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 A. D. 175°' Anno vicelimo tertio Georgii If. C. 25. 2';i thority of the fame. That out of the faid Sum of thirteen thoufand fix hundred ninety- eight Pounds one Out of the Sum Shilling and eleven Pence, now remaining in the'Bank of England, as the Surplus unapplied, of the Fund of 13,698 I. i s. given and granted by the faid former A6ls of Parliament, for the Purpofes therein mentioned, and fo refer- " <i- Surplus ted for the Difpofition of Parliament as aforefaid, there fhall be iflued and paid fuch Sums of Money, not""^i' j'j, •exceeding in the Whole, the faid Sum of ten thoufand five hundred and ninety Pounds twelve Shillings and u'a.'is to be ' •eleven Pence, herein before-mentioned, to be due and in arrear at Michaelmas one thoufand feven hundred paid totheCrc- and forty-nine, to the Creditors upon the Office of Keeper or Clerk of the Hanapcr as aforefaid, when, ditors of the and as the Court of Chancery fliall order and diredt, in Satisfaftion of the faid Debt," and Arrears to the fe- ^^^"^P" ; veral Perfons intitled to the fame refpeftively ; and as often as the Accomptant General of the faid Court chan'carY'fliaU fliall, in purfuance of any fuch Order of the faid Court, give a Draught upon the Bank of England, for dirc-a:." any of the faid Debts or Arrears, Certificates thereof from the faid Accomptant General (which Certificates Ceitiacates of he is hereby required to make, without Fee or Reward) (hall be tranfmitted to the Keeper or Clerk of the •'^'^ Draughts for Hanapcr, together with proper Vouchers of the Payment of the faid Debts and Arrears, fpecifying to whom P^y™.""" ^ fuch Payments fhall have been made, and to what Time the fame fliall extend, to the end the fame may be t'he'ci'crk of "he- brought into the Account of the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanapcr, to be by him pafled before one of the Hanaper, &c. Auditors of the faid Re'enuc ; and all fuch (rertificates fhall, from time to time, be filed in the faid Office Certificates to be 6f Keeper or Clerk of the Hanaper, and the Vouchers to be tranfmitted therewith, are to be delivered over *"'» '"'" ''= ^2.1. r-j j;*^- Vouchers deli» to the faid Auditor. _ _ _ _ vcr-dtothe ' 11. And your Majefly's mofl dutiful and loyal Subjefls, the Commons of G«.'?^ I?mr//«, in Parliament Auditor. affembled, being defirous to provide for and fupply any future Deficiency of the Income and Revenue of the faid Hanaper Office, to anfwer the fevera! Services aforefaid, and to difcharge the feveral Fees, Salaries and Allowances, ifliiing and payable out of the faid Revenue ; and being alfo defirous to augment the Revenue 0f the Office of Mafl:er or Keeper of the Rolls ; do give and grant unto your R'Tajefty, for the Purpofes aforefaid, the feveral Duties granted by the faid firfl: recited AQ, upon the feveral Writs and Law Proceed- iings therein mentioned, to be refpeflively applied and difpofed of, in the Manner, and for the Purpofes herein after-mentioned, expreflcd and declared ; and therefore do moft humbly befeech your Majefiy, that it may be enacted ; and be it further enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majeflry, by and with the Advice a'nd Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid Duties granted by the faid A6t of the twelfth Year Duties payaBIe- Augujl I fliall by virtue of this Ait be payable and paid upon the feveral Writs and I/av/ Proceedings in the faid for- mer Afts mentioned,, from the twenty-fourth Day of 'Jime, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one to commence thoufand feven hundred and fifty, forever; and that all the Penalties, Powers, Remedies, Provifions and f'°"» 2,4 June pireflions in the faid former A£ls provided and contained, for and concerning the raifing, levying, colleft- ''■'°' ^ Jng, fecuring and managing the fame, and defraying the Expences thereof, fhall be revived, and be, from time to time, and at all Times from thenceforth, applied, exercifed, praftifed and executed, as fully to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame had been or were in this A61 repeated, and again particularly en- ACteo. Officers to kcGp^ III. And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Officer and Offi- diftinaAccounts ters, who {hall be concerned in the raifing, levying, collefting, receiving, managing and applying the Du- "f the Duties, ties arifing by virtue of and under this Aft, fliall and do keep feparate and diftinft Accounts thereof, and and to pay the pay the fame into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer at JVcJiininJlcr, weekly on every Wedncfday, un- ^ """ ''"^ Jefs it be an Holy-day ; and in that Cafe on the next Day after which fhall not be an Holy-day. Weeldv.^' IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That there fhall be provided and kept in the Books to be ke t faid Exchequer a Book or Books, wherein a feparate and difl:in6t Account of all the Money to be paid in for entering the- weekly in purfuance of this A6t, fhall be entered and kept, and that out of the Money arifing and to be Monies arifing produced, by and from the Duties granted by this Aft, and hereby direfted to be paid into the faid Receipt ^1 '''= Duties, of Exchequer as aforefaid, there fhall be iffijed and paid unto the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanaper Office for the time being, or his Deputy, a yearly Sum not exceeding the Sum of three thoufand Pounds of lawful 3,0001. to be Money ol Great Britain, by equal Half-yearly Payments, at or on the twenty-fifth Day of March, and P^ >^^)' °"' twenty-ninth Day of September, in every Year ; the firfr Payment thereof to begin and to be made, at or on °up|'^*r"^J°u the twenty-ninth Day of September, which will be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and Hananer'aalf- and fifty (for the ifTuing of which yearly Sum, no Fee or Gratuity whatfoever fhall be demanded or taken} yearly. and that the Receipt or Receipts of the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanaper for the time being, or his Deputy, fliall from time to time, be a fufficient and efFe<?cual Difcharge for the fame. V. And be it further enacted. That the Refidue of the -laid thirteen thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight Refidue to be Pounds one Shilling and eleven Pence, Surplus Cafli in the Bank of England, after Satisfadtion of the faid P^ ""^ ^^ '"• Debt, due from the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanapcr in Chancery, at Michaelmas ovt thoufand feven hundred ^"^^' °" 9°'. and forty-nine, as aforefiid, fhall be placed out at Intereft on Government Securities, under the Dire£lion ,.;;jjs . of the faid Court of Chancery, in the Name and with the Privity of the Accomptant General of the faid Court, and placed to the Account of the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanaper in Chancery, and that the Interefts or Di- tlie Interefl to vidends, and yearly Proceed arifing therefrom, be, from time to time, paid to the Keeper or Clerk of the ,*: Pj"'' [o^i'ic Hanaper for the ;ime being, or his Deputy, in order to be applied in Aid of the faid revived Duties, to make ^^^^^^ °*, good the faid Annual Sum of three thoufand Pounds, granted to his Majefty out of the faid Duties as afore- faid, and that the Receipt or Receipts of the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanaper for the time being, or his De- puty, fliall, frtm time to time, be a fufficient and efFei5fual Difcharge for the fame. VI. And it is hereby further enafted. That the faid yearly Sum of three thoufand Pounds, fo to be paid The faid yearly tOj and received by the Keeper or Clerk of the Hanapcr for the time being, or his Deputy as aforefaicj, and Sums and in- K k z alfo'"^"^' '"'^'^