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 ,A. D. 1752. Anno vicefimo quinto Georgii II. C. 26. 425 XXIII. And as to the faid Sum of fixty thoufand Pounds by this Ac5l appropriated on account of Rulr? to oe cb- Half-pay as aforefaid, it is hereby enaifted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, I'liat the Rules herein fcrvcd in the after prefcribed fliali be duly obleryed in the Application of the faid Half-pay; that is to fay, That no "^PP''"^"'""^ ">•' Perfon iliall have or receive any Part of the fame v/ho was a Minor, and under the Age of fixteen Years, ^^^ ^°'r^^f°j at the Time v.dieii the Regiment, Troop or Company in which he ferved v/as reduced ; that no Perfon thfrcjuctd o7- fhall have or receive any Pare of the fame, except fuch Perfons who did a^ilual Service in fome Re^^i-iK-ers. ment, 1 roop or Company ; that no Perfon having any other Place or Employmeitt of ProS: Civil or I?i- S-' -'•' '^'^^ -• litary under his Rlajefty, fhall have or receive any i-'art of the faid Half-pay ; that no Chaplain of any Gar- ''• ^3' rifon or Regiment who has any Ecclefiaftical Benefice in Great Brit.un or Ireland, fliali have or receive any Part of the faid Half-pay ; that no Pe.Ton fhall have or receive any Part of the fame, who has refigned his Commiffion and has had no Coinmiflion fmce ; that no Part of the fame fliall be allowed to any Perfon by virtue of any Warrant or Appointment, except to fuch Perfons who v.'ould have been otherwife iii- tided to the fame as reduced Officers ; and that no Part of the fame fliall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot, lately difoanded in Irelandy except to i'uch as were lately taken off the Eftablifriment of Half-pay in Great Britain. ' XXIV. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made and paffed in the twenty-fourth Year of his Ma- ^+ Geo. i. ' jelly's Reigri, (intituled An Acl for g^ranting to his Majejly the Su7n of fix hundred thoufand Foundi out of the '^- ■*'• ' poor Widows of Commijfion and TVarrant Officers of the Royal Navy ; and for the further appropriating the ' Supplies grant d this Sejfion of Parliammt, and for ?naking forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Lottery ' Tickets, Certificates, Orders of Loan or Annuity Orders, payable at the Exchequer, in lieu of fuch as jhall be ' lojl, burnt or dejhoyed; and alfo for making forth new Orders of Loan or Annuity Orders, in lieu of fueh as ' jhall become defaced, obliterated or other-ivije incumbred with Ajfgjmients or Indorf merits thereon) feveral Sup- ' plies which had been granted to his Adajefly, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to feveral Ufes ' and Purpofes therein exprefled ; amonglt which any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding iixty-four ' thoufand Pounds, was apjiropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Majeily's Land Forces and ' Marines, fubject neverthelefs to fuch Rules to be obferved in the Application of the faid Half-pay, as in ' and by the aforefaid Act were prefcribed in that Behalf;' Now it is hereby provided, enadled and de- clared, by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of the faid Sum of ilxty-four thoufand Pounds, as is or ^^"^Pi"' "f lift lliall be more than fufficient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according to the Rules prefcribed by the faid ^'?'^ '^p'^P^' Acl to be obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part of fuch Overplus, fliall and may be difpofed of'°„|,'^ob^g|^'^3 j° to fuch Officers who are maimed, or loft their Limbs in the late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of their Charitv'as his long Service, or otherwife, his Majefty fhall judge to be proper Objefts of Charity, or to the Widows or Majeft'y (hall di- Children of fuch Officers, according to fuch Warrant or Warrants, under his M'ajefry's Royal Sign Ma-"^'^^- nual, as fhall be figned in that Behalf; any Thing in this Acfl, or the faid former Act, to the contrary notwithftanding. CAP. XXVI. An A(5t to reftrain the making Infurances on foreign Siiips bound to or from the Enjl-hdies. 'HERE AS by an A£l: paficd in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George thegGeo. i.-ci*. Firfl:, intituled. An Aft to prevent his Mojelly s SubjeSls from fubjcribing or being concerned in ' encouraging or promoting any Subfcription for an FJaft-India Company in the Aiiftrian Netherlands; and for ' the better fecuring the laufulTrade of his Majeflfs SubjeSis to and from //;t' Eaft-Indies ; all his Majesty's ' SubjeiSls are reftrained and prohibited from fubfcribing, contributmg to, encouraging or promoting the ' raifing, eftablifliing or carrying on any foreign Company erefled for trading to the Eaft-Indles, from and ' after the twenty-fourth Day of 'yiine one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, in order the more ef- ' fetlually to fecure by the Provilions of the faid Act, as well as by feveral other Laws now in Force, the ' fole Trade to and from the Ecf I Ladies, and other Places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, to the United ' enjoy the full Fruits and Advantages of fo beneficial a Trade : And whereas infuring the Ships and Vef- ' fels of Foreigners trading to the Eci/i Indies, or the lending Money on BottotfiriC or Rfpondentia of or upoii ' any fuch foreign Ships or Veflels, may be a Means of encouraging his Majefty 's S"ubje:ts to fliare with ' Foreigners in the eftablifliing or erecting of nev/ Companies, Societies or Corporatioiis for carrying on ' the laid Trade in the Dominions of foreign States or Princes, whofe Subjects have never before ad- ' ventured to carry it on ;' Be it enabled by the King's moll Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Conlent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the firft Day of ALiy one thoufand feven hundred Wo Infur^ncej to •and fifty-two, all and every Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, being Subjects gf his *"= f^^^i^ "f Maj'.fty in Great Britain or Ireland, or elfjwhere, and ail other Perfons i.hatfoever refiding within G/Vij;' '^^■•' " ^ '""" T) '. ■ r 7 T n 11 1 n - 1 i i M -. i i ■. _ i*. I • _ A TL i-_ _ .^ _ „. .- __ i'_ _ _ •. _ on iioCCOmV'JC Or ■.'ntia Britain or Ireland, fliall be reftrained and proliibited by virtue of this Ac't, from granting, figning or xelooui-r.^.., undervi'riting any Policy or Policies of Alfurance, or lending any Money on Bittomree or Refpondentia, Bon'.is, on i'o- of or upon any foreign Ship or Ships trading or failing, or to trade or fail to or from the Eaji Indies, and reign Ships or - other Places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, within rlie Limits of Trade granted to the United Company '^°'?'^^ '^°;;"l,f''' of Merchants of £«^/fl;z^ trading to XzEa_ft Indies, or to or from any Ports or Places within the f^id'J^J^j"? Limits ; or of or upon any Goods, Merchandizes or Eflecfs, laden or to be laden on board any inch Ship ■^. . ^'. or Ships, the faid Ships or Goods not belonging to any Companies, Societies or Corporations which werep^'^:;^|.'"j" VoT.. VH. • lii eftablitliedmar-w f-,i.-'
 * SinhiJg Fund for the Service of the Year one thoufayid ftven hundred and fifty-one ; and for Allovjcnces to the
 * Company of Merchants of England trading to the Eall Indies, that thereby the Britijh Nation might