the fame; and it is uncertain how much thereof the monies arifing by the faid act will be able to anfwer and discharge; be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if the money arisen or to arife into the exchequer, for or on account of the faid aids, on or before the twenty-ninth day of September which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and fifty feven, thall not be fufficient to discharge the whole principal and intereft due, or to grow due, on the feveral orders of loan or exchequer bills made upon and in pursuance of the faid act, that then fo much money as fhall then appear to be deficient or wanting for answering the purposes aforefaid, fhall and may be fupplied and made good out of any the monies arifing into the exchequer by or from the loans or exchequer bills on this act, or any other monies or loans that are or fhall be appropriated for the fervice of the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty feven; and the commiffioners of the treasury, or any three or more of them, or the high treasurer for the time being, fhall direct and apply the fame accordingly; any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

CAP. IV.

An act for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the fervice of the year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty feven; and concerning the intereft to be paid for monies to be borrowed as well on the credit of this act, as on the credit of an act of this feffion of parliament, for granting an aid to his majefty by a land tax.

CAP. V.

An act for granting to his Majesty a fum not exceeding one million fifty thousand and five pounds, and five fhillings, to be raised by way of lottery.

Natives and foreigners may contribute to the fum of 1,050,0051. 5s. for the purchase of tickets in the prefent lottery, at 11. 1s. each ticket. Purchafe money to be paid to the chief cashier of the bank. Subfcribers for 100 tickets, depofiting the one moiety of the purchase money, allowed to t June next to make good the fecond payment. Subfcribers for any lefs number, to pay the whole of the purchase money at the time of fubfcrib ing. Receipts to be given for the fums paid, &c. and the bearers intitled to tickets in refpect thereof. Cafhier to attend at the bank from 9 to 3 o'clock, to receive fubfcriptions. Cafhier to give fecurity; and to pay the monies into the exchequer. Treafury to apply the monies to the fervices voted by the commons. Managers and directors of the lottery to be appointed by the treasury. Books to be prepared with three colums, in each of which 66,667 tickets to be printed. Tickets to be of an oblong form, and joined with oblique lines, &c. Tickets in the 3d column to have the words following printed on them: this ticket entitles the bearer to fuch prize as may belong thereunto. Tickets to be figned. Books to be prepared for 14 claffes, with 2 columns, on each of which 66,667 tickets to be printed. Chances of the tickets in the 14 claffes to be determined by drawing the tickets in the books with three columns. Managers to examine the books with the tickets, and deliver them to the cafhier, and take a receipt for the fame. Cafhier to give a ticket for every fum of 11. Is. paid in, and permit the adventurer to write his name on the corresponding ticket. Cashier to redeliver the books to the managers, by 1 Auguft, and account for the fums received. Tickets undifpofed of to be returned into the exchequer. Tickets of the middle column to be rolled up, and tied; and cut off indenturewife into a box marked with the letter (A) box to be locked up and sealed. Books to be prepared with 2 co

lumns,

lamns, on each of which 66,667 tickets to be printed. The number and value of the fortunate tickets. 756 prizes. Fortunate tickets: 1 of 10,000l. 1 of 5,000l. 1 of 3,000l. 1 of 1,000l. 2 of 500l. 10 of 100l. 100 of sol. 200 of zol. 440 of 1ol. with 300l. to the first drawn ticket, and 300l. 3s. 6d. to the laft drawn. Tickets of the outermoft columns to be rolled up and tied, and cut out indentwife into a box marked with the letter (B). Box to be locked up and fealed. Publick notice to be given of times of cutting the tickets into boxes. The lottery to begin drawing 5 September. Method to be obferved in drawing, &c. After each day's drawing the boxes to be locked up and fealed. Numbers of the fortunate tickets, and the fums to be printed. Difputes relating thereto, to be adjusted by the managers. Penalty of forging tickets or certificates, felony. Managers to be fworn. The oath. Adventurer not paying his whole confideration-money by the times limited, fhall lofe the advance money. Tickets not difpofed of fhall be delivered into the exchequer. Managers, &c. to be paid by the commiffioners of the treasury out of the lottery money. Penalty of felling chances or fhares of tickets, for a lefs time than the drawing of the lottery; or of laying wagers relating to the chance of tickets; where to be fued for. Application thereof. Perfons felling thares in tickets of which they are not poffeffed, &c. to forfeit 500l. Applica tion thereof. Offences committed in Ireland against acts made here, for preventing unlawful lotteries, declared to be punishable, and may be fued for in Dublin. After the drawing of the lottery, the tickets to be exchanged for certificates. Managers to give notice of the time for taking in the tickets, and delivering out the certificates, &c. Book to be kept for entering perfons names, and the numbers of their tickets, &c. Certificates to be figned, &c. 525,002l. 12s. 6d. to be paid out of the fupplies into the bank before 20 Jan. next, for payment of the prizes. Cashier to make payment thereof accordingly. Treafury to pay the incident charges attending the execution of this act, and to make allowance to the bank, &c. for their trouble and pains. 20l. penalty on officer taking any fee, &c. for receiving or paying monies on this act. Perfons fued on this act may plead the general iffue. Treble cofts.

CAP. VI.

An act for punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.

CAP. VII.

An alt to difcontinue for a limited time the duties upon corn and flour imported; and alfo upon fuch corn, grain, meal, bread, biscuit and flour, as have been or shall be taken from the enemy, and brought into this kingdom.

WHEREAS the difcontinuing of the duties for a limited time upon corn and flour imported into this kingdom, and also upon fuch corn, grain, meal, bread, biscuit, and flour, as have been or fball be taken from the enemy, and brought into this kingdom, may be of advantage to his Majefty's fubjects; be it therefore 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, The enumeThat no fubfidy, cuftom, rate, duty, or other impofition what- rated commofoever, fhall be demanded, collected, received or taken, upon dities for a any corn or flour which fhall be imported into this kingdom, may be landed at any time or times before the twenty fourth day of August next; duty free, and nor fhall any fubfidy, custom, rate, duty, or other impofition carried coaftwhatfoever, be demanded, collected, received or taken, upon wife.

any

time limited

any corn, grain, meal, bread, biscuit or flour, which have been or fhall be taken from the enemy, and brought into this kingdom, at any time or times before the faid twenty fourth day of Auguft; but that all fuch corn and flour, and alfo all fuch corn, grain, meal, bread, biscuit and flour, shall and may be imported, brought in, and landed, duty free, and may also be carried coaftwife, under fuch regulations as corn of the growth of this kingdom is now allowed to be carried coaftwife, at all times before the faid twenty fourth day of Auguft; any former law, ftatute, act or acts of parliament to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding.

Entry to be II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority made thereof; aforefaid, That a due entry fhall be made in fuch manner and form as were used and practifed before the making of this act, of all corn, grain, meal, bread, bifcuit and flour, which (hall be imported or brought into this kingdom, before the faid twenty fourth day of August, at the custom-house belonging to the port into which the fame fhall be imported or brought in, or otherwife in default of making fuch entry, fuch corn, grain, meal, bread, biscuit and flour, thall be liable and fubject to fuch and the fame duties, as were payable upon the importation thereof before the making of this act; any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

otherwife to be fubject to duty.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if any action or fuit fhall be commenced against any person or perfons, for any thing done in purfuance of this act, in that part of Great Britain called England, the defendant or defenGeneral iffue. dants in any such action or fuit may plead the general iffue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence, at any trial to be had thereupon; and that the fame was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act; and if it fhall appear so to have been done, the jury fhall find for the defendant or defendants; and if the plaintiff fhall be nonfuited, or difcontinue his action, after the defendant or defendants fhall have appeared; or if judgment fhall be given upon any verdict or demurrer against the plaintiff, the defendant or defendants fhall and may recover treble cofts, and have the like remedy for the fame, as any defendant or defendants hath or have in other cafes by law; and if fuch action or fuit be commenced or profecuted in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, the court before whom fuch action or fuit fhall be brought, fhall allow the defender to plead this act on his defence; and if the purfuer fhall not infift on his action, or if judgment fhall be given against such pursuer, the defender shall and may recover the full and real expences he may have been put to by any fuch action or fuit.

Treble cofts.

Suits in Scot

land.

CAP. VIII.

An act for the Speedy and effectual recruiting of his Majesty's land forces and marines,

W

HEREAS for recruiting his Majesty's land forces and marines, it is neceffary that a new fupply of men be forthwith

raised

raised within the kingdom of Great Britain, by common consent and grant in parliament; be it therefore 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 present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That within and throughout the feveral and respective counties, shires, ftewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque ports, parishes, able bodied A levy of towns and places of Great Britain, a fpeedy and effectual levy men to be of able-bodied men to ferve his Majefty as foldiers, fhall be madethroughforthwith had, made, practifed and put in execution, according out Great Bri to the rules and directions of this prefent act.

tain.

the land tax,

II. And it is hereby further enacted, That the juftices of the Justices of the peace of every county, fhire, ftewartry, riding, liberty or place, peace, comwithin Great Britain, and all and every the perfons who were miffioners of named, or otherwife appointed to be commiffioners for putting and magiin execution an act of parliament made and paffed at Weftmin- ftrates of corfter in the twenty eighth year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, porations to intituled, An act for granting an aid to his Majefty by a land-tax, put this act in to be raised in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year one thousand execution, Seven hundred and fifty five; and for the relief of the inhabitants of certain places in the county of Lincoln, in respect of arrears of the land tax, or any fubfequent act or acts of parliament for that purpose, within the feveral and respective counties, thires, stewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque ports, towns and places, therein particularly expreffed, who are ftill living, and have duly qualified themselves according to the faid acts, or shall duly qualify themselves according to this prefent act in that behalf, fhall be commiffioners for putting in execution this prefent act, and the powers therein contained, within and for the fame counties, thires, ftewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque ports, towns and places of Great Britain, for which they were fo named or appointed respectively; and that all and every the other persons who are named or otherwise appointed to be commiffioners for putting in execution an act paffed in the present feffion of parliament, intituled, An act for granting an aid to his Majefty by a land tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty feven; and for dif charging certain arrears of land taxes incurred before the time therein mentioned; and for the more effectual collecting of arrears for the future, within or for the faid counties, thires, ftewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque ports, towns and places, or any of them refpectively, or fuch of the perfons laft mentioned, as fhall also duly qualify themselves according to this act in that behalf, shall alfo be commiffioners for putting in execution this present act, and the powers therein contained, within and for the fame refpective counties, fhires, ftewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque ports, towns and places of Great Britain, for which they are fo named or appointed respectively; and that all and every the juftices of the peace, and magiftrates of corporations and burghs in any part of Great Britain, who are or fhall be in any of his Majefty's commiffions of the peace, or in the magistracy

of

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and to take care, that his Majefty's fer

vice be not neglected.

High Sheriffs, &c. upon notice from the fecretary at war, to illue

to the war

office.

of fuch corporation or burgh, at any time during the execution of this act, who fhall duly qualify themfelves according to this present act in that behalf (although not fpecially named or appointed commiffioners by the faid act) thall be likewife commiffioners for putting in execution this prefent act, and all the powers therein contained, within the limits of their commiffions and jurifdictions refpectively: all which commiffioners by this act intrufted with the execution of the fame, are hereby strictly enjoined and required to ufe their utmost care and dili gence that his Majefty's fervice, in making fuch levies as aforefaid, be not difappointed or neglected.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the high fheriff of every county, or his deputy, immediately upon receiving notice for that purpose from the fecretary at war, fhall fend precepts to the refpective bailiffs, or others who are ufually employed to fummon juries, although in liberprecepts for ties out of the ordinary jurifdiction of the faid high fheriff, dithe commiffi recting them to fummon the feveral juftices of the peace, and oners to ineet, commiffioners of the land tax, within their refpective divifions and qualify and liberties, to attend at the ufual place of meeting in every themselves. divifion, upon a certain day, in the faid precepts named, within Notice of the the time limited by the fecretary at war (notice of which day day of meet- fhall be fent to the war office and admiralty, upon the iffuing ing to be fent of the precepts by the fheriff) to qualify themfelves for the execution of this act; and the faid commiffioners fhall then and Commiffion there appoint the feveral times and places for the fucceeding ers to appoint meetings in each of their refpective fub-divifions during the conthe times and tinuance of this ac; and the faid juftices of the peace, and complaces of their miffioners of the land tax, at fuch their first meeting, or at fome fucceeding meetings, and other meeting to be held as foon as it can be conveniently, shall iffue precepts iffue their precepts to the high conftables, headboroughs, or for that pur- other proper officers for the refpective hundreds, lathes, rapes, pofe to the high confta- wapentakes or other fub-divifions, within the faid counties, bies, &c. fhires, ftewartries, ridings or divifions, as aforefaid; which precept fhall contain an account of the times and places appointed for the fucceeding meetings, and fhall be returnable on a day therein to be named, within twenty days, and not lefs than fourteen days, from the time of iffuing thereof; and fuch high conftables, headboroughs or other proper officers, are hereby required forthwith to fignify the times and places appointed for fuch meetings, to the feveral commiffioners refiding within their refpective diftricts; and the faid commiffioners affembled at fuch military off- first meeting to qualify themfelves as aforefaid, fhall also give cers as fhall notice of the time and place of all and every fucceeding meeting to be appointed as aforefaid, to the military officer whom they fhall have learned, by notice from the fecretary at war, to be di-, rected to attend this fervice.

and to give

notice thereof
alfo to fuch

attend this
fer vice.

Sheriff's to be

aliowed by the
exchequer
their expences

IV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That all reafonable charges or expences incurred by any theriff or deputy in the execu. fheriff in the execution of this act, thall be allowed in the action of this counts of fuch (heriff at the receipt of his Majesty's exchequer,

act.

V. And