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 A. D. 1716. Anno tertio Georgii Regis. C. 8. ny fourth of December following; and for anfwering otrler extraordinary Services relating to his Mr.jcfry's Land-forces ; and any Sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds, for enabling his Ma-, Treaties «•! ' jetty to concert fuch Meafurcs with foreign Princes and States, as may prevent any Charge or Apprehen- '■' reign Pi fions from the Dcfigns of Sweden for the future ; and any Sum not exceeding five thoufand five hundred fe^Lofles by Tu. venty-nine Pounds fifteen Shillings and three Pence Half-penny, to make good the LoiTes and Damages,mulis. which his Majefty's Subjects fuitained by reafon of the tumultuous and rebellious Proceedings in fevcraL Counties, which Lofl's and Damages are found by Inquifitions taken upon Commi/iions iffued out of his Majefty's Exchequer; and any Sum not exceeding one hundred fixty-fix thoufand five hundred and two- Pounds five Shillings and feven Pence three Farthings, for or towards enabling the Trcafurer of the Navy to make good the Payments which in the Year ending at Cbrijhnas one thoufand feven hundred and fe- iti en, (if any) may be demanded of him, purfuant to any former Act or Acts of Parliament for com- pleting the Funds of fix hundred and eight thoufand Pounds per Annum, payable to the South-Sea Compa- .Funds of tfi« ny ; and that the Aids or Supplies provided as aforefaid, fhnll not be iffued or applied to any Ufe, Ihteht Soiun - Sea 01 i'urpofe whatfoever, other than towards the Ufes and Purpofes afore-mentioned. _ Company. XL1I. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That no Appropriation, or other Mat- Provilb for i*: tcr or Thing in this Act contained, fliall obftruct or hinder any Payment or Payments which, by and in. Soutll " Se * Gora " purfuance of an Act made in the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Aft for enlarging the Capi—^J^'^ e "' ' tal Stock and yearly Fund of the South-Sea Company ; and for [applying thereby eight hundred twenty-two thou- fand. thirty-two Pounds four Shillings and eight Pence to public k Ufes; and for raifmg one hundred fixty-nine nd Pounds, for the like Ufes, by Sale of Annuities upon divers Encouragements therein mentioned ; and for appropriating feveral Supplies granted to his Ma) efty, are or fliall be required and authorized to be made by. the Treafurer or Paymafter of the Navy for the Time being, or by any other Perfons to be intrufted with, the publick Monies for the Service of the Navy, out of fuch. publick Monies, Tallies, Orders or Parlia- mentary Securities in their Hands or Power reflectively, as are or mall thereby be charged or chargeable: to make good any Deficiency or Deficiencies to the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas, and other Parts of America, and for encouraging the Fifhery, or to their Trea- furer for their Ufe ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. XLIII. Provided alfo, That fuch Sums as by any other Act of this Seffion of Parliament fhall be payable andfor the Com»- to any Commifiioners for taking, examining and ftating the Debts due to the Army, for their Salaries, br™ ffio ° e,a ot for their Clerks or other incident Charges, fliall and may be paid out of the Aids or Supplies aforefaid, or any of them ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary, notwithftanding. cat. vriL An Act for redeeming feveral Funds of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Engl&nd' % Wna chapter purfuant to former Provifoes of Redemption •, and for fecuring to them feveral new*™!^'^,.'* Funds and Allowances redeemable by Parliament ; and for obliging them to advance fur- cap. vii.' ther Sums not exceeding two Millions five hundred thoufand Pounds, at five Pounds per Centum, as fliall be found neceilary to be employed in leffening the national Debts and In-* cumbrances •, and for continuing certain Provifions formerly made for the Expences of his- Majefty's civil Government •, and for Payment of Annuities formerly purchafed at the Rats of five Pounds ^r Centum ; and for other Purpofes in this Act mentioned. ' I. "!/r^^ "^ Gracious Sovereign; Whereas by an Act of Parliament made and'paffed in the feventh 7 Ann, c.7*. 1VA Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, of bleffed Memory, intituled, An A El for ' enlarging the Capital Stock of the Bank of England, and for ra'ijing a further Supply to her Majejly for the ' Service of the Tec. r one thoufand feven hundred and nine, the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng- ' landweve obliged, in the Manner therein mentioned, to deliver up to be cancelled certain Exchequer- c bills which had been made forth by a former Act of Parliament in that Behalf, which Bills, with Inte- e Ann. cv.r3.i- ' reft thereupon, were computed to: amount to feventeen hundred feventy-fiv-e thoufand twenty-feven f Pounds feventeen Shillings ten Pence Half-penny ; and to the End the faid Governor and Company of ' the Bank of England, and their Succeffors, might have a competent Recompence and Confideration for' . ' fo doing, and for all their Demands relating thereto, it was by the faid Act of the feventh Year of her ' faid late Majefty's Reign, enacted, That from and after the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel m the -/-Ann. c. 7;. ' Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and ten, the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of ''England, and their Succeffors for ever, fliould have, receive and. enjoy one Annuity or yearly Sum of ' one hundred and fix thoufand five hundred and r one Pounds thirteen Shillings and five Pence out of fuch ' Duties on Houfes as are therein mentioned : But it was thereby provided and enacted, Thatat any TimeEy5Geo. 1,0.3. ' upon one Year's' Notice to the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or their Succeffors, & nGeo.i. &, Q „. ' and upon full Payment to them of the faid Sum of one million feven hundred feventy-five thoufand tvven- fatthel Plc ^«- ' ty-feyen Pounds feventeen Shillings and ten Pence Half-penny, and of all Arrears of the faid Annuity °"nc"nine the
 * • of one hundred and itx thoufand five hundred' and onj Pounds thirteen Shillings and five Pence per An-r Funds, &c in.
 * mart (if any fhall.be then duej ; Then, and not till. then, the faid Annuity of one hundred and fix thou- this ao~
 * -fand_