XXXVHow the Charges of the Militia are to be defrayed.

And be it further enacted, That for defraying the necessary Charges and incidental Expences of the said Militia, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to continue to raise and levy as heretofore, in every Year, the Proportion of One Month's Tax, amounting to Four thousand six hundred and sixty-six Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, which the said City hath been used to pay by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom; and no Warrant shall be issued for the raising of any Trophy Money, till the Justices of the Peace, or the major Part of such Justices, at some General or Quarter Sessions for the said City, shall have examined and allowed the Accounts of the Trophy Money last raised, levied, and collected, and certified such Examination of the said Accounts, under the Hands and Seals of Three or more of such Justices, to the said Commissioners; and the said Justices are hereby required forthwith to examine the said Accounts accordingly.