were particularly and at large repeated and set down in the body of this act. I III. And whereas by one other act made in the first year of the 1 Geo. 1. ftat. reign of our late fovereign lord King George the First, intituled, An 2. C. 12. act for enlarging the fund of the governor and company of the bank of England, relating to exchequer bills; and for fettling an additional revenue of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds per annum upon his Majesty, during his life, for the service of the civil government; and for establishing a certain fund of fifty four thousand fix hundred pounds per annum, in order to raise a fum not exceeding nine hundred and ten thousand pounds, for the service of the publick, by fale of annuities, after the rate of fix pounds per centum per annum, redeemable by parliament; and for fatisfying an arrear for works and materials at Blenheim, incurred whilst that building was carried on at the expence of her late majesty Queen Anne, of bleffed memory, and for other purposes therein mentioned, it is amongst other things enacted, That the yearly fum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, for the Service of his faid late Majefty's houshold and family, and other his neceffary expences and occafions, fhould be paid quarterly, from the feaft of Saint Michael the archangel in the year of our Lord one thouJand feven hundred and fifteen, at the four most ufual feafts in the year, by equal portions, during his faid late Majesty's natural life, out of the monies of the aggregate fund, by the faid act established, as in and by the said act it may also more fully appear; which payments determined on the faid eleventh day of June one thousand feven hundred and twenty Seven: be it therefore enacted by the authority aforefaid, That there be granted and continued to our faid fo- The yearly vereign lord King George the Second, during his natural life (which God long preferve) the faid revenue or yearly fum of tinued upon one hundred and twenty thousand pounds per annum, which, the aggregate from and after the faid eleventh day of June one thousand seven fund. hundred and twenty feven, fhall be and is hereby charged upon, and shall be paid and payable, from time to time, to his Majefty, during his life, out of the duties and revenues which compofe the faid fund, commonly called the aggregate fund, and every or any of them, at fuch times, and with fuch preference, as the fame, by the said act last mentioned, or by any other act of parliament, was made payable to his faid late majefty King George the Firft; and the commiffioners of his Majefty's treafury, and the high treasurer and under treasurer of the exchequer for the time being, fhall and may, and they are hereby authorized and required to caufe the faid yearly fum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, or any arrears thereof, to be iffued and applied weekly, or as foon as the fame can be fatisfied, for the uses and purposes by this act appointed, out of the monies arisen or to arife as aforefaid, fo as by fuch weekly or other payments, the fum of thirty thoufand pounds, to be due thereupon at the end of each quarter, be not exceeded; and fo that upon every of the faid quarterly feaft days the whole then fum of 120,000l.com-. due the fmall the revenue, of the hou crown, due thereupon be compleated, made up or fatisfied, according to the true meaning of this act. The duties of IV. And it is hereby enacted and declared, That the said heexcife, the reditary rates and duties of excife upon beer, ale and other lifurther fubquors, and the said duties of excife upon beer, ale and other lifidy, the 120,000l. per. quors, hereby granted to his Majefty for the term of his life, ann. the reve- and the faid further fubfidy of tunnage and poundage, and onue of the poft ther duties upon wines, goods and merchandizes, and the faid office, and all yearly fum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds herebranches of by also granted to his Majefty for the term of his life, and the said revenue of the general letter-office or post-office, or office of fhall be for post-mafter general, and the small branches of his Majesty's rethe fupport venues herein after expressed, that is to say, the monies arising fhold, and the by fines for writs of covenant and writs of entry, payable in the honour of the alienation office, the poft fines, the revenue of the wine licenses, sheriffs profers and compofitions in the exchequer, seizures of prohibited and uncuftomed goods, the revenue arifing to his Majesty by rents of lands, or for fines of leafes of the fame, or any of them, and all other branches and revenues which were settled or appointed for the support of the houshold of his faid late majefty King George the Firft, and the honour and dignity of the crown, during his faid late Majefty's life as aforefaid, (except such revenues, rents and hereditaments as have been granted or paffed to any person or perfons, bodies politick or corporate, by or in pursuance of any act or acts of parliament in that behalf, and except all charges of particular annuities or fums of money on the said revenues, or any of them, made or allowed of by any act or acts of parliament whatsoever,) fhall be for the fupport of his Majefty's houfhold, and of the honour and dignity of the crown, and other the purposes in this act mentioned and declared: nevertheless the said hereditary duties of excife, able with the and the faid duties of excife granted for his Majesty's life as aforeincumbrances said, and the said revenues of the general letter-office or post-ofthereon by o- fice, or office of poft-mafter general, fhall refpectively be liable but charge ther acts. to and charged with the feveral particular annual, weekly or o- be not fuf V. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enacted by the authority If the produce aforefaid, That in case the produce of the several duties and re- of thefe duties venues hereby granted and appropriated for the purposes afore- ficient to an faid (over and above fuch annual, weekly and other payments (wer 800,000 1. and incumbrances as aforefaid, and over and above all grants per ann. the made by any of his Majefty's royal predeceffors) fhall at any be made good deficiency to time or times appear to be fo deficient, that within any one out of the year, reckoning from the feast of Saint John Baptift in the year next aids. of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty feven, the fame shall not be fufficient to answer and fatisfy the yearly fum of eight hundred thousand pounds, then and in every fuch cafe, and as often as any fuch deficiency shall happen, the fame shall be provided for, anfwered and made good by and out of the then next aids to be granted in parliament. in Scotland, VI. Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted by the autho- The revenues rity aforefaid, That the feveral and refpective duties and reve- payable to his nues which were payable to his late majefty King George the late Majefty First, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, for and during continued to his life, fhall be continued, raifed, levied and paid from the de- his prefent cease of his said late Majesty during the life of his present majesty Majefty. King George the Second, in the fame manner only, and fubject to the fame or the like charges thereon, as the fame were liable or fubject to during his faid late Majesty's life. VII. Saving always, to all and every person and persons, bo- Saving clause. dies politick and corporate, their heirs and fucceffors, executors, administrators and affigns, other than to our faid fovereign lord the King, his heirs and fucceffors, all fuch rights, titles, eftates, customs, interefts, claims and demands whatsoever, of, in or to, or out of the revenues, hereditaments and other the premiffes aforefaid, or any of them, as they or any of them had or ought to have had at the making of this act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, as if this act had never been made; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. CAP. II. An act to enable his Majefty to be governor of the South-Sea company. W HEREAS the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery, have made an humble addrefs to the King's most excellent majefly, in a general court of the faid company, that his Majefty would be graciously pleafed to honour the faid company with being their governor, whereunto his Majesty being willing to condefcend, fome doubts and difficulties have arifen, or may arife, touching the qualifications and duties prescribed by law, or by the charter granted to the faid company, in relation to the governors or government thereof: for remedy whereof, be it enacted and declared by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That his Majefty fhall be capable of being and Sea company. His Majefty continuing governor of the faid company for fuch time or times capable of be- as are prefcribed by the faid charter for the continuance of any ing governor of the South-governor therein; and that such address as aforesaid, or any other address of the faid company to be hereafter made in their general court for the fame purpose (in case his Majesty shall be pleased to accept of being their governor) fhall from time to time be deemed and adjudged to be an election of his Majesty to be governor of the faid company within the true intent and meaning of the faid charter, without the forms of ballotting or other methods prescribed by fuch charter for electing the governor of the faid company; any thing in the faid charter to the contrary notwithstanding. from the company fhall be deemed an election. His Majesty exempted from the oaths, and may appoint the fub governor, &c. to act in his behalf. II. And it is hereby declared and enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the oaths prescribed by the faid charter, or any law now in force, and all other acts, matters or things neceffary or requifite to qualify a fubject of this realm to be governor of the faid company, fhall not be deemed to be neceffary or requifite for his Majesty's qualification in refpect of the faid government, nor fhall the faid oaths be adminiftred to his Majesty; and that his Majefty, in all cafes where any vote is to be given or act to be done by him, as governor of the faid company, may (if his Majesty think fit) by any warrant or warrants under his royal fign manual, appoint the sub-governor or deputygovernor of the faid company to vote or act for him or on his behalf; any former law, ftatute, charter or provifion to the contrary notwithstanding. CAP. III. An act for enabling his Majesty to fettle a revenue for supporting the royal dignity of the Queen, in case she shall furvive his Majesty. Moft gracious fovereign, WH HEREAS your Majesty's most faithful commons are truly fenfible how acceptable it will be to your Majefty, that a good, certain and competent revenue be fettled for fupporting the honour and dignity of her Majesty, your royal confort, in cafe she should furvive your Majesty (whofe lives God long preferve) and reflect with the greatest pleasure upon the happiness which this kingdom, by the bleffing of Almighty God, cannot fail to enjoy by a long fucceffion of princes derived from her Majesty, who hath with a conftancy and greatness of mind peculiar to herself given early and never to be forgotten inStances of her zeal for the proteftant religion, and by a continued exercife of every royal virtue hath inflamed cur hearts with the most dutiful affection to her Majefty: and whereas by an act made in the 1 Ann. fat. 1. first year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne for preferving the inheritance of several revenues of the crown, intituled, An act for the better fupport of her Majesty's houshold, and of the honour and dignity of the crown, all grants (other than fuch as are therein expressed) are declared to be void; and by another act made in the 9 Ann. c. 10. ninth year of her faid late Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for e C. 7. 6 fta stablishing a general post-office for all her Majesty's dominions, and for fettling a weekly fum out of the revenues thereof for the service of the war, and other her Majefty's occafions, it was enacted, That fuch part of the duties and revenues arifing in or by the general letter-office or post-office, which was thereby vested in her faid late Majefty, her heirs and fucceffors, and therein mentioned to be undeterminable, fhould not be alienable, chargeable or grantable for any eflate, term or time whatsoever, to endure longer than the life of the King or Queen that should make fuch alienation, charge or grant reSpectively; and that all gifts, grants, alienations and affurances whatfoever, to be had or made of and charged upon the fame duties or revenues or any part thereof, contrary to the provision of that act, should be null and void: we do nevertheless moft humbly, chearfully and unanimously beseech your Majefty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the King's most excellent majefty, by any letters patent, or in- His Majefty denture, or by feveral letters patent, or indentures, under the great may fettle a yearly rent feal of Great Britain, hereafter to be made, to give and grant of 100,000l. to her said majesty the Queen, or to fuch other person or per- on her Mafons as his Majefty fhall think fit to be named in such letters jesty. patent, indenture or indentures, and his or their heirs, to the ufe of, or in truft for her Majefty, one annuity or yearly rent or fum of one hundred thousand pounds of lawful money of Great Britain; which annuity or yearly fum of one hundred thousand pounds, and every part thereof, fhall commence and after his detake effect immediately from and after the decease of his Ma- cease. jefty, and continue from thenceforth for and during the natural life of her Majefty, and fhall be paid and payable at the four most usual feasts, or days of payment in the year; that is to fay, the feast of Saint Michael the archangel, the birth of our Lord Christ, the annunciation of the bleffed Virgin Mary, and the nativity of Saint John Baptift, by even and equal portions; the first payment thereof to be made at fuch of the faid feafts, as shall first and next happen after the decease of his Majefty, in case her Majesty the Queen fhall furvive him, as aforefaid; and The faid yearthat the faid annuity or yearly fum of one hundred thousand ly rent chargpounds, fhall or may, by fuch letters patent, indenture or in- ed on the dentures, be directed to be iffuing and payable out of, or charg- crown revenues granted ed and chargeable upon all and every the duties, revenues, and payments, fettled or appointed by an act of this prefent feffion of parliament, for the better fupport of his Majesty's houshold, and the honour and dignity of the crown, or any of them that shall be subfifting after his Majesty's demife, or upon all and every the duties and revenues, which compofe the fund commonly called the aggregate fund, and payable thereout in the fame order and degree as the annual fum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, by the last mentioned act granted and continued to his Majefty for his life is payable, in fuch parts, fhares, to commence this feflion. |