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 C. 3. A. D. 1697. Anno nono GULIELMI III. any of all fuch hammered Silver Money (except in fuch Payments where the fame were by the faid firft recited Act directed to be received at a greater Value) in any Payment or Payments whatfoever, to be made by Perfun or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, at the Rate of five Shillings and two Pence for every Ounce Troy, fhould be, and be deemed to be a good and fufficient Tender in Law: And that the Refufal thereof in any fuch Payment or Pay- ments fhould be, and be adjudged to be a Refufal of fo much of the lawful Coins of this Kingdom, as fully and effectually, as if any fuch Tender and Refufal be had and made of the lawful and current Coins of this Realm ; which faid Claufes and Provifions, though neceffary at the Time of the enacting thereof, may nevertheleſs hereafter prove very prejudicial, and of evil Confequence;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the fame, That from and No hammered after the tenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-ſeven, no ham- Silver Coin mered Silver Coin of this Kingdom fhall be reputed or efteemed to be the lawful Coin of this Realm, nor nor current in be current in any Payment whatſoever, at any Rate or Value whatſoever, either by Weight or otherwiſe, any Payment, nor fhall the Tender of any fuch hammered Silver Money, at any Time from and after the faid tenth Day &c. of January, be, or be deemed to be a good and fufficient Tender in Law, nor the Refufal thereof in any Payment whatſoever be or adjudged to be a Refufal, of fo much of the lawful Coins of this Kingdom; any thing in the faid recited Acts, or either of them contained, to the contrary notwithſtanding. cfteemed lawful, II. Provided, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for Old hammered any Perfon or Perfons to carry into any of His Majefty's Mints in the Tower of London, or in the Cities of Money may be Briftol, Exeter, Chefter, Norwich, and York, before the first Day of March one thouſand fix hundred ninety- recoined. feven, any old hammered Money, in order to be recoined; and the reſpective Mafter or Worker of any fuch Mint, or his Deputy, is hereby authorized and required to receive the faid old hammered Money, and to cauſe the fame forthwith to be melted down, and recoined into the lawful Coins of this Kingdom, and to pay back the fame fo recoined on or before the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight, to the feveral Importers, in fuch Manner and Method as is now ufed in His Majeſty's Mint in the Tower of London. ( 689 < C III. And whereas in and by an Act made and paffed in the Seffion of Parliament which was holden at Westminster, in the eighth Year of His Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act for granting an Aid to His Ma- 8 & 9 W. 3: jefty, as well by a Land Tax, as by feveral Subfidies and other Duties payable for one Year, it was amongft c. 6. other Things enacted, That the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury, or any three of them, might ceeding one million five hundred thoufand Pounds, by virtue of that Act, which were to be current in fuch Manner and Form as in the faid Act, and in feveral other Acts of the faid Seffion of Parliament, are "mentioned: And in and by another Act made and pafled in the aforefaid Seffion, intituled, An Act for 8 & 9 W. 3. granting to His Majefty a further Subfidy of Tunnage and Poundage upon Merchandize imported for the Term c. 24. of two Years and three Quarters, and an additional Land Tax for one Year, for carrying on the War againft France; it was enacted, That the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury, or any three of them, might cauſe further Bills to be made forth at the faid Receipt of the Exchequer for any Sum or Sums not exceeding twelve hundred thoufand Pounds, to have like Currency as the Bills before mentioned, as by the faid ſeveral Acts (Relation being thereunto had) may more fully appear: And whereas feveral of the Bills above mentioned have been paid into the publick Receipts for Revenues, Taxes, and Aids, and iflued out again ſeveral Times, by which they have been fubject to fo many Indorfements that they will admit of no further Ihdorfements to be made thereupon, and confequently will not be fo current in Pay- ments as before, which Inconveniency will daily increaſe, unlefs fome proper Remedy be provided;' Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in reſpect to fuch of the faid Bills as are or fhall from New Bills may time to time be filled up with Indorfements, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Commiffioners of His be made for that Majefty's Treafury, or any three of them now being, or for the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Exchequer, the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treaſury for the time being, to caufe new Bills to be made forth at the in lieu of thoſe Receipt of the Exchequer, to be delivered from time to time to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall demand the Indorfements. fame in lieu of fuch Bills as fhall be brought in filled up with Indorſements, which old Bills fhall be can- Old Bills to be celled and kept apart from all other Bills whatſoever; and fuch new Bills fhall, in all Refpects, have the cancelled. like Currency, and there fhall be inflicted the fame Puniſhment for forging or counterfeiting the fame, and See farther con- they fhall be ſubject to the fame Rules, Methods, and Continuance, as by the faid former Acts are pro-caring Exche- vided in refpect to the Bills thereby made forth, or any of them; and fuch new Bills reſpectively fhall bear er bls, &c. the fame Numbers, Dates, Principal Sums, and Rate of Intereft per Diem, as were borne on the old Bills 23 Geo. 2. c. 26. brought in fo to be cancelled refpectively; and as to the Intereft that fhall have incurred on the faid old 33 Gev. 2, c. 1, Bills to the Days of their being brought in to be renewed, the intire Sum of fuch Intereft fhall be fo com- 18,21 23. puted, as to take off and abate what did accrue whilft they lay in the Hands of any of His Majefty's Re- G. 3. c. 18 ceivers or Collectors, or in His Majeſty's Exchequer, and fhall be written upon the faid new Bills; any thing in the faid former Acts contained to the contrary notwithſtanding. filled up with 16 Geo. 2. c. 12. & 20. CA P. III. An Act to give further Time for the adminiftring of Oaths relating to Tallies and Orders, and for the ea- EX P. fier Diſpatch of publick Business in the Exchequer, and in the Bank of England. Purchafers of Orders 8 & 9 W.3 or Tallies, &c. who have neglected to regifter their Affignments, &c. may do the fame. Perfons claim. c. 20, ing Orders of Loan, &c. not obliged to take the Oath concerning the Pramum, &c. Any Number of Tallies, &c. as follow in Couríe, may be cancelled; and Officer may give as few Tallies in licu VOL. III. thereof
 * caufe Bills to be made forth at the Receipt of the Exchequer, for any Sum or Sums of Money, not ex-