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 570 G. 2ol' Anno primo Georgii III. A. D. 1760'. twenty-fixth DayofAf^jv^, for any Money of fuch Revenues, Aids, Taxes, or Supplies, in his Hands, any Exchequer Bill or Bills which fhall have been ifilied and applied as aforefaid by virtue of No Aft'on to He for this Ail ; nor fhall any Action be maintained againft any fuch Receiver or Collector for ncg'eding or Ajch Reiu.il. refufmg to exchange any fu.h Bill or Bills for ready Money, before the faid twenty-fixth Day of March-, any Thing in the faid Acl made in this prefent Seflion of Parliament, intituled. An Act for gt anting an Aid to kis Majejiy hy a Land Tax^ to be raifed in Great Britain, for the. Service of the Tear one thoufandfeven hundred and Jixty-one^ or this Aft, contained to the contrary notwithftanding. PriT>cipal swriBtereft, IV. And be it further enacledf by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills,' w,*htheCnargesattend. together with the Intereft, Premium, Rate, and Charges incident to or attending the fame, {hall be .1?, to be piK*. out of and are hereby charged and chargeable upon, and fhall be repaid or boriie by or out of the firft Aids the rKxtSrrp, le? j or Supplies which fhall be granted in the next Seffion of Parliament; and in cafe fufficient Aids or snd if nonefuffi.icnt be Supplies for that Purpofe (hall not be granted before the fifth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred granted b^tore 5 July ^nd fixty-two, then all the faid Loans or Exchequer Bills, with the Interefl:, Premium, Rate, and h-^^al/o'ut'of'i'Lrsljik- Ci^rges incident to or attending the fam.e, fhall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon fuch JEgFar.d} * " Monies as, at anyTime or Times ut or after the faid fifth Day of 'July one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, fhall be or remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of the SurplufTes, Excefles Overplus Monies, and other Revenues compofing the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund (ex- cept fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe orUfes by any Ait or A(5ts of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund fhall and may be ilTued and applied, as foon as the fame can be regularly ftated and afcertained, for and towards paying oif^ cancelling, and difchargin-s; fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills, Interefl, Premium, Rate or Charges, imtil the Whole of them ihall be. paid off, cancelled, and difcharged, or Aloney fufficient for that Purpofe be kept and referved in the Exchequer, to be payable' on Demand to the refpeftive Proprietors thereof, and the ?.7onies fo Ifnu-d V. Provided always, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That whatever Monies fhall be to be replaceri cut of the fo iflucd out of the faid Surplufles, Excefles, Overplus Monies, or other Revenues compofing the firft Supplies. Sinking Fund, fliall, from Time to Time, be replaced by and out of the firfl Supplies to be then after granted in Parliament ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notvvithflanding. The Bank iir.pcwereJ to VI. And be it declared and further enavfted by the Authority aforefaid. That it. fhall and maybe advance on the faui Cre- J^wful for the Govemor and Company of the Bank of England, to advance or lend to his Majefly in Sivms norex.^«ding^' °^ ^'*^^ manner at the Receipt of the Exchequer, upon the Credit of Loan granted by this A(5t, any 1,500,000!. " Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of one million five hundred thoufand tlif Aa of 5 & 6 w. & Pounds ; any Thing in an Aft made in the fifth and fixth Years of the Reign of King JFillia/n and M^c.aQ. notwitliiland- Queen Mary^ intituled. An ASlfor granting to their Majejlies fever al Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of iog. Ships a-ndVelJi:h^ and upon Beer, Ale, and otijer Liquors, for fecuring certain Rcco?npcnces and Advantages in the faid Act mentioned, to fuch Perfons as /hall voluntarily advance the Sum of one n:illion five Imndred thoifand Pounds, towards carrying on the JVar againjl p ranee, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. " Amplication of the faid VII. And be it further ena61:ed by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Sum of one million ^^'"' ^'^" five hundred thoufand Pounds, by this A£l granted, fhall be appropriated, and is hereby appro- ■ priated, for and towards theUfes and Purpofcs herein after mentioned ; that is to fiy. That out of i.oco.ocol. toward; the faid Sum there fliall and may be ifllicd and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding onii pivingoft ihcDebt of niillion, towards paying off and difcharging the Debt of the Navy; and any Sum or Sums of Aloney tl'wrnf^Ntval'wIces ' "'-'^ exceeding five hundred thoufand Pounds, towards the Naval Services herein after mentioned ; lu^thc Vear i-6i. that is to fay, Towards Viituals, Wages, Wear and Tear of the Navy, and the Vidtualling thereof, performed and to be performed, and towards Sea-fervices in the Office of Ordnance, performed and to be performed, and towards defraying the Ordinary of his Majefty's Navy, and Half-pay to Sea Officers, and towards maintaining eighteen thoufand three iiundred and fifty-five Marines, and towards the Buildings, Rebuildings, and Repairs of his Majefly's Ships, for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one. ' VIII. And whereas fomc Perfons have omitted to caufe Affidavits to be made, and afterwards to ' be filed in the proper Office, of the actual Execution of fevcral Contracts in VVriting entered into ' by them to ferve as Clerks to Attornies or Sollicitors, within the Time in which the fame ought to ' have been done, and many Infants and others may thereby incur certain Difabilitics :' For pre- venting whereof, and for relieving fuch Perfons, Be it likewife enaifkd by the Authority aforefaid, F'.irth». Time ailrwed;© That every Perfon who hath nrglcdled or oniittcd to caufe any fuch Affidavit or Affidavits as afore- ^'^'fii ' Af>!"'"f *" ^^'^ ^"^ ^^ made aiid filed, and who, on or before the fixth Day of N gv nnhcr owo. thoufand feven hun- thcrxe"uimnoY/'niHcf,^''^^ '^"^ fixty-onc, fhall cauf: one or more Affidavit or Affidavits to be n^ade, and afterwards to be fccdcie-ks to Attoi- filed, in fuch manner as the fixme ought to have been made and filed in due Time, fliall be and is »ie« ot SolLntms, hereby indemnified, freed, and difcharged from and againft all Penalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities, and Difabilitics in or by any A(St or Adts of Parliameiirmcntiontd and incurred, or to be incurred, for or by reafon of any fuch Ncgledt or Omiffion in not caufing fuch Affidavit or Affidavits to be made •tnd fikd in fuch manner as the fame ought to have been ; and eery fuch Aflidavit and Affidavits fo to be miide, and which fhall be duly filed on or before the faid fixth Day of November one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one, as aforefaid, fhall be as cfl'eifluai, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame h;.d been made and filed within the refpcdtive Times the fame oiight, by the Laws now in being k)r that Purpoie, to have been fo made and jikd. 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