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 A. D. 1705. Anno quarto Ann. £ Regina;. C. 6. 195 or indirecSlly, any Fee, Gratuity, or Reward for the fame ; and in cafe any of the Officers of the Exche- quer fhall take or Demand any fuch Fee or Reward, or {hall divert or mifjipply any of the Monies of the (aid Duties, or Monies hereby appropriated, or any Part thereof, which fnould make good the Payment ©f the faid Annuities, or (hall pay or iffue out the fame otherwife than according to the Intent of this Ady or fhall not keep Books and Regifters, and make Entries, and do and perform all other Things, which by this Aft they are required to perform, every fuch Officer fhall forfeit his Office, and be for the future uncapable of any Office or Place of Trufl, and (hall anfwer and pay Treble Damages, with Cofirs of Suit, to every Contributor or Perfon who fhall be prejudiced thereby, to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at fVe/lmin/hr, wherein no Effoin, Pro- tedion. Privilege of Parliament, or other Privilege, Wager of Law, InjuniStion, Order of Reftraint, or more than one Imparlance fhall be granted or allowed ; and in the faid Afti<Jn tfie PlaintifF, upon Reco- Plaintiff to haye very, fhall have his full Cofts ; one third Part of which Sum, to be recovered for Damages, fhall be to the WI Cofts. Ufe of her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs ; and the other two third Parts, with the Cofts, fhall be to the Ufe of the Profecutor ; and in cafe there fhall be any Collufion, or faint Profecution between the In cafe of CoIIu- Plalntiff and Defendant in fuch Adion, it fhall be lawful for any other Contributor, his or her Execu- 'Jo". any other tors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, to bring another A£tion, wherein he or fhe fhall recover as aforefaid, Contributor may t6 the like Ufes as aforefaid. ' ... . :_ ' bnng aa Aftica. XXXI. Provided always. That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall or niaypurchafe or obtain, or No Purchafe, be admitted to purchafe or obtain any Annuity whatfoever upon this Acf, unlefs the Whole, or one ""'^'s"^ '"'"» fourth Part at leaft of the Confideration-money for the fame, at fuch Rate as aforefaid, be advanced and ^ pa"JbyiMay paid into the faid Receipt of Exchequer, on or before ths faid firft Day of May one thoufand feven hun- '^° ' dred and fix. XXXII. Provided alfo, That in cafe any fuch Contributor as aforefaid, who fhall on or before the One fourth a<J- faid firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and fix have advanced one fourth Part of his or her '"""'^'^'?* '''* Furchafe-money, or his or her Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, dp not advance and pay into thej^j"^'^*'^j-*'il Receipt of the Exchequer, one other fourth Part of his or her Confideration^money fp to be paid for fuch ' refpedtive Annuity or Annuities as aforefaid, on or before the faid firft Day of yuly in the Year of our Lord thirtieth Day of Jugt/i one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; and the remaining fourth Part thereof, on or, before the faid firft Day oi November in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; then and in every fuch Cafe refpeftively, no Order fhall be drawn or figned for fuch refpedlive Annuity, for which the Confideration-money (hall not be fully paid as aforefaid ; but fo much of the Confideration- jrioney as fhall have been adlually paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer for fuch refpedtive Annuity^ fhall be forfeited to her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, and be applied, together with other the Mo- 'ithftanding. XXXIII. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enadted, That it fhall and may be lavirful to and for the Lord officers, Ckrks, Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury, or any three or more of the faid Commiffioners of the &c. how tobe Treafury for the Time being, out of any the Monies of the faid weekly Payments hereby appointed to be P^''^- paid into the Exchequer as aforefaid, to reward the Officers, Clerks, and others, to be employed in the Payment of the faid Annuities, or the Accounts thereof, for their Labour, Pains, Charges, and Service therein refpedtively, and to defray all other the neceffary Charges incident to the Payment of the faid An- nuities, as to the faid Lord Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, fhall feem meet and reafonable in that Behalf; any thing in this Adt contained to the contrary notwithftanding, XXXIV. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all ftrong Waters, Brandy, &<:. Brandy, Aqua V it is, or Spirits, brought from the Iflands of GMcr»/^j», Jerfcy, Sark, or jUderney, fhall con- brought irom tinue to be charged with the Duty of eight Shillings for every Gallon, and no more, to be paid to the Col- ?"^c"'^J' J^''", ledtor or Officer of Excife before Landing ; and that all other excifeable Liquors brought from the faid ///"how Iflands, or any of them (except Beer, Ale, and Mum) fhall be charged and chargeable with fuch and the charged. (Except like Duties, as are or fhall from Time to Time be charged or chargeable on the like Liquors made in Beer, Ale, and ■ this Kingdom, to be entred and paid as aforefaid j any thing in this Adt contained to the contrary thereof Mum). in any wife notwithftanding. ' XXXV. And whereas feveral Bonds, purfuant to feveral Adts of Parliament in that Behalf have been Merchants ' entered into by feveral Merchants and others for the Cuftoms, additional Duties, Impofitions, and other Bonds for Cuf- ' Duties of Goods and Merchandizes imported into the Kingdom of ^w^A???^, Dominion of /^/«, and'"™'' Pf'^'^i'K ' the Conditions of the fame refpedtively, have, according to fuch Conditions, incurred or become pay- ,-q^^ and re- ' able at feveral Days or Times of Payment, before the fixth Day of Febriiaisy in the Year of our Lord main yet unfa- ' one thoufand feven hundred and five, and do remain unfatisfied, or fuch Bonds are not delivered up ;'iisfied; Be it enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That in all and every Cafe and Cafes where the Obligors in fuch in cafe principal Bonds (being Principals or Sureties) their Heirs, Executors, or Adminiftrators, or any of them, have paid Money be paid or ftiall have paid, before the firft Day of'June one thoufand feven hundred and fix, to the proper Officer ^7' J""^ i7<^*» or Officers, the principal Monies fo incurred or grown due before the faid fixth Day oi February o-svi^x^^*^^^^ thoufand feven hundred and five, fuch Payment fhall be of the fame Force and Efi^edt, as if the fame had "^" ""* been made at or before the refpedtive Day or Days in fuch Condition or Conditions mentioned for Pay- ment thereof; and in all Cafes where the whole principal Monies, due or to be due by the Conditions of fuch Bonus as are before-mentioned, are or fhall be paid by the faid firft Day oi June one thoufand ky^n hundred and fix, fuch Bond and Bonds refpedtively fhall upon Demand be delivered up to the Party or C c 2 Parties
 * ne thoufand feven hundred and fix ; and one other fourth Part thereof, on or before the faid one and
 * iies to be raifed by this Adt, for fuch publick Services as aforefaid ; any thing in this Adl contained to
 * Town oi Berwick upon Tweed, upon which Bonds the whole Monies or"Part of the Monies ipecified in of f^^rM