148 C, 1 $. Anno tertto Georgii Regis. A. D. 1716. '•" b y loAnn, j.' w m Starchy Coffee, Te.7, Drugs, gilt and Jilver Wire, and Policies of Infurance, to fe cure a yearly Fund for SathfaBion of Orders to the Contributors of a further Sum of one Milllion eight hundred thoujand Pounds' to-*- •wards her Maj fly's Supply; and for the better jecuring the Duties on Candles; and for obviating Doubts concern- ing certain Payments in Scotland; and for fupprejfing mlazuful Lotteries and other Dev ces of the fame Kind • and concerning Gafafope-; and for Relief of Mary Ravenall in relation to an Annuity of eighteen Pounds per Annum; and concerning Prize Cocoa-nuts brought from America 5 and certain Tickets which were intended to be fubferibed into the Stock of the South-Sea Company; and for appropriating the Monies granted in this Sejfion of may ifiue Ontos Parliament, iffue their or his Order or Orders for the Payment of. a Sum not exceeding thirty-one thou- for Payment of f anc j ft ve hundred fixty-five Pounds two Shillings and five Pence Half-penny to the Commiffioners of the Tq Yo'tl.e Com- Equivalent in Scotland, or any Perfon or Perfons to be appointed by them, or any three or more of them, rmffionerf, &c. out of the Monies arifen or to arife out of any the Cuftoms,. Duties, Excifes or Revenues, under the Ma- c.iitoftheOti- nagement of the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms and Commiffioners of the Excife in Scotland, or either of Dams and ExciiV them; which Sum of thirty-one thoufand five hundred fixty-five Pounds two Shillings and five Pence HowtoTe '- Half-penny fhall be applied, and the faid Commiffioners of Equivalent are hereby dire&ed and required to plied, ° 6 ° P " a PpIy trie f arne f° r t' 12 Payment of two Years Intereft of the capital Sum of two hundred thirty thoufand three hundred and eight Pounds nine Shillings ten Pence and five Sixth Parts of a Penny, ftated due to the Creditors of the Publick in Scotland, by an Act. of the twelfth Year of her late Majefty's Reign; and of. eighteen thoufand two hundred forty-one Pounds ten Shillings ten Pence and two Third Parts of a Penny ftated due to William Paterfon, Efq; by an. hSt of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, from the twenty- third of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifteert to the twenty-fourth of June one thoufand feven hundred "and feventeen; and for Payment of the Salaries of the Commiffioners of the Equivalent, and of the Fees and Salaries of their Servants and the necelTary Charges of the Office for the faid two Years • which Sum fo to be advanced to the faid Commiffioners of the Equivalent for the Purpofes aforefaid fhall be brought into the Accounts and charged upon the Monies due and growing due to Scotland by way of Equivalent, in the Terms of the Union.
- IV. And whereas feveral Difficulties have arifen in receiving the Intereft on Equivalent Debentures
t u "es fhallbe *~ anc ^ otner Ways, by Arreftments laid on them in the Hands of the Commiffioners of Equivalent in Scot- flopped on ac- ' land, to the great Vexation of the Proprietors :' For removing thereof, Be it enacted by the Authority count- cf any aforefaid, That no Debentures, or the Intereft thereon, fhall be liable to be flopped on account of any Afreftment laid Arreftment or Attachment that fhall be laid on them in the Hands of the faid Commiffioners, from and af- on them m the ter the ^^ j-j Q £ j u „ u a one tnoufand feven hundred and feventeen, or otherwife howfoever. L-omminion- j & j ' ers Hands, after Auguft 1. 1717. TheCommif- V. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffioners of the Equi- fkmers may re- yalent for Scotland for the Time being mail, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to fecure and be" "lied fo tC>reta ' n in their Hands the Sum of fourteen thoufand Pounds Sterling, appointed by the fifteenth Article of the' Encourage- the Union, for the Encouragement of the Manufacture of coarfe Wool in fuch Shires as the fame is or' mentof the° flrall be produced, which faid Sum of fourteen thoufand Pounds, and every Part thereof, mall be applied Manufacture of for the Benefit of the faid Manufacture and the Wool-mafters, and to no other Ufe or Purpofe whatfo- coaric Wool. ever any L aw or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding. htefarlber 5 GVo. J w
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CAP. XV. An Act for the better regulating the Office of Sheriffs, and for afcertaining their Fees, and the Fees tor firing out their Patents, and paffing their Accounts. 13 Erf. 1. C-..39. 1. "f^OR the greater Eafe of Sheriffs in the Execution of their Offices, and paffing their Accounts,' lzEd.q.c 1. jn g e j t en acted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and .1 emporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the fame, That the feveral Officers of his Majefty's High Court of Chancery, Court of Exchequer, and Clerks and Offi- the feveral Auditors and Receivers of the Revenue of the Crown in Wales, and their refpedlive Substitutes,, cers^conceinedinrj^pm-igg^ Agents, Clerks, and all other Officers and Perfons whatfoever, having and claiming any Fee or Patents o/their ^ ewar ^ whatfoever to be due and payable to him or them from any Sheriff, Deputy-fheriff, or Under- Accounts, fheriffof any County in England or Wales, for making out his or their Patents or Commiffions, or xSe.De- di/nus, for .{wearing them into their Office, or for entring their Recognizance or Security, or for writing out and Return of their Prqcefs, or for their Appofals, or cafting out of Court, or for paffing their Ac- counts, or for making their £hiietus, or for any other Matter or Thing whatfoever touching or concerning their Sheriffalty, may_iforn and after the firft Day of Michaelmas-term in the Year of our Lord one thou- aftcithe firft l'ind feven hundred and feventeen, feveraliy and refpeiStively, for themfelves and the Perfons for whom they E>J 5' otMlchaeI " ait or officiate, receive and take for their Pains and Service in the Matters aforefaid, the feveral Fees or taWkeTnlVchf Sums of Money in the Schedule or Lift hereafter mentioned and fpecified; all which Fees in the faid Sche- Fees fiecifed in dule mentioned the faid feveral and refpeftive Officers, Deputies, Clerks, and other Perfons may claim,. the Schedule take and receive, from Time to Time, and fhall not demand, take or receive any other or greater Fee or hetcatamen- Reward whatfoever in any wife touching or concerning the Premiffes in the faid Schedule mentioned, or tibial, ar) y ol ) ler Ma ter or Thing relating to the Patent or fwearing of any Sheriff, or to the paffing of his Ac- counts; and if any Perfon fhall offend herein, fuch Perfon fhall forfeit to the Party aggrieved five Pounds, and'
