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 546 C. 19 — 21. Anno decimo feptimo Georgii II. A. D. 1744. Maoner of pay- ing Deficiencies, Sinking Fond to be repaid by the next Supplies. Surplus to be difpofed of by Parliament. Manner of Re- demption! Notice of Re- demption. "General I flue. Treble Cofls. be paid ; then and fo often, and in euery fuch Cafe, fuch Deficiency or Deficiencies (hall and may be fupplied out of the Overplus Monies that fhall or may happen to arife and be paid into the Exchequer in any of the fubfequent Half-years, as the faid refpective Annuities fhall from Time to Time become due and payable; and in cafe fuch Overplus Monies fhall not be fufficient to fatisfy the Deficiencies hereby intended from Time to Time to be paid thereout, that then, and in every fuch Cafe, the Defici- encies fo from Time to Time happening, fhall from Time to Time be anfwered and made good by and out of the firft Supplies which fhall be granted in Parliament next after fuch Deficiencies fhall appear- and in cafe no fuch Supplies fhall be granted within fix Months next after fuch Deficiencies fhall happen^ then the fame fhall be made good out of any the Monies which at any Time or Times fhall be or remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of the Surpluffes, Exceffes or Overplus Monies, commonly called the Sinking Fund (except fuch Monies of the fame Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes by any former Act or Acts of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund fhall and may be from Time to Time iffued and applied accordingly. XXXII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That whatever Monies fhall be fo iffued out of the faid Sinking Fund, fhall from Time to Time be replaced by and out of the firft Supplies to be thenafter granted in Parliament. XXXIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe there fhall be any Surplus or Remainder of the Monies arifing by the faid Rates or Duties, after the faid feveral and re- fpettive Annuities, and all Arrears thereof are fatisfied, or Money fufficient fhall be referved for that Pur- pofe; fuch Surplus or Remainder fhall from Time to Time be referved for the Difpofition of Parliament^ and fhall not be iffued but by the Authority of Parliament, and as fhall be directed by future Act or Afts of Parliament ; any Thing in any former or other Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwith- ftanding. XXXIV. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That at any Time upon one Year's Notice to be printed in the London Gazette, and affixed upon the Royal Exchange in London, by- Authority of Parliament, at any of the Half-yearly Feaft Days for Payment of the faid refpective Annui- ties, or either of them, and upon Repayment by Parliament of the refpective principal Sums for which the faid refpettive Annuities, or either of them fhall be payable to fuch refpective Perfons or Corporations as fhall be intitled to the fame Annuities, and alfo upon full Payment of all Arrearages of the fame An- nuities; then and not till then, the faid refpective Annuities fhall ceafe and determine, and be underftood to be redeemed ; and from and after fuch Redemption, the Monies arifing from the faid Surplus or Re- mainder of the faid Rates and Duties fhall not be iffued or applied to any life or Purpofe, but as fhall be directed by future Act or Acts of Parliament ; any thing in this or any former Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithftanding ; and that any Vote or Refolution of the Houfe of Commons fignified by the Speaker in Writing, to be inferted in the London Gazette, and affixed on the Royal Exchange in London as aforefaid, fhall be deemed and adjudged to be fufficient Notice within the Words and Meaning of this Aft. XXXV. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall at, any Time or Times he fued or profecuted for any Thing by him or them done or executed in purfii- ance of this Act, or of any Matter or Thing in this Act contained, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the General Iffue, and give the Special Matter in Evidence for his or their Defence; and if upon the Trial a Verdict fhall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fhall become nonfuited, then fuch Defendant or Defendants fhall have treble Cofts to him or them awarded againft fuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. " No dividing or letting out Tickets, but for the whole Time. Office-keepers publifhing Schemes fos " gaming with Tickets not in their Poffeffion, to forfeit 500/. half to the King, and half to the Infor- « mer; and three Months Imprifonment. EXP. 3J CAP. XIX. An Act for continuing and enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act of Parliament palled in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for repairing the Road from Cranford Bridge in the County of Middle/ex, to that End of Maidenhead Bridge which lies in the County ai Bucks. PR. The Act 13 Geo. 1. c. 31. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XX. An Act for continuing and making more effectual an Act made in the eleventh Year of his prefent Ma- kfty's Reign, for repairing the feveral Roads leading to and from the Town of Derby in the County of 'Derby. PR. The Act i.j Geo. 2. c. 33. continued for 21. Years. CAP.