A. D. i707« Anno Texto Ank^e Regina*. C. 5. 271 • thoufand feven hundred and ten, from which Time the Overplus Monies of the Rutes and Duties of ♦ Excife laft-mcntioncd do belong to her Majefty for the pubiick Ulh and Service :' Now we your Ma- jelty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Commons of G refit Britiiin in Parliament aflemblcd, bti:-,p; de- firous to raife a Sum of Money not exceeding hx hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, that is to fay, a Sum 640003], to by not exceeding five hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, Part of the Money necellary to be provid-d in m'ed. • this Seffion of Parliament for your Majeily's Supply, and a Sum not exceeding one hundred thoufand Pounds to be applied in fuch Manner as is herein after mentioned, towards making reod the Payment of the Annuities to be purchafed upon this Ait, do moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be enafted ; and be it enacted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority.of the fame. That from and after the Feaft of the Annunciation of the blefFcd Virgin Mary., which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight, for and during the full Term of ninety-nine Years from thence next and immediately enfuing, the full Sum of forty thou- 400001. per Adj.- fand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain by the Year, or fo much thereof as {hall be fuffi- ""m to be ap. cient for paying and difcharging all the Annuities to be purchafed upon this pref.'nt Aift, (hall be fet P'"^ 'y^'^^) apart and appropriated, and the fame is by this AiSt appropriated for' the Payment and Satisfaction of ""f^," ^^^^'^ the faid Annuities to be purchafed on this Act, in fuch Manner and Form as are herein after prefcribed from Lady Day in that Behalf. . . . . . 1708. IL And for the better raifing, fecuring, and eftablifhing of the faid Fund, it is hereby cna£ted by the To be charged' Authority aforefaid, That the faid Fund, or Sum not exceeding forty thov{?inA ^omtIs per Jmium, [hall "P"" the Over- be charged upon and payable out of all the Overplus or Surplus Monies of the faid Rates, Duties, &ub- pi"s Monies of fidies and other Funds fettled for Payment of the faid feveral Annuities purchafed upon the faid feveral ^ """'i-if-v ■ Afts of the fourth and fifth Years of her Majefty's Reign refpeftively, which fhall from time to time re- 4 Anna;, c. 6. main after fatisfying, or referving in the Exchequer fufficient to fatisfy fo much as fhall be incurred, or 5 Anns; «• 19. grown due upon thofe Annuities, and every of them, and which, by the faid Aft of the fifth Year of her Majefty's Reign, were left to be difpofed from time to time for the pubiick Ufe and Service, as afore- faid • and fhall alfo be charged upon, and payable out of all the Overplus Monies which fhall arife after and the Overplus the thirtieth Day of iSt^few^sr one thoufand feven hundred and ten, of or for the faid Rates and Duties of the Excife of Excif^ granted in the faid fourth Year of the Reign of their faid late Majefties King William and Act. 4& 5W, Queen Mary, and which from time to time, during the then PvCmainder of the faid Term of ninety- ^ ^- "• 3* nine Years therein granted, fhall remain, after Payment and Satisfaftion of all the Annuities charged thereupon by the faid Aft of the fourth Year of their faid late Majefties Reign, or by any other Aft or Afts of Parliament before this Time made for charging' any Annuities whatfoever upon the Rates and' Duties of Excife laft-mentioned ; and the Treafurer of the Exchequer, or any three or more of the Com- Treafury to com-- miffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, are hereby direfted from time to time, during the Con- ?"'= the Ovei- tinuance of the faid Subfidies, Rates, Duties, and other Funds fettled by the faid feveral Annuity Afts of P'"*^' the fourth and fifth Years of her Majefty's Reign, as aforefaid, and every or any of them, to caufe all the faid Overplus Monies of the fame Subfidies, Rates, Duties, and other Funds contained irr the faid •feveral Annuity Afts of the faid fourth and fifth Years of her Majefl-y's Reign, to be juftly and duly computed at the Feaft of the Annunciation of the blefTed Virgin Mary in every Year, or within fix Days after; and during the Continuance of the faid Rates and Duties of Excife granted by the faid Aft of the fourth Year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, to caufe all the faid Overplus Mo- nies of the fame Rates and Duties of Excife to be juftly and duly computed on the four and' twentieth Day of June yearly; and to caufe all the Overplus Monies which fhall appear upon fuch fe- veral and refpeftive Computations as aforefaid, from time to Time, or fo much thereof as fhall be fufti- cient, to be fet apart, referved, and applied for and towards the making good the faid Fund or Sum and" apply it for not exceeding forty thoufand Pounds per Annum, hereby intended and appointed to be fettled and' efta- making goodthisi blifhed for the Payment of all the Annuities to be purchafed on this Aft, without diverting or mifap- Fund, &c. plying any of the Monies which by the faid former Afts, or any of them, ought upon every fuch Com- putation to have been referved fpr Payment of any the Annuities formerly purchafed, as aforefaid, if this: prefent Aft had not been made. ' in. And for the better fecuring the quarterly Payments which fhall grow due on- or before Rdichaelmas roo,oool. re- one thoufand feven hundred and ten, upon the Annuities to be purchafed in purfuance of this Aft, be it foved to make enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Sum of one hundred thoufand Pounds, Part of the Contri- e°'"' thequarter-- bution-monies to be raifed by fale of Annuities upon this Aft, or fo much thereof as fhall be fufficient Jy Payment till' to make good the faid yearly Fund, not exceeding forty thoufand Founds per Annum for the firfl two jJ^jl, " ^'^ ' Years and an Half of the faid Term of ninety-nine Years, fhall and may be referved and applied for and towards the difcharging the quarterly Payments laft-mentioned, to grow due at any Time or Times be- fore the thirtieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and ten. IV. And to the end there may be no Failure in the Payment of fuch Annuities, or any of them, as ftiall be purchafed upon this Aft at any Time or Times until the full Expiration of the Term of ninety- nine Years, for which the fame are intended to be purchafed, we your Majefty's faid dutiful and loyal' Subjefts the Commons of Gri?i»f 5n'to'w in Parliament afTembled, h-ave chearfully and unanimoufly given and granted, and do by this Aft give and grant to your Majefty the Duties upon Low Wines, or Spirits- of the firft Extraftion, and the Duties to be paid by Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and the Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, and the additional Subfidy of Tunnage and Poundage, and: the Duty upon Sweets, and the particular Rates and Duties upon Excife hereafter in this Aft exprefled,. for and during fuch further Term and Terms of years refpeftively as- are herein after mentioned ; And- do- 3 moft
