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 5^2 C. 19. Anno primo Georgii III. A. D. 1760. the Tear one thou [and fe-ven hundred and fixty-one^ are ena6led and prefcribcd, concerning the Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of the laid A6t. Cb'ires in the l.and Tax IX. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Claufes, Provi- Aa relating to Exche- foes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities, contained in the quer Bii.s, exienued to j-^jj laft-mentioned Actj^jelaring to the Loans or Exchequer Bills, authorized to be made by the fame Ad (except fuch Claufes as do charge the fame on the Taxes granted by the fame Adl, and ex- cept fuch Claufes as limit the Rate of Intercft to be paid for the Forbearance of Money lent on the Credit of the faid A61:) fnall be applied and extended to the Exch(5quer Bills to be made in purfuance of tliis Acf, as fully and effe<Slually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fuid Exchequer Bills had been originally authorized by the faid laft-mentioned Acf, or as if the faid feveral Claufes or Provi- foes had been particularly repeated and re-enacled in the Body of this prefcnt Act. Pills di'"cbarged tobe X. And be it enadlcd by the Authority aforcfaid. That all the Exchequer Bills as fhall be made in cancelled. purfuance of this Act, and the Intereft, Premium, Rate, and Charges, incident to, or attendin'^ the fame, fli 11 be, and are hereby charged and chargeable upon, and Ihall be repaid and borne by and out of the growing Produce of the find SurpluiTes, Exceffes, and Overplus Monies, or other Revenues, compofmg the Sinking Fund (except fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund, as are ap- propriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes, by any former or other Adt, or A6ts of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund (hall and may be ifllied and applied, as fooi> as the iame can be regularly ftated and afcertained, for and towards the paying ou', cancellino-, and difcharging fuch Exchequer Bills, Intereft, Premium, Rate, or Charges, until the Whole of them fhall be paid off, cancelled, and difcharged, or Money fufficient for that Purpofe be kept and referv- ed in the Exclvequer, to be payable on Demand to the refpedtive Proprietors thereof. The Bank impowered to XI. And be it declared and further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That it fnall and may be advance on the faid c.e lawful for the Govcmor and Company of the Bank of England^ to advance or lend to his Majefty ditof Loan, any Sum or j,^ ]j]^e manner at the Receipt of the Exchequer, upon the Credit of Loan granted by this A6t, any J, "76* 400""''*'"° ^"^"^ ^^ Sums of Money not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of one million feven hundred fixty'-two the Ad of '5 & 6 w. & thoufand and four hundred Pounds ; any thing in an A61 made in the fifth and fixth Years of the M. c. 20. noiwithUand- Reign of King TFilliam and Qiieen Mary^ intituled, Jn A£i for granting to their Majejlies feveral Rates tain Rrampencs and Advantages in the faid A£i tnentioned, to fuch Ferfons asjhall vobintarily advance the Sum of one million five hundred thoufand Pounds., towards carrying on the JVar againji France, to the coiitrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XIX. An Ad for enabling his Majefty to raife the Sum of one million for the Ufes and Pur- pofes therein mentioned -, and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this SefTion of Parliament-, and for exempting any Annuities or Sums of Money granted or to be granted to the Royal Family, from Payment of Taxes. Mo/l Gracious Sovereign, Preambre. < yy li^nient allcnibled, having taken into our ferious Conftderation your Majefty's moft graciou-s ' difappoint or defeat any Enterprizes or Dcfigns of your Majefty's Enemies, and as the Exigency ' for that Purpofe ; and do therefore moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be enabled j' And be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- Crrdltof Loan granted thority of the fame, That it fhall and may by lawful to and for the King's moft Excellent Majefty, to his Majefty tot by Warrant or Warrants under his Royal Sign Manual, to authorize and impov/er the Commifli- i.ooo.oooi. oners of his Ma} fty's Treafury now, or for the Time b>cing, or any three or more of them, or the (imfbvYTanVor'Ex- ^""''^ ^'gJ^ Treafurcr for the Time being, at any Time or Times before the fifth Day of January chTqucr Bills ^"^ thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, to caufc or dired any Loans to be taken or received at his Majefty's Exchequer from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Body or Bodies Politick or Corporate, or any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out there, for any Sum or Sums of . -., . Money, not exceeding, in Loans and Exchequer Bills together, in the Whole, the faid Sum of one in nke manner as IS pre- .,,. J ' ., r i-i at t? a f i ^ - ^ ^. r <-, t . . (crib'-dhy the Land r.ix million, in the lamc or like JVlanner, rorm, and Urder, and accordmg to the fame or like Rules and Aft of this SelTion, con- Directions, as in and by an A.£l of this prefent SefTion of Parliament, intituled, y/n Ad for granting crrninp Loans or Exche gri Aid to his MajeJIy by a Land Tax to be raifed in Great Britain /ir the Sirvice of the Tear one thoufand qjcr Bills thereby to be ji,.yf,fj hundred and fixiy-one, are enadted and prefcribed concerning the Loans or Exchequer Bills to The cUiifcs, &c. in the, And be it fuither enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Claufes, Provifoes, faid Afticlaiing to the Pov^'cis, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities contained in the faid laft L<»ms or Exchcsutr ^^jej^yoj^^d Adt relating to thc'Loans or Exchequer Bills authorized to be made by the fame Adl (ex- cept
 * "S' and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vefels^ and upon Beer^ Ale^ and other.^Liquors, for fecurincr cer-
 * E, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subje^Sts, the Commons of Great Britain, in Par-
 * MefTagc, fignifying your Majefty's Defire to be enabled by your faithful Commons to defray
 * any extraordinary Expences of the War incurred, or to be incurred, for the Service of the Year
 * one thoufand fevcn hundred and ftxty-one ; and to take all fuch Meafures as may be neceflary to.
 * of Affairs may require, have refolved to give and grant to your Majefty the Sum of one million
 * "^'*'°"'' 'be ta'icen or made in purfunnce of the faid Adi.