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 538 C.6. Penalty on re- ceiving after IJomince's Dduih. Pipvifioa for tl) Tie that have not named any Life. Surplus not to be charged with Pcnfions, 2cc, Anno quinto Gulielmi & Marine. A. D. 1694* I receive one or more quarterly Payments upon his, her or their Annuity or An- id the Deafh of his, her, or their Nominee, when the fame ought to ceafe, fuch any Perfon or Perfons (hal nuitics for any Time beyond the JJeafh of his, her, or their INominee, when the fame ought to ceafe, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall forfeit treble the Value of the Monies fo by him, her or them received ; the one Half thereof to their i'Iajeilics, their Heirs anJ Succeirors, and the other Half to him or them th.'.twiH fue for the fame, by A£l:ion, Suit, Bill, or Information, in which no Effoin, Proteftion, Privilege, or Wa- ger of Law, or more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed. ' V. And whereas feveral Perfons, who did contribute, advance, or pay feveral of the Sums of Money ' which have been contributed, advaiiced, or paid upon the faid recited Act, for Shares, Dividends, An- ' nuities, or other Benefits in the faid Ac't mentioned refpectively, as well upon the Benefit of Survivor- ' ihji), as upon th." yearly Annuities of fourteen Pounds pcT dfififm, did not name to the Auditor of the ' keceipr, or Clerk of the Pells in the Receipt of the Exchequer^ by or within the refpcflive Times b/ the ' faid Act appointed, the refpeiPcivc Live.", during which fuch Dividends, Shares, Annuities, or other Be- ' nefits refpeiflively were to continue ;' It is hereby further enafted and provided by the Authority afore- faid. That if fuch Perfons or any of them, fiiall at any Time or 'Pimes before the firft Day o^ March next, nominate to the Auditor of the Receipt, or the Clerk of the Pells in the faid Exchequer, the rcfpec- tive Lives (their own or others) during which fuch Dividends, Shares, Annuities, or other BenefitSj fhould continue refpecfi'vely, that then and in every -fuch Cafe his, her, or their Nominees fhall be entred in the Books kept in the faid Pvcceipt for the Nominees ; and every fuch Contributor or Contributors, his, her and their Executors, Adminiftrators and AlFigns refpecflively, ihall have, receive and enjoy, and be en- titled to have, receive and enjoy, fuch and the like Dividends, Shares, Annuities and other Benefits, for and in refpeft of the Monies fo contri'juted, advanced or paid, as he, fhe, or they might, fhould or ought to have had, received or enjoyed, in cafe the refpedlive Lives for the fame had been named within the re- fpeftive Times by the faid Att prefcribed ; any Thing in this or the faid former AiSl contained to the con* trary notwithftanding. VI. Provided alfo, and be it further enafted. That the Surplus or Remainder of the Monies arifing b* the faid Rates and Duties, appointed by the ftiid Aft to be to the Ufa of their Majefties, their Heirs ana Succeffors, fhall not be charged or chargeable with any Gift, Grant, or Penfion whatfoever ; and that all and every Grant and Grants of any fuch Penfions fliall be and is hereby declared to be utterly void; and all and every Perfon and Perfons to whom fuch Grants are or fhall be pafied, fhall be and are hereby made Accountants unto their Majefties, their Heirs and Succeffors, and fliall pay back all Sums of Money re- ceived by Pretence of fuch Grants, and the Court of Exchequer is hereby required to ilTue out Procefs ac- cordingly. I w. & M. ff. «. 30. O'vners of enjoy ;Jhem. Tht King may have ihe Ore on the Rates folio^vtng. C A P. VI. An A£t to prevent Difputes and Controverfies concerning Royal Mines. ' XX/HEREAS by a Claufe in one Aft of Parliament made in the firft Year of their Majefties Reign, I.' YV intituled. An J£i to repeal the Statute made in the fifth Tear of King Henry the Fourth, againft the ' multiplying of Gold and Silver, it is amongft other Things enaited. That no Mine of Tin, Copper, Iron, ' or Lead, fhall hereafter be adjudged, reputed or taken to be a Royal Mine, although Gold or Silver may ' difcouraging their Majefties good Subjefts, who have Mines of Copper, Tin, Iron, or Lead in their ' whereby great Suits and Troubles have arifen to many Owners and Proprietors of fuch Mines;' where- fore for the better Explanation of the faid Statute, II. Be it enabled and declared by the King's and Queen's moft Excellent Majefties, by and with the Ad- vice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this prefent Parliament af- fembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all and every Perfon or Perfons, being Subjeds of the Crown of England, Bodies Politick or Corporate, that now are or hereafter fhall be the Owner or Own- ers, Proprietor or Proprietors of any Mine or Mines within the Kingdom oi Endand, Dominion of IValei, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, wherein any O.'e now is, or hereafter fhall be difcovered, opened, found or wrought, and in which there is Copper, Tin, Iron or Lead, fliall and may hold and enjoy the fame Mine or Mines and Ore, and continue in the Pofieffion thereof, and dig and work the faid Mine or Mines or Ore, notwithftanding that fuch Mine or Mines or Ore fliall be pretended or claimed to be a Roy- al Mine or Royal Mines ; any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. in. Provided always, and be it enafted and declared. That their Majefties, their Heirs and Succeffors, and ail claiming any Royal Mines under them, fhall and may have the Ore of any fuch Mine or Mines iii any Part of the faid Kingdom of England, Dominion of TVales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed (other than Tin Ore in the Counties of Devon and Cor7iwiill) paying to the Proprietors or Owners of the faid Mine or Mines wherein fuch Ore is or fhall be found, within thirty Days after the faid Ore is or fliall be raifed and laid upon the Banks of the faid Mine or Mines, and before the fame be removed from thence, the Rates following (that is to fay) For all Ore waftit, made clean, and merchantable, wherein is Cop- per, the Rate of fixteen Pounds per Ton ; and for all Ore waflit, made clean, and merchantable, wherein therc'is Tin, the Rate of forty Shillings />^r Ton ; and for all Qre wafhr, made clean, and merchantable, wherein there is Iron, the Rate of forty Shillings tt^r Ton ; and for all Ore waflit, made clean, and mer- chantable,
 * Mir]es (hall
 * be extraded out of the fame : But notwithftanding the good Provifion by the faid Statute to prevent the
 * Soils, from digging and opening the fame, m.any Doubts and Queftions have arifen upon the faid Statute,