ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Production Note Project Unica Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 2015 ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SEXTO GEORGII Ili. REGIS. »*»»**»««*»***«** *************** CAP. CXLVI. An Ad: for fettling and fecuring a certain Annuity on the Earl Nelfon and the Heirs Male of his Body, and fuch other Pcrfons to whom the 1 itle of Earl Nelfon may defcend; and for granting a Sum or Money to purchafe an Eftate to accompany the faid Title ; and alfo, for granting a Sum of Money for the Ufe of the Sifters of the late Vice-Admiral Vifcount Nelfon ; in Confideration of the eminent and fignal Services performed by the faid late Vifcount Nelfon to His Majefty and the Publick. j_2 2d July JBoo ] Mod Gracious Sovereign, WHEREAS Your Mijcfty, by Your moft gracious Mrflage to Your faithful Commons, hath been plealed to declare, that Your Majefty having taken into Your Royal Confideration the eminent and fignal Services performed by the late Vice Admiral Lord Vifcount Nelfon, in a long Series of diftinguifhed Exploits, and particularly in the glorious and decifive Vitftory ot Trafalgar, in which he un-U ' fortunately1274 An Annuity of 5C00I. granted to Earl Nelfon, &c. payable out of the Confolidated fund, to be paid Quarterly. 90,corl. to be paid out of the Con-folidated Fund to the Truftees herein men tioned, for the Ufe of the laid Ea Nelfon, &c 46° GEORG1I III. Cap. 146. fortunately fell ; and being defirous to bellow on the Family of the faid Lord Vifcount Nelfon fuch confirierable and lading Mark of Your Royal Favour as may corrcfpond with the Senfe Your Majefty entertains of Services fo honourable to the Britijb Navy, and fo eminently beneficial to the Interefts of the Nation ; and for that Purpofe, of granting to the Earl Nelfon, and to the Heirs Male of his Body, and fuch other Perfons on whom the Title of Earl Nelfon may defeend, a net Annuity of Five thoular.d Pounds during their refpedive Lives; and alfo of granting a Sum not exceeding One hundred and twenty thoufand Pounds, as a further Provifion for the Family of the faid Lord Vifcount Nelfon, a Part whereof it was Your Majefly’s Intention Ihould be appropriated to the Purchafe of a Houfe and Lands, to be annexed to the laid Dignity : Now we, your Majefty’s molt dutiful and loyal Subjedls, the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament affcmbled, duly conlidering Your Majelty’s molt gracious Intention, do molt humbly befeech Your Ma-jeity that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King’s molt Excellent Majelty, by and with the Advice and Content of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affcmbled, and by the Authority of the fame, That One Annuity or yearly Sum of Five thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain (hall be ifiuing and payable out of and charged and chargeable upon the Con-iolidated Fund of Great Britain, (after paying, or referving fufficient to pay, all fuch Sum and Sums of Money as have been diiefted by any former Act or Aits of Parliament to be paid out of the fame, but with Preference to all other Payments which fhall or may hereafter be charged upon or payable out of the faid Fund); and the fame (hall from Time to Time be paid quarterly, free and clear of all Taxes and Deductions whatfoever, in Manner and Form following ; (that is to fay), to the Reverend William Nelfon, now Earl Nelfon, and to the Heirs Male of the Body of the laid Earl Nelfon, and to ¡ueb other Perfon to whom the laid Title, Honour, and Dignity of Earl Nelfon ihall defeend, purluant to the Limitation of the Patent whereby the laid Dignity is granted ; which laid Annuity, or Yearly Rent or Sum, ihall commence and take effedt from the Twenty-firft Day of OElober in the Year of our Lord One thoufand eight hundred and five ; the Firft Payment to be computed and made to the Fifth Day of July One thoufand eight hundred and fix, and from thence Ihall be payable quarterly, at the Four uiual Days of Payment in the Year, that is to fay, the Tenth Day of October, the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, and the Fifth Day of July, in every Year. II. And be it further enadled, That a Sum not exceeding Ninety thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain, (hall be paid out of the faid Confolidated Fund (after paying or relerving fufficient to pay . all fuch Sum and Sums of Money as have been diredted by any former Act or Adts of Parliament to be paid out of the fame; but with Prefer-■ ence to all other Payments which (hall or may be hereafter charged upon the faid Fund) free and clear of all Taxes and Dedudtions whatfoever, to „1 the Speaker of the Houle of Commons, the Lord High Treafurer of . Great Britain, or Fir it Lord Cornmilfioner of the Trealury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Firft,Lord CommilTioner of the Admiralty, and the Treafurer of the Navy, for the Time being refpedtively, the -}£ Honourable7 T fUQ, o4ort 4.6° GE O RG11 III. Cap. 146. 5275 Honourable George Walpole, Alexander Davifon of Sa ri James's Square Efquire, and William HaJIeweod of Fitzroy Square Efquire, in Trull to and for the Ufe of the find Earl Nelfon, and fuch other Perfon on whom the Title of Earl Nelfiv ihall dclcend, and to apply the lame in the Manner hereinafter direfted. III. And be it further enafted, That until fuch Sum of Ninety thou- TiH’Pajrmtnf fand Pounds (lull be fo paid to fuch Truilees as aforefaid, there (hall be is made of paid to the faid Kai l Nelfon, and to the Heirs Male of his Body, and to the gc,o:oI. fuch other Perfon to whom the faid Title, Honour, and Dignity of Earl §1J1'rbe'"‘jdi Nelfon ihall defcend, from Time to Time out of the faid Confolidated Fund, after paying or teferving fufficient to pay any Sum direifled to be paid by former Afls, but with Preference to other Payments, lawful lntereft forfuch Sum of Ninety ihouland Pounds, at and after the Kate of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, and fuch Intcrell ihall commence from the Twenty-firll Day of OBobcr One thoufand eight hundred and five, and ihall be payable Quarterly at the ufual Days of Payment •, the Firit Payment of lntereft to be computed and paid to the Fifth Day of July One thoufand eight hundred and fix, and to continue payable Quarterly on the Tenth Day of OSober, the Fifth Day of January, the Fifth Day of April, and the Fifth Day of July in each Year, until fuch Sum of Ninety thoufand pounds ihall be fo paid as aforefaid, and any tractions or a Quarter to be computed to the Day of fuch Payment. IV. And be it further enafled, That a further Sum not exceeding a further Twenty thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain ihall be paid Sum of out of the faid Confolidated Fund, (after paying or referving fufficient to pay ail luch Sum and Sums of Money as have been directed by any the Truilees mer Aft or Ails of Parliament to be paid out of the fame, but with forSmann .h Preference to all other Payments which (hall or may be hereafter charged Bolton and upon the laid Fund), free and clear of all Taxes and Deductions whatfo- ^,cah'"' ever, to the faid 'lruilees in Trull for Sufannab Bolton, the Wife of sitters of fbotnas Bolton Efquire, and Catharine Matcham, the Wife of George VUcount Matt bam Efquire, Sillers of Horatio Vifcount Nelfon, and to be applied Nelfon. to their Ufe and Benefit, or to the Ufe and Benefit of themfelves and of their refpeitive IlTue, in fuch Manner as His Majelly, by any Warrant under His Sign Manual, ihall direct. V. And be it further enacted, That it (hall be lawful for the faid Earl Nelfon, by any Deed or Inllrument in Writing, under his Hand and Seal, atielted by Two or more credible Witnelfes, to charge the Real nftates hereinafter directed to be purchaled with any Sum not exceeding 1 en thoufand Pounds, with lntereft for the fame at and after the Kate of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum, as and for a Portion .or Hady Charlotte Nelfon, only Daughter ot the faid Earl Nelfon, or any other Daughter or Daughters of the faid Eail Nelfon, in fuch Shares and 1 ro-portions as he (hall by the fame or any other Deed or Inllrument, or by his lad Will and Tellament, or any Codicil, publiihed in the Pretence oi Three or more credible Witneffes, appoint or direft, and torSecuring the lame with fuch lntereft as aforefaid, by any fuch Deed or Inllrument, or fuch lalt Will or Tellament, to dermic Inch Heal Eftates, or any lul-ftcient Purtion thereof, to Truilees for the Term of Five hundred Years, Earl Nelforr empowered to fettle a Portion on Lady Charlotte Nelfon, hisDaughicr, of 10,cool. &c.1276 and alio a Jointure ef 7.0c ol per Annum on the Countcfs his Wife. Th" Narrc of Nelfcn to he taken by the Family cn whem the Tide fhall deiceno. Earl Nelfon, after the De-ceafe of the prefent Earl, empuweredto fettle a Jointure on his Wife of J ,500!. 46° GEORGII III. Cap. 146. for the raifing fuch Portion, and Payment of fuch Incereft, in fuch Manner and at fuch Times and in fuch Proportions as the faid Karl Nelfon fhall, by any fuch Deed or lnftrUment, or any fuch luft Will or Tcrtament, or Codicil, direCL VI. And be it further enabled, That it fhall be lawful fer the faid William now Earl Nelfon, by any Deed or Deeds, or Writing of Writings, with or without Power of Revocation, to be by .him fealed and delivered in the Prefence of Two or more credible Wirneifes, to grant, limit, and appoint unto Sarah Countels Nelfon his Wife, and in cafe of her Death in his Life-time, unto anv other Woman or Women whom he may marry after her Deceale, for her or their Life or Lives, and for her nr their Jointure or Jointures, and in bar of Dower, as hereinafter is provided, any Annuity or yearly Sum not exceeding the Sum of Two thou-land Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain, clear of all Taxes, Charges, and Deductions whatfoever, by ACt of Parliament or otherwife howjoever, to commence and take effeCt immediately after the Deceafe of the faid William now Earl Nelfon, and to be iiluing and payable out of the laid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds, by equal Quarterly Payments, on the fame Days as the faid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds is hereby made payable at the Fxchequer j and the Firft of the faid Quarterly -Payments to be made on fuch of the faid Days as fhall next happen after the Deceafe of the faid William now Earl Nelfon. VII. And be it further enabled, That if the Title of Earl Nelfon fhall at any Time hereafter defeend to any Perfon not bearing the Surname of Nelfon, fuch Perfons, and the Sons and Daughters of luch Perfons, fhall, immediately on affuming the Title of Earl Nelfon, take and aflume and thereafter bear and ule the Surname and Arms of Nelfon. VIII. And be it further ena&ed, That it fhall be lawful for the Perfon who for the Time beingafter the Death ot the faid William Earl Nelfon fhall be entitled in PofieiTion to the faid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds, and fhall be Earl Nelfon, either before or after his Marriage with any Woman or Women by any Deed or Deeds, or Writing or Writings, with or without Power of Revocation, to be by him fealed and delivered in the Prclence of Two or more credible Witnefles, (but fubjeCt and without Prejudice to the Annuity or Annuities, yearly Sum or Sums, if any, which fliall be thern fubfifting and payable by way of Jointure or Jointures out of the laid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds, by virtue of any Grant, L-iniitarion, or Appointment to be made in purfuance of the Power hereinbefore contained), to grant, limit, and appoint unto fuch Woman or Women whom he fhall Jo marry, for her or their Life or Lives, and for her or their Jo.nturcor Jointures, in bar of Dower as hereinafter is exprefied, any Annuity or yearly Sum noc exceeding the Sum of One thoufand five hundred Pounds of like lawful Money, clear of all Taxes, Charges, and Deductions whatfoever, by Act of Parliament or otherwife hovvlbever ; to commence and take efteCt immediately after the Deceafe of the Perfon granting, limiting, or appointing the lame, and to be iifumg and payable out of the laid Annuity ot Five thoufand Pounds,and to be paid and payable by equal quarterly Payments on the fame Days on which the faid Annuity ©f Five thoufand Pounds is hereby made payable at the Exchequer; and yj * chc46’ GEORGII III. Cap. 146. the Firft of (he faid quarterly Payments to be made on fuch of the Paid 1277 Days as fhall firft happen after the Deceafe of the Perfon who (hall have appointed the Annuity or yearly Sum lalt herein-before authorized. IX. And be it further enafted, That the Woman or Women to whom Powerof fuch Annuity or Annuities, or yearly Sum or Sums (hall be fo limited or Sjj“^ of appointed by the faid William now Earl Nelfon, or the Perfon for the J Time being entitled in Pofieffion as aforefaid, being Earl Nelfon, (hall and may, in cafe and fo long as the fame fhall be ¡filling and payable out of the faid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds, have, ufe, and exer-cife the fame Remedies, Powers, and Provifions, for the better and more effeftually fecuring, recovering, and enforcing the Payment of fuch laft mentioned Annuity or Annuities, or yearly Sum or Sums, when the fame (hall be in arrear, after or beyond the Times hereby appointed for the Payment thereof, as the Perfon or Perfons granting, limiting, or appointing the fame, could or might have ufed or exercifed for the Recovery of the faid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds. X. And be it further enafled, That every Annuity or yearly Sum Jointure to which fhall be fo granted, limited, or appointed, by way of Jointure, by be :n bar of the faid William now Earl Nelfon, or the Perfon for the Time being en- ower’ titled in Pofieffion as aforefaid (being Earl Nelfon), in purfuance of the Powers in this Act contained, whether granted before or after Marriage, fhall be taken to be in full for the Jointure or Jointures of the Woman or Women to whom the fame (hall be fo granted or limited, and in Recom-pence, Satisfaflion, and Bar of all Dower, Title of Dower, and Thirds, which (he or they refpeftively (hall or may at any Time claim, demand, or might otherwife be entitled to, of, in, to, or out ot the faid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds, or of, in, to, or out of the Manors, Mcffu-ages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, which (hall or may be pur-chafed in purfuance of the Powers herein-after contained, or any Part thereof refpeftively : Provided, that fuch Annuity (hall, at the 1 ¡me of the granting thereof, be declared by the Woman and her Truftees to whom any fuch Annuity (hall be granted, to be and be accepted and taken to be in bar of fuch Dower or Thirds, and that fuch Acceptance fhall be teftified by fuch Woman and her Truftees fealing and delivering of the Grant of fuch Annuity. XI. Provided always, and be it further enafled, That the faid An- Jointures nuity of Five thoufand Pounds (hall not at one and the fame lime be ”"°Cje'd * fubjeft to the Payment of more than the yearly Sum of Three thoufand 3>000i_ Pounds, for or in refpeft of any Jointure or Jointures which (hall be made in purfuance of the Powers herein-before contained. XII. And it is hereby further enafled, That it (hall be lawful for the Commiffioners of His Majefty’sTreafury now being, or any Three or more ¿¡“¿^Vau. of them, and the High Treaiurer and Under Trealurer of the Exchequer, do every Thing neceil'ary, witLeut }’>«. Arquirtancea of the Truf-tecs, and Earl Nelfon, to be * efficient Diicharge. 46* GEORG'Il III. Cap. 146'. Time to Time for paying the Lid Annuity, nr yearly Kent nr Sum of Five thoufand Founds and lntereft ..s aforelaid, On the laid Sum of Ninety thoufand Founds, as the fame (hall from Time to Time become due and payable, without any Fees or Charges to be dentanded.or taken for paying the (ame or any Part thereof ; which laid Warrant, and the Debentures to be made forth and pafled thereupon, (hail be a fufficienc Authority to the levcral and relpeifive Officers of the Receipt of the Exchequer now and for the Time being, for the Payment of the laid levcral Sums of Ninety thoufand Poutuis, and Twenty thoufand Pound-, to fuel) Truftces relpeflively as atoreisid ; and alfo, for the laid Annuity-or yearly Kent or Sum of Five tl.Qiilahd Founds; ana alio, luclt lntereft as aforciaid to the laid Far! A'cljcn and the Heirs Male of the Body of ;he laid Farl, or to fueh other Pcrlon or Perl’ons as fhall be entitled to receive the Whole or any Fart of the laid Annuity as aforelaid, at the telpeftive quarterly Days in this Act befoie appointed for Payment thereof, without any further or other Warrant to be fued for, had, or obtained in that Behalf. XIII. And it is hereby further ena&ed, That after flgning of fuch Warrant, the fame fhall be good, valid, anti effectual in Law, according to the Purport and true Meaning thereof and of this Adt, and lira] 1 not be determined or revocable by or upon the Demite of His Majefty, (whom God long preferve), or any of His Heirs or SuccefTors, of by of upon the Death or Removal of any of the laid Commiflioncrs ot the Treafury or the Lord High Treafurcr, or by or upon the Determination of the Power, Office or Oliiccs of them, or any of them. XIV. And be it further enadled, That the CommtlBoners of the Treafury now being, and the High Trcalurer of the Treafury for the Time being, Chancellor and Under Trcstuier, Chamberlains and Ba’rons of the Exchequer, and all othtr the Officers and Mihliters of the Cdurc of Exchequer, and of the Receipt thereof, now and lor the Time being,, lhall, and they are hereby authorized and ftricLy enjoined and required to do, without Fee or Reward, all furh Acts, Matters, and Things as are htrein-before direfled and required, or (hail be nectflary to be done and performed by them, or any or either ot (hern, in ordet to render this Ait and the levcral Payments hereby directed, eilVctual. XV. And be it enaited, That the Acquittance or Acquittances, Receipt or Receipts of the (aid Truftecs relpeClivcly, for the fcveral Sums fo directed to be paid to them, and of the laid Earl Nclion, and the Heirs Male of the Body of the laid Earl Ntl/oi:, and ot fueh other Pcrfon or Perfons as fhall be entitled or authorized to receive the faid Annuity of yearly Kent or Sum, or any Par; thereof, or any fuch lntereft as atoreiaid, lhall be a good and iufficient Diicharge for the Payment of fuch ieveral Sums, without any further or other Warrant to be Led tor or obtained in that Behalf, and that the faid Annuity or yearly Kent or Sum, and the faid Sums, and every Part thereof, fhall be fiee and clear from all Taxes, fmpofitions, and other Publick Charges whatioever; and in cafe any of the Officers of the Receipt of His Majeliy’s Exchequer fhall rclufe or ncgleit to pay the faid Annuity or yearly Kent or Sum, or levcral Sums, or any Part thereof, according to the true Intent and 4 Meaningi2?9 a6° GEORGII III. Cap. 146. Meaning of this Aft, or to do any Aft neceflary to enable the faid Truf-tres reipeftively, and the faid Farl Nel/on, and the Heirs Male of the Body of the faid Earl, and fuch other Pcrfon or Perfons as ihall be entitled to receive the faid Annuity, or any Part thereof, to receive the fame, then the faid Truflees refpe.ftivelv, and Earl, and the Heirs Male whom the faid Title of Far! Neljon lhall defeend, a Survey and Valuation afeertain (ball be made by forr.e fit and proper Pcifon or Perlons to be appointed what is pro-by the Truilees for the Time being, of all fuch Timber (landing, grow- Pertot>ecut» ing, and being in or upon the faid Manors, Lands, and Hereditaments fo to be purchaled and fettled as aforefiid, as it fhall be the Willi of the laid Earl Nelfon, or the Pcrfon for the Tim©being in Pofi’clhon or entitled as aforefaid, to have cut down in the Courlc of the enduing Year, and as fhall be fit and in proper Course, or be otherwife advantageous or proper to be cut down ; and fuch Survey and Valuation (ball Ik* reduced into Writing, and being fo written, (ball be figned by the Perfoh or Perlons appointed to make the fme, and be verified bv his or their Oarh ot Oaths, (to be adminiftered to him or them by any Juilice of the Peace, any fuch Juilice being hereby authorized to adminiitcr the lame accordingly) ; and after fuch Survey and Valuation (ball be made anti iworn to as aforefaid, it (ball be lawful for the faid Trudees refpeclivelv, with the Confcnt and Approbation of the laid Earl Nelfon, or the Pcrfon for the Time being in poiicfiion or enruled to the Rents and Profits of the Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, fo to be purchafed as aforefaid, (fuch Confents refpedtively to be teftified by Writing under the Hands of the Perfons giving the lame), to order and dircil, that 1o much of the faid Timber as (ball have been felected and marked for cutting by the Perlon or Perlons making fuch Survey and Valuation, fnall be forthwith cut down and felled, and fold and diipofed of, with all convenient Speed, for fuch Sum or Sums as to the laid Trudees (ball appear to be the bell Price or Prices that can reafonably be had or obtained for the fame. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the Monies from Time to Application Time to arife and be produced by every Sale of Timber as aforefaid, of Part of fhall be paid to and received by the faid Truilees for the Time being, thj* Money and the faid Truilees, afrer Payment of all Expences attending any fuch -v 1 e Valuation and Sale, (hall f rom Time to Time, in the firil Place let apart Timber, and appropriate fo much of the Surplus Monies as at the Time when fuch Sale (ball be ordered as aforefaid, (ball be equal in Amount to One-fourth Part of the then urofs Yearly Rental of the faid Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, which (ball be io purchafed and iettled as aforefaid, if the Produce of fuch Timber lhall amount to fo much, and do and (ball from Time to Time, by and out of the Monies which (ball be fo fet apart and appropriated, or by and out ot the Monies produced by the Sale of fuch Timber, pay to the Perlon who at the Time of fuch Order as aforefaid fhall be in the Poiie(T;on or entitled to the Rents, Iifues, and Profits of the faid Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments fo to be purchafed and iettled as aforefaid, or to his Executors or Adminiftrators, Ten Pounds per Centum on the Amount ot fuch erofs Yearly Rental, for the Purpole of paying and reimburfing to fuch Perfon the Charges and Expences which may have been incurred bv him in the neceifary and incidental Repairs of the faid Edates, and do and (hall lay out and inveft the Refidue of the Monies (which (hall be fo let apart and appropriated as aforefaid) in or upon any Government ' 1 Stocks1284 Further Directions as ti Lhe Applies 46* GFORG11 HI. Cap. 146. Stocks or Funds, or at Intereft, on any Real Securities, in the Names oF the raid Truftees for the Time being •, and the faid Truftces in whole Names the fame ft all be fo inverted, ftall (hand and be poffefied of and hue refled in the faid Stocks, Funds, and Securities upon the 1 rufts following, (that is to fay), upon Truft from Time to Time, during the Life of the Perftn who ftall for the Tube being be fo in l ofleflion or entitled to the faid Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments as aforefaid, at the Time fuch Timber ftall in Manner aforefaid be ordered to be felled and cut down, to receive the Dividends and Interelts, and, annual Proceeds of lhe faid Stocks, Funds, and Securities, and to lay out and inveft the fame Dividends, Interefts, and Annual Proceeds, in or upon any fuch other Stocks, Funds, and Securities as aforefaid, in the Way of Accumulation, and ft from lime to Time during the Whole of the faid Life, as to the lntereft, Dividends, and Annual Proceeds of fuch other Stocks, Funds, and Securities, or of any fuch Stocks, Funds, or Securities, in or upon which any like Accumulations ftall afterwards during fuch Life be invefted or placed out, and from and immediately after the Death of the Pcrfon fo having been in the Pof-feiflon, or entitled as laft aforefaid, then as to all the faid original Stocks, Funds, and Securities, and alfo as to all thofe from fuch Accumulations as aforefaid, in Truft for all and every or fuch One or more of the Children of the Perfon fo having been in Pofieflion, or entitled as lair aforefaid (other than and except his elded or only Son) at fuch Age or Aoes, Day or Days, and Times, and in fuch Parts, Shares, and Proportions, and with fuch Maintenance in the mean Time, until the Alignment or Transfer of their refpective Shares, and (object to fuch Frovifots and Limitations over, (fuch Proviioesand Limitations neverthelefs to be for the Benefit of fome or one of the fame Children, except as aforefaid), and in fuch Manner and Form as the Father fo for the 1 ime being, m> Pofieflion or entitled as aforefaid, by any Deed or Deeds, Writing or Writings, with or without Power of Revocation or new Appointment* to be by him lcaled and delivered in the Prefence of, and aticfted by, Two or more credible Witnefies, or by his laft Will and I eftament in Writing, or any Codicil or Codicils thereto, to be by him figned and pub-lifhed in the Prefence of the like Number of credible Witnefies, Ihall direct or appoint; and in Default of and fubject to fuch Direction or Appointment, then in Truft for all and every the Child and Children of the Perfon fo having been in Pofieflion, or enitled as laft aforefaid (other than and except his cldeft or only Son) in equal Shares and Proportions (if more than One) and if there ihall be but One iuch Child then in Truft for fuch One Child, and to affign, transfer, and make over the Share or Shares of fuch of them as ihall be a Son or Sons to him or them, at his or their Age or refpective Ages of Twenty-one 1 ears, and the Share or Shares of iuch of them as ihall be a Daughter or Daughters to her or them, at her or their Aue or refpective Ages of 1 wenty-one Years, or Day or refpective Days\>f Marriage which ihall firit happert after the Deceafc of the Perlon io having been in Pofieflion, or entitled as laft aforefaid. XXVII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in Default 3 of fuch Direction or Appointment as aiorcfaid, and in cafe any fuch Chi d 3 or46® GE OR GII III. Cap. 146. 1285 or Children being a Son or Sons ("other than and except as aforefaid) tionoffacli iliai} attain the Age of Twenty-one Years, or being a Daughter (hall attain the like Age, or be married in the Lifetime of the Perfon fo ver„mtnt having been in PolTeffion, or entitled as lad aforefaid, then and from Securities, thenceforth the Share cr Shares of fuch Son or Sons fo attaining the Age of Twenty-one Years, (other than and except as aforefaid), and of iuch Daughter or Daughters fo attaining the like Age, or being married before fuch Ane, of, in, and to the faid Trull Stocks, Funds, and Securities laft mentioned, or fuch Part of the faid Stock, Funds, and Securities as (ball not have been fo directed or appointed as aforefaid, (hall refpectivelv be, and be confidered as a veiled ltitereft, or veiled Interells in the fame Child or Children, and Ihall be tranl'milTible as fuch to his, her, or their Executors, Adminillrators, or AlTigns, norwithftanding the Death of fuch Child or Children afterwards in the Lifetime of the Perfon. lo in the Po/Tcffion, or entitled as lall aforeiaid. XXVIII. Provided alfo, and be it further ena&ed, That if any fuch s,13™Lof Child, beinc; a Son, Ihall die, under the Age of Twenty-one Years, or r“o become an elded or only Son, or being a Daughter, dial! die under that i„ certain Age, without having been married, then and in fuch Cafe, and in De- Cafes toSur-fault of and fubjeft to luch Drredlion or Appointment as aforefaid, the vivors' Share of each luch Son lo dying or becoming an elded or only Son, and of each fuch Daughter fo dying without having been married as aforefaid, of and in the faid Trull Stocks, Funds, and Securities, (other than what ihall have been adtually applied for the Advancement of luch Son or Sons, as herein-after mentioned), ihall from Time to Time go and accrue to the Survivors or Survivor, and others or other of the fame Children, and the refpecttve Executors, Adminillrators, and Alfigns, or luch of them as ihall be dead, having firft acquired a veiled Intereft in their refpedtive original Shares, and be equally divided between or amongll fuch Survivors and others of them, and the faid Reprcfentatives of thofe who Ihall be dead, (if more than One), in equal Shares and Proportions, and Ihall be transterrable and payable at the lame Ages, Days, and Times refpeaively, as his, her, or tbeir original Share or Shares; and fuch Benefit of Sur-vivqrflup or Accruer Ihall extend as well to the furviving or accruing as 10 the original Shares. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That in the mean Time, after Until Trot the Death of the Perfon fo having been entitled or in PolTclfion as lall bunbbc-'aforefaid, and until the faid Trull Stocks, Fund's, and*Sccurities, ¡hail 'become alfignable or transferable by virtue of the Trulls aforefaid, Dividend! to ■the Dividends, lnterell, and annual Proceeds thereof, or of fo much bepaidGuar-thercof, whereof no fuch Direction or Appointment lliall have been made ^ibuenunce as aforefaid, (hal! be paid to the Guardian or Guardians for the Time 0f Children, being of fuch Child or Children, whole Share or refpective Shares of the fold Trull Stocks, Fuqds, and Securities, Ihall not then have become allignable or tràpsferrable as afordaid, to be applied for and towards the Maintenance and Education, and tor the Benefic of the lame Cl ild or Children, (if more than One), according and in proportion Co their lèverai apparent or preemptive Rights and Shares,, in the faid Trull Stocks, Tunds, and Securities. I- ' •"( ’• 14 Z XXX. Provided:12.56 Trufleeo empowered in Default of Oiher Appointment, xo difpofe of Shares of Sons to a cer-uin Amount ror their Benefit. In cafe of no Children, be poflefled of the Truft Funds for the Executor?, Sic. ofthe Perfoo dying in PoiTeflior.. Trufteee, with Confent of the Perfon in Poffeifion, may change the Securf- Trsftees vo apply the Rcfidue of the Money arifing by the Sale of Tim-kcr in the Improvement of the Manors to be pu'rohafed. 4f any fuch there46° GEORGII III. Cap. 148. 1289 be); and fuch nc.v Truftees or Truftee conjunctly, to and for all Intertts and Purpofes whatfoever, or in fuch new Truftees or fuch new Trultee only, according to the Nature of the Cafe ; and in the mean Time the Truft Premifes (hall be and remain in the retraining Truftees thercef for the Time being, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, or the Executors or Adminiflrators of fuch Survivor, or his Heirs, according to the Nature of the Trull Premifes. XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That it (hall be lawful for any Three Truf. Three of the Truftees for the Purpofes of this Act for the Time being, to do and execute all fuch Acts, Matters, and Things, in Execution of the except i(1' ’ Truft, as all the laid Truftees refpectively are hereby authorized and cm- certain powered to do, and the fame ihall be as valid and effectual as if the fame Cafes, had been done and executed by all the faid Truftees refpectively: Provided always, that in every fuch Act, Matter, or Thing, the faid Lord High Treafurer, or Firft Commiffioner of the Treafury, or Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ihall be one, fave and except as to any Jointures or Charges by this Act allowed to be made on the faid Annuity of Five thoufand Pounds, or any Eftates purchafed under this Act, or as to the Cutting or Sale of any Timber, or Difpofttion of any Monies arifing therefrom. XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That it (hall and may be lawful The Traf- for the Speaker of the Houle of Commons, the Lord High Treafurer tees by virtue or Firft Lord Commiftioner of the Trealury, the Chancellor of the 'ovv- Exchequer, the Firft Lord Commiftioner of the Admiralty, and thecredtoap-Treafurer of the Navy refpectively, for the Time being, from Time to pointPerfoni Time, by Writing under Hand and Seal, to appoint a Perfon to act in to aft for alloranyof theTruflsof this Act, and either, under l'uch Exceptions 1 em‘ and Redactions as to fuch Speaker of the Houle of Commons, Lord High Treafurer or Firft Lord Commiftioner of the Trealury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Firft Lord of the Admiralty, and the Treafurer of the Navy for the Time being, ihall feem meet, or without any Exception or Redaction ; and alfo from Time to Time to remove fuch Subftitute, and to appoint any other Perfon for the fame Purpofe; and all Things which (hall be done by any Perfon fo appointed as aforefaid, within the Compafs and during the Continuance of fuch his Appointment, (hall be as valid and effectual for the Purpofes of this Act as if fuch Things had been done by the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, the Lord High Treafurer or Firft Lord Commiffioner of the Treafury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Firft Lord of the Admiralty, or Treafurer of the Navy who Ihall make fuch Appointment. XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That the faid Truftees for the Truileesan-Time being of this Acr, or any of them, Ihall not be charged or charge- <"erabic only able with or accountable for any more of the Truft Monies and Premifes -proit Mo than they (hall refpectively actually receive, or ihall come to their refpec- „¡cs and P bear fuftam, - «*■* iot- foever relating thereto. I ON noN- Printed by George Eyre and Andrew St rah am, L ° ND?rp;;rs,o the King's mot Excellent Majtiiy. . 806. '