Bank of England may on the Credit of this Act, not- c. 20. Annum upon or in respect of the Whole of the Monies respectively contained therein. IX. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to advance or advance Money lend to His Majesty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, upon the Credit of the Exchequer Bills authorized by this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Three Millions; any thing in an Act made in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act for granting to their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. Bills to be placed as Cash in the Exchequer; and to be is in common with other Monies. X. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to cause such Bills as shall be prepared by virtue of this Act to be placed as so much Cash in the respective Offices of the Tellers of the said Receipt of Exchequer; each and every of which Tellers shall be severally charged with a Proportion of the said Bills which shall be so placed in his Office respectively; any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. XI. And be it further enacted and declared, That the said suable thereout Exchequer Bills in the Hands of the said Tellers shall be locked up and secured as Cash, according to the Course of the Exchequer at Westminster, and shall be taken and esteemed as so much in part of the Remains in real Money wherewith each of the said Tellers shall from time to time stand charged, in common with other the Monies in the said Exchequer, any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury to issue and apply the same from time to time to such Services as shall then have been voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament. Exchequer charged on the Account of Exchequer Bills to be taken. XII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may become due thereon, and the Charges of exchanging and circulating the same, shall be and the same are hereby made chargeable and charged upon the Rates, Duties, and Assessments granted by this Act; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and they are hereby authorized from time to time to direct to be issued to the said Paymasters, by way of Imprest and upon Account, such Sums of Money and at such Periods as the said Commissioners shall think necessary, for or towards paying off and discharging the Exchequer Bills which shall have been made forth by virtue of this Act, or any of them, and for and towards paying the Interest to become due on the said Bills, and for and towards the Charge of exchanging and circulating the same Bills, or any of them. XIII. And be it further enacted, That on the Twenty fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, or within 3 Ten Ten Days after, the said Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them now being, or the Lord High Treasurer, or any Three or more of the said Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being, shall cause a true and perfect Account in Writing to be taken, and attested by the proper Officers, of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills that shall have been issued by virtue of this Act, and how much thereof shall before that Time have been paid off or discharged, and how much thereof shall then remain undischarged. XIV. And be it further enacted and declared, That the Monies so remaining unsatisfied or not discharged, with the Interest due or to grow due thereon, and the Charges of exchanging and circulating the same, shall be paid and satisfied out of the next Aid or Aids to be granted in Parliament after the said Twenty fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Fund. XV. And be it further enacted, That the Surplus of the Monies Surplus Monies arising from the Rates, Duties, and Assessments granted and to be carried to imposed by this Act, after paying off and satisfying all the Ex- Consolidated chequer Bills issued by virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may become due thereon, and the Charges of exchanging and circulating the same, shall, as the Surplus of any such Monies respectively shall be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, be carried to and make Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. necessary making forth new Exchequer XVI. Provided also, and be it enacted, That it shall and may The Treasury be lawful for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, to allow out or any Three or more of them now being, or the said Lord High of the ConsoliTreasurer, or any Three or more of the said Commissioners of the dated Fund the Treasury for the Time being, and he or they is and are hereby Charges of authorized and empowered to pay and allow, or cause to be paid and allowed, out of the Monies to arise of or for the said Rates and Duties hereby granted, or of or for the said Consolidated Fund, from time to time, the necessary Charges of making forth the new Exchequer Bills hereby authorized to be made forth, and such other Charges as shall be necessarily incident in or for the Execution of this Act, or any Part thereof, in relation to the said Bills; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Bills; Supplies. XVII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That whatever to be replaced Monies shall be issued out of the said Consolidated Fund shall out of the first from time to time be replaced by and out of the first Supplies to be then after granted in Parliament; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be made in this present Session of Parliament. Act may be altered or repealed this Session. CAP. CAP. VIII. An Act for more conveniently paying the Pensions of Widows of Officers of the Royal Marines. [2d April 1827.] HEREAS the Pensions to Widows of Royal Marine Officers, heretofore payable by the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces, are henceforth to be paid by the Paymaster of Royal Marines; Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act all the Powers, Duties, Exemptions, Regulations, and other Enactments, which by an Act passed in the Forty ninth Year of King George the Third, intituled An Act for more conveniently paying of Allowances on the Compassionate List of the Navy, and of Half Pay to Officers of the Royal Marines, are provided with regard to the Half Pay of Royal Marine Officers, shall attach and take effect with regard to the Pensions of Widows of Royal Marine Officers; and that all Matters and Things which under the said Act would have been Offences, if committed with regard to the said Half Pay, shall, if committed with regard to the said Pensions, be deemed Offences of the same respective Natures, and be punishable with the same respective Penalties, as if they had been committed with regard to the said Half Pay: Provided always, that all Matters which by the said Act are required to be done by Three or more of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, may be done by any Two or more of such Commissioners; and provided also, that the Remittance Bill for the said Pensions shall be in the Form or to the Effect following; videlicet, Form of Remittance Bill. • No. ، Sir, PAY to late a in the Royal Marines,) on her producing ⚫ and delivering the Duplicate hereof, the Sum of ، the Day of being for the Pension payable to her as such Widow on last, if the same be demanded within Six Calendar Months from the Date hereof, otherwise you are to return this Bill to the Paymaster of Royal ، Marines, at his Office in London. ، Signed ، Attested by ، To Paymaster. [Description.] The Receiver General of the Land Tax for the County of · The Collector of the Customs at the Port of The Collector of the Excise at The Clerk of the Cheque at By virtue of the Act 8th George 4th. N. B. N. B. The forging of this Remittance Bill, or procuring any other Person to forge the same, in order to receive any Part of the Monies hereby payable, is made Felony by the Acts 49th George 34 and 8th George 4th.' CA P. IX. An Act to repeal an Act of the Twenty eighth Year of His 28G.3. c.17. late Majesty, for the better Regulation of the Manufacture repealed. of Ounce Thread. CAP. X. [2d April 1827.] An Act to enable His Majesty to make further Provision for "His Majesty may grant an Annuity of 3,000l. to His Royal CA P. XI. An Act to continue, until the Twenty fifth Day of July One 54G,S. c. 187. thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, an Act of the Fifty fourth Year of His late Majesty, for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland. [2d April 1827.] CA P. XII. An Act to amend an Act of the First Year of His present WHEREAS by an Act passed in the First Year of His 16.4. c.81. present Majesty's Reign, for amending several Acts for the Advance of Money for carrying on Public Works, and for other Purposes in Ireland, certain Provisions were made for the Employment of certain Sums of Money in aid of divers Public Works in Ireland, in the said Act mentioned, under the Orders of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and under certain Presentments and Estimates in the said Act mentioned, provided that no Order for the Payment of Money under such Presentments and Estimates should be made after the Expiration of Five Years from the passing of the said Act: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Third Year 3 G.4. c.84. of His present Majesty's Reign, for the authorizing certain temporary Advances of Money for the Relief of the Distresses existing in Ireland, it was among other Things enacted, that it should be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor < or 6 G.4.c.35. 6 G.4. c.101. Lord Lieutenant may advance Money for Public Works, not exceeding 100,000l. 6 6 6 or Governors of Ireland, to order further Advances to be made for the Repairs of Roads, or for other Public Works, and that such Advances might be made at any Time before the Assizes next after the passing of the said Act: And Whereas by an Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled 'An Act to render more effectual the several Acts for authorizing • Advances for carrying on Public Works, so far as relates to Ireland, it was enacted, that there might be issued out of the Consolidated Fund, by the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of Three hundred thousand Pounds 'British Currency, for the Purposes and under the Regulations in the said Act mentioned and contained: And Whereas by another Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, to provide for the repairing, making, and keeping in repair certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland, it was among 'other Things enacted, that any Order or Orders for the Payment of any Money under any such Presentment or Estimate, in respect of Roads or Public Works, as in the said Act of the First Year of His present Majesty's Reign are mentioned, should and might be made at any Time within One Year next after the Time limited by the said Act of the said First Year; and it is expedient that a further Sum of Money should be applied to the Purposes of the said Act of the First Year of His Majesty's Reign, and that further Time should be allowed for effectuating the Purposes of the said Act;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That at any Time after the passing of this Act, by or out of such Monies as shall at any Time or Times remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer in Ireland, or out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, arising in Ireland, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, to order such further Advances and to issue such Sums of Money as he or they shall think necessary, not exceeding in the Whole the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds, to any Treasurer of any County or County of a City, or County of a Town in Ireland, for the making or repairing of Roads, or for any other Public Works, and that any such Advance may be made accordingly; and that any Order or Orders for the Payment of any Money under any such Presentment or Estimate as are mentioned in the said recited Act of the First Year of His present Majesty's Reign, shall and may be made at any Time within Two Years next after the passing of this Act; and that all such Advances and Orders shall be made under and according to the Directions contained in the said recited Acts of the First and Third Years of His present Majesty's Reign; and that all the Provisions in the said Acts contained shall be extended to this Act, except only so much of the said Act of the Third Year of His present Majesty's Reign as provides that such Advances may be made, although any Presentment may not have been made for such Purposes. 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