Powers of Acts as to Hereditary

Revenues to re

main in force.

Hereditary Revenues carried to the Con

solidated Fund

'Great Britain and Ireland, and that the Produce of the said Hereditary Revenues now payable to Your Majesty should be carried to and form Part of the said Consolidated Fund?' And we do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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 all Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Regulations, and Clauses contained in the said recited Acts, or any or either of them, or in any other Act or Acts of the Parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in force at the Time of the Decease of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, or at the Time of the passing of this Act, as to the said Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in any and every Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the levying and collecting the Payment or keeping separate Accounts thereof, or computing the Amount of any such Rates, Duties, Payments, or Revenues respectively, shall be and the same are hereby declared and enacted to be in full Force and Effect, and shall be used and applied to all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues by this Act carried to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and for the levying, collecting, paying, or keeping separate Accounts of or computing the Amount of all or any such Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Regulations, and Clauses were severally and separately re-enacted in the Body of and made Part of this Act.

II, And be it enacted, That the Produce of all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, and also the small Branches of the Hereduring the Life ditary Revenue, and the Produce of the Hereditary casual Reof Her Majesty. venues arising from any Droits of Admiralty or Droits of the Crown, or from the Duties called the Four-and-a-Half per Centum Duties or West India Duties, and from the surplus Revenues of Gibraltar, or any other Possession of Her Majesty out of the United Kingdom, and from all other casual Revenues arising either in the Foreign Possessions of Her Majesty or in the United Kingdom, which were surrendered by His said late Majesty King William the Fourth for His Life, and which upon the Demise of His said late Majesty became payable to Her present Majesty, which have accrued since the Decease of His said late Majesty, or which shall accrue during the Life of Her present Majesty (whom God long preserve), and which shall not have been. applied and distributed in the Payment of any Charge thereupon respectively, (save and except the Hereditary Duties of Excise on Beer, Ale, and Cider in Great Britain,) shall be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the

*After Her Demise the

Revenues to be

Hereditary United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and from and payable to Her after the Decease of Her present Majesty (whom God long pre

Successors.

serve)

serve) all the said Hereditary Revenues shall be payable and paid to Her Majesty's Heirs and Successors.

385,000l. to be

Fund for the

III. And be it enacted, That for the Support of Her Ma- The clear jesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the yearly Sum of Crown, and for the Payment of the Charges on the First, paid out of the Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Classes in the Schedule to Consolidated this Act annexed, there shall be granted to Her Majesty during Support of Her Her Life a net yearly Revenue of Three hundred and eighty- Majesty's five thousand Pounds; and that the said Revenue shall be Household, and charged on and made payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the Honour and Dignity of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and shall the Crown. commence from and immediately after the Decease of His said late Majesty King William the Fourth, and be paid to Her present Majesty during her Life (which God long preserve), with preference to all other Payments which have heretofore been or which shall or may hereafter be charged upon the same, to be paid quarterly; (that is to say,) on the Thirty-first Day of March, the Thirtieth Day of June, the Thirtieth Day of September, and the Thirty-first Day of December in each Year, by even and equal Portions; the first Charge for the same to be made on the Consolidated Fund on the Quarter Day next immediately after the passing of this Act, and to include the Proportion of the said Revenue which has accrued and become due to Her Majesty in the Period between the Day of the Death of His late Majesty and the said Quarter Day; but it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the Time being, after the passing of this Act, and previously to the making up of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter then next ensuing, to direct and cause to be issued and paid at the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, such Issues and Payments for Arrears or Charges of the Civil List granted by this Act as may have become due and payable since the Day of the Death of His late Majesty, in part of the Amount to be charged for the same on the Account of the Consolidated Fund for the ensuing Quarter; and the said Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the Time being, shall and they are hereby authorized on and during every succeeding Quarter to cause the said yearly Revenue to be issued and applied from Time to Time, daily, weekly, or otherwise, as soon as the same can be satisfied, for the Uses and Purposes by this Act appointed, out of the Monies arisen or to arise as aforesaid, so as by the said daily, weekly, or other Payments One Fourth Part of such yearly Revenue or Sum of Money be not exceeded in, for, or in respect of each Quarter, and so that upon every of the said Quarterly Days the whole Amount then due thereupon be computed, made up, or satisfied according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act.

IV. And whereas the Sum of Two hundred thousand So much of 'Pounds was granted in the last Session of Parliament to 200,000l.

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the Sum of enable granted to make

Civil List Payments as shall have been so applied shall be repaid out of

the Money granted for the Civil List by this Act.

1,2001. a Year to be issued to defray the Charge of Pensions.

Restriction

on Grants of Pension.

1 VICT. enable Her Majesty to satisfy such Charges, Pensions, and • Annuities as would have been payable out of the Civil List, in case the Demise of His said late Majesty had not taken place before the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven: And whereas the Hereditary • Revenues of Her Majesty arisen and paid into the Exchequer • since the Time of His late Majesty's Decease have, in pur'suance of the said recited Acts of the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, and the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, and the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, been set apart at the Exchequer for the Use of Her Majesty: Be it therefore enacted, That out of the first Monies which shall be issued and paid out of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the Civil List Revenue granted to Her Majesty by this Act there shall be repaid to or retained in the Exchequer, towards completing the Aids granted by Parliament for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, a Sum equal to so much of the said Sum of Two hundred thousand Pounds as shall have been or shall be advanced and applied in satisfying any Payments for which Provision shall be made in the Civil List under this Act, and which after the passing of this Act become properly charged or chargeable upon the Civil List Revenues; and there shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund a Sum equal to so much of the Amount of the said Hereditary Revenues so set apart at the Exchequer as aforesaid as has been or may be issued or applied out of those Revenues for satisfying the said Charges as aforesaid; and the Remainder of the said Hereditary Revenues which may not have been issued or paid in satisfaction of any such Charges or of any other Charges thereon shall be carried to the said Consolidated Fund immediately after the passing of this Act.

V. And whereas it is expedient to make Provision, at the • Rate of One thousand two hundred Pounds a Year for each ' and every succeeding Year of Her Majesty's Reign, to defray the Charge of such Pensions as may be granted by Her Majesty chargeable on Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues: Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, to charge upon and issue quarterly out of the said Consolidated Fund, as an Addition to the Sum hereby granted for Her Majesty's Civil List, such Sums as shall be required to defray the Charge of such Pensions as may be granted as aforesaid, at the Rate of One thousand two hundred Pounds a Year for the First Year of Her Majesty's Reign, and at the like additional yearly Rate for the Second and every succeeding Year of Her said Reign.

VI. And whereas it was resolved by the Commons House of • Parliament, on the Eighteenth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, "That it is the bounden • Duty of the responsible Advisers of the Crown to recommend to His Majesty for Grants of Pensions on the Civil List such • Persons

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Persons only as have just Claims on the Royal Beneficence, or who by their personal Services to the Crown, by the • Performance of Duties to the Public, or by their useful Discoveries in Science and Attainments in Literature and the Arts, have merited the gracious Consideration of their Sovereign and the Gratitude of their Country:" And whereas it is expedient that Provision should be made by Law for carrying into full Effect the said Resolution, and for giving an As'surance to Parliament that the responsible Advisers of the Crown have acted in conformity therewith: Be it therefore enacted, That the Pensions which may hereafter be charged upon the Civil List Revenues shall be granted to such Persons only as have just Claims on the Royal Beneficence, or who, by their personal Services to the Crown, by the Performance of Duties to the Public, or by their useful Discoveries in Science and Attainments in Literature and the Arts, have merited the gracious Consideration of their Sovereign and the Gratitude of their Country; and that a List of all such Pensions granted in List of Peneach Year ending the Twentieth Day of June shall be laid sions to be before Parliament within Thirty Days after the said Twentieth Parliament Day of June in each Year, if Parliament shall be then sitting, yearly. but if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within Thirty Days after the next Meeting of Parliament.

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laid before

on Beer, Ale,

VII. And whereas by the said recited Act of the First As to HereYear of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the ditary DutiesFourth, for repealing the Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider, it and Cider. 'was provided that the Hereditary Duties of Excise on Beer, Ale, and Cider in Great Britain, the Collection and Payment 'whereof were, under the Provisions of the said Act, suspended during the Life of His said late Majesty, should on the De'mise of His said Majesty revive, and be again payable, collected, and paid: And whereas, in pursuance of such Provision, the Commissioners of Excise have, since the Demise ' of His said late Majesty, caused the said Hereditary Duties to be charged on all Beer, Ale, and Cider brewed or made in • Great Britain, but the Amount thereof has not yet been collected: And whereas the whole of the Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider having been repealed by the said recited Act, 'save and except the said Hereditary Duties, it is expedient to make Provision that the said Hereditary Duties also shall not 'be collected or paid during the Continuance of this Act, and that the Sums already charged in respect thereof should be remitted:' Be it therefore enacted, That during the Continuance of this Act the said Hereditary Duties on Ale, Beer, and Cider shall not be charged, collected, or paid, or be chargeable or payable; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, and they are hereby authorized and required, to remit and discharge the Amount of the said Duties in the several Cases in which they have been charged but not collected as aforesaid: Provided always, that if the Heir or Successor of Her Majesty (whom God long preserve) shall signify His or Her Royal Will and Pleasure, in manner herein-after provided,

to

Mode of appropriating the Monies issued.

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to resume the Possession of the several Hereditary Revenues of the Crown, the said Hereditary Duties on Ale, Beer, and Cider shall from thenceforth revive, and be again charged, collected, and paid for the Use of such Heir or Successor, and His or Her Heirs and Successors, in the Manner provided by the said recited Act.

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VIII. And whereas by the said recited Act of the Twenty• second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third it was enacted that the Commissioners of the Treasury should draw out a Plan for the Establishments and Payments of the Civil List Revenues in Classes according to the Order mentioned in the said Act, and that all Sums of Money which should become due and payable out of the said Civil List Revenues for any of the Purposes mentioned in the said Act should be paid in the Order and according to ⚫ the Plan therein mentioned; and it is expedient to alter the 'said Classes so as to confine the same to the Expences of Her Majesty's Household, and the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, and to specify the Amount to be appropriated to each Class; and for this Purpose an Estimate has been laid before Parliament of the future Amount of Charges on the ⚫ several Classes so altered, which Amount for each Class respectively is specified in the Schedule to this Act;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby required at the Commencement of every Quarter, or within Thirty Days from the Commencement of each Quarter, by Warrant under their Hands, to direct what Sums shall respectively be set apart and appropriated in the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, out of the quarterly Revenues of the Civil List, for the Purpose of defraying the several Charges upon the respective Classes thereof, but so as that the Sum to be appropriated to any One Class do not exceed One Fourth Part of the estimated annual Amount of that Class as specified in the Schedule to this Act, together with any Saving which may have accrued upon the said Class in the preceding Quarter; and the several and respective Sums in the said Warrant directed to be set apart and appropriated shall be so set apart by the Comptroller General of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and be appropriated to the respective Classes accordingly; and each and every Sum so set apart and appropriated shall in the first place be applied in Payment of all the unsatisfied Charges of every Description of the Class in respect of which such Appropriation shall have been made, in preference to any other Charges whatever upon Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues; and no Part thereof shall, on any Account whatever, be applied, until after the Termination of each Year ending on the Thirtyfirst Day of December, for any other Purpose, or in aid of any other of the Classes of the Civil List, or of any other of the Charges thereon, any thing contained in the said recited Act of the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King

George