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 A. D. i74-^« Anno vicelimo primo Georgii II. C. 2. 91 XIII- And be it further enn5:ed by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Cafhier or Cafliiers fliall, nnd Cj(Iii(?rto pay thcv are hereby authorized and required to pay into the faid Receipt of Exchequer, not only all fuch Sum the Monies into and Sums of Money, as have already been depofitid with or paid to thena, by the faid Contributor or Con- ''"^ Exchcjuer. tributors towards raifmg the faid Sum of fix millions three hundred thoufand Pounds, but alfo all fuch further Sum or Sums of Money as fhall be hereafter paid into their Hands, at the refpejiive Days or Times herein before limited and appointed for Payment thereof, as faft as he or they fnall receive the fame ; and that it fliall and may be lav/ful to and for the Commifiloners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or Treafury to ap- ■ more of them now being, or the High Treafurer,^ or any three or rnore of the Commififioners of the Trea- P'>' 'he Money fury for the time being, from time to time, to iflue and apply all fuch Sum or Sums of Money as fhall be J° t^/ l ^^p'",- fo paid into the faid Receipt, by the faid Cafeier or Cafliiers, towards the faid Sum of fix millions three !„(.„[_ ^ hundred thoufand Pounds, to fuch Services as ihall then have been voted by the faid Commons of Great Britain in this Seffion of Parliament.^ XIV. And it is hereby enaiEled, 1 hat in the Office of the Accomptant General of the Governor and contnbutors Company of the Bank oi England for the rime being, there Ihall be provided and kept a Book or Books, Names, &c. to in which there fhall be fairly entered the Names of all who fliall be the Contributors for fuch Annuities, be entered in after the Rate of four VoMn&s per Centum per Annum as aforefaid, and of all Perfons by whofe Hands the ^'^ *-'*'^^ "''"; faid Contributors fr.all pay in any of the faid Sums upon this Aft, and alfo the Sums fo paid; and it fhall cenerarof the and may be lawful for the faid refpeftive Contributors, their Executors, Adminiilrators, Succeflbrs and Af- Bank. fiens from time totirrre, and at all feafonable Times, to have Relort to, and infpeft the faid Book or Books without any Fee or Charge; and the faid Accomptant General for the time being, fnall, on or before the Diiplicate to be twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fiity, tranfmit an attefted Duplicate fairly tranfmitted into written on Paper, of the faid Book or Books, into the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of his Msje- the^Aoditot's fty's Exchequer, there to remain for ever. _ _ _ o&zt, XV. And it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Contributor and Contribu- The Monies ap- tors upon this Aft, duly paying the whole Confideration or Purchafe Money, at the Rate aforefaid, at or pvopriated to before the refpeftive Days and "Times in this Aft limited in that Behalf, for fuch Annuity or Annuities as Payment of ths aforefaid, or fuch as he, flie or they (hall appoint, his, her or their refpeftive Executors, Adminiftrators, Annuities^ SuccelTors and Affigns, fliall have, receive and enjoy, and be intiiled by virtue of this ACi, to have, receive and enjoy the refpeftive Annuity and Annuities fo to be purchafed, together with the Annuity or Annuities made payable by this Aft', in reipeft to the faid additional Capital as aforefaid, out of the Monies by this Aft appropriated or appointed for Payment thereof as aforeiaid, and fhall have good and fure Eftates and Interefts therein for ever, fubjeft only to the Provifo or Condition of Redemption, in this Aft afterwards contained concerning the fame; and that all the fcveral and refpeftive Annuities, payable in purfuance of free from Taxes. this Aft, after the Rate of four Pounds ^it;- Centum per Annum., on all and every the principal Sums for which the fame are payable, fhall be free from all Tarces, Charges and Impofitions whatfoever. XVI. And it is hereby provided and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon or Contributors to Perfons who fnall become interefted in, or intitled unto any Annuity or Annuities, Part of the faid Sum of *"= '''"°™^'^ s'* fix millions three hundred thoufand Pounds fubfcribed for in purfuance of this Aft, who fhall, before the F" '-''="^' paffing of this Aft, have advanced or paid, or fhall hereafter advance and pay to the faid Cafhier or Ca- fhiers, the Whole or any Part of the remaining Purchafe-money, payable in refpeft thereof, at or btfore any of the refpeftive Days or Times herein limited or appointed for Payment thereof, fuch Perfon or Per- fons fhall be allowed Intereft after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, for all and every fuch Sum and Sums of Money as fhall be fo advanced and paid to fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers, by any fuch Con- tributors as aforefaid, to be computed from the Day on which I'uch aftual Payment fhall have been made, to Michaelmas one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight; and the Commiflionei's of his Majefly's Trea- fury, or any three or more of them now being, or the High Trcaiurer, or any three or more of the Com- miflioners of the Treafury for the time being, are hereby authorized and required to caufe the faid Intereft to be paid upon fuch refpeftive Sums as fliall be fo advanced accordingly, out of the Monies to be contri- buted in purfuance of this Aft; and in cafe any fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall compleat the Payment of the The Annuities whole Purchafe Money, payable for any fuch Annuities, he, fhe or they fhall have fuch refpeftive Sums to be transfer- as they fhall become interefted in or intitled unto, forthwith placed to the Credit of the faid Contributors, "ble at the and made transferrable in the Books of the Bank of England, by this Aft appointed to be kept for that Pur- ^'"''■ pofe. XVII. Provided, That in cafe any fuch Contributors as aforefaid, who have already depofited vyith, or Contfitutors paid to the faid Cafliier or Cafhiers any Sum or Sums of Money at the Times, and in the Manner before who have paid mentioned, in Part of his, her or their Purchafe-money, or his, her or their 'Executors, Adminiftra'tors, „"j.;^" *"°^ SuccefTors or Affigns, do not advance and pay to the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers the Sum of ten Pounds ;i^^ the Whole, Centum, in further Part of his, her or their Conllderation-money, io to be paid for fuch refpeftive Annuity or Annuities as aforefaid, on or before the twenty-feventh Day oi February^ one thouland feven hundred and forty-leven; and the Sum often Pounds per Centum, other Part thereof, on or before the twenty- fourth Day of March then next enfuing ; and the Sum of ten Pounds per Centum, other Part thereof, on or before the twenty-fecond Day of y//)r// then next enfuing; and the Sum of ten Pounds per Centum, other Part thereof, on or before the twenty-fourth Day ox May then next enfuing ; and the Sum of teji Pounds per Centum, other Part thereof, on or before the twenty-firfl; Day of Jz/?w then next enfuing ; and the Sum of ten Pounds per Centum, other Part thereof, on or before the twenty-lirfl Day of Jtdy then next enfuing; and the Sum of ten Pounds per Centum, other Part thereof, on or before the twenty-third Day oi Auguft then next enfuing ; and the remaining Sum often Pounds per Centum, on or before the twentieth Day of o^^- tember then next following ; then, and in every fuch Cafe refpeftively, (b much of the Confiderat!on-mo- to f f • y ney as fliall have been aftually paid in Part thereof only, to the faid Cafaier or Cafliiers, for fuch refpec- hasl'cenpTidln N 2 tive '