Holograph list of editorial additions and emendations to be made to the Coinage Act Isaac Newton c. 815 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 1715, c. 815 words. MINT 19/3/215, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/215 1715 England English Holograph MintEdinburgh Mint Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
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In Tthe Clause in the Coinage Act of yethe 7th of yethe Queen; for issuing out of the Exchequer any part of yethe Coinage moneys not exceeding 1200li per anannum for the Salaries of the Mint in Scotland & for repairing that Mint & providing necessaries the moneys should not have been restrained the coinage moneys to those services but have but have been issued for the use & service of the Mint so that the weights have been applied to any part of the service. All the coinage moneys issued to the Mint from the Exchequer of great Britain to the Master & Worker of the Mint in England are issued for the use & service of thatis Mint without restraining them to any particular services, & the Officers of theis Mint apply them too particular services taking care that no more be applied issued out of the ExcheqrExchequer  or Treasury of yethe Mint for Salaries, & Repairs & necessaries then are allowed by Act of Parliament for those services. And in like manner all the moneys issued from the Exchequer of great Britain to the Mint in Scotland, should be issued not to the Master & Worker (not to the General) of that Mint. for the use & service of that Mint without restraining them to particular services & the Officers of that Mint should issue them from their Exchequer or Treasury to particular services taking care that no more moneys be applied to salaries repairs & Incidents then are allowed by Act of ParilamentParliament. For by the Act of Vnion a Mint is to be continued in Scotland under the same Rules as the Mint in England. The clause therefore for issuing 1200li per anannum for salaries repairs & incidents is either to be rectified or dropt. Had that clause been for issuing 1200li for the use & service of the Mint in general it would have s that no money might have sufficed for the whole charge of that Mint including the coinage, as it did in the reign of King IJames II & K.King William. For At which For setting this matter right therefore the following amendments to yethe Bill are proposed.

By the Act of Vnion a Mint is to be continued in Scotland under the same Rules as the Mint in England. And therefore all the moneys coinage money for Scotland should be issued out of the Exchequer for that Mintof Great Britain to the Master & Worker of that Mint (not to the General) for the use & service of that Mint in general & applied not by the Warrants of the Treasury but by the Officers of theat Mint to particular uses, those Officers taking care that no greater summ be applied to Salaries, Repairs of Buildings & incidents then the Coninage Act allows. For this is the Constitution of the Mint in England setled by Act of Parliament. the Coinage Acts .

In the Coinage Act of the 7th of the Queen, there is a clause for issuing from the ExcheqrExchequer of Great Britain any summ not exceeding 1200li to yethe Mint in Scotland & all this money is restrained to Sall the Salaries Repairs of buildings & & Incidents, for salaries & repairs of Buildings Had this money been issued in general terms for the use & service of that Mint as it ought to have been by the Act of Vnion it might have sufficed for defraying all the charges of that Mint including the coinage, as before the Vnion in the reign of King IJames II & King William, the whole charge in those days not exceeding 1200 16000 pounds Scots that it 1200 pounds sterling one year with another. But they who drew up that Clause have limited the restrained all this money to Salaries repairs & incidents without taking care of the coinage & now come to the Parliament for more mon 4 or 500li more out of the coinage Duty for their coinage. carrying on a coinage in Scotland. And thus the coinage moneys are taken away from the Mint in England to be squandered away in Scotland. for paying of Pensions & turned into Pensions

For remedying this mischeiefpreserving theis Mint in England & reducing the Mint in Scotland to the same Rules the following amendments are proposed to the Bill are here proposed.

Fol. 2. lin. 12. After the words [duly put in Execution] add [with relation to the Mint or Mints in England.

56. lin 14. After the words [of this present Act] add the clauses AA

The first Amendment is for voiding the aforesaid irregular clause in the Coinage Act of yethe 7th of the Queen. The second is for setting the Mint of Scotland upon the same footRules wthwith the Mint in England as it ought to be by the Act of Vnion.