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 A. D. 1750. Anno vicefimo tertio Georgii II. C. 22, 245 aforefaid, conftantly attend at the faid refpeftive OfFices for-that Purpofe, at fuch Hours as Bufinefs is ufu- ally tranlafted at the faid feveral and refpedive pubhck Offices; and the feveral and reCpeftive Officers at Nonce to be- the laid Receipt, and other the publick Offices aforefaid, are hereby required lo caufe publicic Notice there- ^"|^|'."';;'1.°' *^ of to be forthwith affixed in their refpedive Offices, and at the Royal ExchaJtge, and alfo to publifh in the op°°„ed/"^ London Gazetts, that fuch Books are prepared and lie open in the faid refpedive Offices for receiving fach Confent, and taking fuch Subfcriptions, as aforefaid. X. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies SubfcHbers m- Politick or Corporate, who have or fliall, on or before the faid thirtieth Day of May one thoufand feven ''f^ji '"'he fe- hundred and fifty, have fubfcribed, or given their Confent in the Book or Books aforefaid, to accept of an j^'j^j.^^"'" " Intereft or Annuity after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings pe}- Centum per Annum, from the faid twen- ^J^^^ -^1^,1^ ty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, until the faid twenty-fifth Day of December aB.. one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-five ; and of an Annuity of three Pounds *fr Centum per Anmim, to commence from the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-five, in lieu of their prefent Annuities cf foux^o'sn'^i per Centum per Annum, fiiall have, receive and enjoy, and they are hereby declared to be intitled to an Annuity of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, from the faid tv/enty-nfth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, until the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- five ; and to an Annuity of three Pounds per Centum per An- num, from the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-five, redeemable by Parliament, in Manner herein after-mentioned ; and the faid Annuities of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum-, and three Pounds per Centum per Annum, and the Principal or Capital for which the fame ihalj be payable, are hereby declared, and fhall be adjudged, taken and accepted in Conftrudion of Law, and in all Courts of Law and Equity whatfoever, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, to be a Perfonal Annuities to Be and not a real Eflate, and fliall go to the Executors or Adminiftrators of the Perfon or Perfons dying poflefled a PcrfonalEftaie, thereof, interefted therein, or intitled thereunto, arid not to the Heirs of fuch Perfon or Perfons ; any Law, Statute, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary' notwithftanding ; and that the faid Annuities fhall be free from all and free from Taxes, Charges and Impofitions whatfoever, in the fame A'lanner as they now are. Taxes. XL And it is her. by enaded and declared. That it fhall and may be lawful for all Executors, Admini- Executors, &c» ftrators. Guardians, Truflees, Committees of the Eflates of Ideots or Lunaticks, and the Accomptant Ge- indemnified (or neral of the Court of Chancery, and the Deputy Remembrancer of his Majefty's Court of Exchequer, to "°' fubicri'omj;, make, or caufe to be made, Subfcriptions in the faid Book or Books, fignifying their Confent to accept an Interefi: or Annuity of three Pounds ten Shillings />(??• Cent!?n per Annum, from the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, until the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fevcn, and of an Annuity of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, to commence from the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- five, for and on the Behalf of therr refpedive Teftators, Lifants, Minors, Femes Covert, Ideots or Lunaticks, and the Suitors of the Court of Chancery, and of the faid Court of Exchequer, and others, for whom they are or fliall be refpedively intrufted ; and fuch Executors, Adminiftrators, Guardians, Truftees, Committees and Accomptant Ge- neral, and Deputy Remembrancer, are, and Ihall be, by virtue of this Ad, indemnified in and for doing the fame. XII. Provided always, and be it further enaded, That the Commiffioners of the Treafury, or any three Trearury to dc- or more of them now being, or the High Treaiurer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the fray the Charges Treafury for the time being, fhall have Power, and they are hereby authorized, out of any Money remaining of this Aa, ■ in the Receipt of the Exchequer, of or for the Duties, Revenues and Incomes appropriated for the Payment of the faid Annuities of four Pounds /i^r Centum per Amium, to reward all fuch Perfons as fliall be any ways employed in the Execution of this Ad, in relation to the taking in fuch Subfcriptions, or receiving fuch Con- fents as aforefaid, and to defray all fuch incident Charges, as fliall necefiarily attend the Execution of the faid Ad, in fuch Manner as to them fliall feem jufl: and reafonable. XIII. And it is hereby alfo enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Duties, Revenues and In- Funds appropri- comts which are now appropriated, fubjed or applicable to the Payment of the fiiid Annuities of four Pounds ^^^ '^° f'^yment fcr Centumper Annum, fliall, from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hun- a„d''u'^„f|^lf"l i dred and fifty, be fubjed and liable to the PaymeiR of fuch of the faid Annuities of four Founds per Centum AnnuLcs."' ^ per Annum, as fliall not be fubfcribed, in cafe any fhall be unfubfcribed, and alfo the faid reduced Annuities • of three Pounds ten Shilling /■cr C(?«i?^OT /)tr y/';;2aOT, and three Pounds per Centum per Annum, in the fame Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as the fame were liable and fubjed to the Payment of the faid Kn~ nmtlcs of four Pounds per Centum per Annum ; and all the Monies coming into the Exchecjuer, of or for the feveral Duties, Revenues and Incomes, appropriated, fubjed or liable to the Payment of the faid un- fubfcribed Annuities, and of the faid reduced Annuities of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Ammm, and three Founds per Centum per Annum, which fhall be more than fufficient to arifwer and pay the faid refpedive Annuities, fhall, from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand (even hun- <lred and fifty, be applied to the fame Ufes, Intents and Purpofes, and in the fame Manner, as the feveral Surplufles, Excefies or Overplus Monies of the faid Duties, Revenues and Incomes are now applicable, ,XIV. Provided always, and it is hereby enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid Claureof Be» ! .twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-five, the faid reduced Annuities of three '^'^^P''^'"' ■ Pounds per Centum per Annum fliall and may be redeemed by Parliament, upon giving the fame Notices, and making the fame Payments of Principal Money at a Time to fuch Perfons or Corporations as now are,, or hereafter fhall be, intitled to the faid Annuities, and of all Arrearages of the faid Annuities, as arc di- reded to be given and made by the feveral and refpedive Ads, by which the faid feveral Annuities, after ^ the 'Kd.t.a of f on: Fo ds per Centum per An7iu?n, were made payable, and from and after Payment of an-y fuch Principal Money, to the faid Perlcins or Corporations, as are or fliall be intitled to the (iime, a propor- tional Part of the faid Annuities fliall ceafe and determine, and be undtrffood to be redeemed ; any thing ' in this or any other former Ad or Ads of Parliament to the contrary in any wife notwilhfiaiiding. CAP.