neral for the time being, appointed or to be appointed to put in Execution the said recited Act, shall respectively be Collectors, Surveyors, Inspectors and Inspectors General, to put in Execution this Act, within the Limits of their respective Divisions, Districts and Places to which they are or shall be appointed; and the said Commissioners and others before mentioned are hereby empowered and required to do and perform all things necessary for putting this Act in Execution, in the like and in as full and ample a manner as they or any of them are or is authorized to put in Execution the said Act; and all and every the Powers and Authorities, Methods, Rules, Directions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters and Things contained or referred to in the said Act (except where such Provisions are varied, or other Provisions are substituted by this Act), shall, in collecting, levying and accounting for the said Compositions and Monies respectively, be severally and respectively duly observed, practised and put in Execution throughout Great Britain, in relation to all and every the Compositions, Duties and Monies aforesaid, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the same Powers, Authorities, Methods, Rules, Direc tions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Clauses, Matters and Things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act, and applied to all and every such Compositions, Duties and Monies aforesaid, as Part of the Provisions of this Act.

X. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament.

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers. NOTICE to be used by Persons not having increased their Establishment under former Compositions, and claiming, on Renewal, Exemption from the additional Duty of Five Pounds per Centum. acting for the Parish of in the County of

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Surveyor

in the Division of

do

and to the Commissioners acting for the said Division. TAKE Notice, That I am [or we are] desirous of renewing former Composition for Assessed Taxes under the Powers, Conditions and Provisions of Two Acts, passed in the Second and Third Years of the Reign of King George the Fourth, and that hereby declare, that have not at any Time during the Period of Composition, entered into with the Commissioners of the Division of in the County of become chargeable on a greater Aggregate Amount of Duty, for the Whole of the Articles comprized in such Composition, than the Amount of Duty compounded for, whereby hereby claim Exemption, on such Renewal, from the additional Duty of Five Pounds per Centum by the said Acts granted; and that attend to execute and receive the Contract of

when required by the said Commissioners.

Signed the

Witness,

Day of

(Assessor or Collector of the said Parish.)

will

Composition

Act may be altered, &c.

this Session.

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CAP. LI.

An Act for apportioning the Burthen occasioned by the Military and Naval Pensions and Civil Superannuations, by vesting an equal Annuity in Trustees for the Payment thereof. [1st July 1822.]

Most Gracious Sovereign,

WE, Your

YE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ' in Parliament assembled, have taken into our Consideration the < Burthen occasioned by the Military and Naval Pensions and Civil Superannuations, and the Benefit which may arise from apportioning the same into Annual equal Payments, have resolved, that for the Purpose of apportioning, conformably to the Resolutions of this House of the Third Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty two, the Burthen occasioned by the Military and Naval Pensions, and Civil Superannuations, it is expedient, that an equal Annuity of Two millions eight hundred thousand Pounds, terminable at the End of Forty-five Years, should, from the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, be vested in Trustees to be named by Parliament, and that the said Annuity should be charged upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and have also resolved, that the said Trustees should pay into the Exchequer the several Annual Sums hereinafter mentioned, by Four equal Quarterly Instalments, on or before the Fifteenth Day of January, the Fifteenth Day of April, the Fifteenth Day of July, and the Twentieth Day of October, the First Payment thereof to be made on the Twentieth 'Day of October One thousand eight hundred and twenty two: First Year, ending Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, Four millions nine hundred thousand Pounds:

• Second

• Third

One thousand eight hundred and twenty four,

Four millions seven hundred thousand Pounds:

One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, Four millions five hundred and forty thou sand Pounds : • Fourth One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, Four millions four hundred and ten thousand Pounds:

• Fifth One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, "Four millions two hundred and ninety thousand Pounds: • Sixth

One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, Four millions one hundred and ten thousand Pounds : • Seventh

Four millions:

One thousand eight hundred and twenty nine,

Eighth One thousand eight hundred and thirty, Three millions eight hundred and sixty thousand Pounds:

• Ninth

One thousand eight hundred and thirty one, Three millions seven hundred and twenty thousand Pounds: • Tenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, 'Three millions five hundred and ninety thousand Pounds: Eleventh- One thousand eight hundred and thirty three, • Three millions four hundred and fifty thousand Pounds: • Twelfth

'Twelfth One thousand eight hundred and thirty four, • Three millions three hundred and ten thousand Pounds: 'Thirteenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty five, 'Three millions one hundred and eighty thousand Pounds: 'Fourteenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty six,

'Three millions and fifty thousand Pounds:

'Fifteenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, 'Two millions nine hundred and ten thousand Pounds: 'Sixteenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Two millions seven hundred and ninety thousand Pounds: 'Seventeenth One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, 'Two millions six hundred and sixty thousand Pounds: 'Eighteenth - One thousand eight hundred and forty, Two millions five hundred and thirty thousand Pounds: 'Nineteenth One thousand eight hundred and forty one, Two 'millions four hundred and ten thousand Pounds: 'Twentieth

One thousand eight hundred and forty two, Two 'millions two hundred and ninety thousand Pounds: Twenty first One thousand eight hundred and forty three, Two millions one hundred and seventy thousand Pounds: 'Twenty second- One thousand eight hundred and forty four, 'Two millions and sixty thousand Pounds: Twenty third

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One thousand eight hundred and forty five, 'One million nine hundred and fifty thousand Pounds: Twenty fourth- One thousand eight hundred and forty six, One 'million eight hundred and thirty thousand Pounds: Twenty fifth

One thousand eight hundred and forty seven, 'One million seven hundred and thirty thousand Pounds: 'Twenty sixth One thousand eight hundred and forty eight, 'One million six hundred and thirty thousand Pounds: Twenty seventh- One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, 'One million five hundred and thirty thousand Pounds: Twenty eighth- One thousand eight hundred and fifty, One million four hundred and thirty thousand Pounds: Twenty ninth - One thousand eight hundred and fifty one, One million three hundred and forty thousand Pounds:

'Thirtieth

- One thousand eight hundred and fifty two, One ' million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds: 'Thirty first

One thousand eight hundred and fifty three, One 'million one hundred and seventy thousand Pounds: 'Thirty second. One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, One 'million and eighty thousand Pounds:

Thirty third

'million : Thirty fourth

One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, One

One thousand eight hundred and fifty six, Nine

'hundred and twenty thousand Pounds:

Thirty fifth

One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven,

Eight hundred and sixty thousand Pounds:

Thirty sixth

One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight,

'Seven hundred and eighty thousand Pounds:

'Thirty seventh - One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, 'Seven hundred and twenty thousand Pounds:

'Thirty eighth One thousand eight hundred and sixty, Six 'hundred and sixty thousand Pounds:

'Thirty ninth One thousand eight hundred and sixty one, Six hundred thousand Pounds:

• Fortieth

One thousand eight hundred and sixty two, Five

hundred and forty thousand Pounds:

'Forty first

One thousand eight hundred and sixty three,

"Four hundred and ninety thousand Pounds:

Forty second - One thousand eight hundred and sixty four, Four hundred and forty thousand Pounds:

'Forty third One thousand eight hundred and sixty five, 'Three hundred and ninety thousand Pounds: Forty fourth

"

One thousand eight hundred and sixty six, Three hundred and fifty thousand Pounds:

'Forty fifth

One thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, Three hundred thousand Pounds:

And that the said several Sums, or such Part thereof as may be • necessary, should be appropriated and applied conformably to the 'said Resolutions; and have also resolved, that for the Purpose ' of enabling the said Trustees to make the several Payments hereinbefore mentioned, at the Exchequer, at the several Periods 'aforesaid, they should be empowered from time to time to sell and dispose of so much of the said Annuity as may be necessary for that Purpose; but so as that no greater Amount of Annuity should be sold or disposed of in any one Year than would be sufficient to raise the Sums necessary to complete the whole of the Payments to be made within the Year, or to replace any • Advances which may have been made on account of such Pensions or Allowances, by the several Departments upon which the same may be respectively charged, or to discharge and pay off the Principal and Interest of any Exchequer Bills which may have been issued on account of such Payments; and have also resolved, that for the Purpose of enabling the said Trustees the more readily to provide the means necessary for making the said Payments in the most convenient and economical Manner, the • Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury should be empowered to direct the Payment of any of the said Pensions or Allowances out of any Monies granted by Parliament, or other Funds appropriated for the Service of the respective Departments upon which such Pensions or Allowances shall be charged, which Sums shall from time to time be replaced by the said Trustees out of any Monies which may be at their disposal, or to issue to the said Trustees Exchequer Bills to an Amount not exceeding the Sums necessary for completing, from time to time, the said Payments, which Exchequer Bills, together with the Interest thereupon, 'should from time to time be discharged and satisfied by the said 'Trustees out of any Monies to arise by the Sale of the said Annuities, or out of the Dividends thereof; and that until such Payment, the Interest accruing on such Exchequer Bills may be paid out of any Supplies voted by Parliament: We, Your Majesty's most faithful Commons, do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it 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,

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That

Act into

That the First Commissioner of His Majesty's Treasury of the Trustees for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the First Lord carrying this Commissioner of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of His Majesty's Execution. Exchequer, the Master General of the Ordnance, the Secretary at War, the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces, the Treasurer of the Navy and the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England respectively for the time being, shall be the Trustees for the Purpose of receiving the Annuity to be issued, paid and applied under the Provisions of this Act, and for carrying the Provisions and Purposes thereof into Execution.

Equal annual Annuity of 2,800,0001.

for 45 Years

II. And be it further enacted, That there shall be payable and paid, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the said Trustees, an equal Annuity of Two millions eight hundred thousand Pounds, for the Pe- to be issued to riod of Forty five Years from and after the Fifth Day of April One the Trustees thousand eight hundred and twenty two; and that such Annuity for the Purposes shall be issued and paid at the Exchequer out of the said Conso- of this Act. lidated Fund in equal Half Yearly Payments on the Tenth Day of October and the Fifth Day of April in each Year respectively, during the said Period of Forty five Years, the first Payment to be made on the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and twenty two, and the last Payment to be made on the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, subject nevertheless to such Deduction of any such Part or Parts of the said Annuity as may from time to time be sold or disposed of by the said Trustees, for the Purposes of and under the Provisions of this Act, the Amount of which Parts or Proportions of the said Annuity so to be sold by the said Trustees shall, from time to time, before the same shall become payable, be issued from the Exchequer to the Cashier or Cashiers of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for the Benefit of the Purchasers of such Parts or Proportions of the said Annuity.

Trustees

III. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees shall, Annual Sums during the said Period of Forty five Years, pay into the Exchequer to be paid the several Annual Sums hereinafter mentioned, by Four equal Quar- by the said terly Instalments, on or before the Fifteenth Day of January, the into the Fifteenth Day of April, the Fifteenth Day of July, and the Twen- Exchequer. tieth Day of October in each Year respectively; videlicet,

For the First Year, ending the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, Four million nine hundred thousand Pounds:

For the Second Year, ending the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, Four million seven hundred thousand Pounds:

For the Third Year, ending the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, Four million five hundred and forty thousand Pounds :

For the Fourth Year, ending the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, Four million four hundred and ten thousand Pounds:

For the Fifth Year, ending the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, Four million two hundred and ninety thousand Pounds:

For