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 A.D. i7i<>* Anno nono Ann^e Reginas. C. 23. 489 VI. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted, That it fliall and may be lawful to and for her Majefty, Money to be her Heirs and Succeflbrs, from time to time, to dire6l the OiEcers at the R.eceipt of Exchequer to receive borrowed a' 61. by Way of Loan, from any Perfon or Perfons willing to make the fame upon Credit of this A61, fuch p^' ^'"f- ^^i- Sum and Sums of Money as herMajefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs fliall, from time to time, or at any Time '^'^''* or Times, think necefiary, for the Beginning, carrying on, or efFedting all or any the Services by this A6t intended, and to allow Intereft after the Rate of fix Pounds per Cetiiu?n per ylnnum, for the Forbearance thereof; and that the Money fo lent fliall not be taxed or affefled by any ASt of Parliament whatiosver ; ' and that fuch Lenders fliall have Tallies of Loan, and Orders for their Repayment, with fuch Interell, as aforefaid, out of the Duties granted by this Act, the Principal to be paid in Courie, according to the re- ipeiSive Dates of the Tallies, and the Interefl: every three Months till the Repayment of the Principal ; and that no Fee or Reward fliall be demanded or taken of any her Majefty's Subjefts, in or for the Payment thereof; and that the Money of the faid Duties fliall be liable to fatisfy fuch Orders accordingly, Vv'ithout being diverted from the fame to any other Ufe, Intent, or Purpofe, upon Pain of forfeiting Treble Dama- ges, and Full Cofts, to the Party grieved by the Party offending; and that fuch Orders fhall be affignable by Endorfements thereupon, according to the Gourfe in fuch Cafes ufed in the Exchequer. VII. Provided always. That fuch Sums as at any Time or Tim.es before the faid fourteenth Day of May intereft due be. one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, fhall become due for Intereft of Money to be lent upon this f'"'^ H '^•">'. Act, fliall and may be fatisfied as the faid Intereft fliall, from time to time, become due, out of any Mo- fatisUcd.""^ ^° "^ nies whatfoever, which fliall come into the Exchequer by Way of Loan, on the Credit aforefaid; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding, Vill. Provided, That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained, fliall not extend, or be conftrued to looChaiders extend, during the Continuance of this A£!:, to charge or lay any of the Duties or Impofitions hereby im- P" ^""^ *'!'■ pofed upon fuch Coals (not exceeding one hundred Chalders by the Year) as fliall be brought into the Port t,-ii '^not charse"- of London, from Newcajile upon Titie, or any other Place, for the only Ufe and Service of the Royal Hofpi- abk. tal at Chelfca ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' IX. And v/hereas by an Aft of Parliament of the eighth Year of the Reign of the late King William 8 fcg W. 3, ' the Third, intituled, A?i ASi for comphai'ing the building and adorning the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, <:• '4- ' London, and for repairing the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Weftminfter, it was (among other Things] ' enafted. That from and after the nine and twentieth Day o( September one thoufand fix hundred arid ' ninety-feven, the annual Stipend or Allowance to the Perfon who was or fliould be Supervifor or Surveyor ' General of the Building of the faid Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's fiiould be paid in the Manner and ' Proportions following, that is to fay, one Moiety thereof yearly, and the other Moiety in one entire the faid Cathedral Church, fo far as by the faid Aft was required to be done and performed by the faid Sur- p^","^',°'^^-'^"j. veyor General, is finiflied; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid fufpended Salary fliall pcnded Salavy tp be paid to the faid Surveyor, on or before the five and twentieth Day of December one thoufs'.nd feven hundred be paid by 25 and eleven; and that all other ftanding Salaries to any Officers employed only for the carrying on or nnifii- Dec 171 1, and iiig the faid Building, faall, from the faid five and twentieth Day of December, ceafe and determine. [This other Handing Aft is explained by lo Anns, c. 11. i Geo. i. ftat. 2. c. 23. 4 Geo. i. c. 14. 5 Geo. i. c. 9.] siXfI°/r«-' ftrmng Duties ciiCoa/s, &c. 10 /inn, c, ji. 12' Am^Jidt, z, c, g, 5 G«o. 1. c. 9 Sf 19. 6 Cfo, I. r. 4. 13 Geo. 1. f. 21, 42 Ceo. ». c. 37. jo Gt«, 2, c. ig.J'eS. 28. CAP. XXIII. An Aft for licenfing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs ; and for charging certain new Duties upon ftampt Vellum, Psrchment, and Paper, and on Cards and Dice, and on the Exportation of Rock Salt for Ireland; and for fecuring thereby, and by a weekly Pay- ment out of the Poft Office, and by feveral Duties on Hides and Skins, a yearly Fund of one hundred eighty-fix thoufand fix hundred and feventy Pounds, for thirty-two Years, to be .".ppUed to the Satisfadtion of fuch Orders as are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any Sum not exceeding two Millions, to be raifed for carrying on the War, and other her Majefty's Occafions. MAY it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty ; We your Majefty's moft loyal and dutiful Subjefts, the See la Am. c. Commons oi' Great Britain, in Parliament aftembled, being defirous to raife the neeelTary Supplies 34.- /"• "■^■«'^- forenablirg your Majefty to carry on the prefent War, and for other your Majefty's frequenc Occaiions, {"^/^■J^'^/" have therefore-given and granted, and do by this Aft give and grant unto your Majefty the ftveral Reve- '",'j',|,^c,%, j. nues. Rates, Duties, and Sums of Money herein after mentioned, and do befeech your Majefty, that it ^. 25. ^ may be enafted; and be it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temiporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afleinbled, and by the Authority of the fame. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for her Majeity, her Heirs and Sue- HerMa^afiyto ceiTors, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, from timie to time, to nominate, authorize, and appoint, aproixit Com- any Perfon or Perfons, not exceeding five in Number at any one Time, to be CommilTioners for regula- r^'f r^^'L*"!^), ting and licenfing, from time to time, all Hackney Coaches, which from and after the four and twentieth „'" Crathes'ln" Day oijune in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, at any Time or Times with- Loudu.i, S:c. in or during the Term of thirty-two Years from thence next and immediately enfuing, fliall be permitted to be driven for Hire, or kept, within the Cities of London and Wcjlminfter, and the Suburbs thereof, and within all and every the Parifiies and Places comprized within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, in fuch Vol. IV. R r r, Manner
 * Sum, within Six Months after the finiftiing the faid Cathedral Church;' It is hereby declared. That ^h^ Surveyor