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 A. D. 1719. Anno fexto Georgii Regis. C. 4. 259 Times of fubfcribing or paying off' the fame, or any«of them, to accept and take (in lieu of the faid one hundred Pounds per Centum in Money) a Share or Shares of and in the capital or joint Stock of the faid South-Sea Company, increafed and to be mcreafed purfuant to this Act, at fuch Price or Prices as (hall at <«M be mutinlly and the faid Proprietors, or any of them ; or if all or any the Proprietors of all or any the faid Annuities^!',, ^(^ computed in and by this Aft to amount feverally to fiK hundred fix ty- fix thoufand eight hundred twenty- fcrib'in.-, in lieu one Pounds eight Shillings and three Pence Half-penny per Annum, forty-fix thoufand two hundred and of Money, fixty Pounds fix Shillings and one Penny per Annum, and eighty-one thoufand Pounds per Annum, or thereabouts, fhall be willing and defirous, at the Time or refpeftive Times of taking in the fame, or any »f them, by Purchafe or Subfcriptions as aforefaid, to accept and take (for and in lieu of their refpaSHve Annuities or Debts) a Share or Shares of and in the fame capital or joint Stock increafed and to be in- creafed purfuant to this Aft, at fuch Rate or Rates for the faid Stock as fhall then be mutually agreed by and between the fame Company, or their Court of Directors in their Behalf, and the faid Proprietors, or any of them ; that then and in all and every fuch Cafe and Cafes the faid feveral and refpeftive Proprietors fuch Proprietors fo defiring to accept (for or in lieu of their refpeftive Annuities or Debts) fuch Shares in Stocks, fhall be f 1 " 11 be admitted entitled thereunto accordingly ; and the fame Proprietors, whether they be Natives or Foreigners, Bodies ,nt » t '>eCompa- Politick or Corporate, his, her, and their Executors, Adminiftrators, SuccetTors and Afligns refpeftivcly share's, fhall have and enjoy and be entitled, by Force and Virtue of this Aft, to have and enjoy of and in the faid capital or joint Stock of the fame Company increafed and to be increafed as aforefaid, fuch refpeftive Shares as aforefaid, and in refpeft of fuch Shares fhall be deemed and taken to be Members of the fame Company, and be incorporated into the fame, and fhall, in proportion to the fame Shares refpeftively, have and be entitled to the like Benefits, Powers, Privileges and Advantages, as other Members of that Company fhall or ought to enjoy in refpeft of their Shares in the faid capital Stock ; and that all and every fuch Proprietor and Proprietors, from ,the Time or refpeftive Times of his, her or their agreeing, by Contraft, Subfcription or otherwife, to accept fuch Stock in lieu and Satisfaction of his, her or their Aiv nuities, Debts or other Incumbrances before-mentioned, fhall have Credit in the Books of the fame Com- pany for his, her or their Proportion or Share of and in the whole capital or joint Stock of the fame Cor- poration increafed and to be increafed as aforefaid, and of and in all Dividends, Profits and Advantages whatfoever to attend the fame. XXIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Proprietor and Pro- Proprietors may prictors of the above-mentioned Annuities and Debts, or any of them, his, her and their Executors, Ad- 1 V^ f p lt 'f.* „ whl1 ;l miniftrators, SucceiTors and Afligns refpeftively fhall have Liberty by themfelves refpeftively, or by fuch be ^ 1 pEn on Perfon or Perfons as they refpeftively fhail think lit to employ in this Behalf, during fuch Time or Times the Terms of'-the as the faid Subfcription-Books fhall be kept open, to fubferibe or write his, her or their Annuity or An- ah. nuities, Debt or Debts, or any of them, in fuch of the faid Books as fhall be proper for that Purpofe, at fuch refpeftive Rates and Prices, and upon fuch feveral and refpeftive Terms and Conditions, as are be- fore in this Aft prefcribed concerning the fame refpeftively; and that all Executors, Adminiftrators, Guar- Executors, £.-<•„ dians and Truftees fhall have like Liberty and Power to make or caufe to be made the faid Subfcriptions m V luWcnle. and Acceptance of Money or Stock, for and on the Behalf of their refpeftive Teftators, Inteftates, or of Infants, Minors, Femes Covert, Ceftui que Trufts or others for whom they are or fhall b^ refpeftively intruded, and are and fhall be, by virtue of this Aft, indemnified in and for doing the fame ; neverthe- lefs the Share or Intereft which fuch Executors, Adminiftrators, Guardians and Truftees refpeftively fhall, by virtue of fuch Subfcriptions as aforefaid, have or be entitled to in the capital or joint Stock of the fame Company increafed and to be increafed as aforefaid, fhall be fubject and liable to the like Ufes, Trufts and Purpofes, as the fame Annuities and Debts were or would have been liable, had not the fame been taken in as aforefaid. XXIV. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who Perfons or Corporations, who fhall be paid or fatisfied for his, her or their Annuities, Debts or Incum- have accepted cumbrances in Money, or by Acceptance of any Share or Shares in the faid capital Stock, or otherwife, sh "". ' n t! ? e at the refpeftive Pvates and Prices by this Aft intended concerning the fame, fhall at the fame Time deli-' mnft^els^er u? ver'or caufe to be delivered up to fuch Perfon or Perfons, or fuch or fo many of them, as the faid Com- their Orders and miffioners of the Treafury or any three or more of them, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, fhall Tickets. in thi; Behalf appoint, all the Orders and Tickets whereby fuch Proprietors refpeftively were entitled to fuch Annuities, Debts or Incumbrances, or any of them, whether the fame be any of the ftanding Orders which were made forth and figned by any Lord Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, for Payment of fuch of the faid Annuities, or for Payment of any principal Sums with Intereft for_ the fame, as were made payable at the Receipt of the Exchequer, or be any of the ftanding Orders which were made forth and figned as as aforefaid for Payment of fuch Annuities or principal Sums with Intereft, as were made payable in any of the particular Offices, commonly called the Lottery-Offices, or be any of the Pay-tickets which v/ere made forth by the faid Lotiery-Aft of the Year one thoufand {even hundred and ten, and were not fubferibed into the capital Stock of the faid Soutb-Sea Company, purfuant to a fubfequent Aft in that Behalf, or be any of the fortunate Tickets drawn on the faid two Lottery-Afts of the fifth- Year of his Majefty's Reign, or either of them, which fhall firft have been checqued, proved and attelled as aforefaid. XXV. Provided always, That if any of" the Proprietors of any the faid Orders or Tickets fo -to be de- On Affidavit, iivered up (not being a Qjjaker) fhall make Oath by an Affidavit in Writing, or (being a Quaker) fhall & c that Orders, LI 2 ma-ke &c - liaveb5eft