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 57.4 C. 23. Anno primo Georgii III. A. D. 1760. counted for to the Audi- his Majcfty's Revenue, the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax charging himfclfoj* ^^- themfelves therewith upon the next Account of the Land Tax, to be by him or them paffed. The Regimental and }^' And be it enafted, That the Clerk of every Regiment or Battalion of Militia, and the Cap- fSanalion Cierksj and tain of eery Independent Company of Militia in every County, Riding, and Place, within the Part Captains of Independent of Great Britain aforefaid fhall, between the twenty-fifth Day of March and the twenty-fifth Day ve"nrArcour/tso7ttck^( -^"''^ '"- '■"^ ^ ^'"^"^ onethoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, deliver to the Receiver or Receivers 'Receipts andDhLuiie- General ot the Land Tax for the County, Riding, or Place, to which fuch Regiment, Battalion, or menu, Independent Company, fliall belong, a fair Account in Writing of all Monies by him received and diihurfed for the Service of the preceding Year, in purfuance of this Aft, with proper Vouchers for and pay over the Balance the fame ; and flialj p;:y back to the faid Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax, any totheileceiver>Ge.ietal; Surplus ot fuch Monies that (hall then he in his Hands; which faid Accounts, figned by fuch Regi- •who arc to tranfnnit thcincntal Or Battalion Clerk, or by fuch Captain of an independent Company refpectively, (hall be Accounts into the Au- j-rapfmitted by the faid Receiver or Receivers General rtf the Land Tax into the Office of the proper Itute Tt^"n"^«ain.^ Auditor of his Maiefh'-s Revenue. to uke"p"rpe"s^ecurK7f>f ?^ '. '^"^ "^^ '^ enaded, That in cafe his Majcfty's Lieutenant of any County, Riding, or Place, the Clerks, or todepoiit within the Part of Great Britain aforefaid, Ihall neglect to take fuch Security as aforefaid from the the Bonds with the Re- Clerk or Clerks of his or their refpeftive Regiment or Regiments, Battalion or Battalions, of I ilitia, ceiveri Gener..! or to depofit the fame in the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers General of the Land Tax for the ^nrroV^M^ntV^uftTned^^'^^ County, Riding or Place, fuch his xMaielly's Lieutenant Ihall be anfwerable to fuch Receiver or by their Default. Keceivers General ot the Land Tax tor any Lois of pubnck Monies fuftamed by the Detault of fuch Clerk or Clerks. Recovery of Penalties, XI. Provided always, and be it enacted. That all Penalties, all Cofts and Charges of Suit, and all Sums of Money for which any Perfon or Perfon is or are by this AQ: made anfwerable, may and (hall be recovered in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at IVf/lminJler^ by Adlion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Lflbin, Wager of Law, or Proteftion, nor more than one Imparlance, fhall be allowed. No Fee to be paid for if- ^^•. Pi'oided always, and be it enacted. That no Fee or Gratuity whatfoevei; fhall be given or Tuing Warrants for Mo- paid, for or upon Account of any Warrant or Sum of Money, which fhall be iflued in relation to, «ey. or in purfuance of, this Act. CAP. xxin. An hdi for rendering more effciflual the Provifions in an A61 made in the twelfth and thirteenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefry King William the Third (intitu- led. An /i^ for the further himitation of the Crcivn, and better fecuring the Rights and Liberties of the Suhjc£l) relating to the CommifTions and Salaries of judges. Crown thereby made fhould take eflecSl, Judges CommilTions be made ^lamdiu fe hen: gefferint, and their Salaries afcertained and eftablifhed ; but upon the Addrefs of both Houfcs of Parliament, it might be lawful to remove them : And whereas your Majefty has been gracioufly pleafed to de- clare from the Throne to both Houfes of Parliamcjit, that you look upon the Independency and Uprightnefs of Judges, as edential to the impartial Adminiftration of Julrice, as one of the beftSe- cijrities to the Rights and Liberties of your loving Suhjedls, and as moit conducive to the Honour of y:)ur Crown ; and in Confequence thereof, your Majefty has recomi:iended it to the Confidera- tion of your Parliament, to make further Provifion for continuing Judges in the Enjoyment of their Offices during their good Behaviour, notwithftanding the Demile of your Majefly, or any of your the Religion, Laws, and Liberties, of your People, we have taken this important Work into our Confideration, and have rcfolved to cr.ablc your Majefly to efledtuate the wife, juft, and generous ,, .• J- ,v ' ^urpofcs, of your Royal Heart: May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enaded;' And iT]fvmcnt'r'he'"of'^'^^t^"'^'^^'^ ^y the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the A..^ice and Confent of the fic-.s during their tood Lords Spiritual and 7"emporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Au- iieiiaviour.notwithftand-thority of the fame. That the Commiflions of^ Judges for the Time being, fliall be, continue, and inganyDemifcof the remain, in full Force, during their good Behaviour, notwithftanding the Demife of his Majefty °*"' Cwhom God long prelerve) or of any of his Heirs and Succeiforsi any Law, Ufage, or Practice, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftandins!;. b.it they m^y be remov- H. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it may be lawful for his Ma- AdS'cfs of pTrihrncnt"^'^^? ^'^ ^'^^^ ^"^ Succclfors, to icmovc any Judge or Judges upon the Addrefs of both Houfes ■ of Parliament. Imt dl'Siimunc ^^^' "^"^ ^^' '^ cnaa d by the Authority aforefaid. That fuch Salaries as are fettled upon Judges for the "hcir CVjrnXi'iiansy' '^"^ being, or any of them, by ACt of Parliament, and alfo fuch Salaries as have been or Ihall be granted by his Majefty, his Heirs, and SuccefTors, to any Judge or Judges, Ihall, in all Tiir.e com- ing,^ be paid and payable tj every fuch Judge and Judges for the Time being, fo long as the Patents or Commiftions of them, or any of them rtfpcdivcly, fhikll continue and remain in i-orcc. IV. And •t