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Bank of England may advance 260,000l. on the Credit of this Act, notwithstanding 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20.
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XXXIX. And be it declared and enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and for the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, to advance or lend to Her Majesty, upon the Credit of the Exchequer Bills to be made out in pursuance of this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Two hundred and sixty thousand Pounds, any thing in an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act for granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tonnage of Ships and Vessels, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, and for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of One million five hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France, or in any subsequent Act to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
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