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 A. D. 1757. Anno trice/imo primo Georgii IT. C. 22. 219 fubfcrlbed, to as many Lottery Tickets as the faid tenth Part of tlie Sum fo fubfcribed fliall purchafe, after the Rate of ten Pounds for each Ticket; and that every fuch Contributor or Adventurer for every Sum of ^na Tklccts 3!. ten Pounds fo advanced, for the Purchafe of a Lottery Ticket, fliall be intitled to fuch Lot, and to fuch per Cent. Annuity, -after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Anniim^ as is herein after djredted and ajjpointcd. XXXVIII. And be it further enaited by the Authority aforefaid. That the /everal Contributors, their Annnitics to Executors, Adminiftrators^ Succeffors and Affigns, in refpeil of the faid Sum of four millions five hundred commcnc.-fiom thoufand Pounds, P^lrt of the faid Principal Sum of five millions, fhall be intitled to Annuities after the 5j''7 17S'^- Jlate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Jnnum, for the Term of twenty-four Years, to com- mence and be computed from the fifth Day of jfu/y one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight; and from and after the End and Expiration of the faid Term of twenty-four Years, to Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds ^^r Centum per Jnnum^ until Redemption thereof by Parliament, in Manner herein after men- Fitft Payment of tioned ; and that fiich Annuities fhall be paid half-yearly, on the fifth Day of January and the fifth Day of Intereft tobeoa y^/y, by even and equal Portions; and that the Annuities which fhall become due and payable to the faid 5 J-""' '759. Contributors, their Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs and Affigns, at the Rate of three Pounds /i^-r |"'j^^P^:'^^= Centum per Anmim^ in refpe6l of the fiiid Principal Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds, Refidue of the inteieffo^ r faid Principal Sum of five millions, fhall commence and be computed from the fifth Day of 'January^ which tery lickets't*" Avail be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, and fhall, from tirre to time, commence on be paid half-yearly, on the fifth Day ofjtdy and the fifth D'&yofjanuajy^ by equal and even Portions; the Sj''»- 1759, firft Payment thereof to be due and payable for the half Year ended the fifth Day of July, which fhali be in *"'! ^^'^'^i'Y'f''*^ the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine. vearur' "'^" XXXIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Cafhier or Cafiiicrs who caftier tci""v fhall have received or fliall receive any Part of the Sums fo paid by Way of Depofir, or otherwife, in re- Receipts f.^ fpe£t of the faid Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, ftiall forth- Money paid in, with give Receipts in Writing figned by himfelf or themfclves, to every fuch Contributor, for all fuch Sums; and that the Receipts to be given for any Sums paid in refpeft of the faid Annuities, after the Rate tlie Came made of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, fliall be aflignable, by Indorfcment thereupon made, aHignable. at any Time before the thirtieth Day of Oiiober one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, and no longer. XL. Provided always, That fuch Cafliier or Cafliiers fliall give Security, to the good Liking of any three CzMtt to give, or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury now being, or the High Treafurcr, or any three or more of Security j the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the time being, for duly anfwcring and paying into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, for the publick Ufe, all the Monies which they fliall have already received by Way of Depofit or otherwife, or fliall hereafter receive from time to time, of or for the faid Sum of five millions, and for accoun'-ing duly for the fame, and for Performance of the Trufts hereby in them repofed ; and fliall from time to time fo pay all fuch Monies as foon as they fliall receive the fame, or any Part thereof, and to pay in the" or within five Days afterwards at the farthefl, and fliall account for all Monies fo received by him or them, Momes into the in the Exchequer, according to the due Courfe thereof, deduiting thereout fuch Sums as fliall have been ^^ ^V*-'^' paid by him or them in purfuance of this A61, in Manner herein after mentioned ; for which Sums fo paid, Allowance fliall be made in his or their Accounts. XLL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for the Treafury u. ap- Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more of the p'y the Monies Commiffioners of the Treafury, from time to time, to ifliie and apply all fuch Sums of Money as fliall fo f" the Services be paid into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer by the faid Cafliier or Cafliiers, to fuch Services as commons ihall then have been voted by the Commons of Great Britain in this Seffion of Parliament, and not other- wife. XLII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That in the Office of the Accountant Ge- Contributors reral of the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England for the time being, there fliall be provided Names to be and kept a Book or Books, in which fliall be fairly entered the Names of all fuch Contributors as afoie- 1""/^'^'" * faid; and it (hall and may be lawful to and for the faid refpeclive Contributors, their Executors, Adniini- the" fame tobe ftrators, Succeflbrs and Affigns, from tune to time, at all fcafonable Times, to have Refort to and infpect infp-dted pratls. the faid Book or Books, without any Fee or Charge : And that the faid Accountant General for the time he- Duplicate tnereof ing, fliall, on or before the twenty-fifth Day of J^f^rt-A one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, tranfmit an '° he tianfmit-' attefted Duplicate, fairly written on Paper, of the faid Book or Books, into the Office of the Auditor of ^''^ '° ^^'^ ^^* the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, there to remain forever. '^ 'equer. XLin. And it is hereby ena6led by the Authority aforefaid. That all fuch Contributors duly paying the Contributors whole Sums by them refpectively fubfcribed at or before the refpedtive Days and Times in this A&. before t^^king good limited in that Behalf, their refpeftive Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs and Affigns, fliall have, re- [g^|^^^/|^'"^"'^» ceive and jsnjoy their proportional Share of the refpective Annuities of three Pounds ten Shillings per Cen- E->ates in the turn per Annum, and three Pounds />fr Cemum per Annum, out of the Monies by this Ael herein afrer appro- Annuities. priated for Payment thereof, and fliall have good and fure Eftates and Literefts therein for ever; fubjecl ne- , verthelefs to the Terms and Provifocs of Redu6tion and Redemption in this Act herein contained concerning the fame refpectively. • XLIV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Contributors, their Execu- Contributors tors, Adminiftrators, SuccefTors and Affigns, paying in the Whole or any Part of the Sums by them fub- making their fcribi-d refpectively, previous to the Days appointed for the refpective Payments herein before dirCvSled, as P^'X^'f "t^ pre- well in refpecSl to their proportional Share of the faid Sum of four millions five hundred thoufand Pounds, ^j^o^^sto the as of the faid Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds, fhall be intitled to 5n Allowance of fo much Money ^"be"aWed''' as the Intereft of the fcveral Sums fo previouily paid after the R-ate of three Pounds per Centum per Annutn, intereft for the {hall amount to, from the Days on which fuch previous Payments fliall have been actually made, to the re- fame, &c. fl^ective Times on whjch fuch Payments are directed to be made; fuch Allowance to be paid, by the faid . ., Caftiicr or Cafliiers out of the Monies contributed towards the faid Sum of five miilicns, as foon as fuch rc- F f 2 _ fpcctivc