Revenue to be repaid to Con Fifth Day of April, have in pursuance of the said recited Acts of the First and Twenty seventh Years of the Reign of His late solidated Fund. Majesty King George the Third, been set apart at the Exchequer for the Use of His Majesty, and a Part of the said Sums has been issued and applied in satisfying Payments to which the 'Civil List Revenues are properly applicable;' 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 Revenues granted to His Majesty by this Act, there shall be repaid to or retained in the Exchequer, towards completing the Aids granted or to be granted by Parliament for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty, 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 such Annuities, Pensions or other Payments, as would have been properly charged or chargeable upon the Civil List Revenues; and there shall also be repaid to the Consolidated Fund, a Sum equal to so much of the Hereditary Revenues set apart at the Fifth Day of April last past, as may have been or may be issued or applied out of those Revenues, for satisfying such Annuities, Pensions or other Payments, as would have been properly charged or chargeable upon the Civil List Revenues; 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 go and be carried to the said Consolidated Fund on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty. Provisions of former Acts as to Civil List to remain in force. Reduction of the Amount to be issued for the First Class of the Civil List. 6 V. And Whereas Doubts may be entertained whether the Pro'visions of the Acts relating to the Civil List Revenues have expired with the Civil List Revenue of His late Majesty, by the 'Demise of His late Majesty;' Be it therefore further enacted and declared, That all the Provisions, Regulations, Restrictions, Clauses, Matters and Things contained in the said recited Acts, or any or either of them, which were applicable and in force as to the Civil List Revenue at the Time of the Demise of His late Majesty, shall, so far as the same are not altered, varied or repealed by this Act, be and remain and continue, and are hereby declared to be in full Force and Effect, as to the Civil List Revenues granted by this Act, and shall be used and applied, as far as the same are applicable, in relation to the issuing, paying, receiving, Distribution, Care, Management, Regulation and accounting for the Civil List Revenues granted by this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same were severally, separately and respectively repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act, and made Part thereof. VI. And Whereas the estimated annual Amount of the Charge on the First Class of the Civil List, which the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury were by the said recited Act of the Fifty sixth Year aforesaid required to appropriate, according to the Provisions of the said Act, was Two hundred and ninety eight thousand Pounds; and by the said recited Act of the Fifty ninth Year aforesaid the same was reduced to One hundred and ' ninety thousand Pounds: And Whereas by the Reduction inci'dent to Your Majesty's Accession to the Throne, the Sum to be appropriated appropriated for the Charge of this Class of the Civil List will be ⚫ still further diminished;' Be it therefore enacted, That the Sum to be appropriated in each Quarter of a Year for defraying the Charge of the First Class of the Civil List, shall be equal only to One fourth Part of the Sum of Sixty thousand Pounds, being the estimated Amount of the future Annual Charge of this Class, according to the Schedule to this Act annexed. In case of Particulars to VII. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Total Charge upon the Civil List, from the Fifth Day of January in any One Year, to the Fifth Day of January in the succeeding Year, in Great Britain and Ireland, shall amount to more than the Sum of One million and seventy thousand Pounds, an Account, be laid before stating the Particulars of such Exceedings, and the Cause Parliament. thereof, shall be submitted to Parliament within Thirty Days after the same shall have been ascertained, if Parliament shall be then sitting; but if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then the said Account shall be presented within Thirty Days after the next Meeting of Parliament. VIII. And be it enacted, That the several and respective Duties and Revenues which were payable to His late Majesty King George the Third, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for and during His Life, shall be continued, raised, levied and paid from the Demise of His said late Majesty, during the Life of His present Majesty, in the same manner only, and subject to the same or the like Charges thereon, as the same were liable or subject to during His said late Majesty's Life: Saving always to all and every Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, their Heirs and Successors, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, (other than to our said Sovereign Lord the King, His Heirs and Successors, and other than to such Person or Persons who do or may stand seised or possessed in Trust for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors,) all such Rights, Titles, Estates, Customs, Interests, Claims and Demands whatsoever, of, in, to or out of the Revenues, Hereditaments and others the Premises aforesaid or any of them, as they or any of them had or ought to have had at the making of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had never been made; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. The Duties and Revenues payable in Scotland to His late Majesty, to continue payable to His present Ma jesty. General Saving. IX. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of 50 G. 3. c. 111. the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to limit $2. Surplus in the Amount of Pensions to be granted out of the Civil List of Scotland to be Scotland, it was enacted, that all Sums of Money which should carried to Con ' remain, after Payment of all such Pensions and Grants and solidated Fund. other Charges as were or should thereafter be charged upon or 'granted or payable out of the Civil List of Scotland, and after defraying such Charges incident thereupon, should from time to time, as the same should arise, be applied in Aid of the Civil List of England: And Whereas it is expedient to make further Provision for the Application of any such Surplus;' Be it therefore further enacted, That every such Surplus or Balance, which may remain after defraying the whole of the Charges upon or incident to the said Fund, shall during the Life of His present Majesty 33 G. 5. c. 34. (I.) Further Re duction of the Pension List in Ireland. Majesty (whom God long preserve) go and be carried to the Account of the said Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. X. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Thirty third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, it was provided, that the 'whole Amount of Pensions to be granted in Ireland in One Year 'should not exceed One thousand two hundred Pounds, until the 'whole Pension List should be reduced to Eighty thousand Pounds, which Sum it should not afterwards be lawful to exceed; and that no Pension should be granted after such Reduction, to or for the Use of any one Person, exceeding the Sum of One thousand two hundred Pounds yearly, except to His Majesty's Royal Family, or on an Address of either House of Parliament: And Whereas the Pensions payable in Ireland have, for a very considerable Time past, been reduced below the Limit fixed by the said recited Act, and it is expedient further to limit the same;' Be it therefore further enacted, That the whole Amount of the Pensions to be granted in Ireland in One Year, shall not exceed One thousand two hundred Pounds, until the whole Pension List shall be reduced to Fifty thousand Pounds a Year, which Sum it shall not afterwards be lawful to exceed ; No new Pen, and that no Pension shall be granted after such Reduction, to or for the Use of any one Person, exceeding One thousand two hundred Pounds a Year, except to His Majesty's Royal Family, or upon an Address of either House of Parliament. sion to exceed 12001. Exceptions. Proviso for the Rights of the Crown with respect to the small Branches of the Here ditary Revenues granted by 1 Ann. c. 7. stat. 1. ; and for Leases, Grants, or Assurances thereof, or Suits, &c. for Recovery of same, &c. XI. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to impeach or diminish any Rights, Privileges, Powers and Prerogatives, over the said small Branches of His Majesty's Hereditary Revenue particularly mentioned in the said recited Act of the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, and used, exercised and enjoyed, or which might have been used, exercised and enjoyed by any of His Majesty's Royal Predecessors since the passing of an Act in the First Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled An Act for the better Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, other than the Power of granting, during His Majesty's Life, or for any Term of Years determinable upon His Life or otherwise, the Profits and Produce of any such of the said small Branches, as are subject to the Restrictions of the said last mentioned Act, with respect to the free and absolute Disposition thereof, in Derogation of the special Purpose of this present Act, to carry the same to the said Consolidated Fund. XII. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in anywise to impair or affect any Rights or Powers of Controul, Management or Direction, which have been or may be exercised by Authority of the Crown, or other lawful Warrant, relative to any Leases, Grants or Assurances of any of the said small Branches of His Majesty's Hereditary Revenue, or to any Suits or Proceedings for Recovery of the same, or to Compositions made or to be made on account of any of the said small Branches, or to any Remission, Mitigation or Pardon of any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred or to be incurred by the Importation of prohibited and uncustomed Goods, Goods, or to Fines taken or to be taken, and to Rents, Boons and Services reserved or to be reserved upon such Grants, Leases and Assurances, or to the Mitigation or Remission of the same, or to any other lawful Act, Matter or Thing which has been or may be done touching the said Branches; but that the said Rights and Powers shall continue to be used, exercised and enjoyed in as full, free, ample and effectual Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if this Act had not been made, and as the same have been or might have been enjoyed by His late Majesty at the Time of his Demise, subject nevertheless to all such Restrictions and Regulations as were in force in relation thereto at the Time of the Demise of His late Majesty; it being the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, that the said Rights and Powers shall not in any Degree be abridged or restrained, or affected in any Manner whatsoever, but only that the Monies arising from the full and free Exercise and Enjoyment of them so subject as aforesaid, shall, during His Majesty's Life, be carried to and made Part of the said Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. XIII. And be it further enacted, That all Sums of Money from Sums under time to time arising out of any of the Provisions or Regulations 57 G. 3. c. 62. contained in an Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of the carried to Consolidated Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to abolish certain Fund during Offices, and to regulate certain other Offices in Ireland, and which the Life of were by the said Act carried to and made Part of the said Con- His present solidated Fund during the Life of His late Majesty, shall in like Majesty. manner be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Life of His present Majesty. Application of casual Revenue to be laid annually before Parliament. Droits and XIV. And be it further enacted, That an annual Account of Amount of all Monies which shall or may hereafter arise, and be received Produce and for and in respect of any Droits of Admiralty or Droits of the Crown, and from the Surplus of the Duties called the Four and a Half per Centum Duties, over and above Salaries and all other annual Charges affecting the same, and from all surplus Revenues of Gibraltar, or any other Possessions of His Majesty, out of the United Kingdom, and from all other casual Revenue or Revenues, whether arising in or from any Foreign Possessions, or in the United Kingdom, and of the Application and Dispositions of all such Monies or Revenues, shall be laid before Parliament on or before the Twenty fourth Day of March in each Year, if Parliament shall be then sitting; or if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within Thirty Days after the then next Meeting of Parliament. The Vth CLASS. VIth CLASS. IVth CLASS. Expenses (except Salaries) of His Majesty's House- 209,000 140,700 95,000 VIIth CLASS. Salaries to certain Officers of State, and various other Allowances 41,300 VIIIth CLASS. Salaries to the Commissioners of the Treasury and 13,822 26,000 £ 845,727 CA P. II. His Majesty enabled to be Governor, notwithstanding any Forms of Election prescribed by the Charter. An Act to enable His Majesty to be Governor of the South WHEREAS the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other Parts of America, and for encouraging the Fishery, have made an humble Address to The King's Most Excellent Majesty, in a • General Court of the said Company, that His Majesty would be graciously pleased to honour the said Company with being their Governor, whereunto His Majesty being willing to condescend, some Doubts and Difficulties have arisen or may arise touching the Qualifications and Duties prescribed by Law, or by the 'Charter granted to the said Company, in relation to the Governors or Government thereof:' For Remedy whereof, Be it enacted and declared 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, That His Majesty shall be capable of being and continuing Governor of the said Company for such Time or Times as are prescribed by the said Charter for the Continuance of any Governor therein, and that such Address as aforesaid, or any other Address of the said Company to be hereafter made in their General Court for the same Purpose (in case His Majesty shall be pleased to accept of being their Governor), shall from time to time be deemed and adjudged to be an Election of His Majesty to be Governor of the said Company within the true Intent and Meaning of the said Charter, without the Forms of balloting or other |