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 458 C. 2 1. Anno tricefimo tertio G e o r g 1 1 IL A. D. 1 7 5 9, ' delivered to the Clerk of the Houfe of Commons.' So help me God, ^d-hich Is to be admlni- And the faid Houfe of Commons is hereby impowered and required to adminifter the faid Oath and fteredbythe Houfe, and Subfcription, according to the DirecSlions of this A61, as Occafion (hall be, from Time to Time enrolled, after the ufual to every Perfon duly demanding the fame, immediately after fuch Perfon fhall have taken the Oaths Oaths of Qualification of Allegiance, Supremacy and Abjuration at the faid Table : And the faid Oath and Subfcription ave een ta en, herein before dire<Sted to be taken and made, fhall be entered in a Parchment Roll, to be provided and theShedule to be for that Purpofe by the Clerk of the Houfe of Commons ; and the faid Papers or Accounts fo figned ^^^^' and delivered in to the faid Clerk as aforefaid, fhall be filed and carefully kept by him. Any Member prefuming II. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon, who fhall be eleded to act contrary hereto, to ferve in any future Parliament as a Knight of a Shire, or as a Citizen, Burgefs or Baron of the Cinque Ports, fhall prefume to fit or vote as aforefaid as a Member of the tloufe of Commons, be- fore he has delivered in fuch Paper or Account, and taken and fubfcribed fuch Oath as aforefaid, or ©r without being duly (hall not be qualified according to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid recited AcSV, and of this qualified, his Election is ^(Cj. . ^is Eledion fhall be and is hereby declared to be void, and a new Writ fhall be iflued to eledl void 5 and a new Writ another Member in the faid Perfon's Room. D^r' "^' f ^^I* Provided always. That nothing in this Ad contained (hall extend to the eldeft Son or Heir fheSrSrSL- Apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any Perfon qualified to ferve as a Knight of a ,,.,a. Shire, or to the Members for either of the Univerfities in that Part of Great Britain called Englandf Stt farther 3 Geo. 3. e. ov to the Msmbcrs for tiiat Part of Great Britain called Scotland. tion Ste 15 ^ Z4. CAP. XXL An Aft for granting to his Majefty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty. Alo/i Gracious Sovereign, Preamble, * WT ^> ^^"^ Majefty's mofl: dutiful and loyal Subjeds the Commons of Great Britain, in Parli- ' W ament aflembled, being defirous to raife the Refidue of the neceflary Supplies which we ' have chearfully granted to your Majefty in this Seflion of Parliament, by Ways and Means the and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affem- a,6oi,7o61, 9 s. 9 a. bled, and by the Authority of the fame. That by or out of fuch Monies as fhall, from Time to granted to his Majefty Time, be and remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer of the Surplufles, Excefles, Overplus Monies, out of the Sinking Fund, ^ji (J Other Revenues compofing the Fund commonly called The Sinkig Fund, after paying or refer- ving fufHcient to pay all fuch Sums of Money as have been direiled by any former AiSt or A£ls of Parliament to be paid out of the fame, there fhall and may be ifTued and applied for and towards making good the Supply granted to his Majefty for the Service of the Year one thoufand icvew hun- dred and fixty, a Sum not exceeding two millions fix hundred and two thoufand feven hundred and fix Pounds nine Shillings and nine Pence ; and the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Trcafurer, or any three or more of the CommifH- oners of the Treafury for the Time being, aie hereby authorized and impowered to iflue and apply the fame accordingly. Clijfe of Loani IL And it is hereby enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe the faid Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiflioners of the Treafury for the Time being, fhall think it advifeable to raife the faid Sum of two millions fix hundred and two thoufand feven hundred and fix Pounds nine Shillings and nine Pence, or any Part thereof, by Loans or Exchecjuer Bills in Manner herein i, after-mentioned, that it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Peifons, Natives or Fo- rcigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to advance or lend to his Majefty, at the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding the faid Sum^ of two millions fix. hundred and two thoufand hwcn hundred and fix Pounds nine Shillings and nine Pence, upon the Credit of the faid Surplufles, Excefles, and Overplus Monies, or other Revenues compofing the Sinking Fund, and to have and receive Intereft for the Forbearance of the Money lent, fo as fuch Loans be allowed to be made by the faid Commiflioners of the Treafury, or aiw three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Trea- fury for the Time being, who are hereby authorized to ifllte their Warrants for that Purpofe as faft as fuch Loans fhall be wanted for the publick Service j and moreover, that ijo Money to be lent upon the Security of this Av^, ftiall be rated or aflefled to any Tax or Alleiiinent what« foever, III. And
 * to the Tenor and true Meaning of the Afts of Parliament in that Behalf; and that fuch Lands,
 * Tenements or Hereditaments, do lie as defcribed in the Paper or Account figned by me, and now
 * leaft burthenfome to your Majefty's Subjects, have rcfolved to give and grant to your Majefty the
 * Sura herein after-mentioned ; and do therefore moft humbly befeech your Majefty, that it may
 * be enaded ;' And be it ena£ted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice