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 A. E>. 1719* Aniid fexto Georgii Regis. C. 4. 2^7 or Books to be lb opened by the faid Managers or Directors, and of the particular Shares and Intercfts been mad.-. i of and in the fame Annuities refpectively and the Stock attending the fame, which fhall have been lb fub- "-^ l -" 1 fcribed by or for 'every fuch Pcrfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate; upon Receipt of which", 1 " " u - nc - Lifts or Schedules from the fame Managers and Directors the faid Accountant General fhall forthwith and ral ' * c ' from Time to Time write off from and debit the Accounts of each and every Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, contained in the fame Lilts or Schedules, of or for the refpective Parts or Scares ol and in the fame Annuities refpectively; and of and in the Stock attending the fame, contained in the fame Lilts or Schedules ; and fhall take Care that the refpective Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, do not transfer or affign any fuch Part or Share of and in the fame Annuities and the Stock at- After (tied In- tending the fame, which fhall be contained in fuch Lifts or Schedules to be tranfmitted to him by -the iicc I, " T<:jn - fame Managers or Directors ; and the faid Accountant General fhall likewife take Care, that from and- af- f "" &c< ter fuch Notice fhall be given to him as aforefaid by the faid Managers and Directors to be appointed in purfuance of this Act, or any three or more of them, and until he lhall have received from the fame Ma- nagers or Directors, or any three or more of them, fuch Lifts or Schedules as are directed to be tranf- mitted to him by them, no Transfers or Affignments fhall be made in the Book or Books by him kept r dating to thofe Annuities reflectively for or concerning which fuch Subfcription-Book or Books fhall be fo opened. . XVIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if the laid Accountant General in Accountant Ge- the publick Office of the Bank of England for the Time being fhall at any Time or Times hereafter neglect n " lal of the . or delay to tranfmit fuch Lifts or Schedules, or to make fuch Certificate or Certificates to the Managers or Blr ' k "5'6! e «"^ Directors to be conftituted in purfuance of this Act, or to fhut or ftop the Transfers of the faid redeemable lIi'""^""^'^ l Annuities which are transferrable at the publick Office of the faid Bank of England, according to the Pur- Bank to "caufe port and true Meaning of this Act, or to do any other Matters or Things by this Act required to be done th= fm-e to be or performed by fuch Accountant General, that then and in every fuch Cafe and fo often, the Governor dom: • and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeffors (who have the Nomination or Appointment of fuch Accountant General) fhall be and are hereby required and obliged to caufe and procure to be done and performed the fame Matters and Things (fo delayed or neglected to be done and performed) in fuch manner as fuch Accountant General ought to have done the fame by virtue or in purfuance of this Aft. XIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for South -Sea Coni; the faid Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas and other Parts P an y> be,ore of America, and for encouraging the Fifhery, at any Time or Times before the faid firft Day of March ' Mar * f7 z '« one thoufand feven hundred twenty-one, to redeem all and every_ or any the redeemable Debts and In- reedemaWeDebA cumbrances above in this Act recited or mentioned, amounting in the whole to the faid Sum of fixteen of 16,5^6,481 h millions five hundred forty-fix thoufand four hundred eighty-two Pounds feven Shillings and one Penny 7s. id. i q. Farthing, or thereabouts, and the refpective Securities for the fame, by paying off the fame Debts and In- cumbrances, and every or any of them, at the Rate of one hundred Pounds for every one hundred Pounds at the Rate of,. principal Money, and proportionably for greater or leffer Sums; at the publick Office of the faid S'juth- ' oo1 - loreveif Sea Company in the City of London; at fome Time or Times before the laid firlt Day of March one thou- Vf principal fand feven hundred twenty-one, and to ufe and caufe, or procure to be ufed and to be put in Execution; all lawful Ways and Means for Redemption thereof, XX. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in all and every Cafe and Cafes, where in or where Notice by any Act or Acts of Parliament now in Force, any Notice- or Notices for Redemption of the faid Debts fhou,d be s ive " and Incumbrances, or any of them, might or fhould be given or left in Behalf of the publick, by Autho- b y AuIno ' lt y.° f ' irity of Parliament or by the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, purfuant to any Vote or Refolution of &,, compa'nya** that Houfe, fuch and the like Notice or Notices fhall and may be given or left by the faid Governor and to give fuch Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas and other Parts of America, and for en- Notice, couraging the Fifhery, or by fuch Perfon or Perfons as they or their Court of Directors fhall appoint to give or leave fuch Notice or Notices, for Redemption of the fame Debts and Incumbrances, or fo many or fuch Part or Parts of them refpeitively as are redeemable at a Time, as the fame Governor and Company, cr their Court of Directors, in regard to the Abilities and other Circumftances of the fame Company, fhall think fit; and that from and after the Expiration of the Time and Times to be mentioned in fuch Notice and Notices for paying off and redeeming the fame Debts and Incumbrances, or any Parts of them, ev'ery or any of them, fuch Debts and Incumbrances, or fuch Part and Parts thereof, as fhall be mentioned in fuch Notice or Notices to be redeemed, fhall, upon Payment of the refpecTiv"e Sum or Sums of Money On Payment or payable to the Proprietors for fuch Redemption, or Tender thereof at the publick Office of the fame Go- Tender the faid vernor and Company, be and be adjudged to be redeemed ; and the Intereft and Annuity payable in refpecl ,:,cl)K '° be re ~ thereof to the refpective Proprietors of fuch Debts and Incumbrances, or their refpective Parts or Prop or- cectc "' ' tions thereof, fo far as the Sum or Sums fo to be paid off cr redeemed fhall extend, fhall thenceforth ceafe and determine to be payable to them ; and in lieu thereof, an Annuity after fuch and the like Rate as the Intereft-money and Annuity as is now payable for or in refpec-t of fuch Debts or Incumbrance?, fhall be from thenceforth paid and payable to the faid Governor and Company of Merchants of Grictt Bri- tain trading to the South-Seas and other Parts of America, and for encouraging the Fifhery, and their Suc- ceffors, or to their Cafhier for the Time being for their Ufe, until and for the faid Feaft-day -of the Nati- vity of St. John B 'apt ijl which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred twenty-fe- ven, and from -thenceforth after the Rate of four Pound6 per Centum per Jnnum, until Redemption by Vol. V. 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