Section III One Sixth Part of the Monies raised by this Act to be paid by the said Commissioners to the Chancellor of Exchequer, the Chief Justice of K. B. and the Dean of Westminster, by Quarterly Payments, to be laid out in repairing Westminster Abbey.

Accounts thereof to be kept,; and inspected gratis.; Abstracts of Accounts to be delivered yearly into the Exchequer.

And whereas the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter in Westminster (being of ancient and Royal Foundation) is now in great decay and (in case the same be not speedily repaired) will become wholly ruinous For prevention whereof be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That one full Sixth part of all Su[m]ms of Money which shall be raised collected or levied by virtue of this Act shall be appropriated applied&disposed unto the repairing the said Collegiate Church of Saint Peter in Westminster and to no other use or purpose whatsoever and that the said Arch Bishopp of Canterbury Bishopp of London and Lord Mayor of London for the time being or any Two of them shall and are hereby required from time to time dureing the Continuance of this Act to pay or cause to be paid unto the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and the Deane of the said Collegiate Church for the time being (who are hereby constituted and appointed Co[m]missioners for repairing the said Collegiate Church) the said Sixth part of all such Su[m]ms of Money which shall be raised collected or levied by virtue of this Act as is aforesaid by equal quarterly Payments the first Payment to co[m]mence and be made on the Thirtieth Day of December in the Yeare One thousand seven hundred which said Su[m]ms of Money so to be paid to the said Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Deane of the said Collegiate Church in manner as is aforesaid shall be by them laid out and expended in and towards the repairing the said Collegiate Church of Saint Peter in Westminster as is above directed and the like Books of Accounts shall be kept by them the said Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Deane of the said Collegiate Church or by their Deputies or Officers of all Moneys which from time to time shall be received paid disbursed and applied by virtue of this Act towards the repairing the said Collegiate Church (the said Books to be inspected gratis) and also the like Abstract of such Books of Accounts shall be by them the said Co[m]missioners or any Two of them before the end of Michaelmas Terme in every Yeare transmitted and delivered into the Receipt of Exchequer to be there received kept and viewed without Fee or Reward in such Manner and according to such Directions as are given to the said Lord Arch Bishopp Lord Bishopp and Lord Mayor in and by the Act above recited.