the expoflng a Life fo jiiftly valuable to your Ma- jefty, is a moil endearing Proof, we beg Leave to offer your Majedy the warmed Ailurances of that Duty and Loyalty which mud ever flow from Hearts full of Gratitude and Affection : And that we may in fome rneafure ex.pre.'s the deep Senfe we have of the indefatigable Labours his Royal Highne s the Duke of Cumberland has undergone, and the eminent Services he has performed, in the Defence of your Majedy, and his Country, we mod humbly befeech your Majedy that an additional Revenue may be fettled on his Royal Highnefs, and the Heirs A4ales of his Body; which Provision, we pray Al- mighty God, by the long Continuance of his illudrious Line, may remain as a lading Monument to all Ages, of our Refpect, Gratitude and Affection for his Royal Highnefs the Duke, to whofe diftin- guiihed Conduct and Courage, under God and your Majedy, we owe the pleafing Profpect of being fpeedily delivered from the Horrors and Defolation that mud have accompanied the Continuance of this detedable Rebellion : Wherefore we your Majedy's mod dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, do mod humbly befeech your Majedy that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's mod Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- An Annuity of thority of the fame, That his Royal Highnefs William Duke of Cumberland, and the Heirs Males i5,cooi. to be of his Body, (hall have, receive and enjoy, at the Receipt of the Exchequer, one Annuity or yearly P lit > to f th , e Rent, or Sum of twenty-five thoufand Pounds, of lawful Money of Great Britain, out of the Duties berland and"" an d Revenues which compofe the Fund, commonly called The Aggregate Fund, and every or any of the Heirs Males them (after paying or referving fufficient to pay all fuch Sum and Sums of Money as have been directed ot his .Body, by an y former Adt or Acts of Parliament to be paid out of the fame, but with Preference to all other gregate FurS"- Payments which (hall or may hereafter be charged upon, or payable out of, the (aid Aggregate Fund) to commence' which faid Annuity or yearly Rent or Sum or twenty-five thoufand Pounds, and every Part thereof, fm ™ Marcn 25, fljjj commence from the Feaft Day of the Annunciation of the bleffed Virgin Mary in the Year of aote quarterly] our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, and fhall be paid and. pay able quarterly to his faid Royal
