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Purpofes, as any Forfeiture incurred by any Law refpeAing the Revenue of Cufioms may n6w be Cued for, profecuted, and recovered in the Places where refpetlively the OEence thhall be committed ; and that the Produce thereof h a l l be difpofed of, paid, and applied in like Manner, in the faid Places refpektively ^j any Law, COfiom, or Ufage to the contrary notwithitanding.

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And be i t further enaEted, T h a t this A B hall continue and be in force until the fifth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-four, and till the End of rhe then next Sefion of Parliament, and

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Provided always, and be it furtlier enaAed, T h a t this A&, or any Part thereof, may be altered, varied, or repealed, by a n y

AB

or

A&

to be made in this prefent Sefion of l'arliarnent.

A* t o m t i n u e i n force till

April 5 r 1794 j no longer.

but mag be re- pealed thisSef- EO&

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An

AB for continuing and granting to his Majeity certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year one thoufdnd feven hundred and ninety-three.

C A P. XII.

An AA to indemnif fuch Perfons as have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments;

and to indemnify fufiices of the Peace, or others, who have omitted to regifier or deliver in their Quali- fications within the T i m e limited by Law, and for giving further T i m e tor thofe Purpofes ^; and to in- demnify Members and Oacers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns, whore Admifions have been omitted to be ftamped according to Law, or, having been fiamped, have been lofi or miflaid, and for allowing them T i m e to provide Admifions duly Aamped ; to give further T i m e to fuch Perfom as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors ; and for indemnifying Deputy Lieutenants and Officers of the Militia, who hare negleAed to

tranfmit Defcriptions of their Qyalifications to the Clerks of the Peace within the T i m e lirnired by Law, and for giving further T i m e for that Purpole.

C _A P. XIII.

Ail

A& to prevent ABS of Parliament from taltbg effe3 from

a

Time prior

to

the pafiag thereof.

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every A& of Parliament, in which the Commencement thereof is not dire&ed to be from a fpecifick Time, doth commence from the firfi Day of the SeiEon of Parliament in which

Clerk ofthe Parliarnenta to

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indo& on fuch A A is paKed : And whereas the fame is liable to produce .great and manifefi Injufiice j' for Re-

every A B t h e . medy whereof be it enaaed, and it is hereby e n d e d by the King's msfi Excellent MajeAy, by and with

Time it receives the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prclent Parliament

Roya1 aifembled, and b the Authority of the fame, T h a t the Crerk of the Parliaments hall indorfe (in Engiifl) on be its which Corn- every A& of Paiament, which hall pakafter the eighth Day ofAprilone thodand feven hundred and ninety-

mcncenrnt, three, immediately after the Title of fuch AB, the Day, Month, and Year, when the time h a l l have

where no other pared, and h a l l have received the Royal Affeiit; and fuch Endorfement Ihall be taken to be a Part of fuch

13 Provided, A& and to be the Date of i t s Coinmencement, where no other Coinmeiiceinent &all be therein provided.

C A P. XIV.

An A& to enable the Royal Exchange Affurance Companies, and their Succeffors, to grant, purchafi, and fell Annuities upon or for Lives.

cc AQ 6th Geo. I. and Charter zzd June ^1720, granted to the Royal Exchange Affurance foi infuring

' I Ships at Sea, and going to Sea, and for lendin Money on Bottumry, and Charter zgth April ^1721, re-

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cited.-'The Royal Exchange murancc for inkring Ships, and the RoyaI Exchange A'ranre for in-

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furing Houies and Goods from Fire, authorized to rant Annuities for Lives or on Survivorfiip;

powered to make Bye-Laws j and may afiume the%ameof Tbe Royal 8xcharPg.e A g r a n c e Atinuity Corn- puny, for the Purpoies of this A& only; and have a Commor, Seal.-Power given to receive the

Money ^fo fubfcribed, for the Purchafe of the Annuity. T o hold Land, charged with Annuities pur-

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chafed, without Licence in Mortmain. T h e Capital for fecuring Annuities, when ^1,000 1. paid to be laid out in the publick Funds. Certificates of the Deaths 'of Annuitants to be lodged in the Office, with

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an Account of the Sums paid for the Annuities, b'c. I n cafeany Annuitant hall die on Ship Board, the Certificate hall be valid, if Ggned by the Executors, Adminiitrators, or Afligns of fuch Annuitant, or if Cuch legal Proof hall be made of his Death or Burial as the Cafe will admit, and the Particulars advertired in the London Gazette. Powers of the Corporation refpeAiag Annuities difeharged by Surrender or Re-

Agreement for Annuities to be made I n cafe any Annuity hall be unpaid for fix Months after Demand and Notice,, and fuch Annuity, and all Arrears, not paid or tendered to be paid within fix Months, the Annuitant entitled to his, her, or their principal Sum. Annuities granted, fold, or purchaied, to be deemed Perfoilal Efiate, and by Afignment of the Afignees to be enabled to fuue for the fame in their own Names,&c.

The

Corporations may plead the General Iff ue, Forging the Seal is made Felony. Publick AB."

9.

CT

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fignation.

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conformable thereto.

Tables of the Rates of Annuities to be provided.