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 492 C. 12. Anno decfmo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1743. fame, and all Penalties rnd Forfeitures relating thereto, {hall alfo ceafe, determine, and not be put in Execution, fave only, and except in all Cafes relating to the recovering any Arrears, which may at that Time remain unpaid of the faid Rates and Duties on Victuallers and Retailers of Beer and Ale, within the Limits aforefaid, or to any Penalties or Forfeitures in refpect of the faid Duties which (hall have arifen or grown due and payable to his Majefty, or may have been incurred at any Time before the faiJ twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand (even hundred and forty-three ; any Thing herein before con- tained to the contrary notwithftanding. 4*1,400!, and ]f. Arid be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid principal Sum of four hundred 518,6001. and eighty-one thoufand four hundred Pounds in Exchequer Bills, remaining uniatisfied and undifeharged Licences "em $pi- as aforefaid, fhall, together with the Sum of five hundred and eighteen thoufand fix hundred Pounds, by lituoua Liquors, this Act agreed to be raifed as aforefaid, be charged upon, and payable out of, the faid Duties granted to his Majefty on Licences for felling Spirituous Liquors and Strong Waters ; and that the faid Sum of four hundred and eighty-one thoufand four hundred Pounis in Exchequer Bills remaining unfatisfied as afore- friid, together with the Intereft thereupon, and Charges of circulating the fame, from and after the faid' twenty-fourth Day of "June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-three, fhall be tranferred from the faid Rates and Duties now charged with the fame, and be charged upon, and payable out of, the Monies arifen or to arife into the Exchequer, from time to time, for the faid Duties on Licences for felling Spi- rituous Liquors and Strong Waters as aforefaid, fubject to the fame Orders, Rules, Methods, Direc- tBtvttritlng F.«i tions, Powers and Authorities, relating to or concerning the circulating, paying off, and cancelling the ebejuer Sjlls fame Exchequer Bills, and the Payment of the Intereft, Pramio, and Charges thereupon, and for making ft J jrti.cr good any Deficiency that may happen on the Income of the Duties chargeable with the Payment thereof jl, iik'si. ' (except where any other Provifion is in this Aft contained) and to the like Penalties and Forfeitures as 1 hto. 3. r/iS were prefcribed, enacted or declared, in or by the faid Act of the twelfth Year of his faid late Majefty's' Q 2°. Reign, in - relation to the faid Exchequer Bills. Claufe of Loan Jjf, And be it further •enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That for and towards raifing the faid Sum of a>, 3 !., [at Cent. £y e hundred and eighteen thoufand fix hundred Pounds, herein before given and granted to his Majefty towards the Supplies of this prefent Year, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, to raife the faid Sum of five hundred' and eighteen thoufand fix hundred Pounds, or any Part thereof, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, in Manner herein after mentioned; and that it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick and Corporate, to advance or lend to his Majefty at the Receipt of his Ma- jefty's Exchequer, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding the faid Sum of five hundred and eigh- teen- thoufand fix hundred Pounds, upon the Credit of the Duties upon Licences herein before mentioned,' and to have and receive for the Forbearance of the Money lent, Intereft after a Rate not exceeding three Pounds per Centum per Annum ; fo as fuch Loans be allowed to be made by the Commiffioners of the' Treafury, or any three' or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, who are hereby authorized to iflue their War-. rants for that Purpofe, as faft as fuch Loans fhall be wanted for the publick Service ; and moreover, that- no Money fo to be lent upon the Security of this Act fhall be rated or afiefled to any Tax or Affeftment 1 w.hatioever. Tallies tOj be. IV. And be it further enacted, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who fhall lend any Money fcjucfe, upon the Credit of this Act as aforefaid, and pay the fame into the Receipt of the Exchequer, fhall im- mediately have a Tally of Loan ftruck for the fame, and an Order for his, her or their Repayment, bearing the fame Date with his, her or their Tally; in or upon which Order fhall be alfo contained a Warrant for Payment of Intereft for the Forbearance thereof, not exceeding the faid Rate of three Pounas per Centum per Annum, and to be paid every three Months, until the Repayment of the Principal, in Ortos refiHted. -Manner herein after mentioned; and all fuch Orders for Repayment of Money fo to be lent, fhall be re- ami paid in giftered in Courfe, according to the Dates refpectively ; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons fhall be Courfe. p^j j n Q our fe^ according as their Orders- fhall "ftand regiftered in the faid Regifter Books, out of the faid' Duties on Licences, next and immediately after the Sum of four hundred and eighty-one thoufand four hundred Pounds, in Exchequer Bills, charged thereupon in the firft Place, fo as the Perfon or Perfons, Natives or, Foreigners, his, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, who fhall have his or their Order or Orders firft entered in the faid Books of Regifter, fhall be taken and accounted to be the inrft Perfon or Perfons to be. paid, out of the Monies to arife by the faid Duties on Licences, in Manner afore, mentioned ; and he„.frie, or they who (hall have his, her or their Order or Orders next entered,. .[ball be taken and'accounted to be the fecond Perfon to be paid, and fo fucceffively and in Courfe; and that the. Monies to arife by the faid Duties on Licences, fhall be in the fame Order liable to the Satisfac- tion of the faid refpettive Perfons,.. and. Body or Bodies Politick or Corporate, their Executors, Admini^. ■ftrators, Succeffbrs or Affigns refpe£tively, without undue Preference .of one before another, and not othervyife; and (hall not be diverted or divertible. to any other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever,. pBiwlry for tar, other than the Ufes and Purpofes herein before mentioned; and that no Fee, Reward or Gratui-. id.Bg.Ees5, ty, directly or indirectly, fhall be demanded or taken of any of hjs, Majefty's Subjects, for provi-. ding or, making of any fuch Books or Regifters, or . any Entries,. Views or Searches, in or fon Payment of Money lent, or the Intereft thereof as aforefaid, by any of his Majefty's Officer or Officers,, their Clerks or Deputies, on Pain of Payment of treble Damages to the Party grieved by the Party offending, with full Cofts of .Suit; or if the Officer himfelf take or demand any fuch Fee. sad for. undue. . or jRewarci., then. to. lofe.his. Place. al£o; and if any undue. Preference . of . one before .another fhall bej :