Persons only as have just Claims on the Royal Beneficence, or who by their personal Services to the Crown, by the Performance of Duties to the Public, or by their useful Discoveries in Science and Attainments in Literature and the • Arts, have merited the gracious Consideration of their Sovereign and the Gratitude of their Country:" And whereas it is expedient that Provision should be made by Law for carrying into full Effect the said Resolution, and for giving an Assurance to Parliament that the responsible Advisers of the Crown have acted in conformity therewith:' Be it therefore enacted, That the Pensions which may hereafter be charged upon the Civil List Revenues shall be granted to such Persons only as have just Claims on the Royal Beneficence, or who, by their personal Services to the Crown, by the Performance of Duties to the Public, or by their useful Discoveries in Science and Attainments in Literature and the Arts, have merited the gracious. Consideration of their Sovereign and the Gratitude of their Country; and that a List of all such Pensions granted in List of Peneach Year ending the Twentieth Day of June shall be laid sions to be before Parliament within Thirty Days after the said Twentieth aid before Day of June in each Year, if Parliament shall be then sitting, yearly. but if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within Thirty Days after the next Meeting of Parliament.

Parliament

on Beer, Ale,

VII. And whereas by the said recited Act of the First As to HereYear of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the ditary Duties Fourth, for repealing the Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider, it and Cider. was provided that the Hereditary Duties of Excise on Beer, Ale, and Cider in Great Britain, the Collection and Payment "whereof were, under the Provisions of the said Act, suspended ⚫ during the Life of His said late Majesty, should on the De⚫mise of His said Majesty revive, and be again payable, collected, and paid: And whereas, in pursuance of such Provision, the Commissioners of Excise have, since the Demise of His said late Majesty, caused the said Hereditary Duties to be charged on all Beer, Ale, and Cider brewed or made in "Great Britain, but the Amount thereof has not yet been collected: And whereas the whole of the Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider having been repealed by the said recited Act, • save and except the said Hereditary Duties, it is expedient to make Provision that the said Hereditary Duties also shall not "be collected or paid during the Continuance of this Act, and that the Sums already charged in respect thereof should be remitted: Be it therefore enacted, That during the Continuance of this Act the said Hereditary Duties on Ale, Beer, and Cider shall not be charged, collected, or paid, or be chargeable or payable; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, and they are hereby authorized and required, to remit and discharge the Amount of the said Duties in the several Cases in which they have been charged but not collected as aforesaid: Provided always, that if the Heir or Successor of Her Majesty (whom God long preserve) shall signify His or Her Royal Will and Pleasure, in manner herein-after provided,

to

Mode of appropriating the Monies jissued.

to resume the Possession of the several Hereditary Revenues of the Crown, the said Hereditary Duties on Ale, Beer, and Cider shall from thenceforth revive, and be again charged, collected, and paid for the Use of such Heir or Successor, and His or Her Heirs and Successors, in the Manner provided by the said recited Act.

VIII. And whereas by the said recited Act of the Twenty'second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third it was enacted that the Commissioners of the Treasury should draw out a Plan for the Establishments and Payments of the Civil List Revenues in Classes according to the Order mentioned in the said Act, and that all Sums of Money which should become due and payable out of the said Civil List Revenues for any of the Purposes mentioned in the said Act should be paid in the Order and according to 'the Plan therein mentioned; and it is expedient to alter the 'said Classes so as to confine the same to the Expences of Her Majesty's Household, and the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, and to specify the Amount to be appropriated to each Class; and for this Purpose an Estimate has been laid before Parliament of the future Amount of Charges on the ⚫ several Classes so altered, which Amount for each Class respectively is specified in the Schedule to this Act;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby required at the Commencement of every Quarter, or within Thirty Days from the Commencement of each Quarter, by Warrant under their Hands, to direct what Sums shall respectively be set apart and appropriated in the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, out of the quarterly Revenues of the Civil List, for the Purpose of defraying the several Charges upon the respective Classes thereof, but so as that the Sum to be appropriated to any One Class do not exceed One Fourth Part of the estimated annual Amount of that Class as specified in the Schedule to this Act, together with any Saving which may have accrued upon the said Class in the preceding Quarter; and the several and respective Sums in the said Warrant directed to be set apart and appropriated shall be so set apart by the Comptroller General of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and be appropriated to the respective Classes accordingly; and each and every Sum so set apart and appropriated shall in the first place be applied in Payment of all the unsatisfied Charges of every Description of the Class in respect of which such Appropriation shall have been made, in preference to any other Charges whatever upon Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues; and no Part thereof shall, on any Account whatever, be applied, until after the Termination of each Year ending on the Thirtyfirst Day of December, for any other Purpose, or in aid of any other of the Classes of the Civil List, or of any other of the Charges thereon, any thing contained in the said recited Act of the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George

George the Third, or any other Act, to the contrary notwithstanding.

other Classes.

IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if any Saving Treasury may or Surplus shall arise in any Quarter in respect of any Money direct Savings in any Class to appropriated for defraying the Charges of any particular Class, be applied at so as that the Sum appropriated thereto shall be more than the End of the sufficient for the full and complete Payment of the Charges Year in aid of thereon, such quarterly Saving or Surplus shall in every such Case be carried forward in the Exchequer to the Account and Credit and be applied for the Purposes of the Class in which it shall have arisen, until the Thirty-first Day of December in every Year; and whenever any such Saving or Surplus remaining at the End of the Year shall have arisen in any of the Classes of the Civil List, then it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to direct the same to be applied in aid of the Charges or Expences of any other Class (except the Fifth Class), or of any Charge or Charges upon Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues, in such Manner as may, under the Circumstances, appear to be most expedient: Provided always, that the Charge upon the Fifth Class shall in no Case exceed the Sum by this Act limited for that Class.

Particulars to

X. And be it enacted, That whenever the total Charge upon In case of the Civil List from the Thirty-first Day of December in any Exceedings, One Year to the Thirty-first Day of December in the succeeding be laid before Year, on account of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Parliament. Classes, shall amount to more than the Sum of Four hundred thousand Pounds, an Account, stating the Particulars of such Exceedings, and the Cause thereof, shall be submitted to Parliament within Thirty Days after the same shall have been ascertained, if Parliament shall be then sitting, but if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then the said Account shall be presented within Thirty Days after the next Meeting of Parliament.

for the Purposes

altered.

XI. And whereas Doubts may be entertained whether the Provisions of • Provisions of the Acts relating to the Civil List Revenues all former Civil have expired with the Civil List Revenue of His late Ma- List Acts to jesty King William the Fourth, by the Decease of His late remain in force Majesty; be it therefore enacted and declared, That all the of this Act, Provisions, Regulations, Restrictions, Clauses, Matters, and except as hereby Things contained in the said recited Acts, or any or either of them, which were applicable and in force as to the Civil List Revenues at the Time of the Decease of His said late Majesty, shall, so far as the same are not altered, varied, or repealed by this Act, be, and remain and continue, and are hereby declared to be in full Force and Effect as to the Civil List Revenue granted by this Act, and shall be used and applied, so far as the same are applicable, in relation to the issuing, paying, receiving, Distribution, Care, Management, Regulation, and accounting for the Civil List Revenue granted by this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same were severally, separately, and respectively repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act and made Part thereof.

XII. And

XII. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in anywise to impair, affect, or prejudice any Rights or Powers of Control, Management, or Direction which have been or may be exercised by Authority of the Crown or other lawful Warrant relative to any Leases, Grants, or Assurances of any of the said small Branches of Her Majesty's Hereditary Revenues, or to any Suits or Proceedings for Recovery of the same, or to Compositions made or to be made on account of any of the small Branches, or to any Remission, Mitigation, or Pardon of any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred or to be incurred, or to Fines taken or to be taken, or to Rents, Boons, and Services reserved or to be reserved upon such Grants, Leases, and Assurances, or to the Mitigation or Remission of the same, or to any other lawful Act, Matter, or Thing which has been or may be done touching the said Branches, or to the granting of any Droits of Admiralty or any Droits of the Crown, or any Part or Proportion of any such Droits respectively, as a Reward or Remuneration to any Officer or Officers or other Person or Persons seizing or taking the same, or giving any Information relating thereto, or to the granting, disposing of, or leasing any Freehold or Copyhold Property, or the Produce or any Part of the Produce or Amount or Value of any Freehold or Copyhold, to which Her Majesty or any of Her Royal Predecessors have or hath or shall become entitled, either by Escheat for Want of Heirs, or by reason of any Forfeiture, or by reason that the same have been or shall be purchased by or for the Use of or in Trust for any Alien or Aliens in the Manner authorized by any Act touching or concerning the granting, disposing, or leasing of the same, or to the granting or distributing of any Personal Property devolved to the Crown by reason of the Want of next of Kin or personal Representative of any deceased Person; but that the same Rights and Powers shall continue to be used, exercised, and enjoyed in as full, free, ample, and effectual a Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not been passed, and as the same have been or might have been enjoyed by His late Majesty King William the Fourth at the Time of His Decease, subject nevertheless to all such Restrictions and Regulations as were in force, by virtue of any Act in relation thereto, at the Time of the Decease of His said late Majesty, it being the true Intent and Meaning of this Act that the said Rights and Powers shall not in any Degree be abridged, restrained, affected, or prejudiced in any Manner whatsoever, but only that the Monies accruing to the Crown, after the full and free Exercise and Enjoyment of the said Rights and Powers, subject as aforesaid, shall during Her Majesty's Life be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

XIII. Saving always, to all and every Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, their Heirs and Successors, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, all such Grants, Gifts of Mortification, Rights, Titles, Estates, Customs, Interests, Claims, and Demands whatsoever of, in, to, or out of the Revenues,

Heredita

Hereditaments, and others belonging to His late Majesty King William the Fourth in Scotland, as they or any of them had or ought to have had at the passing of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had never been passed; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XIV. And be it enacted, That all Payments out of the Civil Payments of List Revenue shall be paid net and clear of all Taxes or Charges Civil List to be for or in respect of any Land Tax, or of the Duties of One Tax, &c. Shilling and Sixpence respectively, and clear of all Fees and other Deductions heretofore charged upon and deducted from such Payments.

Home Secret

Service.

XV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord Sum of High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the 10,000l. for Time being, or any Three or more of them, to direct the Issue out of the said Consolidated Fund, to such Person or Persons as shall be named in any Warrant or Warrants under their Hands to receive the same, the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds in each and every Year, to be applied to the same Purposes and under the same Authority as the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds per Annum formerly charged upon the Fourth Class of the Civil List for Home Secret Service has heretofore been applied: Provided always, that the said Sum shall only be issued in equal quarterly Payments in each Quarter of a Year.

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quis Camden

XVI. And whereas it is expedient to make further Provision Providing for for carrying into effect an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year Issue to Marof the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, under 59 G. 3. intituled An Act to authorize the Receipt and Appropriation of c. 43. 'certain Sums voluntarily contributed by the Most Noble John Jeffreys Marquis Camden in aid of the Public Service;' be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, to direct the Payment to the said Marquis Camden, out of the Consolidated Fund, of such Amount or Sum of Money, quarterly and every Quarter, as shall be equal to the Amount of Fees due to the said Marquis Camden on the quarterly Issues which shall be made under the Authority of this Act.

XVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall continue in Continuance of force for Six Months after the Death of Her most Excellent Act.

Majesty (whom God long preserve), unless the Heir or Successor of Her said Majesty shall sooner signify to both Houses of Parliament His or Her Royal Will and Pleasure to resume the Possession of the several Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues hereby surrendered by Her Majesty.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, Act may be altered, or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament.

altered this Session.

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