ceed 2,500. quarters.

Clause in act 5 Geo. 3.

tities of coals

the additional

wheat, barley, oats, meal, or flour, which at any time or times after the paffing this act, and before the faid twenty fixth day of Auguft, one thoufand feven hundred and fixty fix, shall be fhipped at both the faid ports for the faid isle of Man as aforefaid, fhall not exceed in the whole two thousand five hundred quarters; one moiety whereof to be exported at the faid port of Southampton, and the other moiety thereof to be exported at the faid port of Exeter; any thing in the faid recited act to the contrary notwithstanding.

IX. And whereas by an act made in the last feffion of parliament, an additional duty of four fhillings was granted to his Majefty, his heirs, and fucceffors, from the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and fixty five, for every chaldron of coals, Newcastle meafure, which should be shipped for exportation to any part beyond the Seas, except to Ireland, the Ifle of Man, or the British dominions Claufe for in America: and whereas it is found expedient to permit certain permitting quantities of coals to be annually exported to the islands of Jersey, certain quan- Guernsey, and Alderney, for the ufe and confumption of bis Mato be annually jefty's fubjects in the faid islands, and of the caskett lights, free of exported from the faid additional duty; be it therefore enacted by the authority Newcastle and aforefaid, That from and after the twentieth day of June, one Swansea to thousand seven hundred and fixty fix, it fhall and may be the islands of lawful to and for the inhabitants of the faid iflands refpecJersey, Guernfey, and Al- tively, to export and tranfport the feveral quantities of coals derney, with herein after-mentioned, free of the faid additional duty of four. out paying fhillings for every chaldron, out of and from the ports of Newduty impofed castle and Swanfea, in the feveral proportions, to the faid ifles by the recited of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney respectively, as are herein after-mentioned; fo as the perfon or perfons who shall ship fuch coals do, before the fhipping thereof, deliver unto the collector and comptroller of the customs of the faid ports of Newcastle and Swansea respectively (out of which the faid coals are to be exported) a writing under the feal or feals of the respective governors of the faid ifles of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney (into which the faid coals are to be tranfported) or of his or their deputy or deputies refpectively; which writing fhall exprefs the name of the party appointed to export, or cause to be exported, out of the faid ports of Newcastle and Swanfea, or one of them, fo many chaldrons of coals, expreffing the number thereof, to the fame ifle, to be used or confumed therein, or in fome of the members or parts thereof, or in the casket lights; and that fuch party fo authorized and appointed to export, or cause to be exported, fuch coals, hath, before the making and fealing of that writing, entered into fufficient bond for his Majefty's ufe, in the penalty of twenty pounds for every chaldron of fuch coals, for the due landing of the faid coals accordingly (the danger of the feas only excepted.)

act.

X. And, to the intent that the quantity of coals to be exported out of the ports of Newcastle and Swansea aforefaid, into the said ifles, or any of them, in any one year (accounting the year to begin from the faid twentieth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and fixty

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fix) may not exceed the quantities herein after specified; be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the governors of the faid iflands of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney refpectively, or their respective deputy or deputies, for whom they will anfwer, fhall not make to any perfon or perfons any fuch writing or writings as before specified, to authorize and appoint him or them to fetch, export, or tranfport, into the faid islands of ferfey, Guernfey, and Alderney respectively, in one year, to be accounted. as aforefaid, any greater quantity of coals, or in any other proportions, out of and from the faid ports of Newcastle and Swansea respectively, than are herein after limited and expreffed; that is to fay, Into the faid ifle of ferfey, out of the Specification faid port of Newcastle, three hundred and fifty chaldrons, New- of the quancaftle measure, and out of the faid port of Swanfea, one hun- tity and prodred and fifty fuch chaldrons, and no more; into the faid ifle portion of of Guernsey, out of the faid port of Newcastle, one thoufand fuch faid collieries, chaldrons, and out of the faid port of Swanfea, one hundred allowed to be and fifty such chaldrons, and no more; and into the faid ifle of exported to Alderney, out of the faid port of Newcastle, one hundred and ten the faid islands respectively. fuch chaldrons, and out of the faid port of Swansea, ten fuch chaldrons, and no more.

coals from the

castle and

XI. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority afore- Officer at the faid, That the collector and comptroller of the customs of the ports of Newfaid ports of Newcastle and Swansea refpectively, fhall keep a Swansea to true account of all the faid quantities of coals fo by them per- keep accounts mitted to be loaden by virtue of this act, and fhall not permit thereof, and any greater quantities of coals to be fo loaded than are by this not permit act prefcribed, in any one year, to any of the faid iflands re- any greater quantities to spectively, free of the faid duty of four fhillings per chaldron, be loaded upon the penalty of the forfeiture of twenty pounds for every without paychaldron; one moiety thereof to the King's majesty, his heirs, ing duty, on and fucceffors, and the other moiety to him or them that will penalty of sue for the same, in any court of record; wherein no effoin, protection, or wager of law, fhall be allowed.

201.

XII. And whereas feveral doubts have arisen with respect to the importation of oats and oat-meal into this kingdom, under the authority of an act made in this prefent feffion of parliament, intituled, An act for allowing the importation of oats and oat-meal into this kingdom, for a limited time, duty-free; therefore, for obviating all doubts in relation thereto, be it further enacted and declared by the authority aforefaid, That by the faid act it was Oats, and intended to authorize any person or perfons whatfoever to im- oat-meal, deport into Great Britain, in any ship or vessel navigated according clared to be intended by to law, at any time or times before the twenty ninth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and fixty fix, unless a fhorter fellion, to be term shall be fixed for that purpose by any act to be paffed in this imported dufeffion of parliament, any quantity of oats or oat-meal, without ty-free. the payment of any fubfidy, cuftom, duty, or impofition whatfoever; any thing in any former or other act or acts of parliament to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

an act of this

CAP.

on forfeiture of treble da

mages, with full costs.

payment;

tries, views, or fearches, in or for payment of money lent, or the intereft thereof as aforefaid, by any of his Majefty's officer or officers, their clerks or deputies, on pain of payment of treble damages to the party grieved, by the party offending, with full cofts of fuit; or if the officer himself take or demand Penalty of undue prefer- any such fee or reward, then to lose his place alfo and if any ence in point undue preference of one before another shall be made, either in of regiftry or point of registry or payment, contrary to the true meaning of this act, by any fuch officer or officers; then the party offending fhall be liable, by action of debt, or on the cafe, to pay the value of the debt, with full costs of fuit, to the party grieved, and shall be forejudged of his place or office; and if any fuch preference be unduly made, by any his deputy or clerk, without direction or privity of his mafter, then fuch deputy or clerk only fhall be liable to fuch action, debt, damages, and cofts, and shall be for ever after incapable of his office or place and in cafe the auditor of the receipt fhall not direct the faid orders of loan, or the clerk of the pells record, or the teller make payment upon fuch orders, according to each perfon's due place and order as before directed; then he or they fhall be adjudged to forfeit, and the refpective deputies and clerks therein offending, to be liable to fuch action, debt, damages, and costs, in fuch manner as aforefaid; all which faid penalties, forfeitures, damages, and cofts, to be incurred by any the officers of the exchequer, or any their deputies or clerks, fhail and may be to be recover- recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any ed in any of of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster; wherein no the courts of effoin, protection, privilege, wager of law, injunction, or order Westminster. of restraint, fhall be in any wife granted or allowed.

record at

No undue

preference, which of the tallies or or ders brought

IV. Provided always, and it is declared, That if it fhall happen that feveral tallies of loan or orders for payment as aforefaid, bear date, or be brought the fame day to the auditor of the receipt to be registered, then it shall be interpreted no unthe fame day, due preference which of those be entered firft, fo as he enters them all the fame day.

are entered

first;

nor if fubfequent orders

are paid be

fore others

V. Provided alfo, That it shall not be interpreted any undue preference, to incur any penalty in point of payment, if the auditor direct, and the clerk of the pells record, and the tellers do pay fubfequent orders, to perfons that come and demand their not brought in monies, and bring their orders, before other perfons that did course; not come to take their monies, and bring their orders in course, fo as money so as there be fo much money referved as will fatisfy precedent be referved for orders, which fhall not be otherwife difpofed of, but kept for the precedent them; intereft upon loan being to ceafe from the time the money is fo referved and kept in bank for them.

orders.

method of

Power of afVI. And be it further enacted, That all and every perfon fignment, and and perfons to whom any money fhall be due for loans to be regiftered by virtue of this act, after order entered in the book of regifter as aforefaid, his, her, or their executors, administrators, or affigns, by proper words of affignment to be indorfed and written upon his, her, or their order, may affign and transfer

transferring of orders.

his, her, or their right, title, intereft, and benefit of fuch order, to any other; which being notified in the office of the auditor of the receipt aforefaid, and an entry or memorial thereof alfo made in the book of regifter aforefaid for orders (which the officers fhall, upon request, without fee or charge, accordingly make) thall intitle fuch affignee, his, her, or their executors, adminiftrators, fucceffors, and affigns, to the benefit thereof, and payment thereon; and fuch affignee may in like manner aflign again, and fo toties quoties; and afterwards it shall not be in the power of such person or perfons, who hath or have made fuch affigument, to make void, release, or discharge, the fame, or any monies thereby due, or any part thereof.

raife the faid

loans,

VII. And to the end there may be no want or failure of a certain fum, not to exceed in the whole the faid fum of one million feven hundred and ten thousand four hundred and thirteen pounds, three fillings, and nine pence three farthings, to be raised either by fuch loans as aforefaid, or by iffuing exchequer bills as is herein after-mentioned, or by both or either of thofe ways or means, for the publick fervice; be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That in cafe the If it fhall be commiffioners of his Majefty's treasury, or any three or more of judged more them now or for the time being, or the high treasurer for the advifeable, the time being, fhall judge it more adviseable to raise the faid fum treafury may of one million seven hundred and ten thousand four hundred fum by exand thirteen pounds, three fhillings, and nine pence three far- chequer bills, things, or any part thereof, by exchequer bills, inftead of fuch instead of loans as aforefaid, that then he or they refpectively is or are hereby authorized and impowered at any time or times to prepare and make, or caufe to be prepared and made, at the exchequer, any number of new exchequer bills, for any fum or fums of money, not exceeding in the whole the faid fum of one million seven hundred and ten thousand four hundred and thirteen pounds, three fhillings, and nine pence three farthings, together with fuch loans aforefaid, in the fame or like manner, form, or order, and according to the fame or like rules and directions, as in and by a certain act of this present session of parliament, intituled, An act for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the Service of the year one thousand seven hundred and fixty fix, are enacted and prescribed concerning the exchequer bills to be made in pursuance of the faid act.

malt act of

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, All advanThat all and every the claufes, provifoes, powers, privileges, tages and peadvantages, penalties, forfeitures, and difabilities, contained in nalties in the the faid laft-mentioned act, relating to the loans or exchequer this feffion, rebills authorized to be made by the fame act (except fuch claufes lating to loans as do charge the fame on the taxes granted by the fame act, and or exchequer, except fuch claufes as limit the rate of intereft to be paid for the bills thereby forbearance of money lent on the credit of the faid act) fhall be be made forth, applied and extended to the exchequer bills to be paid in pur- extended to fuance of this act, as fully and effectually, to all intents and this act. purposes, as if the faid exchequer bills had been originally auVOL. XXVII, thorized

authorized to

The said ex

thorized by the faid last-mentioned act, or as if the said several claufes or provifoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the body of this prefent act.

IX. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all chequer bills the exchequer bills, which fhall be made in pursuance of this intereft, and act, and the intereft, premium, rate, and charges incident to, to be paid out or attending the fame, fhall be and are hereby charged and of the finking chargeable upon, and fhall be repaid and borne by and out of, the

charges, are

fund.

Bank authorized to lend the faid fum,

growing produce of the faid furpluffes, exceffes, and overplus monies, or other revenues compofing the finking fund (except fuch monies of the faid finking fund as are appropriated to any particular use or ufes by any former or other act or acts of parliament in that behalf) and fuch monies of the faid finking fund fhall and may be iffued and applied as foon as the fame can be regularly ftated and ascertained, for and towards the paying off, cancelling, and difcharging fuch exchequer bills, intereft, premium, rate, or charges, until the whole of them fhall be paid off, cancelled, and discharged, or money fufficient for that purpofe be kept and referved in the exchequer, to be payable on demand to the refpective proprietors thereof.

X. And be it declared and further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for the governor and company of the bank of England to advance or lend to his Majefty in like manner at the receipt of the exchequer, upon the credit of loan granted by this act, any fum or fums of money, not exceeding in the whole the fum of one million seven hundred and ten thoufand four hundred and thirteen pounds, three fhillings, and nine pence three farthings; any thing in an act made in the fifth and fixth years of the reign of King William notwithstand. and Queen Mary, intituled, An act for granting to their Majeing act 5 & 6 flies feveral rates and duties upon tonnage of ships and veffels, and Will. & Mary. upon beer, ale, and other liquors; for fecuring certain recompences

The fum of

80,000l. remaining in the exchequer, for pay and cloathing for

the militia,

and advantages in the faid act mentioned to fuch perfons as shall voluntarily advance the fum of one million five hundred thousand pounds towards carrying on the war against France, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the fum of eighty thousand pounds remaining in the receipt of the exchequer, granted to his Majefty in the last feffion of parliament, upon account, for defraying the charge of the pay and cloathing of the militia for one year, beginning the twenty fifth day of March, one thoufand feven hundred and fixty for the year five; and alfo a fum not exceeding one hundred and eighty one 1765; thousand pounds, of the monies agreed to be paid by a conven181,000l. payable for main. tion between his Majefty and the French king, concluded and tenance of the figned at London the twenty feventh of February, one thousand French pri- feven hundred and fixty five, for the maintenance of the late foners; French prifoners of war; and alfo fuch of the monies remainand produce ing in the receipt of the exchequer for the difpofition of parliaon Gum Sene- ment, and as thall be paid into the faid receipt on or before the ga and Gum fifth day of April, one thousand feven hundred and fixty feven,

of the duties

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