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 170 C. 23. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. Preamble. Treafury impowered to take in Loans, or iffue Exchequer Bills, for any Sum not exceeding 800,000 1. in like manner as is pre- fcribed by the Malt Acl of this Seffion, concern- ing Loans and Exchequer Bills, thereby authorized to be taken and made. Claufes, &c. in the faid Acl relating to Loans or Exchequer Bills, extended to this Aft. Exchequer Rills fo iffued not to be tendered or re- ceived in Payment of any of tbe Publick Taxes, before 6 April 1765 ; unlefs the fame fhall be in courfe of Payment be- fore the faid Day. The fame to be repaid cut of the firft Supplies which ihall be granted in the next Seffion : CAP. XXIII. An Aft for railing a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills; and for ap- plying certain Monies remaining in the Exchequer, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four ■, and for Application of certain Savings of Publick Monies and of Monies arifen by the Sale of Military Stores ; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament; and for Pelief of Perfons who have omitted to inlert in Indentures, or other Writings, the full Sum agreed to be paid with Clerks, Apprentices, and other Servants. Moft Gracious Sovereign, ' WT*^"> y our Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Par- ' W liaruent affembled, for raifing the Refidue of the neceffary Supplies which we have chear- ' fully granted to your Majefty in this Seffion of Parliament, have refolved to give and grant unto ' jefty, that it may be enafted ;' and Be it enacted by the King's moft: Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Commiflioners of his Majefty's Treafury now or for the Time being, or any three or more of them, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, at any Time or Times before the fifth Day of Ja- nuary one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five, to caufe or direft any Loans to be taken or received at his Majefty's Exchequer, from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Body or Bodies Poli- tick 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 Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds, in the fame or like Manner, Form and Order, and according to the fame or like Rules and Directions, as in and by an Aft of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Acl for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand Jeven hundred and fixty-four, are enacled and prefcribed concerning the Loans or Exchequer Bills to be taken or made in purfuance of the faid Aft. II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Claufes, Provi- foes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, contained in the faid laft mentioned Aft relating to the Loans or Exchequer Bills authorized to be made by the fame Acl: (except fuch Claufes as do charge the fame on the Taxes granted by the fame Aft, and except fuch Claufes as limit the Rate of Intereft to be paid for the Forbearance of Money lent on the Credit of the faid Aft, and alfo except as is herein after mentioned) fhall be applied and extended to the Loans and Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of this Aft, as fully and efteftually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame Loans or Exchequer Bills had been originally authorized by the faid laft mentioned Aft, or as if the faid feveral Claufes or Provifoes had been particularly repeated and re- enafted in the Bodv of this Aft. III. Provided always, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Exchequer Bill or Bills to be made out by virtue of this Aft, fhall, after the fame hath or have been iffued at the Exchequer, be afterwards, at any Time before the fixth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five, received or taken, or pafs or be current to any Receiver orColleftor in Great Britain^ of theCuftoms, Excife, or any Revenue, Supply, Aid or Tax whatfoever, due or payable to his Ma- jefty, his Heirs or Succeflors, or at the Receipt of the Exchequer, from any fuch Receiver orCol- leftor, or from any other r erfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, otherwife or on any other Account than for the Difcharge and Cancelling of fuch Bills, in cafe the fame fhall be in due Courfe or Order of Payment, before the faid fixth Day of April; nor fhall any fuch Receiver or Collector exchange, at any Time before the faid fixth Day of April, for any Money of fuch Revenues, Aids, Taxes or Supplies, in his Hands, any Exchequer Bill or Bills which fhall have been iffued as afore- faid by virtue of this Aft ; nor fhall any Aftion be maintained againft any fuch Receiver or Colleftor for neglefting or refufing to exchange any fuch Bill or Bills for ready Money before the faid fixth,- Day of April; any Thing in the faid Aft made in this prefent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Ad for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, or this Aft contained, to the contrary notwithftanding. IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Loans or Exchequer Bills, together with the Intereft, Premium, Rate and Charges, incident to or attending the fame, fhall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon, and fhall be repaid or borne by or out of, the firft Aids or Supplies which lhall be granted in the next Seffion of Parliament; and in cafe fuiiTcient Aids or Supplies for that Purpofe fhall not be granted before the fifth Day of July one thoufand feven hun r dred and fixty-five, then all the faid Loans or Exchequer Bills, with the Intereft, Premium, Rate and Charges, incident to or attending the fame, fhall be and are hereby charged and chargeable upon, fuch- Monies as, at any Time or Times at or after the faid fifth Day of July, lhall be or remain in the Receipt
 * your Majefty the Sums herein after mentioned; and do therefore moft humbly befeech your Ma-