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 A.D.iyo^. Anno feciindo & tertio Ann^e ReginsG. C. 4. 137 Pvoportions as to the Lord Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, fliall feem meet and reafonable in that Behalf; any Thing in this Aft contained to the contrary notwithllanding. XXXIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if fo many Contribati- jf f^ „,^„y ^on. ons upon this A(St, for fuch Annuities as aforefaid, fliall not be made on or before the faid firft Day of tributiuns be not May one thoufand feven hundred and four, as ihall be fufficient (together with the feveral Parts or Pro- made by i May portions of the Purchafe Money then remaining to be paid at or before fuch feveral Days or Times as >7°4. == «"" ^ aforeiaid) to raife the faid whole Sum of one Million and two hundred thoufand Pounds, over and above ^^'« i.^oo.ooo- the Money neceffary to difcharge fuch Annuities as fhall be purchafed,_ until the faid five and twentieth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and five inclufively as aforefaid; then immediately from and after the faid firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and four, it fliall and may be lawful to and for Quren, &c. may her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccelTors, or her or their Officers in the Receipt of Exchequer, by Command bor^w lo muck Of Appointment of her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccelTors, to borrow and take into the faid Receipt of Ex- j^e*'" '"^'^'^oTl chequer, of or from any Perfbn or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate (who g,j_ '''^°°'°°° • have hereby Power and Authority to lend and advance the fame) for the Service of carrj'ing on the -aid War, and other her neceffary Occafions, any Sum or Sums of Money, which, together with the whole Amount of all the Confideration or Purchafe Monies, paid or to be paid, in ready Money or by Propor- tions as aforefaid, for the faid Annuities, fliall not exceed in the whole the faid Sum of one million and two hundred thoufand Pounds, befides fo much as fhall be neceitary to difcharge the purchafed Annuities, until and for the faid five and twentieth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and five as aforefaid; which Loans fhall be regiftred and repaid in Courfe, according to the Dates of the Tallies, and Intereft fhall be allowed for the faid Loans after the Rate of fix Pounds per Cejitum per Anmim^ and payable quar- intereft allowed. terly ; and the Principal and Intereft of the faid Loans fhall be charged upon, and payable out of, all the Monies, which fhall arife by the faid weekly Payments, over and above fo much as will be fufHci- ent to fatisfy the faid annual Payments, afi:er the Rate of three Pounds per Ce?itu?n per Annum, to the faid Patentees, and thofe claiming under them, and over and above fo much as Ihall be fuf- ficient to fatisfy fo many Annuites as fhall have been aftually purchafed upon this Aft : And that Tal- Tallies and Or- lies of Loan fhall be levied for the Monies fo lent, and Orders fhall be drawn and figned for Repayment dets.forRepay- of the fame, with fuch Intereft as aforefaid, according to the Courfe of the Exchequer ; and that fuch "'^ ^'=' Orders, or any Part thereof, fhall be affignable, fuch Affignments being firft entred in the Office of the Auditor of the faid Receipt ; and that no Monies fo to be lent fiiall be chargeable with any Taxes, Rates, Monies fo lent or Impofitions ; and all the Monies arifing by the faid weekly Payments our of the faid Branches of Ex- "°"° be taxed, cife (over and above fo much as will be fufficient to fatisfy the faid annual Payments, after the Rate of Weekly Pay- three Pounds ^(?r C^'y-^z/ra /)cr v^wototz, and fo many Annuities as fhall have been aftually purchafed upon prom-Iated'^fo^r this Aft as aforefaid ) fhall be applied and appropriated, and the fame are hereby appropriated to and for Repayment, the Repayment of the faid Loans in Courfe, with fuch Intereft as aforefaid, unto fuch Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, who fhall lend or advance the fame as aforefaid, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs, or Affigns refpeftively, without any Fee or Charge without Fee. whatfoever, and fhall not be diverted or be 'divertible to any other Ufe or Purpofe whatfoever, under the like Penalties and Forfeitures as are by this Aft prefcribed for diverting or mifap- plying any of the Money that ought to be applied to the Payment of the faid Annuities : And in cafe all Monies not re- the Monies fo to be borrowed, with the Intereft thereof, fhall not be repaid by or before the five and p^id by 15 Dec. twentieth 1)2.^ of December one thoufand feven hundred and fix, then the Remainder thereof fliall be '7°^ how fa- fatisfied out of the next Aids to be granted by Parliament, after the fame five and twentieth Day of "'''°'^" December one thoufand feven hundred and fix. CAP. IV. An A(ft for the publick regiftring of all Deeds, Conveyances, and Wills, that fhall be made of any Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the IVeft Riding of the County of Tork, after the nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and four. ' "ITT H ER E A S the TFeJi Riding of the County of Tork is the principal Place in the North for the .p„,h„ Provi- ' fions to borrow Money upon their Eftates for managing their faid Trade, but for want of a Regifter hereto by 5 ' find it difficult to give Security to the Satisfaftion of the Money Lenders (although the Security they Anns, c. 18, • offer be really good) by Means whereof the faid Trade is very much obftrufted, and many Families ^"'^ ^ Anna:, ' ruined :' For the remedying whereof may it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, at the humble Requeft '^' ^^' ^''' of the Juftices of the Peace, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the faid Wejl Riding, that it may be enadted ; and be it enafted by^the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advife and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Autho-. ^ ., r rity of the fame, That a Memorial of all Deeds and Conveyances, which from and after the nine and ai: DeXand twentieth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and four, fliall be made Conveyances and executed, and of all Wills and Devifes in Writing made or to be made and publifhed, where the De- made after 29 vifor or Teftator fhall die after the faid nine and twentieth Day of September, of or concerning, and where- ^'P^- '704- and by any Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments in the faid IVe/I Riding, may be any way °^^tl^th'^^^^^ ^°^- ^^* - T afFefted Riding" of VofK- ihire.
 * V Cloth iVIanufafture, and moft of the Traders therein are Freeholders, and have frequent Occa- fione rehting"'