Civil List Act 1837

1837 CHAPTER 2

An Act for the Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

[23d December 1837]

Most Gracious Sovereign,

WHEREAS an [1 G. 3. c. 1.] Act was passed in the Parliament of Great Britain in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the Support of His Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of Great Britain; and another [22 G. 3. c. 82.] Act was passed in the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for enabling His Majesty to discharge the Debt contracted upon the Civil List Revenues, and for preventing the same from being in arrear for the future, by regulating the Mode of Payments out of the said Revenues, and by suppressing or regulating certain Offices therein mentioned, which are now paid out of the Revenues of the Civil List; and another [25 G. 3. c. 61.] Act was passed in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to authorize the Lord Steward of the Household, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Master of the Robes, and the Lords of the Treasury respectively, to pay Bounties granted by His Majesty to Persons in low and indigent Circumstances; and another [27 G. 3. c. 13.] Act was passed in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty for the Purpose (among other things) of repealing the several Duties of Customs and Excise, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof, and for applying the said Duties, together with other Duties composing the Public Revenue; and another [33 G. 3. (I.).] Act was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for the Support of the Honour and Dignity of His Majesty's Crown in Ireland, and for granting to His Majesty a Civil List Establishment, under certain Provisions and Regulations; and another [56 G. 3. c. 46.] Act was passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of the Civil List; and another [59 G. 3. c. 22.] Act was passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for the further Regulation of His Majesty's Household, and the Care of His Royal Person during the Continuance of His Indisposition ; and another [1 G. 4. c. 1.] Act was passed in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Support of His Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and another [1 & 2 G. 4. c. 31.] Act was passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for removing Doubts as to the Continuance of the Hereditary Revenues in Scotland; and another [11 G. 4. & 1 W. 4. c. 51.] Act was passed in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal certain of the Duties on Cider in the United Kingdom, and on Beer and Ale in Great Britain, and to make other Provisions in relation thereto; and another [1 W. 4. c. 25.] Act was passed in the First Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Support of His Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland : And whereas by the said last-recited Act of the First Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty King William the Fourth it was enacted, that all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and other Hereditary Rates, Duties, and Payments as in the said Act mentioned, should be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and from and after the Decease of His said Majesty King William the Fourth the same should be payable and paid to His Majesty's Heirs and Successors: And whereas the said several Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues now belong and are due and payable to Your most Excellent Majesty: And whereas Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify to Your faithful Commons in Parliament assembled, that Your Majesty placed unreservedly at their Disposal those Hereditary Revenues which were transferred to the Public by Your Majesty's immediate Predecessors, and that, desirous the Expenditure in this as in every other Department of the Government should be kept within due Limits, Your Majesty felt confident that Your faithful Commons would gladly make adequate Provision for the Support of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown : Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, with Hearts full of the warmest Duty and Gratitude, are desirous that a certain and competent Revenue for defraying the Expences of Your Majesty's Household, and supporting the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom, during Your Majesty's Life (which God long preserve), may be settled upon Your Majesty, as a Testimony of our unfeigned Affection to Your sacred Person, by whose happy Succession to the Throne Your Majesty's Subjects have the strongest Assurance that the Religion, Laws, and Liberties of this Realm will be continued, and that Your Majesty's said Subjects and their Posterity may, through the Divine Goodness, enjoy every Blessing under Your Majesty's auspicious Reign, have therefore freely resolved to grant unto You, our most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, a certain Revenue payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and that the Produce of the said Hereditary Revenues now payable to Your Majesty should be carried to and form Part of the said Consolidated Fund :

And we do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the Queen'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,

Powers of Acts as to Hereditary Revenues to remain in force.

That all Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Regulations, and Clauses contained in the said recited Acts, or any or either of them, or in any other Act or Acts of the Parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in force at the Time of the Decease of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, or at the Time of the passing of this Act, as to the said Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in any and every Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the levying and collecting the Payment or keeping separate Accounts thereof, or computing the Amount of any such Rates, Duties, Payments, or Revenues respectively, shall be and the same are hereby declared and enacted to be in full Force and Effect, and shall be used and applied to all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues by this Act carried to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and for the levying, collecting, paying, or keeping separate Accounts of or computing the Amount of all or any such Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Regulations, and Clauses were severally and separately re-enacted in the Body of and made Part of this Act.

II Hereditary Revenues carried to the Consolidated Fund during the Life of Her Majesty ; After Her Demise the Hereditary Revenues to be payable to Her Successors.

And be it enacted, That the Produce of all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, and also the small Branches of the Hereditary Revenue, and the Produce of the Hereditary casual Revenues arising from any Droits of Admiralty or Droits of the Crown, or from the Duties called the Four-and-a-Half per Centum Duties or West India Duties, and from the surplus Revenues of Gibraltar, or any other Possession of Her Majesty out of the United Kingdom, and from all other casual Revenues arising either in the Foreign Possessions of Her Majesty or in the United Kingdom, which were surrendered by His said late Majesty King William the Fourth for his Life, and which upon the Demise of His said late Majesty became payable to Her present Majesty, which have accrued since the Decease of His said late Majesty, or which shall accrue during the Life of Her present Majesty (whom God long preserve), and which shall not have been applied and distributed in the Payment of any Charge thereupon respectively, (save and except the Hereditary Duties of Excise on Beer, Ale, and Cider in Great Britain,) shall be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and from and after the Decease of Her present Majesty (whom God long preserve) all the said Hereditary Revenues shall be payable and paid to Her Majesty's Heirs and Successors.

III The clear yearly Sum of 385,000l. to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund for the Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown.

And be it enacted, That for the Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, and for the Payment of the Charges on the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Classes in the Schedule to this Act annexed, there shall be granted to Her Majesty during Her Life a net yearly Revenue of Three hundred and eighty-five thousand Pounds ; and that the said Revenue shall be charged on and made payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and shall commence from and immediately after the Decease of His said late Majesty King William the Fourth, and be paid to Her present Majesty during Her Life (which God long preserve), with preference to all other Payments which have heretofore been or which shall or may hereafter be charged upon the same, to be paid quarterly; (that is to say,) on the Thirty-first Day of March, the Thirtieth Day of June, the Thirtieth Day of September, and the Thirty-first Day of December in each Year, by even and equal Portions ; the first Charge for the same to be made on the Consolidated Fund on the Quarter Day next immediately after the passing of this Act, and to include the Proportion of the said Revenue which has accrued and become due to Her Majesty in the Period between the Day of the Death of His late Majesty and the said Quarter Day; but it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the Time being, after the passing of this Act, and previously to the making up of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter then next ensuing, to direct and cause to be issued and paid at the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, out of the growing Produce of the said Consolidated Fund, such Issues and Payments for Arrears or Charges of the Civil List granted by this Act as may have become due and payable since the Day of the Death of His late Majesty, in part of the Amount to be charged for the same on the Account of the Consolidated Fund for the ensuing Quarter; and the said Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, for the Time being, shall and they are hereby authorized on and during every succeeding Quarter to cause the said yearly Revenue to be issued and applied from Time to Time, daily, weekly, or otherwise, as soon as the same can be satisfied, for the Uses and Purposes by this Act appointed, out of the Monies arisen or to arise as aforesaid, so as by the said daily, weekly, or other Payments One Fourth Part of such yearly Revenue or Sum of Money be not exceeded in, for, or in respect of each Quarter, and so that upon every of the said Quarterly Days the whole Amount then due thereupon be computed, made up, or satisfied according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act.

IV So much of the Sum of 200,000l. granted to make Civil List Payments as shall have been so applied shall be repaid out of the Money granted for the Civil List by this Act.

And whereas the Sum of Two hundred thousand Pounds was granted in the last Session of Parliament to enable Her Majesty to satisfy such Charges, Pensions, and Annuities as would have been payable out of the Civil List, in case the Demise of His said late Majesty had not taken place before the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven: And whereas the Hereditary Revenues of Her Majesty arisen and paid into the Exchequer since the Time of His late Majesty's Decease have, in pursuance of the said recited Acts of the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, and the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, and the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, been set apart at the Exchequer for the Use of Her Majesty ; 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 Revenue granted to Her Majesty by this Act there shall be repaid to or retained in the Exchequer, towards completing the Aids granted by Parliament for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, 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 any Payments for which Provision shall be made in the Civil List under this Act, and which after the passing of this Act become properly charged or chargeable upon the Civil List Revenues ; and there shall be repaid to the Consolidated Fund a Sum equal to so much of the Amount of the said Hereditary Revenues so set apart at the Exchequer as aforesaid as has been or may be issued or applied out of those Revenues for satisfying the said Charges as aforesaid; 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 be carried to the said Consolidated Fund immediately after the passing of this Act.

V 1200l. a Year to be issued to defray the Charge of Pensions.

And whereas it is expedient to make Provision, at the Rate of One thousand two hundred Pounds a Year for each and every succeeding Year of Her Majesty's Reign, to defray the Charge of such Pensions as may be granted by Her Majesty chargeable on Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues; be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being, to charge upon and issue quarterly out of the said Consolidated Fund, as an Addition to the Sum hereby granted for Her Majesty's Civil List, such Sums as shall be required to defray the Charge of such Pensions as may be granted as aforesaid, at the Rate of One thousand two hundred Pounds a Year for the First Year of Her Majesty's Reign, and at the like additional yearly Rate for the Second and every succeeding Year of Her said Reign,

VI Restriction on Grants of Pension. List of Pensions to be laid before Parliament yearly.

And whereas it was resolved by the Commons House of Parliament, on the Eighteenth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, " That it is the bounden Duty of the responsible Advisers of the Crown to recommend to His Majesty for Grants of Pensions on the Civil List such Persons only as have just Claims on the Royal Beneficence, or who by their personal Services to the Crown, by the Performance of Duties to the Public, or by their useful Discoveries in Science and Attainments in Literature and the Arts, have merited the gracious Consideration of their Sovereign and the Gratitude of their Country": And whereas it is expedient that Provision should be made by Law for carrying into full Effect the said Resolution, and for giving an Assurance to Parliament that the responsible Advisers of the Crown have acted in conformity therewith ; be it therefore enacted, That the Pensions which may hereafter be charged upon the Civil List Revenues shall be granted to such Persons only as have just Claims on the Royal Beneficence, or who by their personal Services to the Crown, by the Performance of Duties to the Public, or by their useful Discoveries in Science and Attainments in Literature and the Arts, have merited the gracious Consideration of their Sovereign and the Gratitude of their Country ; and that a List of all such Pensions granted in each Year ending the Twentieth Day of June shall be laid before Parliament within Thirty Days after the said Twentieth Day of June in each Year, if Parliament shall be then sitting, but if Parliament shall not be then sitting, then within Thirty Days after the next Meeting of Parliament.

VII As to Hereditary Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider.

And whereas by the said recited Act of the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for repealing the Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider, it was provided that the Hereditary Duties of Excise on Beer, Ale, and Cider in Great Britain, the Collection and Payment whereof were, under the Provisions of the said Act, suspended during the Life of His said late Majesty, should on the Demise of His said Majesty revive and be again payable, collected, and paid : And whereas, in pursuance of such Provision, the Commissioners of Excise have, since the Demise of His said late Majesty, caused the said Hereditary Duties to be charged on all Beer, Ale, and Cider brewed or made in Great Britain, but the Amount thereof has not yet been collected : And whereas the whole of the Duties on Beer, Ale, and Cider having been repealed by the said recited Act, save and except the said Hereditary Duties, it is expedient to make Provision that the said Hereditary Duties also shall not be collected or paid during the Continuance of this Act, and that the Sums already charged in respect thereof should be remitted; be it therefore enacted, That during the Continuance of this Act the said Hereditary Duties on Ale, Beer, and Cider shall not be charged, collected, or paid, or be chargeable or payable; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, and they are hereby authorized and required, to remit and discharge the Amount of the said Duties in the several Cases in which they have been charged but not collected as aforesaid: Provided always, that if the Heir-or Successor of Her Majesty (whom God long preserve) shall signify His or Her Royal Will and Pleasure, in manner herein-after- provided, to resume the Possession of the several Hereditary Revenues of the Crown, the said Hereditary Duties on Ale, Beer, and Cider shall from thenceforth revive and be again charged, collected, and paid for the Use of such Heir or Successor, and His or Her Heirs and Successors, in the Manner provided by the said recited Act,

VIII Mode of appropriating the Monies issued.

And whereas by the said recited Act of the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third it was enacted that the Commissioners of the Treasury should draw out a Plan for the Establishments and Payments of the Civil List Revenues in Classes according to the Order mentioned in the said Act, and that all Sums of Money which should become due and payable out of the said Civil List Revenues for any of the Purposes mentioned in the said Act should be paid in the Order and according to the Plan therein mentioned; and it is expedient to alter the said Classes so as to confine the same to the Expences of Her Majesty's Household, and the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, and to specify the Amount to be appropriated to each Class; and for this Purpose an Estimate has been laid before Parliament of the future Amount of Charges on the several Classes so altered, which Amount for each Class respectively is specified in the Schedule to this Act; be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby required at the Commencement of every Quarter, or within Thirty Days from the Commencement of each Quarter, by Warrant under their Hands, to direct what Sums shall respectively be set apart and appropriated in the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer, out of the quarterly Revenues of the Civil List, for the Purpose of defraying the several Charges upon, the respective Classes thereof; but so as that the Sum to be appropriated to any One Class do not exceed One Fourth Part of the estimated annual Amount of that Class as specified in the Schedule to this Act, together with any Saving which may have accrued upon the said Class in the preceding Quarter ; and the several and respective Sums in the said Warrant directed to be set apart and appropriated shall be so set apart by the Comptroller General of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and be appropriated to the respective Classes accordingly; and each and every Sum so set apart and appropriated shall in the first place be applied in Payment of all the unsatisfied Charges of every Description of the Class in respect of which such Appropriation shall have been made in preference to any other Charges whatever upon Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues; and no Part thereof shall, on any Account whatever, be applied until after the Termination of each Year ending on the Thirty-first Day of December, for any other Purpose, or in aid of any other of the Classes of the Civil List, or of any other of the Charges thereon, any thing contained in the said recited Act of the Twenty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, or any other Act, to the contrary notwithstanding.

IX Treasury may direct Savings in any Class to be applied at the End of the Year in aid of other Classes.

Provided always, and be it enacted, That if any Saving or Surplus shall arise in any Quarter in respect of any Money appropriated for defraying the Charges of any particular Class, so as that the Sum appropriated thereto shall be more than sufficient for the full and complete Payment of the Charges thereon, such quarterly Saving or Surplus shall in every such Case be carried forward in the Exchequer to the Account and Credit and be applied for the Purposes of the Class in which it shall have arisen, until the Thirty-first Day of December in every Year ; and whenever any such Saving, or Surplus remaining at the End of the Year shall have arisen in any of the Classes of the Civil List, then it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to direct the same to be applied in aid of the Charges or Expences of any other Class (except the Fifth Class), or of any Charge or Charges upon Her Majesty's Civil List Revenues, in such Manner as may, under the Circumstances, appear to be most expedient: Provided always, that the Charge upon the Fifth Class shall in no Case exceed the Sum by this Act limited for that Class.

X In case of Exceedings, Particulars to be laid before Parliament.

And be it enacted, That whenever the total Charge upon the Civil List from the Thirty-first Day of December in any One Year to' the Thirty-first Day of December in the succeeding Year, on account of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Classes, shall amount to more than the Sum of Four hundred thousand Pounds, an Account, stating the Particulars of such Exceedings, and the Cause 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.

XI Provisions of all former Civil List Acts to remain in force for the Purposes of this Act, except as hereby altered.

And whereas Doubts may be entertained whether the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Civil List Revenues have expired with the Civil List Revenue of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, by the Decease of His late Majesty; be it therefore 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 Revenues at the Time of the Decease of His said 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 Revenue granted by this Act, and shall be used and applied so far as the same are applicable, in relation to the issuing, paying, receiving, Distribution, Care, Management, Regulation, and accounting for the Civil List Revenue 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.

XII This Act not to affect certain Powers relating to the small Branches of Hereditary Revenue.

And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend in anywise to impair, affect, or prejudice any Rights or Powers of Control, 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 Her Majesty's Hereditary Revenues, 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 small Branches, or to any Remission, Mitigation, or Pardon of any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred or to be incurred, or to Fines taken or to be taken, or 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, or to the granting of any Droits of Admiralty or any Droits of the Crown, or any Part or Proportion of any such Droits respectively, as a Reward or Remuneration to any Officer or Officers or other Person or Persons seizing or taking the same, or giving any Information relating thereto, or to the granting, disposing of, or leasing any Freehold or Copyhold Property, or the Produce, or any Part of the Produce or Amount or Value of any Freehold or Copyhold, to which Her Majesty or any of Her Royal Predecessors have or hath or shall become entitled, either by Escheat for Want of Heirs, or by reason of any Forfeiture, or by reason that the same have been or shall be purchased by or for the Use of or in Trust for any Alien or Aliens in the Manner authorized by any Act touching or concerning the granting, disposing, or leasing of the same, or to the granting or distributing of any Personal Property devolved to the Crown by reason of the Want of next of Kin or personal Representative of any deceased Person ; but that the same Rights and Powers shall continue to be used, exercised, and enjoyed in as full, free, ample, and effectual a Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not been passed, and as the same have been or might have been enjoyed by His late Majesty King William the Fourth at .the Time of His Decease, subject nevertheless to all such Restrictions and Regulations as were in force, by virtue of any Act in relation thereto, at the Time of the Decease of His said 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, restrained, affected, or prejudiced in any Manner whatsoever, but only that the Monies accruing to the Crown, after the full and free Exercise and Enjoyment of the said Rights and Powers, subject as aforesaid, shall during Her Majesty's Life be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

XIII Saving of Rights in Scotland.

Saving always to all and every Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, their Heirs and Successors, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, all such Grants, Gifts of Mortification, Rights, Titles, Estates, Customs, Interests, Claims, and Demands whatsoever of, in, to, or out of the Revenues, Hereditaments, and others belonging to His late Majesty King William the Fourth in Scotland, as they or any of them had or ought to have had at the passing of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had never been passed; anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XIV Payments of Civil List to be free from Land Tax, &c.

And be it enacted, That all Payments out of the Civil List Revenue shall be paid net and clear of all Taxes or Charges for or in respect of any Land Tax, or of the Duties of One Shilling and Sixpence respectively, and clear of all Fees and other Deductions heretofore charged upon and deducted from such Payments.

XV Sum of 10,000l. for Home Secret Services.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, to direct the Issue out of the said Consolidated Fund, to such Person or Persons as shall be named in any Warrantor Warrants under their Hands to receive the same, the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds in each and every Year, to be applied to the same Purposes and under the same Authority as the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds per Annum formerly charged upon the Fourth Class of the Civil List for Home Secret Service has heretofore been applied : Provided always, that the said Sum shall only be issued in equal quarterly Payments in each Quarter of a Year.

XVI Providing for Issue to Marquis Camden under 59 G.3 C. 43.

And whereas it is expedient to make further Provision for carrying into effect an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to authorize the Receipt and Appropriation of certain Sums, voluntarily contributed by the Most Noble John Jeffreys Marquis Camden in aid of the Public Service; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any Three of them, to. direct the Payment to the said Marquis Camden, out of the Consolidated Fund, of such Amount or Sum of Money, quarterly and every Quarter, as shall be equal to the Amount of Fees due to the said Marquis Camden on the quarterly Issues which shall be made under the Authority of this Act.

XVII Continuance of Act.

And be it enacted, That this Act shall continue in force for Six Months after the Death of Her most Excellent Majesty (whom God long preserve);, unless the Heir or Successor of Her said Majesty shall sooner signify to both Houses of Parliament His or Her Royal Will and Pleasure to resume the Possession of the several Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues hereby surrendered by Her Majesty.

XVIII Act may be altered this Session.

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

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers

		£
FIRST CLASS :	For Her Majesty's Privy Purse	60,000
SECOND CLASS :	Salaries of Her Majesty's Household and Retired Allowances	131,260
THIRD CLASS :	Expences of Her Majesty's Household	172,500
FOURTH CLASS :	Royal Bounty, Alms, and Special Services	13,200
FIFTH CLASS :	Pensions to the Extent of 1,200 per Annum.
SIXTH CLASS :	Unappropriated Monies	8,040
	£	385,000