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 194- CpiXrifcutora ta Taxes. AnJ to have T^lliesj &c. and Orders for Payment. C. 6. Anno quarto Ann^ Regluap. A.D. 1705. the Exchequer within fuch Year of the faid feveral Subfidies, Impofitions, Rates, Duties, and Monies by this Aft appropriated for Payment of the faid Annuities, purfuant to this Aft, fliall exceed all the Monies then due for or upon the faid Annuities, and all Arrearages thereof, then or at any Time or Times before that Time incurred, fo that there (hall be an Overplus remaining in the Exchequer, fuch Overplus-monies (hall be difpofable from time to time for the publick Ufe and Service by Authority of Parliament, and not otherv/ife ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. XXV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Contributor and Con-r >ftKe Annuities ^""'^"fo" '^PO" 'his Aft, duly paying the Confideration or Purchafc-money at the Rate aforefaid, at of pu vchaf.d'Ty '" before the refpeftive Days and Times in this Aft limited in that Behalf, for any fuch Annuity or Annui- themfreeftom ties as aforefaid, or fuch as he, (he or they fhall appoint, his, her, or their refpeftive Executors, Adiui- niftrators, Succeffors and Affigns, fhall have, receive and enjoy, and "be intitled, by virtue of this Aft, to have, receive and enjoy the refpeftive Annuity and Annuities fo to be purcbafed out of the Monies by this Aft appropriated or appointed for the Payment thereof, during the faid whole Term of ninety-nine Years, as is above-mentioned ; and that all and every fuch Purchafers, their Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns refpeftively, fhall have good and fure Eftates and Interefts in the feveral Annuities fo by them to be purchafed, according to the Tenor and true Meaning of this Aft ; and that all the faid Annuities to be purchafed upon this Aft, and every of them, during the Term aforefaid, fliall be free from all Taxes, Charges, and Impofitions whatfoever. XXVI. And"be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Contributor upon this Aft for any Annuity or Annuities as aforefaid, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiltrators or Affigns, upon Payment of the Confideration or Purchafe-money for the fame, at the Rate aforefaid, or any Part or Pro- portion thereof, within the Time or Times in this Aft limited in that Behalf, fhall immediately have one or more Talley or Tallies levied, importing the Receipt of fo much Confideration-money as fhall be fo paid, and upon Payment of all the Purchafe-money for any fuch Annuity or Annuities at the Rate aforefaid, every fuch Contributor, his or her Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigris refpectively, fhall have an Order for paying of the faid Annuity and Annuities, for and during the faid Term of ninety-nine Years ; which Order fhall be figned by the Treafurer and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the time being, and after the figning thereof, the fame fhall be firm, good, valid, and efFeftual in the Law, according to the Purport and true Mean- ing thereof, and of this Aft ; and fhall not be determinable by or upon the Deaths or Removal of any Treafurer or Under Treafurer of the Exchequer, or any Commiffioner or Commiffioners of the Trea- fury, or by or upon the Determination of the Power, Office or Offices of them, or any of them ; nor fhall any Lord High Treafurer of England, Treafurer of the Exchequer, or any Commiffioners of the Treafury now or for the time being, have Power to revoke, countermand or make void fuch Orders fo figned as aforefaid, or any of them. XXVII. And for the Encouragement of the Contributors to advance and pay forthwith into the Re- _ ^ _ ceipt of the Exchequer, the Sums by them intended to be advanced upon this Aft, it is provided and mentrtftiLlVIay^'i^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That every fuch Contributor who fhall advance and pay into the J706, faid Receipt of Exchequer, all or any Part of the Purchafe-money payable for any fuch Annuity or An- nuities as aforefaid, before the faid firft: Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hun-' dred and fix, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, fhall be allowed and paid out of the Contribution-money arifing by this Aft, Intereft after the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum per Annunty for the prompt Payment of the Money fo advanced, from the Time of the aftual advancing and paying the fame, until the faid firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and fiK. XXVJII. And be it further enafted. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Contributor or Contributors, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, at any Time or Times, during the Continuance of his, her, or their Term, Eftate, or Intereft of and in any Annuity to be purchafed upon this Aft, by any Writing under Hand and Seal, or by his or her laft Will in Writing, to affign or" devife fuch Annuity, or any Part thereof, or any Intereft therein, to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever,'. and fo totik tfttoties, and no fuch Affignment to be revocable, fo as an Entry or Memorandum of fuch Af- fignment or Will be made in Books to be kept for that Purpofe in the faid Office of the Auditor of the' Receipt, within the Space of three Months after fuch Affignment or Death of the Devifor, and that' upon producing fuch Affignment or Will, or Probate thereof in the faid Office of Receipt, to be entred as aforefaid, the Party fo producing the fame, fhall bring therewith an Affidavit taken before one or mor«; of her Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of thendue Execution of the faid Affignment or Will ; which Affi- davit fhafl be feverally filed in the faid Office, which faid Entry or Memorandum, the proper Officers i» Devife, Intereft ^^^ '^''^ Receipt of Exchequer, are hereby required to make accordingly, and to file the faid Affidavits; to go to Execu- ajid in Default of fuch Affignment or Devife by Deed or Wi.l, the Intereft of fuch Contributor fhall go' tors, &c. to his or her Executors or Adminiftrators. Guardians may XXIX. And It is hereby enafted. That it fhall and may be lawful for any Guardian or Trufle^ L"nf.''^'&/" ^"" having the Difpofal of the Money of any Infant under the Age of one and twenty Years, for the Ufe" and Benefit of fuch infant, to advance and pay the Sum of one hundred fifty-five Pounds of the Money of fuch Infant, to purchafe an Annuity upon this Aft, for the Benefit of fuch Infant ; and the faia Guardian or 7"ruftee, as to the faid Sum of one hundred fifty-five Pounds, fo advanced, is hereby' difcharaed. ic.» vu ..,^t uu XXX. And be it further enafted, for the better Encofurageme nt of Perfons to advance the Monies on.' i r«e, 00 Psnalty, ^^'* Aft, That all Receipts and IfTues, and all other Things direfted by this Aft to be performed in the I &c. Exchequer, fhall be done and performed by the Ofiicers there, without, demanding or receiviHg, direftly' | 4 of ( No Lord Trea- furer, Sec. %o revoke the fame. 61. per Cent, allowed for prompt Pay- Aiyiuities af- fignabk. -and Entry to be made, &c. Affidavits to be filed. In Default of ^antSj iic. Exchequer Offi- cers to take no