A. D. 1695. Anno fexto & feptipo Gulielmi III. C. 6. 575 I drawn and figned in Puifuance of this Adl; and in all Cafes where the faid Annuities, or any of them, arc ] by this Aft to be paid to the Contributor, or fuch as he fliall nominate, his f^xecutors, Adminiftrators or A^gns, for a Term of Years, without depending upon a Life, it fhall not be necefiary or requifite for jjim or them, in order to obtain his or their Payments thereof, to produce a Certificate figned by any Mi- i riifter or Churchwardens, or to make any other Proof of a Nominee's being alive ; any thing in this or the I faid former AiSts, or any of them, to the contrary notwithflranding. ] XII. And it is hereby further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That out of the Money that fliall be Appropriation i levied or paid by virtue of this Aft into the Receipt of their Majefties Exchequer, as well upon Loans as of Money ad^ ] Otherwife, one Moiety thereof fhall be, and it is hereby appropriated, for the Services of the Navy and vanc«d. j Ordnance for Sea Service, performed and to be performed ; and that all other Money which fhall be levied 1 and paid by virtue of this A£l into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as well upon Loans as otherwife, fhall . • i Be applied and appropriated, and is hereby appropriated, to and for the Payment of His Majefty's Land ] Forces and Armies, and the paying for Arms, Ammunition and other Charges incident to the War, and not otherwife. XIIL And for the more effectual doing thereof, and that the Sums by this AiSl appropriated may not be Rules for Pay- diverted or applied to any other Purpofe, than is hereby declared and intended ; be it enadted by the Au- ment, &c. i (;hority aforeiaid. That the Rules and Direilions appointed and enafted in one Ad: made in the firft Year pf His Majefly's Reign, intituled, Jn All for a Grant to their Majefties of an Aid of two Shillings in the iW. &M, ff, 2, i Pound for one Tear, for the fpeedy Payment of Money, thereby, granted, into the Receipt of the £Av/)(?^//^r, c, i. ■ • ' ^ by the Collectors and Receivers, and for Diftribution and Application thereof, and keeping diftinft Ac- counts of the fame, and all other Provillons, Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, thereby enafted, in cafe of Diverfion of any Money thereby appropriated, are hereby revived and enaded to be in Force, and fhall ' be praftifed, applied, executed, and put in ure, for and concerning the Diftribution and Application of 1 the faid Sums hereby appropriated,^ as fuliy, amply, and effeftually, as if the fame were here particularly I repeated and pe-eha£i:ea.. I XIV. And be it.enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if the whole Sum of fix hundred eighteen Claufe of Loan- ' thoufand four hundred and twenty Pounds and fix Pence be not advanced and paid iiuo the £*-<r/;^j«/«- at 5 !• per Cent.' i upon this Aft, before the firft Day of Auguft one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-five, that then it fliall 'f6>8, 420I. ^ and may be lawful for his Majefky, or his Officers in the Receipt of His Majefly's Exchequer, by His Com- ^?' ^ "°' mand and Appointment, to borrow and take into the faid Receipt for his Majefty's Uie, by way of Loan, ^ ^^"" " ' any Sum or Sums, of Money which together with the whole Value or Amount of all the hiums of Money ' which fhall, before the faid firft Day of Augufl, be contributed or adventured, as aforefaid, fliall not ex- ceed the Sum of fix hundred eighteen thoufand four hundred and twenty Pounds and fix Pence; which j Sum or Sums, fo taken up Bjr way of Loan, fliall and may be charged upon the Credit of His Majefty's : Exchequer in general, and Tallies of Loan, and Orders of Repayment of the fame, fliall be levied and drawn accordingly, which faid Orders fhall be affignable and transferrable from one Perfon to another. - i XV. And it is hereby enafted. That all and every Sum and Sums of Money, fo to be borrowed, not How to be re- exceeding as aforefaid, together with Intereft for the fame, not exceeding the Rate of five Pounds per paid. | Centum per Annum, to be paid every three Months, until Satisfaftion of the Principal, fhall be payable and fatisfied unto the refpeftive Lender or Lenders of the fame, his, her, or their Executors, Admini- ". ftrators, or Afligns, out of the Monies which fliall afterwards arife and be brought into the Exchequer by or I for Contributions or Confideration Monies upon this Aft, fo far as the fame will extend ; and in cafe the ' Money fo arifing by this Aft fhall not be fufRcient for the paying thereof, then the faid Loans, which fliall remain unfatisfied, and the Intereft of the fame, fliall be paid and fatisfied out of the next Aids or Sup- plies to be granted to,His Majefty in Parliament, and fhall be transferred and transferrable thereunto, as j foon as any fuch Aid or Supply fliall be granted to His Majefty ; and if no fuch Aids or Supplies fliall be ' granted to His Majefty before the twentieth Day of February, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety and five, then the faid Sum and Sums of Money fo to be borrowed, not | exceeding as aforefaid, and the Intereft thereof, fliall be payable and be paid and fatisfied to the faid Lender 9 & 'o w. 3. ; or Lenders, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns refpeftively, by and out of any of i'/^ i/^y. -. i His Majefty's Treafure, which from thenceforth fliall come into, be, or remain in the Receipt of his c. 3, §. S, ^ Majefty's ^A-tVj^jtt^r, not being already appropriated to any particular Ufes by any Aft or Afts of Parlia- j ment before this Time made. CAP. VI. ] An Adl for granting to His Majefty certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Births, and > : Burials, and upon Batchelors and Widowers, for the Term of five Years, for carrying on • j the War again ft France with Vigour. Moji Gracious Sovereign, I WE Your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Commons in Parliament aftembled, from a J deep Senfe of the many great Occafions which engage Your Majefty in many extraordinary Ex- . pences for the neceflary Defence of your Realms, and the Profecution of a War againft France with Vigour, have cheerfully and unanimoully given and granted unto Your Majefty, as an additional Supply and Aid, , I the Rates, Duties, Impofitions, and Sums of Money herein after mentioned; and we moft humbly be- ' feech Your Majefty that it may be enafted, i^c. XXIV. And be it further enafted for the better levying and collefting the Duties granted by this Aft, Sca.i. to 24. • ' That all Perfons in Holy Orders, Deans, Parfons, Deacons, Vicars, Curates, and their or any of their ^p- I Subftitutes, ^^S'fter.to be . ^
