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 A. D. 1719* Anno fexto Georgii Regis. C. 4. 255 are to halve for paying off fuch of" the faid principal Sums as carry Intereft or Annuities after the faid Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum; and the fame refpective Additions to their pref.nt Annuity or yearly Fund of the faid Governor and Company, at the respective Rates laft mentioned, ft from the quarterly Feaft-day or half-yearly Feaft-day, on which thofe Annuities or Intereft-monies are now payable, and lad preceded the Time of taking in fuch Annuities and Debts rfefpe&ively, and continue until the faid twenty-fourth Day of June cue thoufand feven hundred and twenty-feven inclu- fively; and afterwards at the faid Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum, until Redemption by Par- liament, according to the Purport and true Meaning of this Act. XII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Managers and Directors to be confti- Thefe Book* to tuted in purfuance of this Act, ft all from Time to Time, and at fuch Times as the Court of Directors i ! I>y the faid Governor and Company for trie Time being ftall appoint, open all and every or any the Books fo tnc to be pre] n d, foi :faid, at the publick Office of the faid Governor and Company, or at fome other as convenient p bli k Place to be appointed by the faid Court of 'Directors, whereof Notice ftiall from Tim to Time, 1 n in Writing to be affixed upon the Roy l Exchange in London, and ftall alfo be infefted /hall appoint by in the Lonti. 'te, and that fuch Books ftall lie open for fuch Time and Times reflectively as theP utlicliNlJll ' <? - faid Court < : ; '...<' rs ftall, from Time to Time, judge neceflary. . XIII. And for rvoiding all Difputes and Controverlies concerning the Property of any the principal chufc to afecr- poratioi , aforefaid, during the Time and i imes the faid Book or Books relating to thofe Tickets ftall lie open, fo „ the unfub many oi the faid unfubferibed Pay-tickets belonging to the faid Lottery of the Year one thoufand feven fcribed Pay- hundred and ten, as would (in cafe they be not taken in by this Act) warrant the Payment of any the faid Tickets, 1710, Annuities pa; able thereupon, for the faid whole Term of twenty-three Years, out of the yearly Sum of JEbrty-f id two hundred and fixty Pounds fix Shillings and one Penny above-mentioned, ftall be deemed thi true and lawful Owner of every fuch Lottery-annuity refpectively ; and that every Perfon and Corporation, by or for whom there ftall be produced to the faid Managers and Directors, or fuch of them,, as af (during the Time or Times the faid Book or Books relating to the fortunate Tickets Or on the Lot- drawn i 1 >tt .'iy prefcribed by the faid Act of the fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign ftall lie open) terfesof 5 Bco. any of : Pi :kcts by which the fortunate Adventurers (in cafe fuch Tickets be not taken in by this Act) '' c ' 9 * wo tituled to Annuiiies, after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum,, out of the yearly Fun 1 of t. ni < thoufand Pounds therein mentioned, and be payable by the Caftier of the Bank of Eng- lr 01 Time being, redeemable neverthelefs by Parliament, ftall be deemed and adjudged to be the Proprietors of the fame Annuities reipectively : Provided fuch fortunate Tickets fo pro- ed bem firft chequed, proved and attefted by the Managers appointed or to be appointed by the Coi flion.ers of his Majefty's Treafury for that Purpofe, or fome or one of them ; and that every Perfon and Corporation, by or for whom there ftafl be produced to the faid Managers and Directors, or fuch of ...in, as aforefaid (during the Time or Times the faid Book or Books relating to the fortunate Tickets drawn in another Lottery, and by another Act of the fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign, ftall lie op:n) any of thofe Tickets as would (in cafe they be not taken in by this Act) intitle the fortunate Ad- venturers to feveral principal Sums, amounting in the whole to five hundred thoufand Pounds,, with In- tereft for the fame, till the Principal ftall be fatisfied out of a Fund of thirty thoufand five hundred and fifty- nine Pounds fourteen Shillings per Annum, mentioned in that Act, ftall be deemed and adjudged the true and lawful Proprietors of the faid principal Sums, and the Intereft attending the fame refpectively ; pro- vided fuch fortunate Tickets fo produced fhall have been firft chequed, proved and attefted by the Mana- gers already appointed or to be appointed for that Purpofe, or fome or one of them. ' XIV. And whereas the above-mentioned Annuities payable during the feveral Remainders yet to who (Kali be come and unexpired of the above-mentioned Terms of ninety-fix Years, eighty-nine Years and nine-deemed the Pro* rietors of the ty-two Years therein granted, and the principal » cc . ' Money remaining unfatisfied upon her late Majefty's Letters Patents above-mentioned, and the Intereft ' thereof, and the principal Money remaining unfatisfied, as well in refpect of the blank Tickets as of ' the fortunate Tickets, by virtue of the faid Act of the twelfth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, 12 Ann. ft. 2. ' and the faid Act of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, are all payable by {landing Orders which were ' ?• ' made forth and figned by the feveral Lord Treasurers or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time be- 1 C J C0 ' '" **" ' ing ; v. hich Orders, and all Alignments thereof, or any Part thereof, and of the Annuities or Debts therein fpecified, or any of therr/, or any Part thereof, and all Devifes by Will concerning the fame,, ' are or ought to be regiftred, entred or notified in Books for that Purpofe kept in the Receipt of his Ma- iave been or or Corpora- or Corpora.- tions entitled to any fuch Annuities or Debts as are lait-mentioned, at the Time or refpeciive Times- when the fame ftall be taken in by fuch Purchafe, Subfcription or paying off as aforefaid, purfuant to ' this Act,, ftall be deemed and adjudged to be the true and lawful Proprietors thereof refpectively ; and that the Auditor of the Receipt of the Lxchequer, and each Comptroller in thofe particular Offices refpec- tively, ftall on or before the thirtieth Day of May, one thoufand feven hundred and twenty tranfmit,. otr