...been read a second time, when it was committed, Downing offered his proviso; the end of which was ' to make all the money that was to be raised by this...ends to which it was given, which was the carrying on the war, and to no other purpose whatsoever, by what authority soever' with many other clauses in it...

...He proposed a proviso, the object of which was " to make all the money that was to be raised by the Bill to be applied only to those ends to which it was given, and to no other purpose whatsoever, by what authority soever." The restrictions thus imposed upon the...