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 A. D. 1727. Annopiiir.oGEOP.cn IF. Stat. 1. C. r. 643 fo far as the fame relate to the raifmjr, levying, collecting or Biaking Allowances or Drawbacks out of the fameSiibfidies, and other Dink--., (hull be^M full Fore/ td tfi fl to all Intents and Puri .ing the Life of our (aid Sovereign Lord King GfoRGE the Second, as if the fame were particularly and at latge re- peated and fct down in the Body of this A<£t. ' III. And whereas by one other Act made in the firfl Year of the Reign of our late Sov 'ing i Ceo. i. ' George the Firlt, intituled, An Ail for enlarging the Fund of the Governor andCampOKy oj. . 9 fSw.^. ' England, relating to Exchequer Bills ; and for fettling &n additional Revenue of one hundred and twenty thoufand ' Pounds per Annum upon his A-JajeJ/y, during his Life, for the 'Service oj il Government tlla- ceeding nine hundred and ten thoufand Pounds, for the Service of the Publick, by Sale of Annuities, aji ' jetty's Houfhold and Family, and other his nccell'ary Fxpcnces and Occafions, fhould be paid quarterly, ' from the Feaft of Saint AJiehael the Archangel in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and iif- ' feven hundred and twenty-feven :' He it therefore enabled by the Authority aforcfaid, That there be granted The yearly Sum and continued to our (aid Sovereign Lord King George the Second, during his natural Life (which God ct «*°»oool. •long piefu've) the laid Revenue or yearly Sum of one hundred and twenty thoufand Pounds per Annum* c |! ntl r ue which, from and after the faid eleventh Day oVJune one thoufand feven hundred and twenty (even, fhal! be p^j and is hereby charged upon, and (hall be paid and payable, from Time to Time, to his Majefty, during his Life, out of the Duties and Revenues which compofe the faid Fund, commonly called The Aggregate Fund, and every or any of them, at fuch limes, and with fuch Preference, as the fame, by the faid Act laft men- tioned, or by any other Acl of Parliament, was made payable to his faid late Majefty King George the Fhft; and the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Trcafury, and the High Treafurer and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer for the Time being, fhall and may, and they are hereby authorized and required to caufe the faid yearly Sum of one hundred and twenty thoufand Pounds, or any Arrears thereof, to be ifTued and ap- plied weekly, or as foon as the fame can be fatisfied, for the Ul'cs and Purpofes by this Act appointed, out of the Monies arifen or to arife as aforefaid, fo as by fuch weekly or other Payments, the Sum of thiity thou - land Pounds, to be due thereupon at the End of each Quarter, be not exceeded ; and fo that upon every of the faid quarterly Feaft Days the whole then due thereupon be compleated, made up or fatisfied, according to the true Meaning of this Act. IV. And it is hereby enacted and declared, That the faid hereditary Rates and Duties of Excife upon Beer, The Duties of Ale and other Liquors, and the faid Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale and other Liquors, hereby granted Excife, the :V- to his Majefty for the Term of his Life, and the faid further Subfidy of Tunnage and Poundage, and other ther Subfidyj*iic Duties upon Wines, Goods and Merchandizes, and the faid yearly Sum of one hundred and twenty thou- '"°' co r > '• P" (and Pounds hereby alfo granted to his Majefty for the Term of his Life, and the faid Revenue of the Ge- nue 'of the Poll jicral Letter- Office or Polt-Office, or Office of Poft-Mafter General, and the final! Branches of his Majefty's Offitc, mj ?u llevenuesherein after expreffed, that is to fay, the Monies arifing by Fines for Writs of Covenant and Writs ' e f 11 ™ 11 ■ of Entry, payable in the Alienation Office, the Poft' Fines, the Revenue of the Wine Licences, Sheriffs j* ranchcs °- lh: Profers and Compofitions in the Exchequer, Seizures of prohibited and uncuftomed Goods, the Revenue b&for tfeSu*. arifing to his Majefty by Rents of Lands, or for Fines of Leafes of the fame, or any of them, and all other port of the Branches and Pv.evenues w'hich were fettled or appointed for the Support of the Houfhold of his faid late Ma- Hcuflio'H, arH jefty King George the Firft, and the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, during his faid late Majefty's tlie ! ' n: ' ' Life as aforefaid, (except fuch Revenues, Rents and Hereditaments as have been granted or paffed to any ttcCr0WM! Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, by or in Purfuance of any Act or Acts of Parliament in that Behalf, and except all Charges of particular Annuities or Sums of Money on the faid Revenues, or any of them, made or allowed of by any Act or A.c"ts of Parliament whatfoever, (bail be for the Support of his Majefty's Houfhold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, and other the Purpofes in this Act men- tioned and declared : Nevei thekfs the faid hereditary Duties of Excife, and the faid Duties of Excife granted bul cl . ■■. .' for his Majefty's Life as aforefaid, and the faid Revenues of the General Letter-Office or Poft-Office, or withiheln : ■ Office of Poft-Mafter-General, fhall respectively be liable to and charged with the feveral particular annual, J™,^ weekly or other Payments or Incumbrances charged on, or directed to be fet apart out of the (aid hereditary Duties of Excife, and the faid Duties of Excife granted for the Life of his faid iate Majefty King George the Firft, and the faid Revenues of the General Letter-Office or Poft Office, or Office of Poft-iVIafter Ge- neral, or any of them, by any former or other Act or Acts of Parliament, in the fame Manner and for the lame Ufes, Intents and Purpofes, and under and fubject to the like Penalties, Forfeitures ar.d Difabilities, for any Offences in or about the fame, as the faid laft mentioned Duties or Revenues, or any of them, wer.: fubject or liable unto at the Time of the Demife of his faid late Majefty King George the Firft, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the lame had been by this Act particularly charged on or directed to be fet apart out of the Duties or Revenues hereby granted or continued to his Majefty for his Life ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. V. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enacted by the Authoiity aforefaid, That in cafe the Produce of the ffthe "reduce feveral Duties and P^evenues hereby granted and appropriated for the Purpofes aforefaid (over and above ?' lfc f^ Dunes fuch annual, weeklv and ether Payments and Incumbrances as aforefaid, and over and above ail Grafts tcTanV' 1 "' made by any of his Majefty's Royal Predeceffors) fhall at any Time or Times appear to be fo deficient, that gco, >ool ■--■■ within any one .Year, reckoning from the. Feaft of Saint John B&ptijl in the Year of our, Lord one i heu&n'd Ann. the u - 4 N z feven : ' ;,c '''- '-'
 * blifljing a eei tain Fund of fifty-four thoujand fix hundred Paundi per Annum, in order to raife a Sum > '■ ex-
 * teen, at the four moll ufual Feafts in the Year, by equal Portions, during his faid late Majefty's natural
 * Life, out of the Monies of the Aggregate Fund, by the faid Att cftablifhcd, as in and by the laid Act it
 * may alio more fully appear ; which Payments determined on the (aid eleventh Day of June one thoufand