A. D. 1705. Anno quarto Ann^e Regin^e. C. 6. 193 mentioned) or fo much of the faid Subfidies, Ratps, Impofitions, Duties, and Contribution-money, as ihall be fufficient for anfwering the full and due Payment of all the Annuities to be purchafed upon this Aft, from time to time, according to the true Meaning thereof, is, are, and fhall be the general Fund for Payment of the fame, and fliall be charged therewith, and liable thereunto, and fnall not be di- verted or divertible to any other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever, under the Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities in this Aft exprefled. . XXI. A'nd for the raifmg any Sum and Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the Sum of two Sumtobetalfed, millions eight hundred fifty-five thoufand feven hundred fixty-one Pounds fixteen Shillings and two Pence, (that is to fay) Two millions five hundred feventy-five thoufand feven hundred fixty-one Pounds ^"^ applied. fixteen Shillings and two Pence thereof, for carrying on the prefent War, and other her Majefty's Oc- cafions, and two hundred and eighty thoufand Pounds, Refidue thereof, to be applied, together with the Produce of the faid Subfidy of Tonnage and Poundage, for or towards the making good or com pleating the quarterly Payments herein after mentioned, to incur and grow due on and before the five and twen- tieth Day of March in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight ; it is hereby fur- ther enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Peifon or Per- ^"y P^rfons , ^ _ ^ _ ^ ^ . . "S of Two millions eight hundred fifty-five thoufand feven hundred fixty-one Pounds fixteen Shillings ■'^""""".s ^°' and two Pence, for purchafing any Annuity or Annuities, to be paid and payable during the full Term yerrrfrom the of ninety-nine Years, to be reckoned from the five and twentieth Day of March in the Year of our twenty-fifth of Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix, at the Rate of fifteen Years and an Half's Purchafe, which March 1706, at Rate doth amount to the Sum of one hundred fifty-five Pounds for every fuch Annuity of ten Pounds fifteen Y«rs and per Annum, and proportionably for any greater Annuity ; and the fame Rate or Confideration-money is chafe^ i^cVfo hereby appointed to be paid into the faid Receipt, at or before the refpeftive Days and Times herein loip;,,. Annum, after mentioned, (that is to fay) one fourth Part thereof, on or before the firil Day of Mny in the Year Purchafe-money) of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; one other fourth Part thereof, on or before the firfl: how paicj. Day of July in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; one other fourth Part thereof, ^^ ^ p"- '• on or before the one and thirtieth Day of AuguJ} in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred xht' South 'sei and fix; and the remaining fourth Part thereof, 'on or before the firft Day of November in the Year of Company may our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix : All which Annuities fo to be purchafed, fhall not exceed take in chefe in the whole, the Sum of one hundred eighty-four thoufand two hundred forty-two Pounds fourteen Annuities. Shillings per Annum, and fhall be paid and payable at the four motl ufual Feafts, or Days of Payment in .^"""""^^ °°' the Year ; (that is to fay) the Feail of the Nativity of Saint John Baptifl, Saint Michael the Archangel, j'g^^^^fi. ^ ^^ . the Birth of our Lord Chrift, and the Annunciation of the blelled Virgin Mary, by even and equal Por- per Annum. tions ; the firfl Payment thereof to be made at the Feafl of the Nativity of Saint John Baptiit, which Times of Pay- fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix. '"'="'^- XXII. And it is hereby enafted, That in the Offices of the Auditor of the Receipt, and Clerk of the Contributors Pells in the Exchequer feverally, there fhall be provided and kept a Book or Books, in which there fhall g^°™^j 'l* be fairly entred the Names of all who fliall be Contributors, and of all Perfons by v-fhofe Hands the faid. ' Contributors fliall pay in any of the faid Sums upon this Aft, and alfo the Sums fo paid, and the Times.g" ""'o the when the fame are refpeftively paid ; to which Book it fhall be lawful for the refpeftive Contributors, ""^^ ^'" ' their Executors, Adminiflrators and AfTims, from time to time, and at all feafonable Times, to have Refort, and to infpeft the fame without Pee or Reward. XXIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and. every the Annuities what- The Ann-.nties foever, which fhall be purchafed upon, or in purfuance of this prefent Aft, fhall be, and are hereby ^^ow charged. charged upon, and fhall be paid and payable from time to time in the firfl Place, and with Preference to .ill other Payments whatfoever, out of the Monies arifing from time to time, of and for the faid feveral Subfidies of Tonnage and Poundage, Impofitions upon Coals, Culm, and Cynders, and the faid feveral Rates and Duties of Excife, and all and every other Duty and Duties, Sum and Sums of Money what- foever, by this Aft appointed to be brought and paid into the Receipt of Exchequer as aforefaid, and every of them, and alfo out of the faid Sum not exceeding two hundred and eighty thoufand Pounds by this Aft allowed to be contributed for or towards the making good or compleating the quarterly Pay- I inents for the firfl two Years as aforefaid, and fo much cf the faid feveral Subfidies, Duties., Impofitions, I Rates, Sum and Sums of Money fo appointed by this Aft, to be brought or paid into the Exchequer, i and fo much of the faid Sum not exceeding two hundred and eighty thoufand Pounds, allovi^ed by this
- Aft to be contributed for this Purpofe as aforefaid, as are and fliall be fufScjent to fatisfy and difcharge all
' tjie Annuities to be purchafed upon this Aft, according to the Purport and true Meaning of the lame, ! are and fhall be, by virtue of this Aft, appropriated and applied, to and for the fatisfying and difcharg- ing of the fame Annuities accordingly, and fhallbe ifTued, difpofed, and applied to that Ufe, and to no ■ I ether Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever ; any thing in this or any other Aft of Parliament contained, • or any other Matter or Thing whatfoever to the contrary notwithflanding. . - . XXIV. Provided always, That if at the End of the faid firfl two Years of the faid Term of ninety- OverpIus-mo- nine Years, there fhall be an Overplus remaining in the Receipt of the PJxchequer of the faid Duties ".'"='> ="y> ,, and Contribution-monies, or any of them, by this Aft appointed for the Payment of the faid Annuities, ^P/i^'='e y i which fhall be more than what fhall have been fufficient to difcharge all the quarterly Payments of the " '^'"'^"t. f
- faid Annuities, until, and for the Quarter to end at Lady Day one thoufand feven hundred and, eight; or i
if at the End of any fubfequent Year of the faid Term of ninety-nine Years, the Monies brought into . Vol. IV. . C c . ths
