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 A. D. 1720. Anno feptimo Geo rgii Regis. Stat. 1. C. 4, 5. 331 " &c. fpecifieJ in Orders concerning Quarantine, being imported, (hall be liable to fuch Orders. The " The King in Council may order Ships corning from infeiSted Places, or laden with Goods from fuch " Places, or having on board any infected Perfon, to be burnt. On Proof made on Oath of the Matter, " &c. that any Ship has performed Quarentine, and Certificate thereof, fuch Ship (hall not be liable to any " further Refiraint on the fame Account, i s. each for fuch Oath and Certificate. After Quarantine, Goods " &c. (hall be opened and aired as his Majcfty fhall direct ; and on Proof thereof fuch Goods, C3'r. fliall " be discharged. In Times of Infection the King may by Piv-clamation prohibit Veffels under the Burthen " of 20 Tons from failing out of any Port in Great Britain, caV. till the Mafter has given ijoo/. Security, " that fuch VeiTel fhall not go to any Country, is'c. mentioned in fuch Proclamation, &c. Perfons buying " Goods clandeftinely imported to forfeit 10/. Proclamations concerning Quarentine, &c. to be read in " Churches." XXII. And it is hereby enacted, That this Act, and the feveral Claufes and Provifions therein contain- Th; „ Aa ed, fliall commence and take Effect from and after the tenth Day of February in the Year of our Lord one commence from thoufand feven hundred and twenty, and fhall continue in Force for the Space of three Years, and from 10 Feb. 1720, thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and from and after the faid tenth Day of Fcbrua- and continue For ry one thoufand feven hundred and twenty the aforefaid Act made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her ' h ' ee Y " rs > &c « lateMajefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ail to oblige Ships coming from Places infecled more effectually to per- After the fail ' form Quarentine, (as to all Matters and Things to arife or be done from and after the faid tenth Day of Fe- 10 Feb. i-zo, bruary one thoufand feven hundred and twenty) fhall be and ftand abfolutely repealed. the Aci 9 Ann, c. 2. repealed. " The Watches to be kept at the Charge of the County, and Quarter-Seffions to raife the Monies as for See farther " County Gaols, &c. To be paid to the Chief Conftable of the Divifion, and to be diftributed by him. 1 Geo. 2. c. 13. pay Cofts. No Attainder by this Act fhall work any Corruption of Blood, &c." ^Geo. CAP. IV. An Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land-Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one thoufand kven hundred twenty-one. 3 s. in the Pound. EXP. [See cap. 20. feet. 39. J CAP. V. An Act: to enable the Soulh-Sea Company to ingraft Part of their Capital Stock and Fund into the Stock and Fund of the Bank of England, and another Part thereof into the Stock and Fund of the Eaft-Inaia Company •, and for giving further Time for Payments to be made by the faid South-Sea Company, to the Ufeof the Publick. j AY it pleafe your moft excellent Majefty ; Whereas the Capital or Joint Stock of the Corporation, South-Seas and other Parts of America, and for encouraging the Fifhery, did, at the Time of making the Act of Parliament of the fixth Year of your Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Atl for enabling the South-Sea g Geo z. Co?npany to increafe their prejent Capital Stock and Fund by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and for raiflng Money to be applied for lejjening feveral of the publick Debts and Incum- brances ; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer-Bills remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth ?ieiu Bills in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged upon Demand at or near the Exchequer, by Computation amount in the Whole to eleven millions feven hundred forty -fix thoufand eight hundred forty-four Pounds eight Farther Provi- Shillings and ten Pence, or thereabouts : And whereas it hath been reprefented unto us, your Majefty's moft fi,1 "s concerning dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament afiembled, That by Virtue and in 'j 1 : Matte - r sin Purfuance of the faid Act feveral Annuities, Debts and Incumbrances have been fubferibed and redeemed, q St or taken in, which (being computed at the refpective v r alues in and by the faid Act prefcribed ) will make s Geo", 1. c 20" in the Whole twenty-fix millions fifty-five thoufand feven hundred and feventy-four Pounds five Shillings and two Pence, or thereabouts,, to be added to the faid Capita] or Joint Stock ; and that both the faid Sums will make the increafed Capital or Joint Stock of the faid Corporation (which is commonly called the South-Sea Company) to amount in the Whole to thii ty-feven millions eight hundred and two thoufand fix hundred and eighteen Pounds fourteen Shillings, or thereabouts : And that in refpeit of feveral of the faid Sums comprehended in the faid increafed Capital or Joint Stock, the faid Corporation is and will be entitled to feveral Annuities or yearly Funds, after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, to be paid and payable at the Receipt of your Majefty's Exchequer by weekly or other Payments, out of feveral Duties, Revenues and other Provifions fettled by the faid Act for that Purpofe, until and for the Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John Baptlfi which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-feven ; and afterwards at the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum, until the Redemption thereof according to the faid Act: And that in refpect of feveral other of the faid Sums comprehended in the faid increafed Capita! or Joint Stock, the faid Corporation is and will be entitled to feveral Annuities or yearly Funds, after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum, to be paid and payable at the faid Re- ceipt by weekly or other Payments, out of feveral Duties, Revenues and other Provifions fettled by the faid Act for Payment thereof, until and for the faid Feaft of the: Nativity of Saint John Bapt if} one thoufand U u 2 ' feven.
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