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 502 C. 23. Anno nono A N N JE Reginse. A. D.1710. Charge of three thoiifand Palatines, formerly taken into the Service of her Majefty and her Allies; and for or towards her Majefty's Proportion of the Charge of four thoufand fix hundred thirty-nine Saxons, taken into the Service of her Majefly and the States Gemral, in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and feven ; and for or towards her Majefly's Proportion of the Charge oi Botlmiars Regiment of Dragoons, confifting of eight hundred Men, formerly taken into the Service of her Majefty, and the States General ; and for or towards defraying her Majefly's Proportion of the Charge of the Troops of Augmentation, which were taken into the Service of her Majefty, and the States General, in or about the Year one thoufand feven hun- dred and nine; and for or towards the Charge of the OfHce of her Majefty's Ordnance for Land Service, performed and to be performed, including the Charge of the Fortifications oi Gibraltar ; and for or to- wards the Charge of Tranfportarion ©f Land Forces, performed and to be performed; and for or towards the Payments of her Majefty's Proportion of the Subfidies payable, purfuant to Treaties made and to be made with her Majefty's Allies; and for or towards the Charge of maintaining her Majefty's Guards and Garrlfons in Great Britain, including five thoufand Men to ferve on board the Fleet, and for the Payment of the Invalids, and all contingent Charges belonging to the faid Guards and Garrifons, and Land Forces refpeftively ; and for or towards the Charges which have been or fhall be expended for the Service of the War in Spain and Portugal; and for or towards defraying the extraordinary Charges of the War in Spain, Portugal, the Low Countries, and elfewhere, incurred and to be incurred ; and for or towards Satisfadfion of the Sum of three thoufand five hundred Pounds for Salaries, and any Sum not exceeding two thoufand five hundred Pounds, for Payment of Clerks, and other Charges to be allowed, without Account, to the ■feven Commiflioners appointed by an Aft of this Seffion of Parliament for ftating the Accounts of all the •publick Monies ; and to none other Ufes, Intents, and Purpofes whatfoever. Soldiers for Sea LXXXVI. Provided always. That out of the Monies to be ifliied to the Guards and Garrifons, as afore- Semce, how to f^id, there {hall and may be taken and applied any Sum not exceeding eighty-feven thoufand one hundred ^ P^' • twenty -five Pounds and ten Shillings, towards the Charge of maintaining the Soldiers raifed, and to be raifed for Sea Service, with their Officers, and the contingent Charges thereunto belonging; and out of the Monies to be iftued for the Service of the Navy, and Sea Service, as aforefaid, there fhall and may be taken and applied fuch Sums as, together with the faid Sum not exceeding eighty-feven thoufand one hun- dred twenty-five Pounds and ten Shillings, fiiall be necefTary for the Charge of maintaining the faid Soldiers for Sea Service, with their Officers, and the contingent Charges thereunto belonging ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. No Appropria- LXXXVII. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enabled and declared. That no Appropriation, or other Matter tion to obftru(ft or Thin^ in this AGt contained, fliall obftrudl or hinder any Payment which by any other Aft of this Sef- the TreX"' f ^'°" °^ Parliament fhall be required and authorized to be made by the Treafurer or Paymafter of the Navy the Navy, to ^'° ^^e time being, or by any other Perfons to be intrufted with the publick Monies for the Service of the make good De- Navy, out of fuch publick Monies, Tallies, Orders, or Parliamentary Securities in their Hands or Power ficiencies to the refpeftively, as are or fliall thereby be charged or chargeable to make good any Deficiency or Deficiencies to South Sea Cor- ^ny Corporation to be erefted by or in purfuance of fuch other Aft of Parliament ; any thing herein con- foration. tained to the contrary notwithftanding. ^°°oVedmr; ' LXXXVIII. And whereas the Proprietors and Inhabitants of the Iflands of A^w/jand Saint Chrijio- but'ed amongft"' ' i'^'''^" '" America, did fuftain very great Lofles by a late Invafion of the French, who committed great De- the Inhabitants ' predations there; and it became necedary to give fome Encouragement to the Sufferers by the foid Inva- of Nevis and St. ' fion, to refettle their Plantations in the faid Iflands, to prevent the great Damage which the Crown might Chriftophers, « otherwife fuftain by the total Lofs thereof:' For the making good of the faid Encouragement, it is hereby t^ed" her '"'^'" '^'^'^^ '^y ^'^'2 Authority aforefaid. That the Sum of one hundred and three thoufand and three Pounds Farther piov!- eleven Shillings and four Pence, fhall be diftributed to and amongft fuch Proprietors and Inhabitants only fior.s relating of the faid Iflands of A'iw/T and Saint Chrijhphers, who have refettled, or fhall refettle their Plantations in hereto, hy the fame Iflands refpeftively ; and that her Majefty's Commiflioners for the Aftairs of Trade and Planta- 10 Ano3e,c. 34. tions,_or the major Part of them, now or for the time being, ftiall caufe a proportionable Part of the faid SGeo'i'c.'z^o' ^'""" ^"° ^^'^y °"^ ^^ 'l^s ^''i'l Proprietors and Inhabitants, who fufFered by the faid Invafion, and who have ^. 43.' and' ' refettled, or fliall refettle their Plantations in the faid Iflands, or either of them, according as the Lofs fu- J3 Geo. I, c. 3. ftained by every fuch Proprietor or Inhabitant doth or fliall appear to the fame Commiflioners of Trade ' 10, and Plantations, or the major Part of them, by the Return of a Commiffion for that Purpofe formerly iffued, to be carefully computed and adj lifted, fo that fuch Suft'erers refpeftively, in Proportion to their re- fpeftive Lofles, be entitled to their refpeftive Shares of the faid Sum of one hundred and three thoufand and three Pounds eleven Shillings and four Pence ; and that the faid Commiffioners for the Afi^airs of Trade and Plantations, or the major Part of them, do on or before the five and twentieth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, make forth the Debentures for the faid proportional Sums, not to ex- ceed in the whole the faid Sum of one hundred and three thoufand and three Pounds eleven Shillings and four Pence, to be paid to the faid Proprietors and Inhabitants, or to their certain Attornies, Executors, Ad- miniftrators, or Affigns refpeftively; which Debentures fhall be figned by the faid Commiffioners of Trade and Plantations, or the major Part of them, and fhall bear Intereft for the Principal Sums therein to be contained, after the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum per Annum, from making forth the fame, and fhall be entred in the Regifter kept for the Debentures which were lately charged on the forfeited Eftates in Ireland; and fuch Principal and Intereft fliall be fatisfied in like Manner as the unfatisfied Debentures which were lately charged on the faid forfeited Eftates in Ireland, are to be fatisfied and difcharged, and (hall and may be delivered to_ fuch as the Perfons to be intitled thereunto refpeftively have authorized, or fhall authorize to receive the fame, in order to obtain fuch Satisfaftion thereupon. CcmmlflloneTs _ LXXXIX. And it is hereby enafted. That the faid Commiffioners for the Afi^airs of Trade and Planta- of Trade to en- tions, or the major Part of them, fhall and may enquire upon Oath (which they, or any one or more of '^""crn'in^'th '^^^"^' ^^^^ hereby Power to adminifterj or by any other lawful Ways and Means, of and concerning the concerning e ^ PerfonS