A. D. 1753* Anno vicefimo Jexto Georgii II. C. 23. 509 miffioners for building a Bridge crofs the River Thinnes from the Ciiy of Wejim'injfrr to the oppofite Shore chaelmas 1752. ill the County o^ Surrey ^ to maintain the faid Bridge, and to peribrm the other Trufts repol'cd in them ; 2,2:41. 23. 3d. and any Sum or Sums of Mone^ ke; pins; in Repair a Road pre Town of iVt'WAT/'/i' upon Tyi towards building a Fort zt Aiwaivabo^ and the Maintenance and Support of that and other Brh'ijh Forts Shocrneii ftanHs. and Settlements upon theCoafl: of Africa, to be applied in fuch Manner as his ±Majcfty lliall think proper; s,oo- 1- foWcft- and any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding two thoufand fix hundred and thirty-two Pounds, upon "'""^^ Bndt-e. Account, for defraying the Charts of the civil Eftablifliment of his Majefty's Colony of Geonria, and 3'°"=?'- *<'"|-"j' , ■ • 1 ^ ' ° 1- '^ 1 ,- r 1 ,-- 1 r r^ ^ ■ ix ■ n makir.p a Road Other incidental t xpences attendmg the iame rrom the Surrender or the Charter to Ins Majeity by the late ,-,.„,.„ c-niiile to Trullees on the twenty-fourth of -fune one thoufand feven hundred and lifty-two, to the twenty-fourth oi NrAvcaftlf. "June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three. i6,oool. to the Settlements on the Coaft of Africa. 2,632!. to the Civil EltabliOinient of Georgia. IX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Aids and Supplies provided asTHcfeAids to be aforefaid, fhall not be iflued or applied to any Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever, other than the Ufes and applied only to Purpofes before-mentioned ; or for he feveral Deficiencies or other Payments directed to be fatisfied there- "^^ ^'"^ be.'ore- out by any Act or AcSs, or any particular Claufe orClaufesfor that Purpofe, contained in any other A£l or A6ls of this prefentSeffion of Parliament. X. And as to the Aiid Sum of fifty-eight thoufand Pounds by this Aft appropriated on Account of Plalf- Rules to be ob- pay as aforefaid, it is hereby enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That the Rules herein after f'^d in the Ap- prefcribed fhall be duly obferved in the Application of the faid Half-pay; that is to fay. That no Perfon PJ'"'"'" °* '^'"^ {hall have or receive any Part of the fame, who was a Minor, and under the Age of fixteen Years, at the ^/ jj"^^^^^ ,_ ^_ Time when the Regiment, Troop or Company, in w! ich he ferved, was reduced; that no Perfon fliall 10 § 14. have or receive any Part of the fame, except fuch Perfons who did aftual Service in fome Regiment, Troop or Company, that no Perfon having any other Place or Employment of Profit, Civil or Military, under his Majefl:y, fhall have or receive any Part of the faid Half-pay ; that no Chaplain of any Ganifon or Regiment, who has any ecclefiaftical Benefice in Great Britain or Ireland, Ihall have or receive any Part of the faid Half-pay ; that no Perfon Ihall have or receive any Part of the fame, v/ho has refigned his Commiffion, and has had no Commiffion fince ; that no Part of the fame fiaali be allowed to any Perfon by virtue of any Warrant or Appointment, except to fuch Perfons who would have been otherwife intitled to the fame as reduced Oflicers ; and that no Part of the fiime fhall be allowed to any of the Oiiicers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot, lately difbanded in Ireland, except to fuch as were lately taken off the Eft.-.bliflimerTt of Half-pay in Great Britain. XI. ' And whereas by an A61 of Parliament made and pafled in the twenty-fifth Year of his Majefty'sij Gecs.c.ij. ■ which had been granted to his Majefty, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to feveral Ufes and Pur- ' pofes therein exprefiTed ; amongft which any Simi or Sums of Money not exceeding fixty thoufand Pounds ' was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Majefty's Land Forces and Marines, fubjeifl ' nevcrthelefs to fuch Rules to be obferved in the Application of the faid Half-pay, as in and by the afore- ' faid A£t were prefcribed in that Behalf:' Now it is hereby provided, enafted and declared by the Autho- rity aforefaid, 1 hatfo much of the faid Sum of fixty thoufind Pounds, as is or fhall be more than fufficient Overplus of the to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according to the Rulss prefcribed by the faid Act to be obferved in the '•': '^'^"'-■^ r^j'""- Applicaiion thereof, or any Part o( fuch Overplus, fhall and may be difpofed of to fuch OfBcers who aref^^cJ")^ Oi^'iEa's maimed or loft their Limbs in the late ¥ars, or iuch others as by reafon of their long Service, or otherwife, of Charitv as his his Majefly fhall judge to be proper Objects of Charity, or to the Widows or Children of fuch Ofiicers, Majcfty liall di- accordi: g to fuch Warrant or Warrants under his Majefty's Royal Sign Manual, as (hall be figned in that'"'^- Behalf; any thing in this Act or the faid former Act to the contrary notwithftanding. XII. ' And whc-reas by an Aft made in this Seffion of Parliament, intituled. An A£i for. continuing and 26 Ceo. z, c. i. ' granting to Lis Majefly certain Duties upon Matt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thou- fand feven hundred and fifty-three; ami for enlarging the Time limited by an ASl of the la ft Seffm of Porliament
- fr fuhfribing Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, into thefcirt Stock of Annu-
' ities therein mentioned, reciting that by an A6t: made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aeifor- converting the feveral Annuities therein mentioned into fee cral Joii.t Stocks of Annuities transferrable at the Bank c/'England, to be charged on the Sinking Fund ; and alfofor confolidating the feveral other Annuities therein men- ' tioned into feveral Joint Stoc/'s of Annuities transfers able at the South- Sea Hctfe, Books were direcSted to be prepared lor receiving the Subfcription or Con fent of fuch of the Proprietors of feveral Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Ccntumper Annum, as fhoukl fubfcribe the fi^me into the Joint Stock of Annui- ' ties in the faid A6t defciibed, at any Time betv/een the twenty-fourth Day of j.;?c one thoufand i'tvtn ' hundred and fifcy-two and the fifth Day of January one thoufand feven h ndred and fifty-three inclufive, ' and no longer; and further reciting, that the greaieft Part of the faid Annuities had been iubfcribed ac- ' cordingly, and that fome of the Proprietors of fuch Part rf the fiid Annuities as remained unfubfcribed, ' mij^lit be dcfirousthat the Time for fuch :■: ubfcription fhould be enlarged, which would alfo be of Advan- ' tage to the Publick; it was enacted. That the Governor and Company of the Bank of England fhould ' caufe fuch Books as had been prepared according to the Directions of the faiJ Aft, for receiving the ' Subfcription of the Proprietors of the faid Annuities iAto the faid Joint Stock of Annuities, to be kept 4 ' opeji 5 Geo. I.e. 27*
