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 A. D. i7 20 - c - l > 3 2 9 Anno Regni GEORGII Regis Kfragnae Britanniae, Franciae 8c Hiber- nian, feptimo. « /» T the Parliament begun and holden at Wcjlminfter, the feventcenth Day of March, Anno Domir.i < f one thoufand feven hundred and fourteen, in the firft Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord « *■ •*> GEORGE, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the ' Faith, &c And from thence continued by feveral Prorogations to the eighth Day of Decctnbcr one thou- ' fand feven hundred and twenty ; being the fixth Seflion of this prefent Parliament.' C A P. I. An Aft for reftraining the Sub-Governor, Deputy- Governor, Directors, Treafurer or Cufhier, Deputy-Cafhier, and Accountant of the Scuih-Sea Company, from going out of this King- dom for the Space of one Year, and until the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and for discovering their Eftates and Effects, and for preventing the tranfporting or alienating the fame. HERE AS Sir "John Fellows, Baronet, the prefent Sub-Governor, Charles Jove, Efquire, Deputy- Farther Provi- /"• __j irr.n: .... /sa.ii Trr„..:_« c:_ r „™A„.,.. b/„,a — // i> „.. C:_-y./,.. fat....* x> .. r. i.. : . Si Chi , 'Efquire, John Gore, Efquire, Sir William Hammond, Knight, Francis Halves, Efquire, Richard Horfcy, w- ' Efquire, Richard Holditch, Efquire, Sir Theodore Jan/Ten, Knight and Baronet, Sir Jacob Jacob/on, Knight, % Geo. i. c z-,. ' Arthur Ingram, Efquire, Sir John Lambert, Baronet, Sir Harcourt Majlcr, Knight, William Morley, Efquire, 13 Ga>. 1. e. 12. ' Ambrofe Page, Efquire, Colonel Hugh Raymond, Samuel Read, junior, Efquire, Thomas Reynolds, Efquire, zG ' c - *■ '• 8l 1 Jacob Sawbridge, Efquire, William Ti Hard, Efquire, and JohnTumer, Efquire, Directors of the Corpora- ' Parts of America, and for encouraging the Fifhery ; and alfo Robert Knight, Treafurer or Cafhier, Robert ' Surman, Deputy-Cafhier, and John Grigsby, Accountant to the faid Corporation, in Confederacy with the ' faid Sub-Governor, Deputy-Governor and Directors, under Colour of an Act paffed in the laft Seffion of ' Parliament, intituled, An Ail for enabling the South-Sea Company to encreafe their prefent Capital Stock and 6 q« 0-1i c « ' be applied for lejfcning feveral of the publick Debts and Incumbrances ; and for calling in the prefent Exchequer- ' Bills remaining uncancelled ; and for making forth new Bills in Lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged ' direct Practices, contrary to the Intention of the faid Aft, to the great Detriment of the Publick, in Breach ' of their Truft, and to the manifeft Wrong and Oppreffion of great Numbers of his Majefty's Subjects :' Now to the End that their Perfons and Eftates may be fecured, fo as to anfwer and be liable to Juftice in Parliament, Be it enacted, £sV. EXP. " The Sub-Governor, Directors, &c. of the South-Sea Company fha.ll not go out of the Kingdom for one c f Year from December 8. 1720. and till the End of next Seffion of Parliament. But fhall enter into Re- " cognizance with Sureties before the Barons of the Exchequer not to depart, &c. The Sub-Governor, " &c. to be bound in the Penalty of ioo,coo /. and Sureties, in 25,000/. each. Neglecting to enter into " fuch Recognizance before February 8, 1720. to be committed to the Fleet without Bail. The Sub- " Governor, &c. departing out of the Kingdom, and Perfons aiding to fuch Departure fhall be guilty of " Felony. The faid Sub-Governor, &c. fhall before March 2;, 1721. deliver upon Oath to one of the " Barons of the Exchequer, two Inventoi ies of ail their Real and Perfonal Eftate, of which they were Dof- " feffed on June 1, 1720. and alfo of fuch Eftate as they have aliened or difpofed of fince that Day. Barons " of the Exchequer to deliver a Duplicate of fuch Inventories to either Houfe of Parliament. If fuch In- " ventories appear evafive, or upon Signification from either Houfe of Parliament for a farther Examina- " tion to be had thereupon, or on Information of any Concealment, C5c. the Barons .may examine Perfons " on Oath, and fummon the Sub-Governor, &c. to appear ; and in Default iffue their Warrants to brin» " them before them. Refufmg to be examined, fhall be committed to the Fleet without Bail. Not deli- " vering Inventories,- or not fubmitting to be examined in eight Days after Commitment, or being guilty " of any Concealment, &c. fhall fuffer Death. The Barons may iflue Warrants to apprehend Perfons re- " fufing to appear upon Summons ; and may commit to the Fleet fuch as refufe to be fvvorn, and anfwer to " Interrogatories, till they fubmit to be examined. The Sub- Governor, &c. difabled for one Year after " January <;, 1720. to alien, &c. any Lands, &c. But they may difpofe of their Eftates by their Laft ct Will. The Sub-Governor, Wc. fhall not for one Year after January c, 177.0. convey any of their " Goods, &c. out of the Realm, except Shares of Ships, &c. Offending fhall be guilty of Felony. Per- " fons having accepted of any Truft, or concealing any Eftate, &c. to forfeit treble the Value, and be " imprifoned for one Year without Bail. Difcoverers of any concealed Eftate, before -September '9, 1721. fhall " be allowed 20 /. per Centum for Effects beyond the Seas, and 10 /. for Effects in this Kingdom. The for- " feited Eftates to be paid into the Exchequer for the Ufe of the South- Sea Company." Vol. V. U u ■ CAP.
 * tion of the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South-Seas, and other
 * Fund, by redeeming fuch publick Debts and Incumbrances as are therein mentioned ; and for raiflng Money to
 * ■ upon Demand at or near the Exchequer, have contrived and carried on many notorious, fraudulent and in-