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 578 C. 8, 9' Anno fexto & feptimo Gulielmi III. A. D. 1695; ciitorbyS&9 cutors, Adtpiniftrators, or Affigns, for the Ufes aforefaid, Intereft for their feveral and refpetSive Principal ilKi 3.: 0. sj,, : Sanjs of Money mentioned and exprefl'ed in fuch Debentures, from the five and twentieth Day of i)^c£/n- A a • vj ■,•.,,7^' --k^^ one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, for the Space of three Years, from thence next and imme- ■ ;■• -"^ c-^ai-'y - diately en'fuing, after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum for one whole Year, by two equal Payments j '.■-.: ; the firft Payrhient to be made upon the faid five and twentieth Day of December. If Monies fall -, X,. Provided, and it is further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if all the Monies that (hall be fliort Dcben- ' paid into the Exchequer by virtue of this A61 fhall not be fufficient to fatisfy and pay Intereft for all the faid tures to be on an g^j^j of three hundred thirty thoufand feven hundred fixty-nine Pounds ten Shillings and feven Pence, Average. Pijncipal JVToney, for the faid Space of three Years, at the faid Rate of five Pounds per Centum for one , whole Year ; then there fliall be no Preference of any of the faid Perfons named in the faid Debentures, but fuch Deficiency fhall fall upon the faid Perfons named in the faid Debentures, their feveral and refpedive .f.aibui! J.'iOoC .'Executors, Adminiftrators, and Affigns, ratably and proportionably, according to the Quantity of their -, -1 J 1 .',.;■ '•: ' refpetSive Debts mentioned -in the faid' Debentures.', Puftilhment of XJ. Provided, and it is further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Officer in the Exchequer Officer miiap-^ ihall divert ormifapply any of the Monies that fhall be paid into the Exchequer, by virtue of this Aft, to il plying, c -^^^ other Ufes Cir.Purpofes than are hereby' diredled, then fuch Officer fo offending fhall forfeit his Office | , 'in tbe Exfhequer, and be incapable of any Office or Place of Truft, and fhall be liable to pay the double. } ., iV alue of any Sum or Sums fo diverted or mifapplied, to any of the faid Perfons named in the faid Deben- I'd tures, tlieir refjjeftive Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, who will fue for the fame, by any Adlion of • t^ I-. •■ ;■ .-Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Majeity's Courts of Record ?^t TFe/iminJler, wherein no j ... , .; E{roin,'Prote(Si6ii,' Wiger of Law, Privilegfi.Gf Parliament, or other Privilege, or more than one Impar- ■(( "■ • ; ,,jlance, fliall be granted or allowed ; and all Orders and Warrants for iffuihg, paying, or difpofing any of the '' ■ I ,Mbney to be railed by virtue of this Act, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, fhall be utterly void. • : Debt upon the Xll. Provided, and it is further enacted and ordained by the Authority aforefaid. That all fuch of the Traiifpcirt Ships f^id Debts due to any Owners of fuch Traniport Ships, and all Parts of fuch Debts, as have been at any ed'^rtdccnfab"" Time affigned or granted, or covenanted and agreed to be affigned or granted, or for which any Authority within la' "^ l^^th hitherto been given or granted by any of the faid Owners, their refpeiStive Executors or Adminiftra- Momhs. -tors,, .to, any Perfpn pr Perfons to receive the fame, or any Part thereof, to the Ufe of fuch Perfon fo au- thorized, or any other Peffbn, befides fuch Owner, his o,r her Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall and may be redeemed,, and are hereby declared to be redeemable by the faid Owners, their refpeftive Executors or Adminiftrators, on Payment 6f the Principal Sum of Money paid in confideration of making the faid Af- fignme^t, Grant, Covenant, -or Authority, together with the Charges and Intereft for the fame, from the Time of the Payment the'reof, after the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum for one whole Year, difcounting f, for what hath been refceWed,' for or in refpeft of the faid Debt, by any fuch Perfon to whom fuch Affign- ^ ment or Authority was rnade or given.-; and upon Payment or Tender of the faid Principal Money, Intereft, ^j and Charges,^ fuch Grant, Affignment, or Authority, and all Covenants and Agreements concerning the ;'j fame, fhall be void. Pfovided'hevertiidkfs, That fuch Redemption as aforefaid be made within the Space ^,i of twelve Months, from and after the End of this prefent Seffion of Parliament. No Fee for Xlll, Provided',' arid be it further enafted. That no Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, direftly or indireftly. +i making Deben-. {hall be demanded or taken of any of the faid Owners or Agents, their refpeftive Executors, Adminiftra- { tures, &:c. toiis, orA-ffigns, for the making any the faid Debentures, or the Payment of any of the faid Monies, or foi. providing or making of any Books, Regifters, or Entries, or permitting any Views or Searches relating t( this Acl:, by;any of His Majefty's Officers in iht Exchequer, upon Pam of forfeiting their Offices and Places  and of beco,ming incapable of any Office of Truft, and upon Pain of Payment of Treble the Value of-an . ; fuch Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, to the Party grieved, v/ith Cofts of Suit; the fame Treble Value to bi ; recovered by Aftion of Debt,. Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record a ; Wejimlnjler, wherein no Effoin, Proteftion, Privilege, Wager of Law, InjuniStion, or Order of Reftrainr ,i fhall be in any wife granted or allowed. . . Officer attend- XIV. And whereas it may be a reafonable Accommodation for Trade, That the Officers of the Cuftom ' ing, when not ^jg permitted, on fundry urgent Occafions, to work at Times and Places not required by Law, for whic ^"fc"!' '"''^ extraordinary Attendances the Merchant or other Perfon concerned is willing to make a moderate Allow | . ance, if the Officer might be juftified in receiving the fame ; be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Th: it fhall and may be lawful for any Officer duly employed in the Execution of his Office, on any extraor | dinary Service not required by Law, to take and receive fuch Recompence from the Merchant or other Pei i fon defiring his Attendance, as the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in the Port oi London, and the Colleitoi Cuftomer, and Comptroller in the Out Ports, or any Two of them refpeftively (by whom the Sufferanc is thought requifite to be granted) Ihall determine. IXP, CAP. VIIL 1 4&SW,,&M, . ^ c. 13. An Aft for continuing Two former Afts for puniftiing Officers and Soldiers, who fhall mutiny or defe 5 & 6 W. & M. His Majefty's Service, and for punifhing falfe Mufters, and for Payment of Quarters, for one Year longe C.15. ,, ■ . . C A P. IX. p X P. An Aft for appointing and enabling Commiffeoneb'to' examine,, take, and ftate the publick Accoilhts. c a: •
 * ♦ Farther prftfid-. Payment of the feyeral Perfons named in the faid feveral Debentures, and their feveral and refpedlive Exe-