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 212 C, 22. Amio tricelimo prinio Georgii IL A. D. 1757. CAP. XXII. An Ad for granting to his Majefty's feveral Rates and Duties upon Offices and Pcnfions -, and upon Houfes ; and upon Windows or L.ights ; and for raifing the Sum of five millions by Annuities, and a Lottery, to be charged on the faid Rates and Duties. Mojl Gracious Sovereign., -Preamble. < W/ ^' Y^" Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons o{ Great Britain., in Parliament a^en7'd b--> ' '^ ' afTembled, being defirous, by themoft eafy and effetSlual Ways and Means, to raife fuch Supplies as cv^z. /. yC ' ^i"^ necefi'ary for the Profecution of the prefent War, and for enabling your Majefty, at the End thereof, A.id jttiGco. ' to eftablifh a good and lafting Peace, have, for that End and Purpofe, given and granted, and, by this I' c 'i- * prefent A6t, do give and grant, unto your Majefty, the fevcral and refpedive Duties, Impofitions and Sums. ii.rfi>,mr Vro- t ^f Money following, as well for and upon all Salaries, Fees and Perquifites of Offices and Employments'- iJ''«7 "rt^erfo ' '" Great Britain, and on all Penfions and other Gratuities payable out of any Revenues belonging to your' 50 Gw. 1. c. 7, ' Majefty in Great Britain, exceeding the Value of one hundred Pounds per Annum, as for and upon fuch (S 41. ii Get. * Houfes, and Windows or Lights, as are herein after mentioned ; and do moft humbly befeech your Ma- a. f. 10. 26 * jefty that it may be enafted j' And be it enacled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Cei. z. c. 17. Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal^ and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiem- Imployments of bled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the fifth Day of April one thoufand feven hun- Piofir, Perifjons dred and fifty-eight, there fhall be yearly raifed, levied and paid, unto his Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- e" ^"':!*'^''i ^'-*'^' the Sum of one Shilling, over and above all other Duties already charged or payable, for every twenty, P-r Annfim°to' Shillings of the yearly Value or Amount of all Salaries, Fees and Perquifites, incident unto, or received for" pay 1 s. p:r' Or in refpecfl of, all Offices and Employments of Profit in Great Britain ; and the like Sum of one Shilling Pound, for every twenty Shillings, of all Penfions and other Gratuities payable out of aay Revenue belonging to his Majefty in Great Britain, exceeding the Value of one hundred Pounds per Annum. Duty on foch as II. And for the better raifing, levying and receiving the faid feveral Sums of Money and Duties hereby T F"^^h'* ^'- ^^^^gc'l for srid upon the faid Offices and Employments of Profit ; and for and upon the Penfions and Gra- xvt deJuae^i' tuities afotefaid ; and for the more efrecfiual putting of this A61 in Execution in reference to the (ame, it is a .H ft.-pt by the hereby declared and enacSied, That a Deduci^ion mall be made of the faid Sum of one Shilling out of every . OiScers there j tv/cnty Shillings, payable for or in refpett of the Salary, Wages or Fees, of any Offices and Employments payable by the Crown in Great Britain, which exceed one hundred Pounds/)^/- Annum ; and for or in refpc(^ of any Penfion or Gratuity which is or fhall be payable out of any Revenue belonging to his Majefty in Great Britain, exceeding the Value of one hundred ^ouvAs per A n7ium ; and that the Money fo deducted by the Officers of his Majefty's Exchequer in England, ftiall remain there for the Purpofes herein after declared ; and fuch as fhall and fuch Part of the faid Money as ftiall be fo dedudted by any Officer or Officers of the Dutchies of La7i- bcdedurted at cajler and Cornivall, or by any other Commiffioners, Officers and Pcrfons, by whom the faid Salaries, Wa- oitvr pnbhck g^s. Fees, Pcnfions and Gratuities, are or (hall be refpe(51:ively payable in England, ftiall be by them paid ^i^ov'er'i'nt'o '"^° ^^^ Receipt of his Majefty's Exchccmer at Weflminjier -, and fuch Part of the faid Money as ftiall he the Exchequer • ^'^ dedudtcd by any of the Officers of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, or by any Commiffioners, Offi- and fjch as (ha'u cers, or Other Pcrfons, by whom the faid Salaries, Wages, Fees, Penfions and Gratuities, are or (hall be le deduacJ in rcfpeflively payable in Scotland, ftiall be paid at the City oi Edinburgh, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as the Com- ^-°''*"-^.' miffioners of thelVeafury, or the High Treafurer of Great Britain for the time being, ftiall conftitute and Receiver Ce-V-^ ajjpoint to be Receiver General, or Receivers thereof, for his Majefty's Ufe; which faid General Receiver or raliaEcinbuigh, Receivers ihall pay the fame into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer at IVeJiminJler and the Officers of and by him into the Exchequer are hereby dire<5led and required to keep feparate and diftincSl Accounts of all Sums of Money the Exchcqr.er bv thtm refpe(5tively retained or received, for or in refpeit of the faid Duty on Offices, and on Penfions and St Wcftn-jnftcr. oij^cr Gratuities, by virtue of this KQi, in order that the fame may be applied to the Purpofes in this A6t llch'rnu'erto* meniioned, and to and for no other Ufe or Purpofe whatfoever. keep a feparate and dlf.indl Account of the Money retained and received by them. ' III. And whereas the Profits of feveral Offices and Employments in Great Britain, arife in the Whole, Profits of Offices * °'' '" P'^^* from Perquifites, which are due and payable in the Courfe of Office ;' It is hereby further cn- to be computed afted. That fuch Part of the Sums of Money hereby granted, as are payable for or in refpedlof the Profits and pay as they of any Office or Employment, in any Part o^ England, Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed, which arife from werer. ted tothe fuch Pcrquifites, ftiall be computed, raifed, levied and paid, according to the annual Value at which fuch Jaft Land Tax. p^^j^^^ ^^^^^j ^^j^^^j „j,j ^^^^j ^ ^^^ j.^^^ Afieflment to the Land Tax. p.ofiia to be IV. Provided always. That fuch Profits arifing from fuch Perquifites as aforefaid, ftiall be deemed and ta- rfcemcil rated to ken to have been valued and rated in fuch laft Afieflment to the Land Tax, at fo much only, as the entire the LanJT.i», S^m, at which any fuch Office was valued and rated in the faid AftcfTment, does exceed the Amount of the »« i°hrc"ntite'^ ^' Salary, Wages or Fees, payable as aforefaid, in refpcdt of the fame Office. s.jm ch rg:rd ex- V- And bc it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That for the better rating, ordering, levying and (.c«U the Sahry. colleifling of the Duty by this Ail charged, upon fuch Perquifites of {"uch of the faid Offices or Employments as arc in that Part of Great Britain called England, Wales, and Berxvick upon Tweed and for the more ef- Corn-riimone-s ftitual putti/ig of this A6t in Execution, in reference (o the fame ; the Commiffioners of the Land Tax f.fdip r.ind Tax for the time bcins^, within the feveral Counties, Cities, Poroughs, Cin(|ue Ports, Towns and Places of Eng' I© put fo much idfj^^ Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, ftiall be Commiffioners for putting fo much of this hSi in Execution as'te Execuiion, as relates to the Duty hereby charged upon the Perquifites of Offices. tttes to tlic Duii'j upon rcrnuifitcs of Off,i.ej, 3 VI. And