Minute Books of Commission

ers to be admitted as Evidence.

Powers and
Provisions of
recited Act

3&4 Vict. c. 87.
extended to
this Act.

shall think proper so to do, take such Security, either to themselves or Her Majesty, from any Clerk, Officer, or other Person to be appointed by virtue of this Act, for the due and faithful Execution of his Office, as they the said Commissioners shall think fit.

XVII. And be it enacted, That all Orders and Proceedings of the said Commissioners in the Execution of this Act which shall be entered in a Book or Books to be kept for that Purpose shall, when so entered and signed by the said Commissioners, or any Two of them, be deemed to be Originals, and such Book or Books shall be admitted as Evidence in all Courts whatsoever.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That for the Purpose of laying down and constructing the said intended new Street the said Commissioners for executing this Act shall have such and the same Powers, Authorities, Privileges, and Exemptions as in and by the said recited Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesty are given to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, for the Purpose of or with reference to the laying down and constructing the several new Streets and Improvements therein specified, so far as the same shall be applicable to the said intended new Street, and also that all Powers authorizing incapacitated Persons to convey in the said Act contained shall extend to all the Lands and Hereditaments to be taken under this Act; and that all and singular the Enactments, Exemptions from Stamp Duties, and Provisions in the said last-mentioned Act contained shall extend and be construed in all respects as if the said last-mentioned Act had been passed for the Purpose of authorizing the laying down and Construction of the new Street by this Act authorized to be laid down and constructed, and for the Purchase and taking of Hereditaments, and for the leasing, selling, managing, and disposing of the Hereditaments to be taken and the Buildings to be erected thereon, and as if the Hereditaments comprised in the Schedule to this Act had been comprised in the Schedule to the said last-mentioned Act, and as if the Monies authorized to be raised by this Act had been authorized to be raised by the said last-mentioned Act, and as if the said Street hereby authorized to be made had been by the said Act authorized to be made, except that, with respect to any Monies payable into the Bank of England, the same shall be paid to the Account of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, pursuant to the Method prescribed by an Act of the Twelfth Year of King George the First, intituled 12 G. 1. c. 32. An Act for the better securing the Monies and Effects of the

Suitors of the Court of Chancery, and to prevent the counterfeiting of East India Bonds, and Indorsements thereon, and likewise Indorsements on South Sea Bonds, and pursuant to the general Rules and Orders of the said Court, and without Fee or Reward, according to the Act of the Twelfth Year of King 12 G. 2. c. 24. George the Second, intituled An Act to empower the High Court of Chancery to lay out, on proper Securities, any Monies, not exceeding a Sum therein limited, out of the common and general Cash in the Bank of England belonging to the Suitors of the said Court, for the Ease of the said Suitors, by applying the Interest arising therefrom for answering the Charges of the Office of the Accountant General of the said Court, in like Manner as

Monies are by the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesty directed to be paid to the Account of the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer; and such Monies shall be applied, under the Direction of the Court of Chancery, in like Manner as Monies are by the said last-mentioned Act directed to be applied under the Direction of the Court of Exchequer.

XIX. And be it enacted, That all Pains and Penalties which may be incurred, imposed, or inflicted under or by virtue of the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesty, for the Offences against the Provisions thereof therein specified, shall and may be incurred, imposed, and inflicted for similar Offences against the Provisions of this Act, and in all respects as if the same were here repeated.

Penalties of recited Act 3&4 Vict. c. 87. this Act.

extended to

Exchequer Bill

XX. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for issuing Exchequer Bills for Public Works, Commissioners acting in execution of an Act of the Fifty-seventh Year of King empowered to lend Money to George the Third, and of the several subsequent Acts for amendCommissioners ing and extending the same, and they are hereby authorized, to of Woods, &c. advance and lend to the said Commissioners for executing this at such Rate of Act any Sum or Sums of Money in Exchequer Bills on Mortgage Interest as the of the Hereditaments to be acquired under this Act, and either Treasury may before or after the same shall have been acquired, and also on approve. the said Monies and Interest, and the growing Accumulations thereof, authorized and directed to be raised by the said Act of the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and at such Rate of Interest as the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer, or any Three or more of them, shall approve.

sioners fox Advances made.

XXI. And be it enacted, That upon the said Commissioners for Commissioners the issuing of Exchequer Bills making any such Advance as last of Woods, &c. aforesaid, the said Commissioners for executing this Act shall to give Security to Exchequer thereupon convey or agree to convey to the Secretary for the Bill CommisTime being of the said Commissioners for the issuing of Exchequer Bills, his Heirs and Assigns, or as the same Commissioners shall direct, all or any Part of the Hereditaments to be acquired under this Act, or such Monies and Interest as aforesaid, or any Part thereof, as a Security for the Repayment of the Amount of the said Exchequer Bills, with Interest thereon, at such Time or Times as the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer, or any Three or more of them, shall appoint; and any such Advance may be made, although at the Time of the making thereof the Value of the said Hereditaments, or the Monies and Interest actually accumulated, may not be a sufficient Security for the Monies and Interest to be secured.

XXII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered or Act may be amended by any Act to be passed in the present Session of amended, &c. Parliament.

XXIII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed to Public Act. be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by

all Judges, Justices, and others.