Church Building Act 1818
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1818 c. 45 |
| Year | 1818 |
(58 Geo. 3) C A P. XLV.
[30th May 1818]
'WHEREAS the Population ofGreat Britain , and more particularly in the Metropolis and its Vicinity, and in other Cities and great Towns, has greatly increased, and the Churches and Chapels now existing in the Metropolis and its Vicinity, and in many great and populous Parishes and Extra Parochial Places, are inadequate to the Accommodation of the Inhabitants thereof: And Whereas it is therefore necessary that such Evil should be remedied, and that additional Churches and Chapels for the Celebration of Divine Service, according to the Rites of the United Church of England and Ireland , as by Law established, should be erected and maintained in such Parishes and Places, and that a certain Number of free Seats should be made therein: And Whereas His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the Name and on the behalf of His Majesty, is desirous of aiding His Subjects in the establishing additional Churches in such Parishes and Places as may require the same;' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by The King'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, That it shall be lawful for TheKing's Most Excellent Majesty, by Warrant or Warrants under His Royal Sign Manual, to authorize and empower the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland now or for the time being, or any Three or more of them, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being, to cause or direct any Number of Exchequer Bills to be made out at His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster , not exceeding in the whole the Sum of One Million, in the same or like manner, Form and Order, and according to the same or like Rules and Directions (except where other Directions for making out the same are contained and particularly expressed in this Act), as in and by an Act made in the Forty eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled , are enacted and prescribed.
II Powers of 48 G. 3. c. 1. extended to Exchequer Bills made out under out under this Act.
II. And be it further enacted, That all and every the Clauses, Provisoes, Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures and Disabilities contained in the said recited Act of the Forty eighth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, shall be applied and extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said several Clauses or Provisoes had been particularly repeated and reenacted in the Body of this Act.
III Bills to bear an Interest of Two pence per Cent. per Diem.
III. And be it further enacted, That the said Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act shall and may bear an Interest not exceeding the Rate of Two penceper Centum per Diem upon or in respect of the whole of the Monies respectively contained therein, and the Principal and Interest thereof respectively shall be made payable at such Periods as shall be fixed by the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, or the said Lord High Treasurer for the time being; but nevertheless so as that all such Bills as shall be advanced for the carrying the Purposes of this Act into Execution, shall be made payable within Three Years from the issuing thereof; and the principal Sum contained in every such Bill, and with such Interest as aforesaid, shall be paid off and discharged upon the Days and times respectively appointed for the Payment thereof.
IV Such Bills not to be exchanged for Money by Collector, &c. before the Day appointed for their Payment, &c.
IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That all and every the Exchequer Bills to be made forth by virtue of this Act, or so many of them as shall from time to time remain undischarged and uncancelled after the respective Days on which they shall become due and payable, shall and may after that time pass and be current to all and every the Receivers and Collectors inGreat Britain of the Customs, Excise or any Revenue, Supply, Aid or Tax whatsoever due or payable to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, and also at the Receipt of Exchequer at Westminster from the said Receivers or Collectors; but no such Receiver or Collector shall exchange, at any time before the said Day of Payment thereof, for any Money of such Revenues, Aids, Taxes or Supplies in his Hands, any Exchequer Bill which shall have been issued as aforesaid by virtue of this Act; nor shall any Action be maintained against such Receiveror Collector for neglecting or refusing to exchange any such Exchequer Bill for ready Money before the said Day of Payment thereof, any thing in this Act to the contrary contained in anywise not notwithstanding; and that such of the same Bills as shall be received at the said Receipt of Exchequer shall and may be locked up and secured as Cash, according to the Course of the said Exchequer settled and established by Law for locking up and securing Monies received in Specie there.
V Treasury to direct Exchequer to issue Bills in G. B. agreeably to Certificates of Commissioners.
V. And be it further enacted, That from time to time as the Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, to be appointed as is hereinafter provided, shall find it necessary to apply to the Purposes thereof any Amount of such Bills to be advanced under the Provisions of this Act, the said Commissioners shall forthwith represent the same to the said Lord High Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ofGreat Britain and Ireland; and the said Lord High Treasurer or Lords Commissioners, or any Three or more of them for the time being, shall thereupon, if satisfied of such Necessity, direct that such Portion of such Exchequer Bills shall be issued by the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster for the time being to the said Commissioners for the Execution of this Act; and the said Auditor shall, immediately on the Receipt of such Direction, cause and direct to be delivered to the Secretary of the said Commissioners, Exchequer Bills payable at such Periods and to such Amount as shall in such Direction be specified, provided that the Total Amountto be so issued by virtue of such Certificates shall not at any one time exceed the Amount of Exchequer Bills directed to be issued under this Act; and every such Exchequer Bill shall bear Dateon the Day on which the said Direction shall be so received by such Auditor, or such other Day as shall in such Direction be specified, and all such Exchequer Bills shall and may be signed by the Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, or in his Name by any Person duly authorized by the said Auditor to sign Exchequer Bills.
VI Lists of Exchequer Bills made out to be delivered to Commissioners.
VI. And be it further enacted, That the Officer or Officers of the Exchequer, by whom such Exchequer Bills shall be delivered, shall from time to time, upon Requisition of the said Commissioners for the Execution of this Act, deliver or cause to be delivered to them at their Office, complete Lists of all the Exchequer Bills so made out and delivered, specifying therein the respective Dates and Sums expressed therein, and the Periods appointed for the Payment of the same, and distinguish the Persons to whom and the Numbers of the Certificates by virtue whereof the same respectively were made out and delivered.
VII Bank may advance Money on Credit of Act.
VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank ofEngland to advance or lend to His Majesty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer of Great Britain , upon the Credit of the Exchequer Bills issued under this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of One Million; any thing in an Act made in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary , intituled France, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
VIII His Majesty empowered to appoint Commissioners for executing Act.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to nominate, constitute and appoint such Persons as His Majesty shall deem fit to be His Commissioners for carrying into Execution the Purposes of this Act, and to order and direct in such Appointment that any Five or more of such Commissioners may act in the Execution of the Powers of this Act; and such Commission shall continue in force for the Term of Ten Years from the Date of such Letters Patent, unless His Majesty shall think fit sooner to alter or revoke the same.
IX Commissioners to examine the State of Parishes.
IX. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall examine into the present State of the Parishes and Extra Parochial Places in the Metropolis and its Vicinity, and in all other Parts ofEngland and Wales , so far as conveniently may be, for the Purpose of ascertaining the Parishes and Places in which additional...
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