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<p>Even the introductory words inserted for the purpose<add><gap/> the vine</add | <note><!-- Pencil note -->29 Causes &c</note> | ||
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<p>Even the introductory words inserted for the purpose<add><gap/> the vine</add> <lb/> | |||
of indicating the authority on which the Bill is issued<lb/> | of indicating the authority on which the Bill is issued<lb/> | ||
are of a nature more likely to excite doubt and<lb/> | are of a nature more likely to excite doubt and<lb/> | ||
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be paid or no, and if so when and how <del>or</del> and by<lb/> | be paid or no, and if so when and how <del>or</del> and by<lb/> | ||
whom it will be paid, the rather as <add>in</add> the Bill itself<lb/> | whom it will be paid, the rather as <add>in</add> the Bill itself<lb/> | ||
no answer to any of these questions | no answer to any of these questions is to be found.<lb/> | ||
and upon his putting a right construction upon<lb/> | and upon his putting a right construction upon<lb/> | ||
an <unclear>Exchequer</unclear><add>a Revenue</add> Act of Parliament he who perhaps<lb/> | an <unclear>Exchequer</unclear><add>a Revenue</add> Act of Parliament he who perhaps<lb/> | ||
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Bill) was at stake. But the occasion does not allow<lb/> | Bill) was at stake. But the occasion does not allow<lb/> | ||
time for consulting a lawyer: and if it did the expence of consulting<lb/> | time for consulting a lawyer: and if it did the expence of consulting<lb/> | ||
him would cut a good way into the profit to be made by the <add>interest</add> <note>interest of which the Bill<lb/> | him would cut a good way into the profit to be made by the <add>interest</add> </p> | ||
<note>interest of which the Bill<lb/> | |||
holds out the prospect in<lb/> | holds out the prospect in<lb/> | ||
addition to the principal<lb/> | addition to the principal<lb/> | ||
that would be promised by<lb/> | that would be promised by<lb/> | ||
a Bank note to the same<lb/> | a Bank note to the same<lb/> | ||
amount</note | amount</note> | ||
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29 Causes &c
15 continued
Even the introductory words inserted for the purpose the vine
of indicating the authority on which the Bill is issued
are of a nature more likely to excite doubt and
difficulty in an unharmed mind that it is in the
mind of the bulk of readers than to command
confidence. By an Act of Parliament Tricesimo
quarto Geo: 3tii Regis For raising a certain sum of
money by Loans or Exchequer Bills for the service
of the year 1794. In this formidable mixture of English and
Latin interlarded with terms of art and expressionsthe language
of finance a man is sent to an Act of Parliament
to know whether and who and how the Bill will
be paid or no, and if so when and how or and by
whom it will be paid, the rather as in the Bill itself
no answer to any of these questions is to be found.
and upon his putting a right construction upon
an Exchequera Revenue Act of Parliament he who perhaps
never read an Act of Parliament in his life
and almost certainly (if not a Lawyer) is not in the habit
of trusting himself to find out the sense of an Act
of Parliament depends his knowing whether the Bill
will or will not be paid and so forth. It is a case
for him to consult his lawyer upon, as he would
upon think it necessary to do upon anotherother ActActs of
Parliament and where much less property to much less
amount than £100 (the amount of an Exchequer
Bill) was at stake. But the occasion does not allow
time for consulting a lawyer: and if it did the expence of consulting
him would cut a good way into the profit to be made by the interest
interest of which the Bill
holds out the prospect in
addition to the principal
that would be promised by
a Bank note to the same
amount
