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 544 C. 18. Anno decimo feptimo Georgii II. A. D. 1744^ " will amount to 298,680/. which added to 301,320/. payable on the remaining 50,220 blank Tickets, " at 6/. each, amount together to 600,000/. Purchafer not paying his whole Contribution-money by the " Time fixed, (hall lofe what he has paid. Tickets undifpofed of, (hall be delivered back into the Ex- " chequer. Guardians of Infants may place their Money in the Lottery. Tickets to be changed for " Certificates after the Lottery is drawn." EXP. Timely Notice XXII. And be it further enacted, That fuch of the faid Managers as any three or more of the Com- 10 be advertized, mifftoners of the Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, (hall appoint to take in the faj^ wUbe taken'in Tickets, and deliver out the faid Certificates for and in lieu thereof, {hall give timely Notice by Adver- snd Certificates' tifement, to be printed and publifhed ill Manner as they (hall think fit, of the Days and Times for ta- delivered. king in the faid Tickets, and delivering out the faid Certificates for and in lieu of the fame; and every Perfon's Certificate {hall be numbered in Courfe, according to their bringing their Tickets to the faid Of- NamesofPer- ficer or Officers fo to be appointed for exchanging the fame; to which Purpofe fuch Officer or Officers ions exchanging p^ a [j enter) or cau f e to be entered into a Book or Books, to be by him or them kept for that Purpofe, the icets, Name of every Perfon who brings any Ticket or Tickets to be exchanged for fuch Certificate or Certifi- cates, and the Number or Numbers of the Ticket or Tickets which {hall be fo brought by fuch Perfon Value of the or Perfons, the Value in Principal Money payable thereupon, and the Day of the Month, and the Year Prizes, and the f our Lord when the fame was fo brought; which Book and Books {hall lie open in the Office to be ap- Annuities at- pointed for taking in the faid Tickets to be exchanged for fuch Certificates, for all Perfons concerned to &" 'whe'enter- P eru fe ; a " which Certificates {hall be figned by the Officer or Officers fo to be appointed, or the major ed in a Book. Part of them, and be directed to the Accomptant General of the Bank of England for the Time being. Annuities made XXIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Accomptant General of the tunsferrabie. Bank oiEngltihH.?6x the Time being, to whom the faid Certificates are to be directed as aforefaid, mall upon receiving and taking in the faid Certificates, or any of them, give Credit to the Perfons named therein in the fame Book or Books, with the Contributors for the Purchafe of the Annuities, not exceeding one million two hundred thoufand Pounds herein before directed to be inferted in a Book or Books, or in any other Book or Books to be by him provided and kept for that Purpofe, for the Principal Sums contained in every fuch Certificate; and the Perfons to whofe Credit fuch Principal Sums {hall be entered in the faid Book or Books, his, her or their Executors and Adminiftrators, fhall and may have Power to affign and transfer the fame or any Part, Share or Proportion thereof, to any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate whatfoever, in other Books to be prepared and kept by the faid Accomptant General for that Purpofe; and the Principal Sums fo afligned or transferred, {hall carry the faid Annuity of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, and {hall be taken and deemed to be Stock transferrable by this Aft, according to the Powers and Authority herein after mentioned, until the Redemption thereof as aforefaid; and the faid Accomptant General of the Bank of E?igland for the Time being, is hereby autho- rized and directed to cancel and file the Certificates as they {hall from Time to Time be received and taken in by him, and to give the Perfons bringing in the fame a Note under his Hand, terrifying the Principal Money for which they have Credit in the faid Book or Books, by Reafon or Means of the Certificates fo received, taken in and cancelled as aforefaid, and of the Annuities attending the fame. XXIV. And for the more eafy and fure Payment of the feveral and refpective Annuities, amounting in the whole to one million eight hundred thoufand Pounds, by this Act authorized to be purchafed as afore- faid ; It is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Governor and Company of Bank of England the Bank of England, and their Succeffors, fhall from Time to Time, until the faid feveral and refpective to pay the An- Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, fhall be redeemed according to this ASt, nmties. appoint and employ one fufficient Perfon within their Office in the City of London to be their chief or firft Cafhier or Cafhiers, and one other fufficient Perfon within the fame Office to be their Accomptant Money to te General ; and that fo much of the faid Surplus or Remainder of the Monies from Time to Time arifing yaid into the into the Receipt of the Exchequer, for the faid Rates and Duties on Spirituous Liquors, by this Act ap- Bank by the Ex- p r0 priated for this Purpofe (after fatisfying the Annuity charged upon the faid Surplus, and made payable equer. t0 ^g j^jj United Company of Merchants of England trading to the Eaft Indies as aforefaid) as fhall be fufficient from Time to Time to anfwer the faid feveral and refpective Annuities and other Payments di- rected to be paid or difcharged out of the fame, fhall by Order of the Commiifioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury of his Majefty, his Heirs or SucceiTors for the Time being, without any further or other War- rant, to be fued for, had or obtained in that Behalf, from Time to Time at the refpective half-yearly Feaft Days, or Days of Payment in this Act before appointed for Payment thereof, be ilTued and paid at the faid Receipt of Exchequer to the faid firft or chief Cafhier or Cafhiers of the faid Governor and Com- pany of the Bank of England, and their Succeffors for the Time being, by way oflmpreft, and upon Ac- count for the Payment of the faid feveral and refpective Annuities to be purchafed upon this Act, at fuch Times, and in fuch Manner and Form, as are by this Act prefcribed in that Behalf; and that all and Gaftiiers to ac- every fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers to whom the faid Monies fhall from Time to Time be iffued, {hall from •ount back into Time to Time, without Delay, apply and pay the fame accordingly, and render his Account thereof »he Exchequer, according to the due Courfe of trie Exchequer; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- standing. ... XXV. And it is hereby alfo enacted, That the faid Accomptant General for the Time being, {half from Time to Time infpect and examine all. Receipts and Payments of the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers, andi the Vouchers relating thereunto, in order to prevent any Fraud, Negligence or Delay; and that all and every