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 49 6 C. 13. Anno decimo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1743 rapier's All w- wards at the farthcft; and to account for all the Monies fo to be advanced and paid to him 6r them in h a live on auoun- Majefty's„Court of Exchequer, according to the due Courfe thereof; in which Account the faid Cafhk cSier'." X " or Cafhiers (hall have, juft Allowance of, all Monies which he or they fhall have allowed or paid for Pre miums or Rewards, purfuant to this Adi. Books to be kept jj. And it is hereby enacted, That in the Office of the Accomptant General of the Governor an si the Bank, Company of the Bank of England for the Time being, there fhall be provided and kept a Book or Book in which there foal! be fairly entered the Names of all who fhall be Contributors for fuch Annuitie: after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum as aforefaid, and of all Perfons by whofe Hands th faid Contributors fhall pay in any of the faid Sums upon this Ac~t, and alfo the Sums fo paid; to whic to i!r k*p f °n ^ook or Books it fhall be lawful for the faid refpective Contributors, their Executors, Adminiftraton pubiick Prruial. g ucce fj ors ar)Q Affigns, from Time to Time, at all feafonable Times, to have refort, and to infpect th A Copy of the fame, without any Fee or Charge; and the faid Accomptant General for the Time being, fhall on or be Books to be f ore t h e twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, tranfmit an atrefted Du theExcbe ed U er to P!i ' cate -> r " air, y written on Paper, of the faid Book or Books, into the Office of the Auditor of the Receip ecnier. _ £- ^; g fyjajefly's Exchequer there to remain for ever. Contributors to HI. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Contributor and Contri have Annuities butors upon this Act, duly paying the whole Confideration or Purchafe-money at the Rate aforefaid, a i'nrti tC Re " Gr DU ''' ore £ h e refpective Days ajid Times in this Act before limited in that Behalf, for fuch Annuity c Annuities as aforefaid, or fuch as he, fhe or they fhall appoint, his, her or their refpective Executors Adminiilrators, Succeffors and Affigns, fhall have, receive and enjoy, and be intitled by virtue of thi Act to have, receive and enjoy the refpective Annuity and Annuities fo to be purchafed out of the Mo nies by this Act appropriated or appointed for Payment thereof as aforefaid; and fhall have good and fur Eftatts and Interefts therein for ever, fubjetf. only to the Provifo or Condition of Redemption in this Ac Annuities Aes afterwards contained, concerning the fame; and that all the fcveral and refpective Annuities, payable i from 'taxes. pufuance of this Act, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum., and all and every the prin cipal Sums for which the fame are to be payable, fhall be free from all Taxes, Charges and Impofitior. whatfoever. Two per Cent. IV. And it is hereby provided and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon c allowed for ^ Perfons who fhall become interefted in, or intitled to any Annuity or Annuites, Part of the faid Sum c i prompt ayment. ^^ million to be fubferibed for, in purfuance of this, fhall upon compleating the Payments of the whol Purchafe-money, payable in refpect thereof, be allowed and paid by Way of Rebate, a Premium or Al Jowance after the Rate of two Pounds per Centum, on the refpective Sums they fhall become interefted in -. or intitled unto as aforefaid. Ifonlyoneof v. Provided alfo, That in cafe any fuch Contributor as aforefaid, who fhall on or before the far the four Pay- eleventh Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and forty-three, have advanced to the faid Cafhier c itftaU bVft>i>' Cafhiers, one fourth Part of his, her or their Purchafe-money, and his, her or their Executors, Admini i'eited. ftrators, Succeffors or Affigns, do not advance and pay to the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers, one other fourth Par of his, her or their Coniideration-money, fo to be paid for fuch refpective Annuity or Annuities as aforefaid on or before the fifteenth Day of July then next enfuing; and another fourth Part thereof on or befor the twenty-feventh Day of October then next enfuing; and the remaining fourth Part thereof on or befor the twentieth Day of December then next following; then and in every fuch Cafe refpectively,- fo muci of the Confideration-money as fhall have been actually paid in Part thereof only to the faid Cafhier o Cafhiers for fuch refpective Annuity, fhall be forfeited for the Benefit of the Pubiick; and no Premiun at the Rate aforefaid fhall be payable for the faid firff. Payment; any thing in this Act contained to th contrary notwithftanding. Inflcad of An- VI. And to the end there may be no Want or Failure of a certain Sum not to exceed in the Whole nuities, the mil- the f a ij Sum of one million for the pubiick Service; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Tha b^Tche u" * n ca ^ e t ^ le Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or th Bills, at thVoi. High Treafurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, fhal fcretion cf the judge it more advifable to raife the Sum of one million or any Part thereof by Exchequer Bills, inftead o Cummiffioners fuch Annuities as aforefaid, then and in fuch Cafe, he or they are respectively hereby authorized and im of the Treafury. p 0W ered at any Time or Times before the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred am forty-three, to prepare and make, or caufe to be prepared or made at the Exchequer, any Number of Ex- chequer Bills, for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the faid Sum of one million in the fame or like Manner, Form and Order, and according to the fame or like Rules and Directions as in and by a certain Act of this prefent Seffioh of Parliament, intituled, An Adf for granting an Aid to hi Majejly by a Land Tax to be raijed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred an. forty-three, are enacted or prefcribed concerning the Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of th< ■fame Act. Part of the laft VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Claufes, Provifoes Act relating to Powers, Privileges, Advantages, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, contained in the faid laft menti- apThed^tTthis onec ' Act relating to the Exchequer Bills, authorized to be made by the fame Act (except fuch Claufe: 'as do charge the fame on the Aids, Taxes or Affeffments granted by the fame Act) fhall be applied ant' extended to the Exchequer Bills to be made in purfuance of this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intent, and Purpofes, as if the fame Exchequer Bills had been originally authorized by the faid laft mentionet Act, or as if the faid feveral Claufes or Provifoes had been particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Bod} , of this prefent Act. VIII. Am