6o2 C. lo. Anno feptimo 8c odavo Gulielmi III. ^. D. 1696, Bir Iron un- ' XVII. And whercas the Scarcity and Dearnefs of Iron in this Kingdom have of hte much difcouragcd wroiioot, augnt, &c. i j]^g Manufadlures thereof, in which great Numbers of the Poor are employed :' For Rerredy whereof for tVoniTi'hnd"'^ ^^^ future be it further enacied by the Authority aforefaid. That it ftiail and may be lawful to import into anddJfth:iri;cclof this Kingioin, ivom Irnlcr/td, any Bar- Iron unwrought, and Iron flit or hammered into Rods (other than tile Dat;i:3"iii Sue-tlijh Or other Foreign Icon) difcharged of the Impofitions and Duties laid upon the fame by an Aci: madb 4& 5 w. & M- fff'thfe fourth and fifth'Year of the Reign of their JVIajefties King William and Queen Iak.y, intituled, ^•^ _ An ASi for graniing to their MajrjVies certain ndditional Impofitions itpon feveral Gtodi and A^erchundizes, for the I 10.*' '^' ^°' profeaitiug the Jy'ar againft France ; any thing in the faid A£t to the contrary notwithflahding. ■Rt fColJ XViil. yVnd for preventing the further Increafs of the Rate of coined Gold, and the A'lifchiefs which Coin'eRabliihed. may thence befall this Re;lm, be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, Tliat from and after the five and twentieih Day of Morch one thnufand fix hundred nincty-fix, no Perfcn fuail receive, take, or pav, any Ouins.T:. ^^f th>: Pieces of Gold Coin of this Kingdom, commonly called Guineas, at any greater or hi!;her Rate thart tweniy-fix Shillings, for each Guinea, and not to exceed the ianje in Proportion for the Pieces of Gold Ha'.t'-g,uineas. called Ha f -guineas, Donhis-ztiincas, and Five-found Pieces ; and in cafe any Perfon fhall offend herein, he ^To^ S"'""^^ fhall forfeitYor every fuch Offence double the 'alue of the Gold fo received or paid, and alfo the Sum of f^e'nalt'y"^' twenty Pounds ; the one Moiety to His Majefty, and the other Moiety to the Perfon or Perfons v^ho ihall fue or inform for the fame, to be recovered, with Cofls of Suit, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Privilege, Protection, or Wager of Lawi None compelled fhall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance. And be it declared, That nothing in this Adl con*- to take Guineac twined fhall extend, or be conftrued to compel any Perfon or Perfons to receive any Guinea or Guineas at : ^VHPoH Ch. 19. '^'^^ '"^^ 'B^d.tt of twenty-fix Shillings. ion Cre- ^^X. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the laflDay oi. February, i dito" the'Monies One thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives ' for Annuities. Or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to advance and lend to His Majefty, at the Receipt of his Ex- chequer, upon Credit of the Monies to be contributed or advanced for Annuities, by the Ait made and 7&8W.3,c.a. pafled in this prefent Parliament, bolden in the feventhYear of His Majefly's Reign, intituled. An Art for enlarging the Times to come in and purchafe certain Annuities thereiii meniioiiid, and for continuing the Duties for- merly charged on Loiv Wines or Spirits of the firfl ExtraSiion, for carrying on the War again/} France, any Sum' or Sums of Money, as, together with the whole Value, or Amount of all the Sums of Money which have" been or fhall, before the faid lafi: Day oi Feh-uary, be contributed or advanced for Annuities on the faid AiS, Tallies of Loan, fliall not exceed the Sum, of three hundred eighty-two thoufand four hundred fixty-nine Pounds; and TaU and Orders. ^^ qC Lqj,jj f}j^]| {,g igyjjj fof (-]-,£ fame, and Orders for Repayment fhall be drawn for the Principal Mok Intereftat 61. nies fo to be lent, and for Interefi: thereof not exceeding the Rate of fix Pounds per Ccntur.i per Annum^-. per Cent. which faid Orders fliall be aflignable and transferrable from one Perfon to another. XX. And it is hereby enafted, That all and every Sum and Sums of Money fo to be lent, in Order • : and Courfe, accordihg to the Tim.e of lending the fame, and the Interefi thereof, not exceeding the faid '^"'"^ P^"* ^'"y Pvate of fix Pounds p«T Civzifw?;! /)^r yf«HZ«w, to be paid every three Months, until Satisfadtio.n of the Prin- 3 °'" ^' cipal, fhall be payable and fatisfied unto the refpeiftive Lender or Lenders of the fame, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiflrators, or Afligns, out of the Monies which from and after the faid lafi: Day of /V- hruary_ fhall arife and be brought into the Exchequer, upon the Ail lafi mentioned, by or for Contribu- Monies lent not tion or Confideration Monies for the Annuities before mentioned, fo far as the fame will extend; and the divertible. Monies fo arifing by or for Contributions as aforefaid, fhall be applied to the Satisfaction of the Principal , • Monies to be lent in Courfe, and the faid Interefi thereof, and not be diverted or divertible to any other Exccptioni. Ufe, except only fuch Part of the faid Contributions or Confideration Monies, as by any other Aft of this prefent Seffion of Parliament (if any fuch be) may be direftcd to be applied to the Payment of Principal, Interefi, and Reward for milled, broad, or unclipt Monies, to be lent upon the Credit of the Contribution- Loans and In- or Confideration Monies aforefaid; and in cafe the Monies fo arifing by Contributions fhall n itbe fufKcient terefis unftt4ifi- fgr the paying of the faid Loans, and the Interefi thereof, then then the faid Loans, which fhall remain un- of the next Ai°d'r '"^sfied, and the Interefi of the fame, fhall be paid and fatisfied out of the then' next Aids or Supplies to 'be granted to His Majeflry in Parliament, and fhall be transferred or transferrable thereunto, as foon as any fuch Aid or Supply fhall be granted to His Majefly ; and if no fjch /..ids or Supplies fh;dl be granted to His^ Majefly before the fccond Day of ivirwarji, which I'hall be in the Year of cur Lord one thoufand fix hun- dreJ ninety-fix, then the faid Sum and Sums of Money, fo to be borrowed, not exceeding as aforefaid, and the Interefi thereof, fhall be payable, and be paid and fatisfied to the faid Lender or Lenders, his, her, or o» out of the their Executors, Adminiflrators, or Affigns, refpeftively, by and out of any of His Majefly's I'reafure, King's Treafure. -yvhich from thenceforth fliall come into, be or remain in the Receipt of His Majefly 's Exchequer, not being"' Monies lent not already appropriated to any particular Ufes by any A£l or Afts of Parliament before this Time made ; and to be ta«d, nor that the Monies fo to be lent on the Credit, lafi mentioned, fliall not be taxed or charged to any Tax or F«sta^ en. ^jj whatfoever ; and that no Fees or Gratuities fliall be demanded or taken in the Exchequer, for the ma- A°.""- in ^T- '*"S °.^ repaying of the Loans lafi mentioned, or for ;he Interefi thereof, and no undue Preference fhall be' payment. ' e|'-'n in the Repayment of the fam.e Loans, under the like Penalties to be incurred by the Officers or' Clerks in the iiAV/?io'.7fc'rT rcfpeftively, for the demanding or taking of fuch Fees or Gratuities, or for the' ■ giving of fuch undue Preference, as are prefcribed in and by an Acl of this prefent Seljion of Parliament, For granting to His Majefly-an Aid of four Shillings in the Pound, for taking or demanding of any Fees or Gratuities, or for giving any undue Preference, in Refped of the Loans authorized to be made upon Cre- dit of the faid Aid of four Shillings in the Pound. C A .p.
