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 108 C. 7. Anno tertio Georgti Regis. A. D. 1716, ' payable out of the hereditary Excife. And whereas the Proprietors of the faid Lottery-orders, or feve- ' ral of them, are or may be willing and defirous to accept (in lieu and difcharge thereof) an Annuity or ' them, are or may be alfo willing and defirous to accept (in lieu and difcharge thereof) an Annuity or '• Annuities after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum p r Annum, redeemable by Parliament, and to be ' computed only upon one Moiety of their refpective principal 'Sums (by the Payment of which Moie- ' redeemable, as aforefaid :) And feveral of the Proprietors of the faid Lottery-orders are or may be wil- ' ling and defirous to have their Principal and Intereft due thereupon, paid and fatisfied to them in ready ' Money ; and feveral of the Proprietors of the faid annual Sums payable out of the hereditary Excife, are ' or may be alfo willing and defirous to have the Moiety of the .principal Monies (for which the fame are '• redeemable, as aforefaid) paid and fatisfied to them in ready Money ; and feveral Perfons or Corpora-- ' tions are or may be willing to advance ready Monies for the Purpofes aforefaid, and for other the Purpofes ' in this Act particularly mentioned, fo as they respectively for their Monies fo to be advanced may have ' fuch Annuities as are herein after expreiTed, fecured to them reflectively, until Redemption thereof by Fund and Security may be fettled and eftablifhed for the due, regular, and conftarit Payment of all the An- nuities which (hall be payable by or in purfuance of this Act, until fuch feveral and refpective Redemp- tions, as aforefaid, We your Majeily 's moil dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament aflembled, do moil humbly pray your Majeily, That it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the King's mod Excellent Majeily, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tern-' Duties, &o. poral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by Authority of the fame, That all fuch or granted for the like Cuftoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, additional Impofitions^. Rates, Duties, additional Rates and making good Duties, and all proportional Parts of any Duties, and all Revenues and weekly or other Payments out of terv Funds &c zn y Duties or Revenues which were granted, impofed, appropriated, or directed by the faid feveral. recited continued,' '" Acts, and every of them, or by any other Act or Acts of Parliament now in Force, for fuch feveral and" qGsv. i. c. 5. refpective Terms of Years as are therein mentioned, for or towards the anfwering, paying, fecuring, or making good the faid feveral and refpective Funds of one hundred thirty-five thoufand Pounds per Annum, one hundred eighty-fix thoufand fix hundred and feventy Pounds per Annum, one hundred fixty-eight thoufand and three Pounds per Annum, and one hundred fixty-eight thoufand and three Pounds per Annum, er for or towards Payment of the Principal and Intereft Monies on the faid Lottery-orders, and for Or to- wards anfwering or paying the faid annual Sums amounting to thirty-nine thoufand eight hundred fifty-five Pounds fifteen Shillings feven Pence and one Fifth Part of a Penny per Annum, (except as in the faid feve- ral Acts or any of them is excepted, and except fuch of the faid Duties or Revenues as are fince taken away by any other Act or Acts of Parliament in that Behalf) (hall continue and be paid and payable to his Majeily, his Heirs and Succeilbrs for ever, for the Purpofes in this Act prefcribed and directed ; and that ilich of the hereditary Duties mentioned in the faid former Acts of Parliament, or any of them, as during; the refpective Terms of Years therein expreiled were appropriated or directed to be applied, for or towards the Payment of the faid yearly Funds, or Sums, or any of them, fhall alfo continue and be paid and pay- able to his Majeily, his Heirs and Succeilbrs for ever, for the Purpofes in this Act prefcribed and directed ; with like Bow- and that all and every the Powers, which, in and by the faid former Acts, or any of them, were veiled, on- ers to grant Li- intended to be veiled in her faid late Majeily, or fuch CommiiTioners or others, as fhe fhould appoint, for cences, and to granting Licences, or doing any other Matters or Things in order to raife any the Duties or Revenues', tor raiana th" £S h ere by intended to be continued and made perpetual, fhall be and are, by Force and Virtue of this Act, laid Revenues ■ revived and veiled in his Majeily, his Heirs and Succeilbrs, and his and their Commiflioners, in the fame" Manner, for railing the fame Duties or Revenues reflectively for the Purpofes in and by this Act prefcri- bed and directed ; and that all other Powers, Authorities, Rules, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Dif- abilities, Claufes, Matt:rs, and Things whatfoc-ver, contained in the faid former Acts of Parliament, and' every or any of them, now being in Force, for railing, collecting, levying, recovering, anfwering, pay- ing, and accounting for the faid Cuftoms, Subfidic-s, Impofitions, Rates, Duties, and additional Rates. and Duties, and proportional Parts of Duties, and the faid Revenues, and weekly or other Payments out of any Duties or Revenues granted, impofed, appropriated or directed for fuch feveral and refpective Terms of Years, as aforefaid (except as is before excepted) fhall be revived, and be for ever continued,' .practifed, and put in Execution, for railing, collecting, levying, recovering, anfwering, paying, and ac- counting for the faid Cuftoms, Subfidies, impofitions, Rates and Duties, additional Rates and Duties,. proportional Parts, and the faid weekly and other Payments out of any Duties or Revenues by this Act in- tended to be continued and made perpetual, for the Purpofes in and by this Act prefcribed and directed, as fully and effectually as if the fame Powers, Authorities, Rules, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Difa- bilities, Cl.tufes, Matters and Things, were at large repeated and particularly re-enacted in th-e Body of this prefent Act ; the faid former Acts, or any of them, or any Thing therein contained to the contrary But fubjeft to notwithstanding: Neverthelefs the faid Cuftoms, Subfidies, Impofitions, Rates, Duties, additional Du- Redcmption. ties, proportional Parts, weekly and other Payments, and every of thern, by this Act intended to be conti- 9 Geo. j. c. 5. JTUe( ] anc i made perpetual, as aforefaid, fhall be fubjectto fuch Provifoes and Powers of Redemption as are. hereafter in and by this Act contained and prefcribed of and concerning the fame,.
 * Annuities after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum redeemable by Parliament, and the Pro-
 * prietors of the faid annual Sums now charged or chargeable upon the faid hereditary Excife, or feveral of
 * ties, their annual Payments, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, were formerly made
 * Parliament, according to the true Meaning of this Act :' Now to the End a good, fure and fufficienn'