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 A. D. 1743. Anno decimo fexto Georgii II. C. 13. 499 fhall conftantly be kept at all feafonable Times in the Office of the faid Accomptant General for the The A«o., P - Time being, within the City of London a Book or Books wherein all Alignments or Transfers of the ! ant r ^"" J ta faid whole Capital or Joint Stock or any Part thereof, and the proportional Annuity attending the fame Jj, "' at the Rate aforefaid, fhall be entred and regiftred ; which Entries fhall be conceived in proper Words for that Purpofe, and fhall be figned by the Parties making fuch Alignments or Transfers ; or if fuch Parties be abfent, by his, her or their Attorney or Attornies thereunto lawfully authorized, by Writing under his, her or their Hands and Seals, to be attefled by two or more credible Witneffes, and that the Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Transfer fhall be made, do underwrite his, her or their Acceptance thereof, and that no other Method of affigning or transferring the faid Stock, and the Annuities attending the fame, or any Part thereof, or any Intereft therein, fhall be good or available in Law. XXXI. Provided always, That any Perfon or Perfons pofleffed of fuch Stock, with the Annuity or Annuities, may Annuities attending the fame, or any Eftate or Intereft therein, may devife the fame by Will in Writing hed "><«i ; attefted by two or more credible WitnefTes ; but that fuch Devifee fhall receive no Payment thereupon, t«d*nth Of" till fo much of the faid Will as relates to the faid Stock or Annuity be entred in the faid Office; and in a". '" Default of fuch Transfer or Devife, the faid Stock and Annuities attending the fame, fhall go to the Ex- Transfers to be ecutors or Adminiftrators ; and that no Stamp Duties whatfoever fhall be charged on the faid Transfers made without or any of them ; any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. Stamps. XXXII. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Govcr- BankofEng- nor and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeflbrs (notwithftanding the Redemption of all la " d t0 c °nt>nue or any their own Funds, in purfuance of the Afts for eftablifhing the fame or any of them, ) fhall continue tjiiajefe AW * a Corporation, with all the Powers Privileges and Advantages thereunto belonging, for the Purpofes in ties are redeemed^ this Aft exprefled, till all the Annuities to be purchafed on this Act fhall be redeemed by Parliament, ac- cording to the Provifo herein after contained in that Behalf; and that the faid Governor and Company, or any Members thereof, fhall not incur any Difability for or by reafon of their doing any Matter or Thing in purfuance of this Aft. XXXIII. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Fee or Gratuity whatfoever No Fees to be (hall be demanded or taken of any of his Majefty's Subjects for receiving or paying the faid Contribution- taken. monies or any of them, or for any Tallies or other Receipts concerning; the fame, or for iffuirig the Mo- nies for paying the faid feveral Annuities or any of them ; and that no i ee or Gratuity fhall be demanded Penalty on td- or taken for any Transfer of any Sum great or fmall, to be made in purfuance of this Aft, upon Pain that kln £ Fees - any Officer or Perfon offending, by taking or demanding any Fee or Gratuity, contrary to this Aft, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds to the Party grieved, to be recovered with full Cofts of Suit in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at IVeftminJhr. XXXIV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffi- %%^™f" oners of the Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or ° LL^"^^ more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, fhall have Power, and they are hereby Salaries forthc authorized to fettle and appoint fuch Allowances (out of the Contributions to the Lottery herein before ieveral Officers. mentioned) as they fhall think juft and reafonable for the Service, Pains and Labour of the Receiver or Receivers of the Contributions to the faid Lottery, for receiving and accompting for the fame; as alfo for the Service, Pains and Labour of the Cafhier or Cafhiers of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for receiving and accounting for the Contributions to the Annuities granted by this Act; and alfo fuch further Allowances out of the Rates and Duties on Low Wines, Spirits and Strong Waters, appropriated by this Aft, as they fhall think juft and reafonable for receiving, paying and accompting for the feveral and refpeftive Annuities payable in refpeft thereof; and alfo for the Service, Pains and Trou- ble of the Accomptant General of the faid Governor and Company, for performing the Duty and Truft incumbent on him by this Aft ; all which Allowances hereby impowered to be made as aforefaid, in re- fpeft of the Service, Pains and Labour of any Officer or Officers of the faid Governor and Company, fhall be for the Ufe and Benefit of the faid Governor and Company, and at their Difpoial only; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. XXXV. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if at any Time or Times the Pro- duce of the faid Rates and Duties on Low Wines, Spirits and Strong Waters, fhall happen to be fo low or deficient as that the Monies arifing thereby into the Exchequer fhall not be fufficient to pay and dis- charge the feveral and refpeftive Annuities, and other Charges by this Aft direfted to be paid thereout, at the End of either of the refpeftive half-yearly Days of Payment, at which the fame are hereby direfted to be paid ; then and fo often, and in every fuch Cafe, fuch Deficiency or Deficiencies fhall and may be Manner of pay. fupplied out of the Overplus Monies that fhall or may happen to arife and be paid into the Exchequer, in ing Deficiencies, any of the fubfequent half Years, as the faid refpeftive Annuities fhall from Time to Time become due and payable; and in cafe fuch Overplus Monies fhall not be fufficient to fatisfy the Deficiencies hereby intended from Time to Time to be paid thereout, that then and in every fuch Cafe, the Deficiencies fo f.om Time to Time happening, fhall from lime to Time be anfwered and made good by and out of the firft Supplies which fhall be granted in Parliament next after fuch Deficiencies fhall appear; and in cafe no fuch Supplies fhall be granted within fix Months next after fuch Deficiencies fhall happen,_ then the fame fhall be made good out of any the Monies which at airy Time or Times fhall be or remain in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of the Surpluffes, ExcelTes or Overplus Monies, commonly called the Sink- ing Fund (except fuch Monies of the fame Sinking-Fund as are appropriated to any particular Ufe or Ufes by any former Act or Afts of Parliament in that Behalf) and fuch Monies of the faid Sinking Fund fhall and may be from Time to Time ifliied and applied accordingly. 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