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 88 C. 7, Anno primo Ann^ Regln^E. Slat. i. A. D. 1701. Tunnj'c ,ind Ji_ _/^^)(] jjg jj- fuither enabled by the Authorit5'- aforefaid, That the faid further Subfidies of "Funnaffe tinucd"^'^ ■■'""■ mid Poundage, and other Duties upon Wines, Goods and Merchandizes, granted by the faid Ad't made '""^ ■ in the ninth Year cf the Reign of his faid late Majefty King William, Ihall, from and after the faid ninth Day of March during her Majefty's Life, be raifed, levied, coliedled, paid and fatisfied unto her Majeflry, by the fame Ways, Means an.d Methods, and by the fame Rules and Directions, and with the n W, 3. c. 23. fan^e Allowances, as are mentioned in the fame Aft made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King William ; and the fame A£t, and every Article, Rule and Claufe therein contained, or thereby referred to, fo far as the fame relates to the raifing, kvying, colleifling and making Aliowatices out of the faid Subfidies and other Duties, fhall be of full Force and EfFeft to all Intnts and Rurpofes, during her Majefty's Life, as if the fame were particularly and at large repeated and fet down in the Body of this Afl". pTi'o'fi'^'^ & ° IlL And it is hereby enafted and declared. That the faid Hereditary Rates and Duties of Excife upon «iail be for'ihl'^" -f^^cr, Ale and other Liquors, and the faii Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale and other Liquors, hereby Suppirt of the" granled to her Majefty for the Term of her Life (fubj:'(£l- neverthelefs to the Incumbrances hereinafter Cjue^ji.'s Huuf- mentioned) and the fiid R.evenue of the General Letter Office or Pod: Office, or the Office of Poft Mafter fculJj &c. ~ ■ " ... - . --. Compofitions in the Exchequer, and by the Seizures of uncuitomcd and prohibited Goods, the Revenue cf the D'uchv oi .Cornwal, and any other Revenue arifing by the Rents of Lands in England zivlTVala, or for P'ines for Leafes of the fame, or any of them, and the Monies arifmg by the faid further Sub- fidies of Tunna^;-; and Poundage, and other Duties hereby granted, and all other the Branches and Re- venues which w:re chargeable v.-ith the faid yearly Surn of feven hundred thoufahd Pounds (the faid Duty of Four and an Half per Cenium in Specie y.rifing in Barhadoei and the Lecivard I/lauds in America, uKvay's excepted and foreprized) flv.ill be for the Support of her Majefty's Houfhold, and of the Honour Duties of Excife and Dignity of the Crown; yet neverthelefs the fiid Hereditary Rates and Duties of Excife upon Beer, iubj<-a to the _/Yig J^J^J other Liquors, and the faid Rates and Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale and other Liquors, hereby cT 7ool for"* granted to her Majefty, during her Life, and every of them, fhall be liable and fubjefl to the faid weekly five Years from Payment of three thoufand feven hundred Pounds, according to the Tenure and Eftetft of the faid Act ayoo. of Parliament, made in the twelfth Year of the R.eign of his faid late Majefty King William, in the 32 w. 3, c. 12. fame Manner as the faid Hereditary Rates and Duties of Excife, and the faid Rates and Duties of Excife p w. & M. -which were granted in the fecond Year of the Reign of their fuid late Majefties, and every of them, 3. jointly or feverally, would have been liable to the fame v/eekly Payment, if his faid MajcAy had conti- nued in this Life, during the faid Term of five Years ; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. Aftci- Expiration jv. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enafted and declared, That from and after the Expiration of the af the Old five f^j^j Term of five Years, fo much Money as together with the faid Payments, after the Rate of three jje^appliedT Pounds per Cenium per Annum, then to commence and to be applied for SatisfacSfion of the faid Patentees, Application of Pounds for every Week, during her Majefty's Life, fhall and may be taken out of the faid Hereditary jclie Duty arifing Rates and Duties of Excife, and out of the Rates and Duties of Excife hereby- granted to her Majefty s'^nns^at'^i ^°'' ^^'^ ^ife, and either or any of them ; and the faid Payments after the Rate of three Pounds per Cen~ e'Ti- §.'27-' ' ^"^ P^ Annum, being deduced out of the Hereditary Part tliereof, the Refidue of the faid three thoufand ' " ■ " ' feven hundred Pounds per Week, be applied and difpofed of to and for the Publick Ufe and Service ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding.^ ' V. And whereas the neceflary Expences of fupporting the Crown, or the greateft Part of them, were ' do now depend or expeiSt, and by fuch Lands, Tenem.ents and Hereditaments as may hereafter defcend, ■' efcheat, or otherwife accrue or come to her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeffors, the Land Revenues of the, . •' Burthen upon the Eftates of the Subje£ls of this Realm may be eafed and leffened in all future Provi- '' fions to be made for the Expences of the Civil Government:' To the Eiid therefore that the Land Re- venues of the Crown may be preferved, improved and increafed for the beft Advantage thereof, be it Ear prcferviai, enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Grant, Leafe, or other Affurance, &c. the Land, which from and after the five and twentieth Day of March in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven Rtvinueof ths hundred and two, flial] be made or granted by her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeffors, Kings or Qiieens of ^'^G^rnt fcall ^^^^ Realm, under the Great Seal of England, Exchequer Seal, Seals of the Duchy and County Palatine bernideof anjr of Lcmcafter, OX any of them, or by Copy of Court Roll or othervvife hovvfoever, of any Manors, Mef- Manors, Lands, fuages. Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes, Woods, or other Hereditaments (Advowibns of Churches Ax. belonging to and Vicarages only excepted) within the Kingdom of England, Dominion oi Wales, or Town oi Berwick the Crown, un- yp^j., Tiveed, or any of them, or any Part thereof, now belonging or hereafter to belong to her Majefty, ic,stor3i ears j^gj. fjgjj.^ or Succeifors, or to any other Perfon or Perfons in Truft for her Majefty, her Heirs or Suc- iti:i,VeeLiy£s,&c. j-gfj-^^^g^ jj, Poffeffion, Reverfion, Remainder, Ufe or Expe£l:ancy, whether the fame be or fhall be in Right of the Crown of England, or as Part of the Principality of Wales, or of the Duchy or County Pg.- iat;«e of l^ancajier, or otherwife howfoever, to any Perfon or Perfons, Body Politick or Corporate what- soever,
 * For the farther and thofe claimdng under them as aforefaid, fhall make up the Sum of three thoufand feven hundred
 * formerly defrayed by a Land Revenue, which hath from Time to Time been impaired and dimipiflied
 * by the Grants of former Kings and Queens of this Realm, fo that her Majefty's Land Revenues at pre-
 * fent can afford very little towards the Support of her Government ; neverthelefs from Time to Time, upon
 * the Determination of the particular Eftates, whereupon many Reverfions and Remainders in the Crown
 * Crown, in Fines, Rents, and other Profits thereof, may hereafter be increafed, and confequently the