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 282 C. 33* Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757, CAP. xxxiir. An A(^ for enabling his Majefty to raife the Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds, for the Ufes and Purpofes therein mentioned j and for further appropriating the SuppUes granted in this Seflion of ParHament. Mojl Gracious Sovereign, Preamble. ' WJ ^. ^^^^ Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain, in Par- ' fray anyextracrdinary Expences of the War, incurred or to be incurred, for the Service of the ' Year one thoufand fcven hundred and fifty-eight, and to take all fuch Meafures as may be necef- Soojcosl. gtanteJ to ' Exigency of Aftairs may require, have refolved to give and grant to your Majefty the Sum of b s MajeHy. ' eight hundred thoufand Pounds for that Purpofe ; and do therefore moft humbly befeech your ' Majefty, that it may be enabled ;' And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this Us Maicfty, by War- prcfent Pariiament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That it (hall and may be lawful^ f^ntuncerhisKcyai Sign j-q ?nd for the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by Warrant or Warrants under his Royal Sign Ma- Ti^e b'f(M^e^' Tan"^ uual, to authorife and impower the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury now or for the Time lyTo, au°VK)i?fe the being, Or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Treafurer for the Time being, at any CoinmiiTwncrs of the Time or Times before the fifth Day of January one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, to caufe Treaiury to raife the laid or dire£t any Loans to be taken or received at his Majefty's Exchequer, from any Perfon or Per- Sum, e.tiK-r by Loaas, fons. Natives or Foreigners, Body or Bodies Politick or Corporate, or any Number of Exchequer or £xchc<iuer li j j^jjj^ ^^ ^^ made out there, for any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding, in Loans and Exche- quer Bills together, in the Whole, the faid Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds ; in the fame or like Manner, Form and Order, and according to the fame or like Rules and Directions, as in in the fame Manner as is and by an A£f of this prefent Seflion of Parliament, intituled, Jn J^ for continuing and granting to preicribcd, concerning his Majcjiy certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand Loans or Exchequer Bills, /^.j^.^^ hundred and flfty-chht ; are enadled and prefcribed, concerning the Loans or Exchequer Bills ^rmon"'" "" °' ^° ^^ ^^^^" or made in purfuance of the faid A6f. All ciaufes, Provifoes, H' And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Claufes, Provi- and Powers' &c. in the focs, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, contained in the faid iaid Aa, relating to ]aft mentioned Ai, relating to the Loans or Exchequer Bills authorifed to be made by the fame Loans and Exdiequer ^£^ (except fuch Claufes as do charge the fame on the Taxes granted by the fame A£f ) fnall be ap- Enh, extcided to tius ^^j^j ^^^j extended to the Loans and Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of this Ad>, as fully Ixtcption. "^"^ eftecfually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame Loans or Exchequer Bills had been ori- ginally authorifed by the faid laft mentioned Adl, or as if the faid feveral Claufes or Piovifoes had been particularly repeated and re-ena6ted in the Body of this A£t, Ths Won^y foraifod, to i£|^ /^^j ^g jj farther enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all fuch Loans or Exchequer rVt's*u^°ie^- and^if I^iUs* togcthcr with the Intcreft, Premium, Rate and Charges incident to, or attending the fame, ei'ne be'^praiiVedWore ^^^ ^^t ^"^ ^^c hereby charged and chargeable upon, and {hall be repaid or borne by or out of the
 * V ¥ liament aflembled, having taken into our I'erious Confidcration your Majefty's molt gra-*
 * clous MeiTage, fignifyhig your Majefty's Defire, to be enabled by your faithful Commons, to de-
 * fary to difappoint or defeat any Enterprizes or Defigns of your Majefty's Enemies, and as the
 * July 1759. then to be firft Aids or Supplies which ftiall be granted in the next Seflion of Parliament ; and in cafe fufl»icient

paid out oi the Siakiog Aids or Supplies for that Purpofe, Ihall not be granted before the fifth Day of "July one thoufand i'-*^*** fevcn hundred and fifty-nine, then all the faid Loans or Exchequer Bills, with the Intereft^ Pre- mium, Rate and Charges incident to, or attending the fame, fhall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon fuch Monies, as at any Time or Times at or after the faid fifth Day of fidy one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, fhall be or remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer of the Surplufl'cs, Excefles, Overplus Monies, and other Revenues compofing the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund (except fuch Monies of the faid Sinking F'und as are appropriated to any particular aBdfheMowe5 re b« Ufe or Uies, by any A6t or A£ts of Parliament, in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sink- ia'utd -Jwrrcvut accord- jng Fund, fhall and may be iflued and applied, as foon as the fame can be regularly ftated and af- '"•f'y- certained, for and towards paying off", cancelling and difcharging fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills, Jntereft, Premium, Rate or Charges, until the Whole of them ftiall be paid oft', cancelled and dif- charged, or Money fufiiclent for that Purpofe be kept and referved in the Exchequer, to be payable on Demand to the refpc<Slive Proprietors thereof. M.irvfjlfTLicdout of the JV, Provided always, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That whatever Monies fhall ^'weTc^^^'thc" f»y^' ^^ ^° '^"^'^ "'^^ °^ ^^'^ ^'''^^ SurplufTes, ExcefTes, Overplus Monies, or other Revenues compofing the iiapiOics!* " Sinking Fund, fhall from time to time, be replaced by and out of the firft Supplies to be then after granted in Parliament ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Monic* ariCnp info the Y. Provided always, and it is hereby enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Monies >.»ctwq'ie( by theMUt coming into the Exchequer, cither by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one A61 of this SefSon of ^**^., f J Parliament, intituled. An Ad for continuing and granting to hli Majeflyy certain Duties upon Malt, ^ ' • • • Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and ffty-elght ; and io much Money, if any fuch be, of the Duties thereby granted, as fhall arife or remain after all the Ix/ans or Exchequer Bills mude or to be made ou the fame Ad, and aJi the Intcreft, Piemium, Rate