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 A. D. 1752. Anno vicefimo quinto Georgii II. C. 40. 447 them, to iffue and pay, or caufe to be iffued and paid, to the PeiTon or Perfons named in the faid Ccrtifl- cates, the feveral Sums in the iaid Certificates refpeiStively co;:tain;'d. XX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe of the Death of two of the faidO" '^"'h "f Commiffioners, or of any other Commiflioner to be hereafter appointed, by and in purfuance of this Aft, *-°™'^'°"" . fuch other Mafter or Marters of the faid Court oi Chancery, as the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain'iX^^^i° '^ ^^' for the Time being, or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the Time being, or the Lords Commiflioners for the Great Seal oi Great Britain for the Time being, fliall from Time to Time nominate for that Purpofe, fhall be, and he or they is and are hereby conftituted and appointed a Commiflioner or Proceedings to Commiffioners for the Purpofes in this Adt contained ; and the faid Coanniffioners are hereby required to =';' '''^'"'^ lay Accounts of their Proceedings before the Parliament. Paiiumcnt. XXL And it is hereby further enaiSted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Company cf Merchants The Eftvas of trading to y^rw, and their Succeffors, fhall and do, and they are hereby required, with all convenient (• "iJ^-'ompony; Speed, to fell and difpofe of all and every the Goods, Wares and Merchandize of the faid Royal African^° ^^^^^' Company oi England, which now are or hereafter fnall coire to the Hands, Curtody or Poffeffion of the faid Company of Merchants, their Agents, Officers or Servants, (the Military Stores, Slaves, Canoes and Veffels, in the firft Schedule to this Acl annexed, excepted) for the beft Price that can be got for the fame ; and that the faid Company of Merchants do every Seffion of Parliament, until the Whole fhall be difpofed'"-|^!'^/'J"™" of, lay before both Houfes of Parliament an Account of the Difpofition of the faid Goods, Wares andp^iii^^i^J^^jiJ '"^ Merchandize. XXIL And it is hereby further enafted. That the faid Commiffioners fhall and may take for each Cer- Allowances to tificate from the Parties obtaining the fame, a Sum not exceeding the Rate of two Pounds per Ct'H^zw/, "^ ^°'"™;°" upon the Money contained therein, where the Sum {hall not be more than one hundred Pounds; and a^'^" |°'(^"'jii-j2^- Sum not exceeding one Pound per Centum, where the Money contained therein is above one hundred ca-es. Pounds, and not exceeding one thoufand Pounds ; and a Sum not exceeding ten Shillings ptr Ccritum, where the Money contained therein does exceed one thoufand Pounds ; v.hich refpeiStive Sums, and no 'more, the faid Commiffioners {hall and may demand and take, in full Recompence for all Trouble and Ex- pences which they, their Clerks, Agents or Servants, fhall be at in the Execution of the Powers thereby given them. ' XXIIL And whereas at a General Meeting of the Creditors of the faid Royal African Company, held ' the fourth Day of Aiarch which was in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fony-feven, '" ' the following Creditors, to wit, Robert Myre of London Merchant, V/ilUam Mills of London Merchant,, ' and John Lcapidge of London Stationer, wiih others, were chofen and appointed by the faid Creditors to ' folicit a Satisfadtion, for the juft D^bts due and owing to all the Creditors of the faid Company : And ' whereas it is juft and reafonable that all the faid Creditors {hould contribute to the Charges and Expences ' of fuch Solicitation, and alfo to a proportionable Part of the Charges and Expences of obtaining and ' paffing the faid Aft of the lafl Seffion of Parliament, and this prefent Act;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That each and every Creditor of the faid Company, whole Name is exprcffed in the Creditors to pay. fecond Schedule to this Aft annexed, {hall pay to the faid Robert Myre, JVillia?n Mills, and 'John Leapidgc, ^t}'^"'^^^^' ^ or one of them, a Contrrbution at and after the Rate of two Pounds per Centum, for or upon the Sum in vviiii'ani MHi's the faid Schedule exprefted, to be allowed to him or her refpeftively, to be by them the faid Robert Myre, and John Leap- William Mills, and John Leapidge, applied in Payment of all fuch Charges and Expences, as they on Behalf idge, for rjidr- of themfelves, and the reft of the faid Creditors, have been or fhall be at in foliciting and obtaining the'-'S^'- E^eb;;. Satisfaftion aforefaid, and in Repayment of all fuch Contributions as have been heretofore paid by the faid Creditors, or any of them, to them the faid Robert Myre, JVilliam Adilh, and John Leapidgc, or any of them, and alfo in Payment of a proportionable Part of the Charges and Expences of obtaining the faid Aft of Parliament pafTed the lafl Seffion, and of the Charg^es and Expences of paffing this prefent Aft, in fuch Manner as fhall be adjudged and direfted by the faid Commiffioners, or any two of them, in Writing under their refpeftive Hands; and no one of the faid Creditors fliall have, -or be intitled to have, a Cer- tificate of or for his or her faid Debt or Claim from the faid Commiffioners, or any of them, by virtue of this Aft, until he or fhe fhall produce to fuch Commiffioners a Note in Writing under the Hands of the faid Robert Myre, IVilliam Mtlh, and John Leapidge, or one of them, expreffing the Receipt of the faid Contribution ; and the faid Robert Myre, IVilliam Mills, and John Leapidge, fnall on or before the tenth. Day oi May which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, or within' three Calendar Months next after all the Contributions aforefaid fhall have been paid in as aforefaid, (if the- fame fhall be fooner paid) lay and fubmit an Account thereof, and of their Payments, and Difburfements, in Writing under their Hands, before the faid Coanniffioners for their Examination and Allowance ; and fliall difp >fs of the Ballance then remaining in their Hands (if any) in fuch Manner as the laid Creditors at a General Meeting to be fuinmoned for that Purpoie, by Advertifement in the London Gazette, or the major Part in Value of the Creditors prefent at fuch Meeting, fhall refolve, agree or direft. ' Account of the faid Company, in their general Bufmefs fmce the one and thirtieth Day oi December one^ ' the transferrable Stock of the faid Company fhould contribute to a proportionable Part of ihe Charges. ' and Expenc-s of obtaining and paffing the laid Aft of the laft Seffion of Parliament, and alfo-of this ^^'^"P^^^.^"':;,-"'- ' prefent Adt ;' Be it therefore enafted_by the Autho'ity afcrefaid,^ That each and every Proprietor of the s;^;;.;,;!,;^, j_ t. ,ro be ■ay. r'i Company's Soli- ■■ cicor, &C..
 * XXIV.. And whereas there is a confiderable Sum of Money due to fFilUam Newland, the Solicitor of
 * the KoysJfrican Company, for his Fees, Labour and DiiDurfements in divers Solicitations, for and on
 * thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine : And whereas it is juft and reafonable, that all the Proprietors of