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 A.D. 1746. Anno dt-cimo nono Georgii II. C. 12. 655 lating to his Majefty's Revenue of Excife upon Beer, Ale, or other Liquars, are provided, fettled or eftablifned, for managing, raifing, levying, collecting, mitigating, or recovering, adjudging, or afcer- . taining the Duties thereby granted, or any of them (other than in fuch Cafes ior which other Penalties or Provilions arc made and prefcribed by this Act) fhall be exercifed, practil-jJ, applied, ufed, and put in Execution, in and for the managing, raifing, levying, collecting, mitigating, recovering, and paying the faid Duties upon Glafs, and upon Spirituous Liquors hereby granted, during the Continuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if all and every the laid Powers, Authorit. , Rules, Directions, Methods, Penalties, Forfeitures, Claufes, Matters and Things were particularly re- peated, and again enacted in the Body of this prelent Act. XXIX. And be it further enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That all Fines, Penalties Finei, &e. hrw and Forfeitures by this Act impofed, fhall be fued for, levied, recovered or mitigated by fuch Ways, t0 bc lcv ' e<1 > * c - Means and Methods, as any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture, is or may be recovered or mitigated by any Law or Laws of Excife, or by this Aft, or by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wtjhmnjler, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland; and that one Moiety of every fuch Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture, fhall be to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflors, and the other Moiety to him or them who fhall difcovcr, inform, or fue for the fame. XXX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That there (hall be provided and kept Book) to be kept in the Office of the Auditor of the faid Receipt of Exchequer at JFcflminjhr, a Book or Books, in for entering the ■which all the Monies hereby appointed to be paid into the Receipt as aforefaid, fhall be entered feparate ^"^^'"^ vc * and apart from all other Monies paid or payable to his Majefty, his Heirs or Suceeflbrs, upon any Ac- epara e count whatfoever ; and the faid Money fo appointed to be paid into the faid Receipt of Exchequer as aforefaid, fhall be the yearly Fund for the feveral and refpective Purpofes herein after mentioned. XXXI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Annuities which The Annuities by " " rail alfo jefty's Exchequer, during the Lives of the feveral Contributors to the Lottery herein after mentioned, or the Lives of their refpective Nominees, fhall be charged or chargeable upon, and payable out of the faid feveral new and additional Rates and Duties by this Act granted to his Majefty ; and the faid new and additional Rates and Duties fhall be, and are hereby appropriated for thofe Purpofes accordingly. . XXXII. And for or towards raifing the faid Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the Towards raifiny faid Sum of three millions, for the Purpofes aforefaid, it is hereby further enacted by the Authority 3,000,0001. any aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or PerCons, Natives or Foreigners-, Bo- y " [ ° n *> &c - dies Politick or Corporate, to contribute, advance, and pay unto the firft or chief Cafhier or Cafhiers of [h^CaftLTof the Governor and Company of the Bank of England for the Time being, at or before the refpective Days the Bank, and Times by this Act limited in that Behalf, any Sum or Sums of .Money, not exceeding two millions 2,500,0001. for five hundred thoufand Pounds, in Part of the faid whole Sum of three millons, for the abfolute Purchaf; tlie Purchafe of of any certain Annuity or Annuities, to commence from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand • Annu!t )> c ° feven hundred and forty-fix, and to be paid and payable to fuch Contributor or Contributors, or fuch as March "1746, he, fhe or they fhall nominate his, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeffors and Affigns re- fpectively, in Manner herein after mentioned; fo as Cuch Cafhier or Cafhiers do firft give Security, to The Cafhier to the good Liking of any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury now being, or the High s ive Security, Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, for duly anfwering and paying into aad a " 0UIM - the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, for the publick Ufe, the Monies fo to be advanced and contri- buted, and to account duly for the fame; which Annuities before mentioned fhall be computed at the The Annuities to Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum for every one hundred Pounds, and proportionably for any p e at . 4 F er »? ent ' greater or leffer Sum fo to be advanced and paid ; and the Purchafe Money for every fuch Annuity, at «^j *" m™* the Rate aforefaid, is hereby appointed to be paid unto the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers as aforefaid, at or before the refpective Days or Times herein after limited ; that is to fay, One fifth Part thereof on or be- fore fuch Day or Time as fhall be appointed 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 ; one tenth Part thereof on or before the twentieth Day of May one thoufand (even hundred and forty-fix ; one other tenth Part thereof on or before the twentieth Day of June then next enfuing ; one other fifth Part thereof on or before the twenty-fecond Day of Auguft then next en-Cuing ;. one other tenth Part thereof on or before the twenty-fecond Day of September then next enfuing ; one ether tenth Part thereof on or before the twenty-firft Day of Oelober then next enfuing ; and the re- maining fifth Part thereof on or before the twentieth Day of December then next following : All which Annuities pay- Annuities, fo to be purchafed, fhall be paid and payable at two of the moft ufual Feafts or Days of "able Half-yearly ; Payment in the Year; that is to fay, The Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptift, and of the Birth of our Lord Chrift, by even and equal Portions, or within fix Days "after every of the faid Feaft Days; the firft Payment thereof to be computed and paid at the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum on the whole Sum to be paid by fuch Contributors, for the Purchafe of any Part of the faid Annuities, from the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix unto the Feaft of the Birth of our Lord Chrift, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hun- dred and forty-fix, or within fix Days after the faid Feaft Day : Neverthelefs, the faid Annuities (hall be redeemable. redeemable according to the Purport and true Meaning of a Provifo or Condition herein after contained in that Behalf, and not otherwife; and the faid Calhier or Calhiers of the faid Governor and Company of