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 5g2 C.g. Anno decimo odlavo Georgii II. A. D. 1745; Perfons, Bodies Politick or 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 fhall be taken and deemed to be Stock transfer- able by this Aft, according to the Powers and Authority herein after mentioned, until the Redemption Certificates to thereof as aforefaid ; and the faid Accomptant General of the Bank of England for the Time being, is file"""* 1 Notes hereb y authorized and directed to cancel and file the Certificates, as they (hall from time to time given* in their be . re <?eived and taken in by him, and to give the Perfons bringing in the fame a Note under his Hand, Head. teftifying the principal Money for which they fhall 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 at- tending the fame. Bank to pay the _ XXIX. And for the more eafy and fure Payment of the feveral and refpedive Annuities, amounting Annuities. i n the whole to two millions, by this Act authorized to be purchafed as aforefaid ; It is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeflors (hall, from time to time, until the faid feveral and refpedive Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, fhall be redeemed according to this Ad, 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 General ; and that fo Money to be much of the Monies, from time to time ariiing, into the Receipt of the Exchequer, for the faid additional paid inro the Duties by this Act appropriated for this Purpofe (after fatisfying or referving Money fufficient to fatisfy jifdieque? 16 the ( evera ' Annuities herein after charged upon the faid additionallDuties, and made payable at the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, for and during the Life or Lives of the feveral Contributors to the Lottery aforefaid, or the Life or Lives of their refpedive Nominees in Manner herein after mentioned) as fhall be fufficient, from time to time, to anfwer the faid feveral and refpedive Annuities, and other Payments directed to be paid or difcharged out of the fame, fliall, by Order of the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Treasurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury of his Majefty, his Heirs, or Succeflors 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 refpedive Half-yearly Feaft Days, or Days of Payment, in this Ad before appointed for Payment thereof, be iflfued and paid at the faid Receipt of Exchequer, to the faid Firft or Chief Cafhier or Cafhiers of the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeflors for the Time being, by way of Impreft, and upon Account for the Payment of the faid feveral and refpedive Annuities to be purchafed upon this Ad, at fuch Times, and in fuch Manner and Form, as are by this Ad pre- Calhiers to ac- fcribed in that Behalf; and that all and every fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers, to whom the faid Monies the Exchequer" ^ a '' from time to t ' me be lmiecl, ^^ fr° m ^ me t° tlme > without Delay, apply and pay the fame accord- cquer " ingly, and render his Account thereof according to the due Courfe of the Exchequer; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.- Accomptant Ge- XXX. And it is hereby alfo enaded, That the faid Accomptant General for the Time being, fhall from th^Cafli'iersAc- t ' rae to tme i. nl P e & an d examine all Receipts and Payments of the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers, and the compts. Vouchers relating thereunto, in order to prevent any Fraud, Negligence, or Delay ; and that all and Annuities a Per- every Perfon and Perfons whatfoever, who fhall be intitled to any of the faid feveral and refpedive Annui- lonai Eftate ; ties, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, and all Perfons lawfully claiming under them, foe^n Attach!" fta11 be P ofl " effed thereof as of a Perional Eftate, and the fame fhall not be defcendable to the Heir, and fhall ment. " not be hable to any foreign Attachment by the Cuftom of London, or otherwife ; any Law, Statute, or Cuftom to the contrary notwithstanding. -.1,000,000 1. XXXI. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies to be advanced or one Capital contributed, or to which any Perfon or Perfons fhall become intitled upon this Ad, for or towards the faid ed° withAnnui- $ u ,™? " ot exce eding two millions, fliall be deemed, reputed, and taken to be one Capital or Joint-ftock, tics at 3I. per on which the laid feveral and refpedive Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds /*r Centum per Annum, Cent per Ann. ihall be attending ; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons, and Corporations whatfoever, in Propor- tion to the Money by him, her or them advanced, or to which they fhall become intitled as aforefaid upon this Act, fhall have, and be deemed to have a proportional Intereft and fhare in the faid Stock, and in ttanstarabie. the Ann, uit y attending the fame, at the Rate aforefaid ; and that the faid whole Capital or Joint Stock, or any Share or Intereft therein, and the proportional Annuity attending the fame, fhall be affignable ^^""^"^aiidtransferrable as this Ad direds, and not otherwife; and that there fliall conftantly be kept, at all Transfer- books'! fcafoh^Blfe Times', in the Office of the, faid Accomptant General for the Time being, within the City ' of London, a Book or Books wherein all Alignments or Transfers of the faid whole Capital or Joint Stock, or any Part thereof, and the proportional. Annuity attending the fame, at the Rate aforefaid, fhall be en- Method of tranf- tered and n r ;iftered ; which Entries fhall be conceived in proper Words for that Purpofe, and fhall be feinng. figned by the Parties making fuch Affignments 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 attefted by two or more credible Witnefles, and that the Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Transfers fhall be made, do underwrite his, her or their Acceptance thereof, and that no other Method of affigning or transferring the laid Stock, and the Annuities attending the fame, or any Part thereof or any Intereft therein, fhall be good or available in Law. Annuities may XXXII. Provided always, That any Perfon or Perfons pofiefled of fuch Stock, with the Annuity or h# deviled ; Annuities attending the fame, or any Eftate or Intereft therein, may devife the fame by Will in Writing, attefted by two or more credible Witnefles ; but that fuch Devifee fliall receive no Payment thereupon, till fo much of the faid Will as relates to the faid Stock or Annuity be entered in the faid Office; and in 1 Default