Taxation (No. 6) Act 1690

V. 1 W. & M. Sess. 1. c. 28. recited.

1 W. & M. Sess. 1. c. 24.; Appropriation of this and the Residue of the Excise before given by 1 W. & M. c. 24. to the building Twenty-seven Men of War.

And whereas by an Act made in the first yeare of their Majestyes Raigne Entituled An Act for appropriating certaine Duties for paying the States Generall of the United Provinces their Charges for his Majestyes Expedition into this Kingdome and for other Uses the Money accruing and payable to their Majesties by force of another Act made in the said first yeare of their Majesties Raigne Entituled An Act for an Additionall Duty of Excise upon Beere Ale and other Liquors (together with other Money ariseing and payable by certaine other Acts of Parliament) was appropriated for and towards the Payment of six hundred thousand pounds to the States of the United Provinces And after the said six hundred thousand pounds soe paid the residue of the Money which should accrue and be payable to their Majesties by vertue of the said Act to be for and towards the subdueing of the Rebellion of Ireland and other Charges of the Warr against France And whereas the Encrease of the Navall Strength and Force of this Kingdome is one of the best and most effectuall means for carrying on the Warr against France and for maintaining the Honour and Safety of the Realme Bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That all Moneys which shall accure and become payable to their Majestyes by vertue of the said Act Entituled An Act for an Additionall Duty of Excise upon Beere Ale and other Liquors from and after the said six hundred thousand pounds shall be paid to the (⁴) States Generall and alsoe all Moneys to be collected levyed and paid by vertue of this Act shall be applyed to the uses following (that is to say) the Summe of five hundred and seventy thousand pounds part thereof shall be applyed and appropriated and is hereby appropriated for the Building and for the Guns Rigging and other Furnishing of seven and twenty Shipps of Warr whereof seventeene to be of the third Rate and to containe and measure eleven hundred Tuns or thereabouts and to carry eighty Guns apiece and ten to be of the fourth Rate and to containe and measure nine hundred Tuns or thereabout and to carry sixty Guns apiece