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 562 C. 20. Anno qiiinto Gultelmi & Mari^. A. D. 1694, difpofe of the fame, and by the fame Name to fue and implead, and be fued and impleaded, anfwer and be ; anfwered, in Courts of Record, oc any other Place whatfoever, and to do and execute all and fingular | Subjeft to Re- Other Matters and Things by the Name aforefaid, that to them fliall or may appertain to do ; fubject ne- dcmption. verthclefs to the Provifo and Condition of Redemption herein after mentioned. Proportionable XXI. Provided always, and it is hereby further enabled. That in cafe the whole Sum of twelve hundred Part of the thoufond Pounds, Part of the did Sum orfift'-en hundred thoufand Pounds, fhall not be advanced and paid of't"heSum id" '"•° '^'^ Receipt of Exchequer before the firft Day of jfannaty, which fiiall be in the Year of our Lord one vanced. thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, that then the Subfcribers and Contributors for and towards the raifmg and p;iyin» of the faid Sum of twelve hundred thoufand Pounds,. Part of the faid Sum of fifteen hundred! thoufand Pounds, their Heirs, Succeffors, and Affigns, fhall only have and receive fo much, and fuch . The i,2oo,oool. Rate of eight Pounds per Centum per Annum ; and that at any Time upon twelve Months Notice, after the leHeemiblc after f^j.^^ Q^y gf J^g^j}^ which {hall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and five, upon Ye°r's"No'tic*d Repayment, by Parliament, of the faid Sum of twelve hundred thoufand Pounds, Part of the faid Sum of j and Corporation fifteen hundred thoufand Pounds, or fuch Part thereof as fhall be paid and advanced as aforefaid, unto the j £0 ceafe. refpectlve Subfcribers and Contributors of the faid Sum of twelve hundred thoufand iounds. Part of the i 7AnnK, «. 7. faid Su'n of fifteen hundred thoufand Pounds, or fuch Part thereof as fhall be paid and advanced, theicj S* 5' Heirs, Succeffors, or Afligns, and of all the Arrears of the faid yearly Payments of one hundred thoufand i Pounds, Part of the faid yearly Payments of one hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, or fuch proportion- able Part thereof according to the Sum which fhall be paid and advanced as aforefaid, then and from thence- i forward the faid yearly Payments, and every of them, of one hundred thoufand Pounds, Part of the faid! yearly Payments of one hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, or fuch proportionable Part as aforefaid, and'^ every Part thereof, and the faid Corporation, fliall abfolutely ceafe and determine;- any Thing herein contained in any wife to the contrary notwithftanding. Officers of the XXIL And for the better and more fpeedy Payment of the faid yearly Sum of one. hundred thoufand Exchequer re- Pounds, Part of the faid yearly Sum of one hundred and forty thoufand i^ounds, in the Proportions herein quire pay. {,gfQ;.g mentioned and appointed, the Commiffioners of their Majeflies Treafury, and the Under Treafurer of the Exchequer now being, and the Lord High Treafurer, and Under Treafurer, or CommifEonera ofi the Treafury for the Time being, are hereby ffridtly enjoined and required by virtue of this Adt, andj without any further or other Warrant to be fued for, had or obtained from their Majeflies^ their Heirs or! SuccelTors, to diredt their Warrants yearly for the Payment of the faid yearly Sums of one hundred thou-i fand Pounds, to the Contributors of the faid Sum of twelve hundred thoufand Pounds, in the Manner and Proportions as is herein before direfted and appointed ; and the Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer^ and all other Officers of the Exchequer now and for the Time being, are hereby directed and enjoined to ifTue the faid Monies fo fet apart for the Ufes before mentioned, from Time to Time, without any Fee or Re- ward, in the Manner and Proportions before mentioned, and under the like Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities, as are hereafter inflifted upon any Officer for diverting any Money appropriated or applied bj this ASt. None to fub- XXIIL Provided always, and be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon oi icribe more than Perfons, Bodies politick or corporate, fliall by thernfelves, or any other Perfon or Perfons in Trufl foi 2o,oool. him or them, fubfcribe or caufe to be fubfcribed, for and towards the raifing and paying the faid Sum oJ twelve hundred thoufand Pounds, any Sum or Sums of Money, exceeding the Sum of twenty thoufand One fourth Part Pounds ; and that every fuch Subfcriber fhall, at the Time of fuch Subfcription, pay or caufe to be paid tn be paid at the unto the Commiffioners who fhall be authorized and appointed for taking and receiving Subfcriptions as s'ubfcri'ption aforefaid, one full fourth Part of his, her or their refpedtive Subfcriptions, and in Default of fuch Payments i "the Refidus ^s aforefaid, every fuch Subfcription fhall be utterly void and null : And that the Refidue of the faid Sub- be not paid be- fcriptions fhall be paid into the Receipt of their Majeflies Exchequer, as their Majeflies fhall diredl, before fore January, the faid firfl Day oi January next; and in Default of fuch Payments, that then the fourth Part, firfl paid silfcr™ion ^^ aforefaid, fhall be forfeited to and for the Benefit of their Majeflies, their Heirs and Succeffors. fo"fe!ted.'°" XXIV. Provided alfo, and be it enadled, That it fhall not be lawful to or for any Perfon or Perfons. Not more than Natives or Foreigners, Bodies corporate or politick, at any Time or Times before the firfl Day of Jul) jo,oool. to be next enfuing, to fubfcribe in his, her or their own Name or Names, or in any other Name or Names ir JTubfcribed by Trufl for him, her or them, for and towards the raifing and paying into the Receipt of the Exchequer, the fere i )l. "' ^^'"^ ^""^ °^ twelve hundred thoufand Pounds, Part of the faid Sum of fifteen hundred thoufand Pounds, any Sum or Sums, exceeding in the whole the Sum of ten thoufand Pounds; any Thing in this Afl contained to the contrary in any wife notwithflanding. Wot to be a XXV . Provided always, and be it declared and enabled to be the true Litent and Meaning of this Aft. Corporation, That in cafe the whole Sum of twelve hundred thoufand Pounds, or a Moiety thereof, be not fub- ^"Iva^ncfr^''' fcribed on or before the firfl Day of Auguji one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four as aforefaid, that then thj before T Auguft. Powers and Authorities in this Aft for erefting a Corporation as aforefaid fhall ceafe and determine; any Subfcribers may Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. And in fuch Cafe fo much of the faid yearly transfer, if Sum of one hundred thoufand Pounds as fhall belong to the faid Subfcribers, according to the Meaning o Moietynot adranceil. this Adl, fhall be transferrable, and may be from Time to Time transferred by the refpedlive Perfons ft fubfcribing, advancing and paying any Part of the faid twelve hundred thoufand Pounds into the Exchequer. or their refpeftive Hdre, Succeffors or Affigns, to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, by any Writing o I ' Writing
 * "/ Part and Proportion to* the fiid Sum and Sums fo refpe£tively paid and advanced, as fhall be after the