the navy.

tions as are herein after prefcribed; that is to fay, it is hereby enacted and declared, That out of all or any the aids or supplies provided, as aforefaid, there fhall or may be iffued and applied any fum or fums of money, not exceeding in the whole the fum of nine hundred forty-feven thousand five hundred and fixty pounds five fhillings and three pence, for or towards the naval fervices following; that is to fay, for or towards defraying the charges of the ordinary of his Majesty's navy, and for half-pay to fea-officers; and for or towards victual, wages, wear and tear of the navy, and victualling thereof, performed and to be performed; and for or towards fea-fervice in the office of ordnance performed and to be performed; and for and towards extraordinary works and repairs of his Majefty's navy, and furnishing fuch fea-ftores as are neceffary for the fame, and Ordinary of other fervices of the navy and transports, performed and to be performed; and any fum not exceeding feventy-three thousand feventy-feven pounds nine fhillings and three pence, for the charge of the office of ordnance, for or towards land-fervices performed and to be performed; and any fum or fums of money, not exceeding in the whole the fum of one million two hundred feventy-three thousand nine hundred and ten pounds nine fhillings and fix pence, for or towards maintaining his Majefty's land-forces, and other services herein after expreffed; that is to fay, for or towards maintaining guards, garrisons, and other his Majesty's land-forces in Great Britain, Ferfey, and Office of ord- Guernsey, for the year one thousand feven hundred and feventeen; and for or towards maintaining his Majefty's forces and garrifons in his Majefty's plantations in America, for the year one thousand feven hundred and seventeen; and for or towards maintaining his Majefty's forces and garrifons in Minorca, for Land-forces. the year one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen; and for or towards maintaining his Majesty's forces and garrisons in Gibraltar, for the year one thousand seven hundred and feventeen; and for or towards half-pay, for the year one thousand seven hundred and feventeen, upon account, to the officers of the land-forces, and marines difbanded, being his Majesty's natural-born fubjects, or naturalized; and for or towards the pay of invalids, from the twenty-fifth day of December one thou fand feven hundred and fixteen, to the twenty-fifth day of De cember one thousand feven hundred and feventeen; and for of towards provifions for the garrison of Gibraltar, for the year one thousand seven hundred and feventeen; and for or towards completing the pay of fix battalions of foot, hired from the bifhop of Munster and duke of Saxe-Gotha, to fupply the place of fuch troops as, during the late rebellion, fhould be drawn from the garrifons of the States-General of the United Provinces to affift his Majesty, pursuant to the treaties in that behalf made with the faid princes; and for or towards making up the full pay of the general officers with their aids de camp and majors of brigade, during the time they ferved in North Britain, and upon account of extraordinary forage, provisions, carriages, and

nance.

feveral

feveral extraordinary expences of the forces in their march from Stirling, and purfuit of the rebels into the Highlands, and the neighbouring iflands; and for or towards replacing a fum of ten thousand pounds iffued out of the appropriated revenues of North-Britain, to his grace the duke of Argyle, then general and commander in chief of his Majefty's forces there, by his Majefty's warrant, dated the eighth day of September one thousand feven hundred and fifteen; and for or towards the pay of three independent companies in North Britain, from the twenty-fifth day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen to the thirty-firft day of March following, with the bounty-moneyupon their difbanding; and for or towards the pay of one lieutenant, one enfign, five non-commiffioned officers and forty private men, taken to reinforce the caftle of Edinburgh, from the twenty fifth day of July one thousand seven hundred and fifteen to the fifteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and fixteen, with the bounty-money upon their difbanding; and for or towards the fubfiftence of the rebel prifoners taken at Preston to the thirty-first day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, and for or towards their fubfiftence and contingent expences for the year one thousand seven hundred and feventeen; and for or towards the fubfiftence of the three hundred fifty-three rebel prifoners, fubfifted by the magiftrates of Glasgow to the twenty-fifth day of June one thousand seven hundred and fixteen; and for or towards half-pay to the officers of the late regiments of foot commanded by brigadier James Douglas and Sir James Wood, late in the fervice of the StatesGeneral, from the twenty-fifth of April one thoufand feven Rebel prisonhundred and feventeen to the twenty-fourth of December fol- ers. lowing; and for answering other extraordinary fervices relating to his Majefty's land-forces; and any fum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, for enabling his Majesty to concert fuch meafures with foreign princes and ftates, as may prevent any charge or apprehenfions from the defigns of Sweden for the future; and any fum not exceeding five thousand five hundred feventy-nine pounds fifteen fhillings and three pence half-penny, to make good the loffes and damages which his Majefty's fubjects fuftained by reafon of the tumultuous and rebellious proceedings in feveral counties, which loffes and damages are found by inquifitions taken upon commiffions iffued Treaties with out of his Majefty's Exchequer; and any fum not exceeding foreign prinone hundred fixty-fix thousand five hundred and two pounds five fhillings and feven pence three farthings, for or towards enabling the treasurer of the navy to make good the payments Loffes by tuwhich in the year ending at Christmas one thoufand feven hun- mults. dred and feventeen, (if any) may be demanded of him, purfuant to any former act or acts of parliament for completing the funds of fix hundred and eight thoufand pounds per annum, payable to the South-Sea company; and that the aids or fupplies Funds of the provided as aforefaid, fhall not be iffued or applied to any ufe, fouth-fea intent company.

ces.

Provifo for

intent or purpose whatsoever, other than towards the uses and purposes afore-mentioned.

XLII. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That no appropriation, or other matter or thing in this act contained, fhall obftruct or hinder any payment or payments which, by and in purfuance of an act made in the first year of his Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for enlarging the capital flock and yearly fund of the South-Sea company; and for Jupplying thereby eight hundred twenty-two thousand thirty-two pounds four Shillings and eight pence to publick uses; and for raising one hundred fixty-nine thousand pounds for the like ufes, by fale of annuities upon divers encouragements therein mentioned; and for appropriating several fupplies granted to his Majefty, are or fhall be required and the South-Sea authorized to be made by the treasurer or paymafter of the navy for the time being, or by any other persons to be intrusted with the publíck monies for the fervice of the navy, out of fuch publick monies, tallies, orders or parliamentary fecurities in their hands or power respectively, as are or thall thereby be charged or chargeable to make good any deficiency or deficiencies to the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas, and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery, or to their treasurer for their use; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

company, I Geo. 1. ftat. 2.

C. 21.

and for the

XLIII. Provided alfo, That fuch fums as by any other act of commiffioners this feffion of parliament fhall be payable to any commiffioners of accounts. for taking, examining and ftating the debts due to the army, for their falaries, or for their clerks or other incident charges, shall and may be paid out of the aids or fupplies aforefaid, or any of them; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

C. II.

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An act for the better collecting and levying the revenue of the tenths of the clergy.

W HEREAS her late moft gracious majesty Queen Anne, a her royal bounty to the poor clergy of the church of England, and pursuant to and by virtue of an act of parliament made in the fe 2 & 3 Ann. cond year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for making more effectual her Majefty's gracious intentions for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, by enabling her Majefty to grant in perpetuity the revenues of the firft-fruits and tenths, and alfo for enabling other perfons to make grants for the fame purpose, did in and by her letters patents under the great feal of England, bearing date the third day of November in the third year of her Majefty's reign, make, nominate, conflitute and appoint the perJons therein named, to be one body politick and corporate, by the name of the governors of the bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, with fuch powers and authorities as are therein mentioned and expreffed; and did in and by the faid let ters patents give and grant unto the faid governors of the bounty of

Queen

Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, and their fucceffors, all the revenues of the firft-fruits and yearly perpetual tenths of all dignities, offices, benefices and promotions fpiritual whatsoever payable to her Majefly, ber heirs and fucceffors, by virtue of any act or acts of parliament whatsoever, and all arrears of the faid first-fruits and tenths (except as therein is excepted) to be applied and difpofed of by the faid governors thereby conftituted to and for fuch ends, intents and purposes, as in and by the faid letters patents are contained and directed: and whereas the laws now in force relating to the collection and payment of that part of the faid revenue, called the perpetual yearly tenths, are in fome cafes defective, and in many inftances are found to be inconvenient and improper to be put in execution, by reafon whereof her late Majefty's faid gracious intentions cannot fo well and effectually be answered as they might be, if fome new provifions and regulations were made and established for the more eafy and expeditious levying and paying the faid perpetual yearly tenths: for remedy therefore of fuch defects and inconveniencies, and to the end that the faid governors may be the better enabled to execute the truft in them repofed, and the poor clergy may, with greater eafe and advantage, receive the benefit of the faid royal bounty; be it enacted by the King's moft excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal and commons in this prefent parliament affembled, and by authority of the fame, That the most reverend the archbishops, and the The archright reverend the bishops of England, who by the ftatute made bishops and bishops difin the twenty fixth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, charged from intituled, The bill for the firft-fruits, with the yearly penfions to the receiving the King, and by other fubfequent ftatutes, are conftituted and ap- perpetual pointed collectors of the faid revenue of the perpetual yearly yearly tenths. 26 H. 8. c. 3. tenths within their feveral diocefes refpectively, and charged with the receipt and payment of fuch collection, and made accountable for the fame, from and after the twenty fixth day of December laft paft, be, and each and every of them hereby is clearly exempted, acquitted and discharged of and from the levying, collecting and receiving within their and each of their proper and respective diocefes, the faid perpetual yearly tenths from thenceforth accruing, of all dignities, offices, benefices and promotions fpiritual, and of and from being chargeable with, and accountable for the receipt and collection of the fame, by force or reason of any of the faid ftatutes; the faid ftatute of King Henry the Eighth, or any other ftatute to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That There shall be from and after the faid twenty fixth day of December there fhall one collector be one collector or receiver of the faid perpetual yearly tenths of appointed, all dignities, offices, benefices and promotions fpiritual whatsoever, granted to the faid corporation of the governors of the bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, by the faid first recited act and letters patents (which have not been legally difcharged by any act or acts of parliament fince made, or otherwife) from time to time to be nominated

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who fhall col nominated and appointed, which faid collector or receiver shall lect all money, be and is hereby charged and chargeable to levy, collect and rewherewith any dignity, &c. is ceive, all fuch fums of money, wherewith all and every fuch chargeable, dignities, offices, benefices and promotions fpiritual, are charged and pay the and chargeable for and towards the payment of the faid perpefame into the tual yearly tenths, and fhall pay and content the faid fums of Exchequer, money yearly unto the receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer at Westminster, in fuch manner and form as is herein after mentioned; and every fuch collector and receiver, and his lands and teand fhall be nements, shall be and stand charged and chargeable for the fure chargeable and true payment of fuch fums of money as he thall collect and with the fame. receive of the faid perpetual yearly tenths accordingly; and that fuch collector or receiver fhall, from time to time, be nominatHe fhall be ap-ed and appointed by his Majesty, his heirs and fucceffors, by pointed by the King, and his or their letters patents under the great feal of Great Britain; take an oath and that immediately after fuch nomination and appointment, for the due ex- and before he takes upon him the execution of his faid office, every fuch collector or receiver fhall take his corporal oath for the due and faithful execution of his faid office before any feven or more of the governors aforefaid for the time being, in a general court of the faid corporation (who are hereby authorized and required to give and adminifter the said oath from time to and give fecu- time accordingly ;) and that every such collector or receiver shall rity. likewife give fecurity to the faid corporation, or to fuch perfor or perfons as they in their general court fhall appoint, for his true and just accounting for, and payment of all and every fum and fums of money which he fhall receive by virtue of the faid office, and for the due and faithful execution and discharge of his faid office, as the governors at a general court of the faid corporation at any time before his taking upon him the execu tion of the faid office fhall order, direct and appoint; and also that fuch collector or receiver of the faid perpetual yearly tenths fo appointed, as aforefaid, fhall and may lawfully, and is hereby authorized and impowered to collect and receive the faid revenue, and to give acquittances under his hand to the feveral and refpective perfon or perfons paying the fame; whofe acquittance or acquittances fhall be a full and fufficient discharge to all perfons paying the faid perpetual yearly tenths, or any part thereof, for fo much as they fhall refpectively pay unto fuch collector or receiver (for every of which acquittances the fum of fix pence, and no more, fhall be paid) which faid collector or receiver fhall keep his office in fome convenient place within the cities of London or Westminster, and fhall give attendance for receipt of the faid perpetual yearly tenths at fuch time or times as the faid governors of the bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, in their Westminster. court thall order, direct and appoint, between the feaft of the birth of our Lord Chrift and the last day of April yearly; of Notice of time and place of which faid times and place due notice fhall be given by the faid payment to be governors in the London Gazette yearly, by the space of one week

The collector impowered to receive the

faid revenue, and give ac quittances.

his office in London or

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