# Marriage Duty Act 1694, Section LI: Clause for Loan of £650,000; at Interest at £8 per Cent. per Ann.


And bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid That it shall and may bee lawfull to and for any person or persons natives or Foreigners Bodies Politick or Corporate to advance and lend to his Majestie into the receipt of his Exchequer upon the creditt of this Act any su[m]m or su[m]ms of money not exceeding the su[m]m of six hundred and fifty thousand pounds in the whole and to have and receive for the forbearance of all such moneys as shall bee lent interest not exceeding the rate of Eight pounds per centum per annum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/6-7/6/section/LI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694/section-LI
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