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 A. D. 1761, ♦ Anno fecundo Georgii TIT. Q, 8. 5S9 ' Windows or Lights herein after mentioned ; and do moft humbly befecch your Majefty, that it ' maybe enacted;' And be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pref.nt Parliament alFcmbled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the fifth Day oi April one thou- The following Rates and. fand feven hundred and fixty-two there fhall be charged, raifed, levied, and paid unto his MajclW, !.^"^'" '° ^^^^ ^&^e. his Heirs, and Succvllbrs, the fevcral Rates and Duties upon Windows, or Li;j;hts, herein after men- ,?/!? ^":/ '" ^ "'^^^ tioncd J that is to lay;, For every Window, or Light, in every Dwclling-houfe inhabited, or to be inhabited, within is. upon every window, and throughout the whole Kingdom of G;v^/ 5r//rt/V/, which {hall contain eight or iiine Windows, °^'?'^*' '" ^'"■" '^""* or Lights, and no more, the yearly Sum of one Shilling for every Window, or Light, in fuch ^'J'^^^^^^^? ^^'"'*"" Houfe. ' And for every Window, or Light, in every Dwelling-houfe as aforefaid, which {hall contain ten 6d, additional on all or eleven Windov/s, or Lights, and no more, the yearly Sum of fix Pence for each Window, <^°"f-^'-''^"g loor JJ. and" or Light, in fuch Houfe ; over and above, and by way of Addition to, the feveral and refpedtive "° "^"""^ » Duties chargeable thereupon, by virtue of former Acts of Parliament made in that Behalf. And for every Window, or Light, in every Dwelling-houfe as aforefaid, which fhall contain i s. additional on all twelve, thirteen, or fourteen Windows, or Lights, and no more, the yearly Sum of one Shilling for containing 12, 13, or each Window, or Light, in fuch Houfe; over and above, and by way of Addition to, the feveral '^j and no more ^ and refpe6live Duties chargeable thereupon, by virtue of former A6ts of Parliament made in that Behalf. ... And for every Window, or Light, in every Dwelling-houfe as aforefaid, which fhall contain fif- 3 ^' additional on all teen, fixteen, feventeen, eighteen, or nineteen Windows, or Lights, and no more, the yearly Sum '^""'"""S ';'> ''^' '"> of three Pence for each Window, or Light, in fuch Houfe; over and above, and by way of Addition ' *°'^9» and not more to, the feveral and refpeilive Du.ies chargeable thereupon, by virtue of former A6ts of Parliament made in that Behalf. IL And be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid feveral Duties by this Ail im- Diitlesof thisAfttobe pofed within and throughout the faid Kingdom of Great Britairiy for and upon fuch Windov/s or "^l,^.^ P*"* ^^ ^^^ Lights as aforefaid, fliall be raifed, levied and cojkaed, and paid into his Majefty 's Exchequer, for Jhe^SiJed'.las 'of 20, the Purpofes in this A61 exprefTed, in fuch and like Form and Manner, and with fuch Allowances, 21^ and 31 Geo. 2. are and under fuch Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities, and according to fuch Rules, Methods, and diicdedj Directions, as are prefcribed or appointed for raifing, levying, collecting, and paying the Duties on Houfes, Windows, or Lights, in and by the faid feveral A6ts of Parliament, made in the faid twen- tieth, twenty-firft, and thirty-firft Years of his late Majefty 's Reign, herein before mentioned ; and all and every the Powers, Authorities, Rules, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Claufes, Matters and the Powers, &c. in- and Things, now in force, contained in the faid four feveral Acts of Parliament, or any of them, ii>e faid Afls for thoie for the raifing, levying, collecting, and paying the Rates and Duties thereby granted, fliall be in full fj^''-^^^"* extended ta force, and be duly obferved, praCtifed, and put in execution, within and throughout the whole ' ' HimgAora oi Great Britain, for raifmg, levying, colIeCling, and paying the feveral Rates and Duties upon Houfes, Windows, or Lights, by this ACl granted, as fully and effeCtually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame, or the like Powers, Authorities, Rules, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures,. Claufes, Matters and 1 hings Vv-ere particularly repeated and re-enaCled in the Body of this prefcnt, . . . . _ _ . . . psrate and apa of the publick P^evenue, and fhall be carried to and made Part of the Fund commonly called the other Branches of the Sinking Fund, tov/ards making good the faid Annuities or yearly Payments, payable in refpeCt of Publick Revenues ; the faid Sum of twelve millions charged upon the faid Fund by an ACl of this Seffion of Par- and to be carried in t& the Sinking Fund. liament. /-. . in. And be it further enaCled by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commiilioners authorized for Connminioners for the within fuch Counties, Shires, Stewartries, Ridings, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Towns and Places refpeClively, Within Great Britain, on or before the eighteenth Day of y//»r/7 one thoufand fevcn hundred and fixty-two, and fhall then divide themfelves toaCl in feparate DiftriCts, and proceed in the Execution of this prefent ACl, for affeiling, raifing, levying, and collecting the Duties hereby granted, in fuch and the fame manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as is preicribed by the four former ACts, or either of them, with refpeCt to the Rates and Duties thereby impofed. IV. AnJ it is hereby enaCted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, at any Time or Times, be fued or profecuted for any Thing by him or them done or executed in pur- fuance of this ACt, or of any Matter or Thing in this ACt contained, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the General IfTue, and give the Special Matter, in Evidence^ for his or their Defence; General Iiiue* and if, upon the Trial, a Verdict fhall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fhall become nonfuited ; then fuch Defendant or Defendants fhall have treble Cofts to him Treble Coils. or thenrk awarded againft fuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. C A P,.