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And whereas by the afforesaid aAct made in the seventh year of her late MatyMajesty Queen Ann a summ not exceeding 1200li per ann was allow the LdLord Treasurer orf f undertreasurer Great Britain & under Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being or any three or more of the said Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being or be were allowauthorised to issue out of the Excheqr by order or Warrants to issue out of the Exchequer or dispose of the moenys arising by the Coynage Duties therein granted, yearly & every year from & after the commencement during the said aAct & no longer such summ as he or they shallshould think necessary & reasonable not exceeding in the whole the summ of twelve hundred pounds for the fees & salaries of the Officers of the Mint or Mints in Scotland & towards the providing maintaining & repairing the houses offices & buildings & other necessaries for assaying melting down & coining in the said Mint of Scotland & which is but not sufficient provision was then made for defraying the charge of coynage: Be it further enacted that that all the moneys hereafter arising by theis saidpresent aAct within the Kingdome of natioMatsMajesty's D dominions of South Britain shall be appliedissued out to the excheqruer of his MatiesMajesties Mint within the Tower of London for the use & service of yethe mint, & all the moneys arising by theis same aAct within his MatsMajesty's Dominions of North Britain shall in the same manner & by like Warrants & Orders be applied issued to the Exchequer of his Mint in North Britain for the use & service of that Mint & ytthat so much && whatMoneys moneys as shall be further wanting to maintain & support the said Mint in North bBritain shall be issuedmay by Order or Warrant of the LdLord Treasurer & Chancellour of the Exchequer for the time being of the LdsLords Commissionners of the Treasury for the time or any three or more of them from the time being be issued outof from his MtsMajestys Exchequer fromout of any publick fund or funds given or wchwhich shall be given by Act of Parliament [the whole ch summ for the fees & salaries & fees of the Officers of the said Mint in in N:B & of passing accounts & the defray charges of keeping the said Mint Repair North Brittaain & towards the providing maintaining & reprairingrepairing the houses Offices & buildings & other standing necessaries for assaying melting down & coining in the Mints of Scotland not exceeding 1100li in any one year] the whole summ imprest to the Master of the said Mint applied to the use of the said Mint to And that it shall be for not exceeding 16 phundred pounds sterling in any one yeare whereofso issued out of the to the Excheqruer & said Mint not exceeding th 16 hundred pounds sterling in any one year & the whole summ issued to both Mints in the same year not exceeding 15000li & the who sterling in the same uses as above. And it And it is hereby further enacted that there shall not be allowed in any one year above the summ of 11 hundred pounds sterling for the fees & salaries of the Officers of yethe said Mint in North BritBritain & for the fees of receiving the said money & yethe charges of passing the accounts thereof & towards the providing maintaining & repairing the houses offices & buildings & the other standing necessaries for assaying melting down & coyning in the said Mint & that the overplus of the moneys issued as above shall be imployed for & towards the charge & expence expence wast & charge of assaying melting down & coyning &including the charge of utensils & books accompanying the same& furnaces for performing the same & that of scales & weights & books for receiving assaying sizing & delivering the bullion & moneys & that of stationary ware for keeping the accounts.

by the Order or Warrants of the Lord TrearerTreasurer of great Britain & Chancellour of the Exchequer of LdsLords CommrsCommissioners of yethe TrearyTreasury or any three or more of them for the time being.

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