Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, additional Duties of Excife on Tobacco and Snuff; were, by an Act paffed in the Forty-feventh Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled,

An A&t for charging the Sum of Twelve millions, Part of the Loan of 47 G. 3. ft. 1. • Twelve millions two hundred thousand Pounds raised for the Service €55.

of Great Britain for the Year One thoufand eight hundred and feven,

a

upon the Duties of Cuftoms and Excife granted to His Majesty during the Continuance of the prefent War, and for certain Periods after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace; and for providing Sinking Fund for the Redemption of the Stocks or Funds thereby created, further granted and continued for fuch further Term or Terms, and in fuch Proportions, after the Expiration of the faid Period, as is directed in the faid laft recited Act: And for making an effectual Fund for defraying the Charge occafioned by fuch Part or Parts of the faid Loan or Loans, and by fuch Sum of Seven millions nine hundred and thirty-two thousand one hundred Pounds, as is or are or fhall be charged thereon, it is expedient that the faid laft-mentioned Duties fhould be further granted and continued for fuch a further • limited Term, and in fuch Proportions and Marner as in this A& is directed;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's mott Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affeinbled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid feveral Duties of Duties of Excite Excile fhall be, and the fame are hereby further granted and con- granted by tinued, and fhall be payable to and for the Ufe of His Mjetty, His 43 G. 3. c. 81. Heirs and Succeffors, for fuch further Term or Terms, and in fuch Proportions, after the Expiration of the faid Periods, and in fuch Manner as herein-after is directed concerning the fame.

and 46 G. 3. c. 39. further

continued.

To defray the Charge occafioned by

the Loan under

11,000,000l. of

49 G. 3. c. 71.

and the funding
of 7,932,100!.
Exchequer Bills

under 49 G. 8.
c. 21. there fhall

II. And be it further enacted, That in order to defray the Charge occafioned by the Sum of Eleven millions fix hundred thousand Pounds, Part of the Loan of Fourteen miliions fix hundred thousand Pounds, contracted to be raised for the Service of the prefent Year, except the Charge of Eight hundred and ninety-two thousand five hundred and twenty-two Pounds Seven Shillings and Nine-pence, capital Stock in reduced Annuities, after the Rate of Three Pounds per Centum in refpect of Six hundred thoufard Pounds raised for the Service of His Royal Highnels the Prince Regent of Portugal: and alfo to defray the Charge occafioned by the Sum of Seven millions be appropriated nine hundred and thirty-two thoufand one hundred Pounds in Ex- out of the chequer Bills, funded pursuant to an Act of this Seffion of Parliament, Produce of the there fhall, during the Continuance of the prefent War, and until Duties granted Six Months after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, be during the War, fet apart at the Receipt of the Exchequer in England, and appropriated Duties granted (except the to the Confolidated Fund of Great Britain, quarterly, or otherwife, by 46 G. 3. as the faid Charge may from Time to Time be incurred or become c. 65.) the due out of the Produce of any of the Duties granted to His Maj-fty annual Sum of during the Continuance of the prefent War, and until certain Feriods 1,010,000l. after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, which may from Time to Time be remaining in the Exchequer, except the Duties granted by an Act paffed in the Forty-fixth Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act for granting to His Majefty during the prefent War, and until the Sixth Day of April next after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, further additional Rates and Duties in Great Britain on the Rates and Duties on Profits arifing from Property,

Profeffions,

If no other Provifion be inade after the

War Duties fhall ceafe, the faid

Duties of Exeife

fhall be further

continued for
defraying the faid

annual Charge of
1,040,000l.
until further
Provifion fhall
be made.

Powers of recited

A.D. 1809. Profeffions, Trades, and Offices; and for repealing an A& passed in the Forty fifth Year of His prefent Majefly, for repealing certain Parts of an Act made in the Forty third Year of His prefent Majefly for granting a Contribution on the Profits arifing from Property, Profeffions, Trades, and Offices, and to confolidate and render more effectual the Provifions for col lecting the faid Duties; notwithstanding any other Appropriation of the faid Duts by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, but fubject to the Charge created thereon by the faid recited A& paffed in the Forty-feventh Year of His prefent Majesty, the clear annual Sum of One million and forty thoufand Pounds, which annual Sum fhall be deemed an Addition made to the Confolidated Fund of Great Britain, for the Purpose of defraying the increafed Charge oc. cafioned by any A&t or Acts paffed or to be paffed in the prefent Seffion of Parliament, in respect of the faid Sums of Eleven millions fix hundred thousand Pounds, except the Charge in refpect of Six hundred thousand Pounds raifed for the Service of the Prince Regent of Portugal. Part of the faid Loan of Fourteen millions fix hundred thousand Pounds; and alfo for the Purpose of defraying the annual Charge occafioned by Seven millions nine hundred and thirty-two thousand one hundred Pounds in Exchequer Bills, funded pursuant to an Act of this Seffion of Parliament.

III. And be it further enacted, That if no other Provifion fhall have been made by Parliament for defraying the annual Charge occafioned by the faid Sum of Eleven millions fix hundred thousand Pounds, except the Charge in refpect of Six hundred thousand Pounds raised for the Service of the Prince Regent of Portugal, and also for defraying the annual Charge occafioned by Seven millions nine hundred and thirty-two thoufand one hundred Pounds in Exchequer Bills funded as aforefaid, from and after the Expiration of the faid Period of Six Months from and after the Ratification of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, the Duties of Excile granted or continued to His Majelty by the above recited Acts, or fo much and fuch Part or Parts or Proportions thereof respectively as fhall not previously have been repealed or difcontinued by any Act or Acts of Parliament, fhall thenceforth be further continued, and be payable to and for the Ufe of His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors; and fo much thereof as fhail amount to the Sum of One million and forty thousand Pounds shall be deemed an Addition made to the Revenue, for the Purpose of defraying the increafed Charge occafioned by the faid Sums of Eleven millions fix hundred thoufand Pounds, except the Charge in respect of fix hundred thousand Pounds raised for the Service of the Prince Regent aforefaid; and alfo for the Purpose of defraying the Charge occafioned by Seven millions nine hundred and thirty-two thousand one hundred Pounds in Exchequer Bills funded as aforefaid, until fome other Provifion fhall be made by Parliament for defraying the faid Charges; and in cafe there fhall be any Remainder of the Monics arifing by the faid Duties, after defraying the faid Charges, fuch Remainder or Surplus fhall, until the fame fhall be difcontinued or fpecially appropriated by Parliament, be applicable and may be applied to fuch Uies and Purpofes as the Monies compofing the Confolidated Fund may by Law be applied.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the feveral Clauses, Powers, Acts in relation Provifions, Directions, Fines, Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures, in A&t or Acts of Parliament contained, in relation to the said feveral

to the Excife

Duties extended to this Act.

any

Duties

Duties of Excife thereby respectively granted, and the Drawbacks or Bounties of Excife allowed thereon refpectively, fhall remain and continue in force, and be refpe&tively applied, practifed, and put in Execution in refpect of the faid feveral Duties, Drawbacks, and Bounties refpectively, or fuch Parts or Proportions thereof respectively, as fhall from Time to Time be continued by virtue of this A&t, in as full and ample a Manner, to all Intents and Purposes whatfoever, as if the faid Claufes, Powers, Provifions, Directions, Fines, Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures were respectively repeated and re-enacted in this A&t.

Forging or uttering Certifi Felony without

cates or Orders,

V. And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall forge or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or fhall wilfully aid or affift in the forging or counterfeiting any Certificate or Certificates, Order or Orders, made forth by virtue of Benc fit of this Act, or alter any Number, Figure, or Word therein, or prefent Clergy. for Payment, utter, vend, barter, or difpofe of any fuch forged, counterfeited, or altered Certificate or Certificates, Order or Orders, (knowing the fame to be forged, counterfeited, or altered,) then and in every fuch Cafe all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons being thereof convicted in due Form of Law, fhall be adjudged a Felon, and fhall fuffer Death as in Cafes of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.

CA P. XCIII.

An Act to enable the Commiflioners of His Majefty's Treasury,
to iffue Exchequer Bills, on the Credit of fuch Aids or
Supplies as have been or fhall be granted by Parliament for
the Service of Great Britain, for the Year One thousand eight
hundred and nine.
[10th June 1809.]

Treafury may iffue Exchequer Bills, in Manner prefcribed by "48 G. 3. c. 1. chargeable on Supplies of 1S09, and payable at any "Time on Fourteen Days Notice. § 1, 2. But not to iffue Ex"chequer Bills on the Credit of 49 G. 3. c. 1. in any other Manner "than they are authorized by that A&t, &c. § 3. Intereft on fuch

"Exchequer Bills not exceeding 3d. per Centum per Diem. § 4"Such Exchequer Bills may, at the Expiration of Four Months after "Date, be taken in Payment of the Revenue. $5. Bank of England "authorized to advance 6,000,000l. on Credit of this Act. §6.

CA P. XCIV.

An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be
raised by Lotteries.
[10th June 1809.]
"Number of Tickets 60,000. §1. Amount of Prizes at a Rate not
"exceeding 10l. per Ticket. § 4.

XI. And be it enacted, That the faid Managers and Directors Lift of the fhall on each Day of Drawing, as foon as conveniently may be after Tickets of each the faid Drawing is over, caufe to be printed and publifhed complete Day's Drawing numerical Lifts of all the Tickets, as well Fortunate as Blank, which to be printed. fhall be drawn on each Day; and if any Contention or Difpute fhall Difputes to he arife in the adjufting the Property of the faid Fortunate Tickets, it adjfed by the Managers. fhall be wholly in the Judgment of the major Part of the faid Managers and Directors to determine to whom it doth or ought to belong: And

Penalty on forging Tickets, &c. Felony without Clergy.

Perfons fharing Tickets, &c. contrary to Licence fhall forfeit 1001.

Lottery Offices

to be open from Eight till Eight. Penalty 501.

Lottery to be drawn in One

Day, to prevent

Infurances.

if any Perfon or Perfons fhall forge or counterfeit, or caufe or precure to be forged or counterfeited, or willingly act or affift in the forging or counterfeiting, any Ticket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates, Order or Orders, made forth by virtue of this prefent A&t, or alter any Number, Figure, Word, or Letter therein, or knowingly utter, vend, barter, or difpofe of, any fuch falfe, altered, forged, or coun terfeited Ticket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates, Order or Orders, or fhall bring any fuch forged or counterfeited Ticket, Certificate, or Order, or any fuch Ticket, Certificate, or Order, the Number whereof, or any Figure, Word, or Letter therein, shall have been altered, (knowing the fame to be forged, counterfeited, or altered.) to the faid Managers and Directors, or any of them, or to the Cashier or Cafhiers, or Accountant General of the Bank of England for the Time being, or to any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, with a fraudulent Intention; or fhall willingly aid, abet, affitt, hire, or command, any Perfon or Persons to commit any fuch Offence or Offences as aforefaid, then, and in every such Cafe, all and every fuch Perfon or Perfons being thereof convicted in due Form of Law, fhall be adjudged a Felon, and shall fuffer Death as in Cafes of Felony without Benefit of Clergy: And the faid Managers and Directors, or any Two or more of them, are hereby authorized, required, and empowered, to caufe any Perfon or Perfons bringing or uttering fuch forged or counterfeited Ticket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates, Order or Orders, as aforefaid, or aiding, abetting, affifting, hiring, or commanding, any Perfon or Perfons therein, to be appre hended, and to commit him, her, or them, to His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, or to the Common Gaol of the County or Place where fuch Perton or Perfons fhall be fo apprehended, to be proceeded againft for the faid Felony according to Law.

"Perfons licensed to fhare Tickets fhall depofit 150 Tickets, or more, as the Commiffioners fhall direct. § 22. 28.

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XXIX. And be it further enacted, That all and every Perfon and Perions who fhall divide Tickets into Shares, or iffue Chances without the Authority of fuch Licence as aforefaid, or in any other Houte or Place befides that named in the Licence, or in any other Manner contrary to fuch Licence, or to the Intent and Meaning of this Act, fhall forfeit, for every fuch Offence, the Sum of One hundred Pounds.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That no fuch Office for Lottery Tickets licensed as aforefaid, fhall be open for the Transaction of any Bufinefs under fuch Licence before the Hour of Eight of the Clock in the Morning, nor after the Hour of Eight of the Clock in the Evening, except on the Evening preceding the Drawing of any Lottery; and if any fuch Office or Place fhall be wilfully kept open in point of Time contrary to this Act, the Perfon or Perfons licenfed to keep fuch Office fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit Firty Pounds.

XL. And Whereas it is expedient for the more effectual Pre ⚫vention of Iniurances and other illegal Practices in Lotteries, that each Lottery fhould be drawn in One Day ;' Be it therefore further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Lord High Treaturer, or any Three or more of the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treasury for the Time being, to order and direct that each or any of the faid

Lotterics

Lotteries fhall be drawn in One Day, and to make fuch Regulations as to the preparing of any Books, and the Mode of numbering and marking of any Tickets, and alfo as to the Number of Tickets in any fuch Lottery, and the Forms and Numbers of Chances of Tickets in any fuch Lottery, and as to the Proportion of fuch Tickets to be drawn for the Purpose of afcertaining the Fortunate Tickets, and the Mode of drawing the fame, and as to all other Matters and Things necessary for drawing each or any of fuch Lottery in One Day, as fhall appear to them to be expedient and proper for carrying into execution the Purposes aforefaid, and all fuch Rules, Regulations, Matters, and Things fo made, and which fhall be published in the Gazette Two Months at least before the drawing of any fuch Lottery, fhall be as good, valid, and effectual, as if the fame were enacted in this Act.

XLI. And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons Counterfeiting fhall forge or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be forged or coun. Shares, &c. terfeited, or fhall willingly act or affiit in the forging or counterfeiting, Felony without Clergy. any Share or Shares, Chance or Chances, or any Agreement or Agree ments, for any Share or Shares, Chance or Chances refpectively, of any Ticket or Tickets in any Lottery to be drawn in pursuance of this Act; or alter any Number, Figure, Word, Letter, or Stamp, therein or thereon; or fhall knowingly utter, vend, barter, or difpofe of any fuch forged, counterfeited, or altered Share or Shares, Chance or Chances, or Agreement or Agreements for any Share or Shares, Chance or Chances of any Ticket or Tickets, with Intent to defraud any Perfon or Perfons, then, and in every fuch Cafe, all and every Perfon and Perfons fo offending, and being thereof duly convicted, fhall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and fuffer as a Felon.

"Laft Lottery under 48 G. 3. c. 139. may be drawn in One Day "under Direction of the Treasury. §61.

[In all other Particulars this Act is precifely fimilar to 47 G. 3. ft. 2. c. 9. mutatis mutandis.]

An Act for further regulating the Constitution of the Board of Commiffioners for auditing the Publick Accounts.

W

[10th June 1809.]

HEREAS by an A& paffed in the Forty-fixth Year of

His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ad for making more 46 G. 3. c.141.

effectual Provifion for the more speedy and regular Examination and Audit

of the Publick Accounts of this Kingdom, His Majefty was empowered § 2.

to nominate and appoint fuch Number of Perfons (including therein the Perfons who fhould at that Time hold the Situation of Commiffioners for auditing the Publick Accounts) as should make the • Number of such Comm ffioners amount to Ten in the whole, who 'fhould thenceforth be the Commiffioners for auditing the Publick Accounts of this Kingdom; and the Commiffioners of the Treasury § 5. " were empowered to fubdivide the General Board of the faid Ten • Commiffioners into fuch and fo many Boards as to them fhould feem 'expedient; and it was enacted, that any Thing directed to be done §7. by the Commiffioners for auditing the Pubuck Accounts, or by any of the Boards into which the faid Commiffioners might be divided, may be done by the Majority of the faid Commiffioners, or

by