554 ^^- J I- Anno vicefimo reptimo Georgu II. A. D. 1754. »,&:,2l. f..r <;e- ing the Charges of the Ciil Eftablifhment of his Majefty's Colony of Georgia, and other incidental Ex- EP II^/h'^*^ ^"'f' P'^"'^"^ attending the fame, from the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifn'-three, GajrVia."^^"' ° to the tv/cnty-fourth Day of jioie one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four; and any Sum or Sums of 15,407!. 3s. 2d. Money, not exceeding fifteen thoufand tour hundred ninety-feven Pounds three Shilhngs and two Pence I q. to diichaige Farthing, to fatisfy the Icveral principal Sua s remaining due on Bills drawn from Amirka, and Certificates Kilis dr.TO-n t; r gjyen for the Pay of twoTroops of Rangers, one Highland Company, Boatmen, Half Galleys or Schooners inCe^ofhTn"^'" Georgia, and other Charges thereunto belonging, and for extraordinary Military Services, Xo AlidfuTnnur j„.i,' " ° one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fevc n, agreeable to the Report of the Auditor of the Imprcft. XII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefald, That the faid Aids and Supplies provided Tiiefc A'ds t,T be as afcreiaid, ftiall not be iflued and applied to any other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever, other than the appropnatcd to Ufej yxA Purpofes bcfore-mentioned, or for the feveral Deficiencies or other Payments direfted to be fatisfied BO ler es. ti^^.j-gQyj [jy ,.;ny ^^ oj- ^£ts^ or any particular Claufe or Claufes for that Purpofe contained in any other AiSl: or Acts of this prefent SelTion of Parliament. Rules to be ob- XIII. And as to the faid Sum of fifty-five thoufand Pounds by this Afl appropriated on Account of A id! ka^ on of I^'iif-pav ^s aforefaid, it is hereby enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Rules herein 'the Half^pay. sfter prefcribed fliall be duly obfervcd in the Application of the faid Half-pay ; that is to fay. That no Per- &ci8C7«, J. fon fhall have or receive any Part of the iame, who was a Minor, and under the Age of hxteen Years, at c. 22. the Time when the Regiment, Troop or Comp.-tny, in vi'hich he ferved, v/as reduced ; that no Perfon {hall hr " " ' " ' ------- .nient, who has any Ecclefiaftical Benefice in Great Briluin or Ireland, fhall have or receive any Part of the laid Half-pay ; that no Perfon ihall have or receive any Part of the fame, who has refigned his Ccrnmiffion, ind has had no Commiffion fmce ; that no Part of the lame fhall 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 OiBcers ; and that no Part of the fame fiiall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot, lately difbandcd in Ireland, except to fuch as were lately taken ofr the Ellablifhment of Half-pay in Great Brttain. ii Geo 2. c. 23, ' XIV. Ar,d whereas by an Aft of Parliament made and pafied in the twenty-fixth Year of his Majefty's ', Reign (intituled, ^>i Ait for granting to his Majcfty a eertain Sum of Motuy therein ?nentioned out of the Sink- ' ing Fund ; and for applying eertain Surplus Monies remaini>}g in the Exchequer for the Service of the Year one ' thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three ; and for the further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Sejjion of ' Parliament ; and for enlarging the Ti?ne limited by an A!yt of the laji Sejfton of P arUamer.t , for fuhfrihnig An- ' nuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, and three Pounds ten Shillings p. r Centum ' per Annum, into the J.oi?it Stock of Annuities ; and for other Purpofes therein ?ne?itioned ;) the feveral Supplies ' which had been granted to his Majefty, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to the feveral Ufes ' and Purpofes therein expreffed ; amongfl: which, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding iifty-eight ' thoufand Pounds was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Majefty's Land Forces and ' Marines, fubject neverthelefs to fuch Ruli.s to be obferved in the Application of the feid Half-pay, as in ' and by the aforefaid A& were prefcribed in that Behalf ;' Now it is hereby provided, enacted, and declared. Surplus of laft by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of the faid Sum of fifty-eight thoufand Pounds as is or fhall be i'car's Hair-pay more than fufficient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according to the Rules prefcribed bj- the faid A£l to r bhU^cA ^" obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part of fuch Overplus, fhall and may be difpofed of to fuch Officers who are maimed or loft their Limbs in the late Wars, or fuch others as.byreafon of their long Service or otherwife, his Majefty fhall judge to be proper Objects of Charity, or to the Widows or Chil- dren of fuch Officers, according to fuch Warrant or "Warrants under his Majefty's Royal Sign Alanual, as fhall be figned in that Behalf ; any Thing in this Adt, or the faid former Act, to the contrary notwith- flanding. CAP. XL An Aft to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money, and for removing Doubts concerning the Continuance of the Duty of twenty Shillings for every Ton of Brandy Wines and Strong Waters imported. xi Car. 2. c. 5. ' 'Ri /f AY it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty : Whereas by an Afl made in the eighteenth Year of the ' XV JL Reign of King Charles the Second, and continued with fome Additions by ;n Aft made in the 25 Car. 2. c. S. ' twenty-fifth Year of his Reign ; both which Afts were revived and further continued by an Aft made in 1 jac. 2. c. 7. < the f.rft Year of the Reign of King James the Second, and funher continued by llver.d fubfcquent Afts t Will. & Maiy, <■ j^ij^jg jj^ ^Yis fourth Year of the Reign of King JFillium and Queen JlLry, and in the twelfth and thirteenth i2^& nWill. -.' Year of the Reign of King JVilliam the Third, certain Rates and Duties were impofed on all Wines^ c. II, ' Vinegar, Cyder and Beer, and alfo on all Brandy Wines and Stron» ^^'aters, imported or brought into ' the Port of Z,ii;?c5^5«, or into any other Port.s, Creeks, or Places, withm the Kingdom of .fwo^/iJWi^, Domi- ' nion q1 Wales, or Town of Berivick uponTu'tif/, the fatd feveral Rates and Duties to be applied towards ' defray iiig the Charge of the Coinage of Gold and Silver Monies in the Mints of England : And whereas !tAin..c. 22. ' after the Union of the two Kingdoms of Ens^land and Scciland, an Aft w.is made in the feventh"^ ear of J .^ons, c, 24,. ' the Reign of Qiieen -/f^Hc-, whereby the like Rates and Duties v.'ere granted and maJe payable for the like ' Purpofes, and for the Term therein mentioned, on all Wines, Vinegar, Cvder, Beer, Brandy Wines and ' Strong
