55-2 G. 10. Anno vicefimo leptimo Georgii II. A. D. 1754. dred Pounds, with fuch Interefl as fnall be due thereupon ; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That g 1 1 b ^'-^ ""^ °"'"" °^ ^^■^ Monies as now are or fhall from Time to Time be and remain in the Receipt of the p!i'd'outof die^ ■^'.■'^'^'^'^"x' ^f' the iaid Surpluffes, Excefies, Overplus Monies, and other Revenues compofmg the faid Sinking FiiiiJ lo Sinking 1' uiid, after paying or refervihg fufficient to pay all fuch Sums of Money as by any former Act or tlie Biink, to Aclsot Parliament have been and by this Aci ai-e directed to be paid out of the fame, there (hall and may cancel Exchc- be iflued and applied any Sum not exceeding the Sum of four hundred ninety-nine thoufand fix hundred XfthcCredit of °""'^.^' ° canccl^and difcharge the like Sum in Exchequer Bills, made out in puifuance of the faid Act tlic Duties ufihe?^'^^ '" ^'^^ tenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, and charged upon the faid Duty on Sweets, as alfo fuch recited Ad-. ourn or Sum^s ot Money as iliall from Time to Time become due and payable for Intereft upon the faid TheDi.ties to b^^^'^^'^quei' Bills, until the fame fliall be paid off, or Money fufficient fhall be referved for that Purpofe. carried into the ^^ -And be k further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the fifth Day of ^?-;7 Sinkins Fund, o'^e thoufand leven hundred and fifty-four, the faid Duty on Sweets fliall be carried to and made Part of the Fund commonly called the Sinkijig Fund; and fnall and maybe iffued and applied in fuch Manner, and to fuch Ufes and Purpofes as ether P.ates, Duties, Ps.evenues and Incomes compofmg the faid P'und, are or iliall be diretSted by Authority of Parliament to be ifkied and applied, and for no other Ufe, Intent or Pur- . . pofe whatfoever. fhesupplkr° ^: Provided always, and it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies Ti, • coming into the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one A£t of this Scffion of Parlia- -ifmfbv the - ?^^" ■' '"'i-'"^^'^' -^'^ Aafor granting an Aid to hlsMajiJiy^ by a Land-Tax to he raijed in Great Britain/sr the - - ■'^ 'Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four ; and fo much Money (if any fuch bej of the 1 ax thereby granted as fliall arife or remain after all the Loans or Exchequer Bills made or to be made on the fame Ad:, and all the Intereft, Premium, Rate and Charges thereon, and the Charges thereby allowable for raifing thefaid Land-Tax fliall be fatisfied, or Money fufficient fnall be refei-ved in the Exchequer to fttisfy and difcharge the fame; and alio all the Monies coming into the Exchequer, either by Loans or Exchequer Bills, upon one other A£t of this Seffion of Parliament, (intituled, An ASi for continuing and Malt Tax, granting to his Mqjefy certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Tear one thou- fand feven hunched and fifty-four) and lb much Money, if any fuch be, of the Duties thereby granted as (hall and other Sums f"^'^^ *a remain after all the Loans or Exchequer Bills made or to be m.ade on the fame Act; and all the re"maining in'^he i^^f,^ ' "'[^'""'"iTij Rate and Charges thereon, and the Charges thereby allowable for raifing the faidDuties Exchequer, &c. ^'■' ^ ^^ fatisficd, or Monies fufficient fhall be referved in the Exchequer to fatisfy and difcharge the fame ; and theoum of feven thoufand nine hundred thirty-feven Pounds fourteen Shillings and two Pence Half- penny remaining in the Exchequer, being the Overplus of the Grants for the Service of the Year one thou- fand feven hundred and fifty-three, but not applied to the Service of that Year ; and the Sum of tv.'enty- three thoufand iiye hundred fixty-two Pounds feven Shillings and nine Pence Half-penny, remaining in the kecejpt of the Exchequer, of the Surplus of the Duties on Coals fince the twenty-fifth'Day oi March one unds Land Tax, ... - ... - . ■ ■ VXtS retailing Spirituous Liquors; and the Sum of thirty thoufand one hundred ninety-five 1 ounds three Shillings and lix Pence Half-penny, remaining in the R.eceipt of the Exchequer, of the Sur- l-*^ v. c'*^ -'^"'I'l? foi' the Lottery in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen ; and alio the Sum of_ feven hundred thoufand Pounds by this A6t granted, fhall be further appropriated, and are ,. J hereby appropriated, for and towards the feveral Ufes and Purpofes herein after exprelfed, (that is to fav) to be applied, jt ig h^-u.. _ o . . . . _t.. ... J- . '. .^ . „ ..J'
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12 s, f) d. for Naval Servicer, )0r or towards the Naval Services herein after particularly expreffed ; that is to fay, for or towards V'iduals, Wages, Wear and Tear of the Navy, and the Victualling thereof, performed and to be performed; and r®r or towards Sea Services in the Office of Ordinance, performicd and to be performed ; and for or towards detraymg the Ordinary of his Majefty's Navy, and for H.df-pay to Sea Officers ; and for or towards Build- T.6^2l. 10 1 to'" VTA 'i'^'"^-^'"'^ Repairs of his IvLajetty's Ships, in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four. ! Chaplains in'the ,• ^ , .'"^ '^ hereby alfo enacted by the Authority aforefiid, That out of all or any the Aids or Sup- Navy in the latcP. '^^J^'°re(aid, there fhall and may be iffued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding one ■W.ir. thoufand fix hundred forty-two Pounds ten Shillings, for paying a Bounty for the Year one thoufand feven nijndred and fifty-four, of two Shilling, and fix Pence /li-r Day to twenty' Chaplains, and two Shillings //r Day to t-;^/enty more Chaplains, who have fcrved longeft on board his Majeily's Shipi of War; provided it appears by the Books of the faid Ships, that they have- been adtuallv borne and mullered thereon, for the ipace of live Years during the late Wars with /)-rt/?a' and %//;.'; and provided likewife, that fuch Chap- Jams do not enjoy the sfenefit of ibme Ecclefiaftical Living, or Preferment from tho Crown or otherwife, ,o,cool. to "^^"l? "^'ff. ^."""^1 y^J^e of fifty Pounds. Greenwich Ho- y r - . "■ '^ "ereby alfo enatted by the Authority aforefiud. That out of all or any the Aids or Sup- fpital. plies arordaid, there fhall and may be iflued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding ten thoufand Pcunds, upon account, towards the Support of the' Royal Hofpital TuGrccnivich, for the better Maintenance of the Seamen of the faid Hofpital, worn out and become decrepit in the Service of their Country. '^ijeo'rd'nance; Y ^^' ^-"'^ ^ '^ hereby alfo enaiSted by the Authority aforefifid. That out of all or any the Aids or Sup- •■ plies atoreiaid, there fhall and may be iffued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding one hun- dred tvventy-three thoufand five hundred fixty-five Pounds feventecn Shillings, for the Charge of the Office 01 Ordnance for Land Service, lor the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, performed sjid fo be 2
