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 A.D. 1744. Anno decimo feptimo Georgii II. C. 18. 543 the twenty-fourth Day of "June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five, tranfi-.it and cate, fairly written 0)1 Paper, of the f.i.l Boo'.c or Books, into the Odic; of the Au litar of his Majefty's Exchequer, there to remain for ever. '% d allcftcd pupli- r of the Receipt jefty's Exchequer, there to remain for ever. HI. And it is hereby enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Contributor and Contri- ^'J^Tv'tCi tutors upon this Adt, duly 'paying the whole Confideration or Purchafe-money at the Rate aforefard, at only to I'./- or before the refpedtive Days and Times in this AcYbcfore limited in that Behalf, for lech Annuity or denvtioa. Annuities as aforefaid, or fuch as he, fhe or they fhall appoint, his, her or their refpedtive Executors Ad- niniftrators, Succeffors and Affigns, fhall have, receive and enjoy, and be intitled, by virtue of this /i<'-|, ,0 have, receive and enjoy, the refpedtive Annuity and Annuities fo to be purchafed out of the .Vlonk-s by this Adt appropriated or appointed for Payment thereof as aforefaid; and fhall have good and fure Eftates and Interefts therein for ever, fubjetft only to the Provifo or Condition of Redemption in this Act afterwards contained concerning the fame ; and that all the fevcral and refpedtive Annuities, payable in Annuitin fiM purfuance of this Adt, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum., and all and every the principal ircnrTajset, Sums for which the fame are to be payable, fhall be free from all! axes, Charges and Impofitions whatfoc-ver. IV. And it is hereby provided and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon or Three feHPenf. Perfons who fhall become interested in, or intitled to, any Annuity or Annuities, Part of the faid Sum allowed fot of one million two hundred thoufand Pounds, to be fubferibed for in purfuance of this A dr., fhall upon Rioroptf&ynKjiii. compleatine the Payments of the whole Purchafe-money, payable in refpedt thereof, be allowed and paid by way of Rebate, a Premium or Allowance after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum, on the respective Sums they fhall become interefted in, or intitled unto as aforefaid ; which are hereby diredted to be there- upon forthwith placed to the Credit of the faid Contributors, and made transferrable in the Books of the Bank of England, by this Adt appointed to be kept for that Purpofe. V. Provided alfo, That in cafe any fuch Contributor as aforefaid, who fhall:, on o.r before the faid jf on i y, oriC 5 ninth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, have advanced to the faid Cafhier or t | ie f our p', y .' Cafhiers one fourth Part of his, her or their Purchafe-money, and his, her or their Executors, Admini- racntsbe madefe ftrators, Succeffors or Affigns, do not advance and pay to the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers, one other fourth it # fl>all fcc &*- Part of his, her or their Confideration-money, fo to be paid for fuch refpedtive Annuity or Annuities as fe!tcd *- aforefaid, on or before the ninth Day of July then next enfuing; and one other fourth Part thereof, on or before the twenty-eighth Day of Septe?nber then next enfuing; and the remaining one fourth- Part thereof On or before the twentieth Day of December then next following ; then, and in every fuch Cafe refpec- tively, fo much of the Confideration-money as fhall have been actually paid in Part thereof only to the faid Caihier or Cafhiers for fuch refpedtive Annuity, fliall be forfeited for the Benefit of the Publick ; and ho Premium at the Rate aforefaid fhall be payable for the faid firfl Payment s any Thing in this Adt- con- tained to the contrary notwithstanding. ' VI. And whereas it is intended that the Sum of fix hundred thoufand Pounds, being the Refidue of j the faid Sum of one million eight hundred thoufand Pounds, already charged by this Act upon the fame '' Surplus or Remainder of the Monies arifen or to arife of or for the Rates and Duties on Spirituous Li- .' quors appropriated for Payment thereof in Manner before diredted and appointed, fhall be railed by way ' of a Lottery, for the Purchafe of Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum.per Annum, in ' Manner herein after mentioned ;' Be it therefore enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Annu- gies becoming due and payable to the Contributors to the Lottery herein after mentioned, their Execu- tottery Annu-- tors, Adminiftrators and Affigns, at the faid Rate of three Pounds per Centtlm per .Annum, in, refpedt *f jh e § u %lufof ° te faid Principal Sum of fix hundred thoufand Pounds, in Manner hereafter in this Adt expreffed, until, the Duties on edernption thereof by Parliament, according to the Provifo herein after contained in that Behalf, fhall Spirituous Li- be charged upon- the faid Surplus or Remainder, from the Fe'aft Day of the Birth of our Lord Chrift one quow,-. fhoufand feven hundred and forty-four, and fhall from Time to Time be paid half-yearly at the Feafts of d pa y. £&[£, the Nativity of Saint John the Bapt'ift, and the Birth of our Lord Chrift, by even anJ equal Portions ; the ',<. ar iy. firft Payment thereof to be due and payable for the half-year, ending at the Feaft of the Nativity of Saint ' ^John the Baptijl one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five VIL And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That for or towards, raifing the faid S-u-m of Ticke( .j' w bcf fix hundred thoufand Pounds, it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives. or Foreign- rc ], cac h.- ers, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to contribute by paying at or before the refpedtive Ti-mes by this Adt limited in that Behalf, to any Receiver or Receivers to be appointed for that Purpofe,,. as is'hereih- after mentioned, the Sum of ten Pounds, or divers entire Sums of ten Pounds upon this Adt; and that every fuch Contributor or Adventurer, for every fuch Sum of ten Pounds which he, fhe or they fhall fa- advance, fhall be interefted in fuch Lot or Share of and in the Joint Stock of Annuities eftablifhed by this- Adt, as is herein after, mentioned and appointed in that Behalf; and the fame entire Sums often Pounds each, are hereby appointed to be paid unto fuch Receiver or Receivers, at fuch Time or Times, and in fuch Proportions at a Time, as are herein after mentioned in that Behalf; that is to fay, One fourth Part thereof on or before the ninth' Day of April one thoufahd feven hundred and forty-four, one other fourth Times of paving: Part thereof on or before the eighth Day of June then next enfuing, one other fourth Part thereof on or the Purchafe' before the. tenth Day. of! Augujl. then: next enfuing, and the remaining fourth Part thereof on or before money for toj>- the fifth Day of Oclober then next following. ; ^ r ) Tickets.- " Commiffioners of the Treafury to- appoint Managers of the Lottery. There, fhall be printed 66,000' ' Tickets, 9,78b fhall be fortunate; two of them 10,000/. four 5,000/. five z',000/. twelve 1,000/. twenty-- " five 5.00/. one hundred -and ninety-nine roo/. four hundred and four 5°^ nine thoufand one hundred- '" and twenty T-nhie 20/, which with s"o6/,. to the firfl: drawn Ticket,, and i-,ooo/» to the Lift drawn-Ticket,-