578 C. 12. Anno duodecimo G e org ii Regis. A D. 1725. XVI. And it is hereby enacted, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, upon every one of the Licences to be granted in Purfuance of this Aft, for On every Li- keeping and ufing for Hire any Hackney Chair, there (hall be referved and payable to his Majefty, his Heirs cence there (hall and SuccefTors, the annual Sum of ten Shillings of lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid Quarterly be referved the at ^ f our mo fl- u f ua l Feafts in the Year, by equal Portions, during the Continuance of every iuch Li- lo's'.'payabi'e cence f° r a Chair, with fuch Covenants, Provifoes and Conditions, for the more effectual Payment there- Quancriy. of, as the faid Commiffioners in their Difcretions fha.ll think fit and reafonable; the firft of the faid Pay- ments to begin and be made at fuch of the faid Feaft-Days, as (hall next happen after the Granting of eve- ry fuch Licence for a Chair refpectively ; and that the fame Chairs, and the Perfons to be fo Licenfed for carrying and ufing the fame, fhall in refpect thereof have the fame Rates and Benefits, and be fubject and liable to the fame Rules, Penalties, Matters and Things, as are by the faid former A£ts prefcribed, in re- lation to the Hackney Chairs or Chairmen, which were thereby authorized to be Licenfed. Appropriation of XVII. And it is hereby declared and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies to arife by the Monies on Rents of the faid additional Number of Chairs to be Licenfed in Purfuance of this Act (the neceffary thcfe Chairs. Charges of raifing the fame excepted) fhall be added to the Funds fettled by the faid A£t of the ninth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, and applied towards the Payment of the Principal and Intereft- Money therein mentioned, in like Manner, and under the like Penalties, as other Rents upon Hackney Chairs are applicable and appropriated. Arrears of for- XVIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Sum of feven thoufand and forty- mer Land-Taxes fix Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence three Farthings, remaining in the Exchequer for Arrears of to be applied for f evera l Land-Taxes payable in and before the Ye.r one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, fhall and the erviceo m ^ ^ e jflued and applied as Part of his Majefty's Supply granted for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix ; any Law, Statute or Provifion heretofore made- to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. Treafury may XIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority afore r aid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for iflbeout new the Commiffioners of his Majefly's Treafury or any three or more of them now being, or the High Trea- Exchequer-Bills f urer or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, and they refpec- notexcee mg t j ve ]y are hereby authorized and impowered at any Time or Times before the twenty-fourth Day of March ' ' one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, at once or by fuch Proportions at a Time as they refpectively fhall find to be moft for the Advantage of the Publick, to prepare and make or caufe to be prepared and made at the Exchequer, in fuch Method and Form as they or he fhall think moft fafe and convenient, any Number of new Exchequer Bills containing one common Sum or different Sums in the Principal Monies, not to exceed in the whole the Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds Sterling. EXP. " To bear Intereft at 2d. per Centum per Diem. The Bills to be numbred Arithmetically, &e. Thefe Bills " to be placed as Cafii in the Tellers Offices. The Bills to be fubject to the Rules enacted in the Land- " Tax of this Seffion. New Exchequer-Bills charged on the Duties on Retailers of Beer. An Annual " Account to be taken at Michaelmas of the Monies arifing by the Duties on Victuallers. Deficiency to " be made good out of the next Supplies, or out of the Sinking Fund. Monies out of the Sinking Fund " to be replaced." EXP. Appropriation XXVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Monies coming into Claufes. the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer-Bills, upon one Act. of this Seffion of Parliament, intitul- ed, An AH for granting an Aid to his Majefly by a Land-Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand J even hundred twenty fix, and fo much Money (if any fuch be) of the Tax thereby granted, as fhall arife and remain after all the Loans or Exchequer-Bills made or to be made on the fame Act, and all the Intereft, Prceiuium or Rate, and Charges thereon, and the Charges thereby allowable for raifing the faid Land-Tax fnall be fatisfied, or Money fufficient fhall be referved in the Exchequer to dif- charge the fame ; and all the Monies coming into the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer-Bills, upon one other Aft of this Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Ac! for continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that-Part of Great Britain called England ; and for granting to his Majejly certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix ; and for the more effetlual preventing Frauds and Abufes in the Shipping of Malt for Exportation to Foreign Parts ; and for afcertaining the Price of Ale to be fold in Scotland; and for making good the Deficiency on the Lottery-Tickets of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four ; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer-Bills, Lottery -Tickets and Orders loft, burnt or otherwife deftroyed, and fo much of the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, thereby granted or continued, as fhall arife or remain (if any fuch be) after all the Loans or Exchequer-Bills thereby directed to be made on the fame Act, and all the Intereft, Pramium or Rate and Charges thereon, and the Charges thereby allowable for railing the faid Duties, fhall be fatisfied or Money fufficient fhall be referved to dilcharge the fame; and alfo all the Exchequer-Bills to be made forth in ■Purfuance of this prefent Act, and the Sum of feven thou- fand forty- fix Pounds, thirteen Shillings and eight Pence three Farthings, remaining in the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer on Arrears of former Land-Taxes, fhall be appropriated and applied, and are hereby jeo 135I. 8 £• appropriated for and towards the feveral Ufes, Intents and Purpofes herein ex preffed : Subject neverthelefs %L to make -to fuch Reftriilions as are herein after prefcribed (that is to fay) It is hereby enacted and declared, That good the Gene- out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforefaid, there fhall and may be iffued and applied any Sum not ex- ralFund. ceeding fixty thoufand two hundred thirty-five Pounds eight Shillings and eight Pence, to make good the Deficiency of the Fund, commonly called The General Fund, for railing Seven hundred twenty-four thou- fand eight hundred forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence, and one-fifth Part of a Peny per Annum, for the Year ended at Michaelmas one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five. XXIX. And
