Exemption No. 2. in the said Act to ex Duties con tained in Schedule (E.) in certain Cases. 17 VICT. II. The Exemption No. 2., under the Head or Title of Exemptions from the Duties contained in Schedules (E.) and tend only to the (F.)," in the said Act, shall be deemed and construed and is hereby declared to extend only to exempt any Person from the Duties contained in Schedule (E.) of the said Act for One such Horse as in the said Exemption No. 2. is described, used for riding on the Occasions and in manner therein mentioned; and nothing in the said Exemption shall be deemed or construed to extend to exempt any Person from the Duties contained in Schedule (F.) of the said Act, for any such Horse as aforesaid, except where the same shall be kept for the purpose of Husbandry, and used only for such Purpose, and for riding on the Occasions and in manner in the said Exemption No. 2. mentioned. Horses used by III. For any Horse used by any Common Carrier in drawCommon Car- ing any Carriage used by him principally and bona fide for and riers occasion in the carrying of Goods, and occasionally only in conveying ally conveying Passengers for Hire, in the Manner mentioned with respect to be charged only such Carriage in Schedule (D.) of the said Act, there shall not under Schedule by reason of such using be charged any other or higher Duty than the Duty contained in the said Schedule (F.) Passengers to (F.) Time for giving termine Com- Justices of the land may admirequired by the Acts relating to nister Oaths the Income Tax. IV. The Time limited by Section Six of the said Act for the giving of Notice to determine any Contract of Composition for the Duties of Assessed Taxes shall be and is hereby extended to the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; and any such Notice as in the said Section Six is mentioned, given on or before the said last-mentioned Day, shall have the same Force and Effect as it would have had if it had been given within the Time limited by the said Section. V. And whereas by the several Acts in force relating to the Duties granted by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, Chapter Thirty four, on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices, divers Oaths are required to be taken by Persons appointed Assessors and Collectors of the said Duties, and by Persons claiming Exemption from or a Return or Repayment of the said Duties under the several Provisions of the said Acts, and by other Persons in relation to the Execution of the said Acts, which said Oaths the Commissioners for Special Purposes and other Commissioners in the said Acts mentioned are respectively authorized to administer; and it is expedient to authorize Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in Ireland, as well as the said Commissioners, to administer the same: Be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in Ireland respectively within their respective Jurisdictions, and any One of them is hereby authorized and empowered, to administer to any such Assessor or Collector or to any other Person any Oath required or authorized by the said several Acts or any of them to be taken in any Matter relating to the Execution of the said Acts. CAP. CAP. II. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Most Gracious Sovereign, [23d March 1854.] WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore 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, as follows: Service of the I. There shall and may be issued and applied, for or towards There shall be making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the applied for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty- Year 1854, the four, the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund Sum of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 8,000,000l. out the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United of the ConsoliKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Time being, are or is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly. dated Fund. Exchequer 48 G. 3. c. 1., c. 66. II. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her The Treasury Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time, by Warrant under may cause their Hands, to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer Bills 8,000,000% of to be made out at the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer at Bills to be raade Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding out in manner in the whole the Sum of Eight Millions; and such Exchequer prescribed by Bills shall be made out in the same or like Manner, Form, and 4 & 5 W. 4. Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions, c. 15., and as are directed and prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty- 5 & 6 Vict. eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer Bills, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of Exchequer Bills. III. All and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained in the said recited Acts shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said several Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act. IV. The Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Threepence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein. V. It shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and they are hereby empowered, to take, accept, and receive the Exchequer Bills authorized to be made out in pursuance of this Act, and to advance or lend to Her Majesty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, upon the Credit of the Sum granted by this Act, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Eight Millions, anything in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act for granting to their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any other Act or Acts, to the contrary notwithstanding. VI. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to cause such Bills as shall be prepared by virtue of this Act to be delivered from Time to Time to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in such Proportions as the Public Service may require, as Security for any Advance or Advances which may be made to Her Majesty by the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England under the Authority of this Act. VII. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and apply from Time to Time all such Sums of Money as shall be raised by Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act to such Services as shall then have been voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament. VIII. The Principal Sum or Sums of Money to be contained in all such Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, together with the Interest that may become due thereon, shall be and the same are hereby made chargeable and charged Consolidated charged upon the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund duce of the of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Fund. next succeeding Quarter to that in which the said Exchequer Bills have been issued; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, and they are hereby authorized, from Time to Time, by Warrant under their Hands, to direct the Comptroller General of the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, in such Manner as they shall think necessary, to grant a Credit on the Exchequer Funds in the Bank of England unto such Person or Persons as shall be named in the said Warrant, which Credit shall be chargeable on and paid out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund of the next succeeding Quarter to that in which the said Exchequer Bills have been issued, for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole a Sum sufficient to discharge and pay off the Principal Sum or Sums of Money contained in such Exchequer Bills then outstanding, and which may have been made out and issued by virtue of this Act, together with all such Interest as may be due thereupon. CAP. III. An Act for raising the Sum of One million seven Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Sum herein-after mentioned; and do therefore 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, as follows: I. Towards making good the Supp'y granted to Her Majesty Treasury for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and may raise fifty-four, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her by Exchequer 1,750,000% Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Bills, in like and Ireland at any Time or Times, and they are hereby Manner as is authorized, to cause any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made prescribed by out at the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the sum of One million seven hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, in like Manner as is prescribed in an Act passed in the Forty-eighth A 4 Year 48 G. 3. c. 1. 4 & 5 W. 4. c. 15. 5 & 6 Vict. 66. The Clauses, &c. in recited Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer Bills, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, and in another Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of Exchequer Bills. II. All and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities contained Acts extended in the said Acts shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer to this Act. The Treasury to issue and apply the Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said several Clauses or Provisoes had been particularly repeated and reenacted in the Body of this Act. III. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to issue and apply from Time to Time all Money raised. such Sums of Money as shall be raised by Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act to such Services as shall then have been voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament. Bills, how to be charged and paid. Interest on Twelve Calen dar Months from their Dates. IV. The Principal Sum or Sums of Money to be contained in such Exchequer Bills shall be charged upon and shall be paid out of any Supplies to be granted in the next Session of Parliament. V. The Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall bear Date on the Days on which the same shall be respectively issued, and shall bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Threepence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein, payable out of any Aids or Supplies in the Bank of England standing to the Credit of the Exchequer. Bills charged on VI. All the Exchequer Bills to be made out by virtue of this Supplies to be Act, or so many of them as shall from Time to Time remain current in Pay. ment of Public undischarged and uncancelled, shall, after Twelve Calendar Revenue after Months from their respective Dates, be taken and shall pass and be current to all the Receivers and Collectors in Great Britain of the Customs, Excise, or Revenue, any Supply, Aid, or Tax whatsoever already granted or payable, or which shall hereafter be granted or payable to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and also at the Bank of England to the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer, from the said Receivers or Collectors, or from any other Person or Persons, Bodies Politic or Corporate whatsoever, making any Payment there to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Scc essors, upon any Account whatever. Bank of England may advance 1,750,000%, on VII. It shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to advance or lend to Her Majesty, upon the Credit of the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of |