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 732 C. 44. ^ Anno nono & decimo Guliklmi III. A. D. 169^, able at feveral Days and Times, and by fuch Proportions, as aforefaid, may be the fooner made u(e of for the Supply of His Majefty's extraordinary Occafions, the Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now beitig, or the Treafurer of the Exchequer, or any three or more of the Com- miffioners of the Treafury for the time being, are hereby authorized and empowered to caufe Tallies of How Tallies of Affignmcnt, or Tallies of Anticipation for the fame, or any Part thereof, to be levied upon the Commif- ^flignment or doners. Receiver or Receivers General, or Cafliier, who flwll be appointed or authorized to receive the fame; ma'y'be'levied. ^"<^ ^^^^ ^" Intereft not exceeding the Rate of eight Pounds per Centum per Annum fhall be annexed to, attend The faid Tallies and go along with the Principal Monies contained in all and every fuch Talley and Tallies, to be paid every to bear an inte- three Months out of fuch Subfcription Monies, from the Date of every fuch Talley, until Satisfa£lion of reft of 81. per (he Principal thereupon, and that the Principal upon every fuch Talley fliall be paid in Courfe, according Cent, per Ann. to the Date thereof refpeaively. Sums fabfcrlbed LI. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiffioners, to be nominated to be written in by His Majefty for taking Subfcriptions, as aforefaid, fhall take Care that the Sums fubfcribed be written Words at as Well in Words at Length as in Figures ; and that the Day of the Month and Year on which every Sub> «"St . «• fcription ihall be made, be truly fet and expreffed againft the fame ; and that the Subfcriptions, fo to and attefted. be made from time to time, be attefted under the Hands and Seals of five or more of the Commiffioriers who fliall be prefent at the making of fuch Subfcriptions ; and that the faid Commiffioners, or any five or rnore of them, do, without Delay, after the faid nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight, or after the faid Subfcriptions for the faid two Millions fliall be compleated (which DupJicatejof fliall firft happen) make, or caufe to be made, true Duplicates or Copies, fairly written in Parchment, of the theSubfcnptions f^id whole Book or Books of Subfcriptions, and deliver the faid Duplicate or Duplicates of the faid Book or j°j^°jj^^^'^'^_^'' Books, attefted by five or more of the faid Commiffioners, into the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt chequer. '" ^^be Exchequer, before the twentieth Day of OSfober one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight at fartheft; Auditor of the and the faid Auditor of the Receipt is hereby authorized and required forthwith to regiiler or enrol, and Receipt and the Clerk of the Pells in the faid Receipt is hereby required forthwith to record, the faid Duplicate or Du- p'^f'^'^R^'^'ft plicates, amongft the RegifterS or Records of their refpeitive Offices, that fo it may appear how much th'e faidOu^pTi-'^' ^^^^ '^^^^ ^^^" fubfcribed, and by whom, and likewife how the faid yearly Fund', or a proportionable Part cates. thereof, is to be iffued and applied by virtue of this A£t ; and that every Perfon concerned ftiall have free All Perfons to Accefs at all feafonable Tirrtes, and Liberty to view and perufe the faid Regifter, Enrolment, or Record, have free Accefs without Fee or Charge ; and that true Copies of fuch Book or Books fo enrolled and recorded, under the- Co'ks^o^'thr' '^^^^^ ^^^ Seals of the faid Auditor of the Receipt and Clerk of the Pells, fliall be delivered by them Books t°o be de- S''"^'^ ^° tbe faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of theni, demanding the fame, for the Benefit of the live;edtothe faid Subicribers. . . . . ■ Commiffioners^, LIL And it IS hereby further. enabled, ordained, and declaVedby the Authority aforefaid. That every &c. gratis. Perfon and fiody Politick, who fliall fubfcribe as aforefaid, and be named or contained in the faid^Book-or Subfcriber to Books, his. her. or their Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrator's, "Succeffdrs, and Affignsrefpedively, 'fhall have, grperCent'^" Sum, for the whole Sum by him, her, or them fubfcribed, according to the Rate or Proportion of eight per Ann. * ^ounis per Centum per Annum that is to fay, all and every Perfon and Perfons, or Corporation, fubfcri- bing one hundred Pounds, fliall be intitled to an Annuity of eight Pounds per Annum out of the faid Fund,. To Commence and fo proportionably for higher or larger Subfcriptions ; the fame Annuities or yearly Payments to com- from Michacl-_ nietice from the Feail of Saint Michael the Archangel in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred mas 1S98. ana ninety-eight, and to be paid and payable at the four moft ufual Feafts in the Year; 'that is to fay, the Feafts epai quar er y. ^^ ^^ Birth of our Lord Chrift, the Annunciation of the Blefl'ed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Saint yohn Tirft Payment. Eaptiji, and Saint Michael the. Archangel, by even and equal Portions : The firfl: Payment thereof to be Subjeft never- made at the Feift of the Nativity of our Lord Chrift one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight ; which faiA thelefs to Re- Annuities or yearly Payments fliall neverthelefs be fubjecl: or liable to the Condition and Power of Re- demp;:on, &c. demption hereafter in this Aft expreffed ; and alfo to the Claufe before in this A£l contained, for reducing or leffening fuch Annuities, where Failure fhall be made in foine of the Payments of the Subfcription Mo- ■v: in:; u '■, ney for the fame. Aiiowanjre..t^ LIII. And for the farther Encouragement of the faid Subfcribers, it is hereby alfo enafted, That every ? wHone'^Tmh ^^'^°^ o"" Body Politick, fubfcribing and paying down one tenth Part of his or their Stibfcription Money^ Pan of hi; sub- 33 aforefaid, {hall and may out of the fame Defaulk and Recount, or fhall be repaid (in Confideration of fcription for his or their Prompt Subfcription and Payment) fo much as an Allowance after the Rate of ten Pounds j)i?r Prompt Pay- Centum per Annum doth amount unto, being computed upon his or their whole Subfcription Money, from. recnt, &c. jjjg J3^y Qf making his or their Subfcription and firfl: Payment, until the Feaft of Saint Aljchael the Arch- angel one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight. Cbir.rzviffioncrs LIV. And it is hereby further enacted. That the refpeftivc Commiffioners, or fuch a Number of them, K^ef trfo-he *'"' '"''^ Cafhier or Cafhiers, who fhall be authorized by His Majefty to receive all or any the faid Payments- Money the'y re-^ upon the faid Subfcriptions, for His Majefly's Ufe, flial! immediately, from time to time, give to the Perfons reive, or Corporations paying the fame a Receipt in Writing for the feveral Sums fo received ; and fhalT caufe an ■mdenter the Entry thereof to be made in a Book or Books, expreiling the Day on which every Payment fhall be made, fame, &c. with the Names and proper Additions of thofe that make fuch Payments ; and deliver a true Account, yccount thereof fajj-jy written in Parchment, of nil the faid Receipts, attefted by five or more of the faid Commiffioners-, int'tv-AudiTorcf '"'-*^ ^^^ Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer, on or before the four and twentieth Day of ihe Receipt, &c. Jwe, which fnall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred ; and the Commiffioners of His tommiffioni-rs Majefty's Treafury, and the Treafurer, and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer for the time being, are ''t^y^ '^"^'^^."T hereby impowered and commanded, out of any of His Majefty's Treafure not appropriated by AtSl of Par- 10 iHue Monies lament, to ifTue and pay fuch Sums as fhall be necefTiiry to be expended or laid out, as incident Charges in fjL'r1r/&T the Execution of fuch Commiffion. "■' ' ' ' 4 ■ - LV. Provided
 * '"^^"V^""y receive, and enjoy for ever, out of the Fund by this Aft fettled and provided, one Annuity or certain yearly