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Money, by the Space of four and twenty Hours, J? 1 * ma J' b= or may bring an Action or jJebt or on trie Caie, for i A. D. 17 rg. Anno fexto^GEORGii Regis. C. 4. 277 cafi'-n w,hatfoever, according to the Purport and true Meaning of this Act: And that fuch of the fame Bills- If received a t the as fhall be fo received at the Exchequer fhall and may be locked up, and fecured as Cafh according t»E*<rt«lun, ,t«fbe the. Courfe of the Exchequer f-ttled and cftablifhed by Law, for locking up and fecuring ivlon y in Caflli u? a: Specie received there ; and that all and every the Receivers and Collectors in Great Britain, of the Cuftoms, Receivers, &c. Excite, or any Revenue, Aid, Tax or Supply whatfoever, already granted, due or payable, or which'- fhall out of Money in or may hereafter be granted, due or payable to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeflbrs, fhall and are hereby thelr Hands to directed and required, out 'of any current coined Money, as fhall then be in his or their Hands of fucn^n, n6C Revenue, Aid, Tax or Supply, to pay fuch of the fame Bills as fhall be brought to them refpectiyely, by any Perfon or Perfons defiring to have Money for the fhall refufe or neglect to exchange fuch Bills for ready then the Perfon or Perfons demanding the fame, fhall or may bring the Principal and In tereft- monies, due upon fuch Bill or Bills, againft fuch Receiver or Collector having Money in his Hands, as aforefaid, in which Action the Plaintiff' (hall or may declare, that fuch Receiver or Collector is indebted to fuch Plaintiff in the Money demanded upon every fuch Bill according to the Form, of the Statute, and hath not paid the fame, which fhall be fufHcient ; and the Plaintiff in every fuch Action fhall recover againft the Receiver or Collector not only the Monies fo refufed or neglected to be paid, but alfo his Damages, with full Cofts of Suit, and fuch Receiver or Collector fhall be fubject and liable thereunto ; and in fuch Action no Eflbin, Protection, Privilege or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, or more than one Imparlance ; and upon Payment of the Monies fo to be recovered, the Plaintiff, his Executors or Affigns, fhall deliver up fuch Bills to the Defendant, his Executors or Affigns. LXXXII. And be it further enacted, That as any of the faid Bills to be made forth by virtue of this' or Tallies to be any other or future Act: or Acts, as aforefaid, fhall at any Time or Times hereafter, within or during the*™ cl ? "> r . fl,eI > faid Term of feven Years, or within or during any. Part of that Term, be paid or lent into the Exchequer tl ' e ^chVquer. by any his Majefty's Receivers, or other Perfon, or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, making any Payment or Loans at that Receipt, the Officers there fhall caufe Tallies to be levied and delivered to the Payers or Lenders,, as amply and effectually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if. they had made fuch Pay- ments or Loans in Specie. LXXXIII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Intereft which fhall, from Time Int " e .' l, l3ui: «" 1 - to Time, be due upon any the Bills fo to be current, as aforefaid, fhall be allowed to all Perfons,^ Bl ! 1 t t0 rJ" ! Bodies Politick and Corporate, paying, the fame to any Receiver or Collector, Receivers or Collectors, ce ; ver .' &<._. " of any his Majefty's Revenues, Aids, Taxes or Supplies, or by way of Exchange, as aforefaid, or paying or lending the fame into the Exchequer, as aforefaid, to the refpective Days whereupon fuch Bill or Bills fhall be fo paid, exchanged or lent. LXXXIV. Provided always, That no Intereft fhall run or be paid upon or for any fuch Bill or Bills Nointeeft on- during the Time that any fuch Bill or Bills fo paid, exchanged or lent, fhall remain in the Hands Of any tf,e B . llIs ,n tlie ' the faid Receivers or Collectors, or in the Hands of any Teller. or Tellers of the Exchequer, but f&t Jj^ '^"j? a ^ s ' fuch Time the Intereft on every fuch Bill fhall ceafe, and the faid Governor and Company of Mer- q Ue r, chants of Great Britain fhall not be obliged to bear or pay any Part or Proportion of. the Intereft fo faved. LXXXV. And to the end it may be known for what Time fuch Bills bearing Intereft fhall, from Time p f rr ° ns paying to Time, remain in the Hands of fuch Receiver or Collector, or in the Exchequer aforefaid : Be it further Bjlls toRecei- enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Perfon or Perfons who fhall pay any fuch Bill or Bills bear- ^ode thei" '" ing Intereft to any Receiver or Collector of any his Majefty's Revenues, Aids,. Taxes or Supplies, by Names, and way of Exchange or otherwife, or fhall pay or lend fuch Bill or Bills fo bearing. Intereft into the Exchequer, Ti.m= when as aforefaid, fhall at the Time of making fuch Payment, Exchange or Loan, on each Bill bearing Intereft, l ,3ld ln - and fo paid, exchanged or lent, put. his or their Name or Names, and write thereupon in Words at Length, the Day of the Month and Year in which he^ foe or they fo paid; lent or exchanged fuch Bill or Bills bearing Intereft, all which the faid Receivers and Collectors reflectively,, and alfo the refpective Tellers in the Exchequer, fhall take care to fee done and performed accordingly, to which refpective Days the faid Receivers and Collectors fhall be allowed again the Intereft which he, fhe or they fnall have allowed or paid upon fuch refpective Bill or Bills, upon his,, her or. their paying the fame into the Receipt. of Ex- chequer, as aforefaid. LXXXVI. Provided alfo,. and be it hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That' the- faid And tlie Time Bills, or any of them, may be re-iffued and paid again out of his Majefty's Exchequer; and when the fame ° f re-iffuing to fhall be re iffued or paid again out of. his Majefty's Exchequer, the refpective Teller there, from whofe be ali "° ind9lfcd > Office fuch Bill or Bills bearing Intereft fhall be fo re-iffued or again paid out, fhall indorfe on. the fame Bill or Bills fo re-iffued, in Words at Length, the Day of the Month and Year in which the fame were fo re-iffued or repaid out of the faid Exchequer,, and alfo on what Account the fame were laft received into the Receipt of Exchequer, and fign the fame, from which Time the Intereft of fuch Bill or Bills fo re-iffued or paid again fhall revive, and fuch Bill or Bills fhall again run and pafs at Intereft, as the fame did before they were paid unto or exchanged by the faid Receivers or Collectors, or before the fams were paid or lent into the Exchequer, as aforefaid. LXXXVII. And it is hereby enacted, That the fame Bills to be re-iffued from Time to Time, op. af Bills' re-ifluedto any Time at the Exchequer, as aforefaid, fhall be fo re-iffued for the principal Money to be contained bear the fame therein, and for fo much Intereft as was due thereon, and allowed by the Teller at the refpective Time and Intereft as whea. Times when fuch Bill and Bills were laft paid into the Exchequer, P aid in * LXXXVIIL.