684 C; 31. Anno decimo nono Georgii II. A. D. 1746. ■ ingFund (except fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes./.by any former or other A ct or Ads of Parliament in that Behalf J and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund fhall and may be iffued and applied, as fall as the fame can be regularly ftated and afcer- _ nL , i tained, for and towards the paying off, cancelling and difcharging fuch Exchequer Bills, Intereft, Premium, Rate or Charges, until the whole of them fhall be paid off, cancelled and difcharged, or Money fuffi- cient for that Purpofe be kept and referved in the Exchequer, to be payable on Demand to the re- fpective Proprietors thereof. X. And for the better enabling Your Majefty effectually to fupprefs the prefent Rebellion, to carry on the War with. Vigour, and make good fuch Treaties as are or fhall be made with Your Majefty's Allies, Your faid dutiful and loyal Commons have alfo freely given and granted unto Your Majefty the further Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds, to be raifed in Manner herein after-mentioned ; Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Kind's granted his Ma-! :mo ^ Excellent Majefty, by Warrant or Warrants under his Royal Sign Manual, to authorize and jetty, by sign ' impower the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, now or f or the time being, or any three or more Manual, to im- f them, or the Lord High Treafurer for the time being, at any Time or Times before the twenty-fifth Treafury to re- ^X °f December one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, to caufe or direct any Loans to be taken or ceive Loans, j received , at his Majefty's Exchequer, from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Body or Bo- or make Ex- .dies Politick or Corporate, or- any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out there, for any Sum or chequer Bills. Sums of Money, not exceeding in Loans and Exchequer Bills together, in the whole, the faid Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds, in, the fame or like Manner, Form and Order, and according to the fame or like Rules and Directions,' as in and by the before-mentioned A<51 of this prefent Seflion of Parliament (for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land-tax, for the Service of the Year one thou- fand feven hundred and forty-fix) are enacted and prefcribed, concerning the Loans or Exchequer Bills to be taken or made in purfuance of the faid Act. XI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Claufes, Provifoes» The further Sum of 500,000 1. 9 ll .v; Ax to Loans, &c, cany 4 1. per Cent Intereft, 5 or Sinking Fund. Regulations concerning the Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, contained in the faid laft-men- liHs heqUer tioned Act, relating to the Loans or Exchequer Bills, authorized to be made by the fame Act (except fuch Claufes as do charge- the fame on the Rates, Duties and Affeffments granted by the fame Act) fhall be applied and extended to the Loans and Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame. Loans or Exchequer Bills had been originally authorized by the faid laft-mentioned Act, or as if the faid feveral Claufes or Provifoes had . been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act. XII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills, not exceeding hundred fivethoufand Pounds as aforefaid, as fhall be taken in or made forth in purfuance of this Act, may reflectively be made to bear or carry an Intereft, Premium or Rate, not exceeding four Pounds per Centum per Annum ; and all fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills, together with the Intereft, Pre- mium, Rate and Charges incident to or attending the fame, fhall be, and are hereby charged and charge- payable out of able upon, and fhall be repaid or borne by or out of the firft Aids or Supplies which fhall be granted
- j e s firft Su P" in Parliament next after the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix ;
and in cafe fufneient Aids or Supplies for that Purpofe fhall not be granted before the twenty^-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, then all and every the faid Loans or Exche- quer Bills, with the Intereft, Premium, Rate and Charges incident to or attending the fame, fhall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon fuch Monies, as at any Time or Times at or after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven fhall be or remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of the faid Surpluffes, Excefles or Overplus Monies, commonly called The Sinkings-Fund- (except fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes, by any former Act or Acts of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund fhall and may be iffued and applied, as faft as the fame can be regularly ftated and afcertained, for and towards paying off, cancelling and difcharging fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills, Intereft, Pre- mium, Rate or Charges, until the whole of them fhall be paid off, cancelled and difcharged, or Mo- ney fufficient for that Purpofe be kept and referved in the Exchequer, to be payable on Demand to the refpective Proprietors thereof. XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That whatever Monies fhall be fo iffued out of the faid Surpluffes, Exceffes or Overplus Monies, commonly called the Sinking to be replaced. Fund, fhall from time to time be replaced by and out of the firft Supplies to be then after granted in Parliament ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies coming into the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one Act of this Seflion of Parlia- ment, intituled, An Aft for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, fifr the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-ftps, and fo much Money (if any fuch be) of the Tax thereby granted, as fhall arife or remain, after all the Loans or Exchequer Bills made or to be made on the fame Act, and all the Intereft, Premium, Rate and Charges thereon, and the Charges thereby allowable for railing the faid Land Tax, fhall be fatisfied, or Money fufficient fhall be referved in the Exchequer to difcharge the fame ; and all the Monies coming into the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one other Act of this Seflion of Parliament, intituled, An Aft for continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Eng- land, and for granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for the Service of the Tear o?ie thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, and fo' much Monies paid out of the Sinking Ftind The Land Tax, Malt A«, &c.
