A..D. 17^3' Anno fecundo & teitio Ann^e Reginte. C. 2, 3. 131 CAP. IL An Act for granting an Aid to her Majefly, by continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and EXP. Perry, for one ear. CAP. III. An A£b for granting an Aid to her Majefty, for carrying on the War, and other her Majefty's Occafions, by felling Annuities at feveral Rates, and for fuch refpedtive Terms or hftates as are therein mentioned. Mojl Gracious Sovereign., H E R E A S by an Aft of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our late Sove- reign Lord King William the Third, of blcfled Memory, intituled, A-,i Aci for appropriatig'^'^^-'i-'^- •'■ ' ihr:e thovjandfevcn hundred Founds xueckly, out of certain Brandies of Excife, for piibhckUfcSy and for making
- a Provijion Jr the Service of his Majcjiys jH.ouJhold and Family, ani oti}er his neccjjary Occafions, it was ' See i Geo. i.
' (amongil other Things) enafted. That from and after the five and twentieth Day oi fjccember one thou- "^f- »• <=• '•
- fand feven hundred, for and during the Term of five Years from thence next enfuing, the full, clear, ^ *'
- and entire weekly Sum of three thoufand feven hundred Pounds, of lawful Englijh Money, out of all the
' Monies arifmg by the Hereditary Rates and Duties of Excife upon Peer, Ale, and other Liquors, ' which were granted to the Crown in the twelfth Vear of the Reign of King Charles the Second, and izCar.'s. c. ij. ' by the Duties of Excife payable during the fsiid late King William's Life, and by every or any of ' them, if all thofe Duties of Excife fhould fo long continue ; and if the faid Duties of Excife, payable ' during his faid late Majcfiy's Life, fhould happ. n to determine before the End of the faid Term of five ' Years, then out of the Monies arifing entirely by the faid Hereditary Duties of Excife, for and during ' all the Refidue which Ihould be then to come and unexpired of the laid Term of five Years, fhould be ' brought and paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer by weekly Payments, and in fuch Manner and ' Form as in the laid KQ. are partirularly mentioned, for the Purpofes in the faid Aft exprelFed : And it ' is thereby further ena£ted, That in Lieu and Difcharge of certain perpetual annual Payments, and of all Arrears thereof granted by his late Majefly King Charles the Second to the refpedive Patentees
- therein named, the faid Hereditary Revenue of Excife fhould, from and after the twenty-fixth Day of
' Deceivl>er one thoufand feven hundred and five, be and ftand charged for ever with the Payment of an- ' nual Suras after the Rate of three Pounds per Cer.iuin per Amium, to be paid as by the faid Aft is direfted, ' and fubjeft to fuch Power of Redemption as In the faid Aft is expreifed :' ' IL And whereas by an Aft of Parliament made in the firft Year of your Majefty's Reign, intituled, iAhhs flat, i, ' Ai^ Ai^ for the better Support of her Alajefty's Houjhold, and of the Ho: our and Dignity of the Craivn, it is c. 7. ' (amonglf ot'ier Things) enafted. That the Duties of Excife which had been granted to his faid late '■ Majefty King Charles the Second, during his Life, and afterwards to King William and Queen ' Mary, during their Lives, and the Life of the Survivor of them (except as therein is excepted) and a ' certain Duty upon Vinegar, {hall be levied and paid to your Majefly, during your Life (which God ' preferve) and the fame, together with the laid Hereditary Duties of Excife, are thereby fubjefted to the ' faid weekly Pay;rent of three thoufand feven hundred Pounds, in the Manner therein mentioned, du- ' ring the faid Term of five Years ; and it was thereby further declared. That from and after the Expira- "• tion of the iaid Term of five Years, fo much Money -as, together with the faid Payments after the ' Rate of three Pounds per Centum per An-nuii, fhould make up the Sum of thre: thoufand feven hundred ' Pounds for every Week, during your Majeiiy's Life, Ihould and n ight be taken out of the faid Heredi- ' tary Duties of Excife, ;;nd out of the faid Duties of E'xife granted for your Majefty's Life, and either
- or any of them, and the faid Payments, after the Rate of three Pounds ^cr Centum -per Anymm, being de-
' dufted out of the Hereditary Part thereof, the Rcfidue of the faid tiiree thoufand levcn hundred Pounds
- a 'Week fliould be applied and difpofed of, to and for the publick Ufc and Service, as by the faid feve-
- lal Afts (Relation being thereunto refpeftively had) may more fully appear :'
IIL Novv we your Majefty's mofl: dutiful and loyal Subjefts the Commons of jE'ko-/(7.':(/ in Parliament affcmbled, being defirous by the moft cafy Means that are poffible to raife the Money which is neceffary tor carrying on the prefent War, and ftsppiying your Majefty's important Occafions, do cheerfully and unanimoufly grant unto your Majefty n further Aid to arife by Contributions for Annuities to be purcha- fed in the Manner and Form herein after mentionel ; and do liumbly bcfcech your Majefty that it maybe enafted ; and be it enafted by the Qiieen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commions, in this prefent Parliamtnt aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the five and twentieth Day of iDmW/fr in the Year of our Aid cranted from Lord one thoufand feven hundred and five, the faid full, clear, and entire weekly Sum of three thoufitnd 25 December fr jcfty's Deceafe, then the like full, clear, and entire weekly Sum of three thoufand feven hundred Pounds of lawful EngliJhyicnaY-, out of all the Monies to arife by the faid Hereditary Duties of Excife, and every or any of them, from Time to Time for ever, {hall be brought and paid by the Commiiiioners, Fai-mers, Receiver and Receivers General for the Time being of the faid feveral Duties of Excife (who S 2 are