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 A. D. 1757« jAnno tricefimo prlmo Georgii II, C. 22. 221 s ^"Y^ H E Bearer hereof is intltled to fix Pounds, Part of the Joint Stock of Annuities after the Rate of ' JL three Pounds p^r 0«/w/z/>^r ^«««/w, transferrable at the Bank of ^«^/<7W, or to a better Chance.' L. And it is hereby enacted. That the faid Managers and Directors, or fo many of them as (hall be pre- Managers to fi tit at fuch Meeting, or the major Part of them then v^refent, fhall carefully examine all the faid Books, examine the with the I'ickets therein, and that the fame be contrived, numbered and made, according to the true In- Books w,th the Books, and fo many Tickets therein as (hall be delivered to him or them ; and the faid Cafhier or Cafliiers ceipt for the is and are hereby dire^Ved and required, upon his and their receiving every or any intire Sum often Pounds, ^^"^^: In full Payment of a Ticket, from any Perfon or Perfons contributing or adventuring aa aforefaid, to cut ^^^^'^Yfo/evew out of the faid Book or Books fo to be put into his or their Cuftody, through the faid oblique Lines, Flou- Sum of lo], ri{hes or Devices, indentwife, one of the Tickets in the faid Extream Columns, which the faid Cafliier or paid in, Cafhiers fhall fign with his or their own Name or Names ; and fuch Caihier or Caftiiers fhall permit the and permit the Contributors or Adventurers, if it be defired, to write his or her Name or Mark on the correfponding Adventurerto Ticket in the fame Book ; and at the fame Time the Cafliier or Cafhiers fnall deliver to the faid Contribu- ^^"^j^g** '^^" tor or Adventurer the Ticket fo cut off, v/hich he, fhe or they, are to keep and ufe for the better afcertain- fp"ondLg'Tk'k.'!t. ing and fecuring of the Intereft which he, fhe or they, his, her or their Executors, Adminiflrators, Succef- fors or Affigns, fhall or may have in the faid Fund, for the Monies fo contributed or adventured, until Re- demption thereof, in Manner herein after mentioned. LI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Cafhier or Cafliiers, on or before Cadiler to re- the fourteenth Day of OSJcber one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, fhall re-deliver to the faid Mana- deliver theBooks gers and Diredlors, at their faid Office or Place of Meeting, all the faid Books, and therein all the Tickets ':°'he Mana- which the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers fhall not have cut out and delivered to the Contributors or Adventurers ^^"^' ^^ ^| '^''' for their Monies as aforefaid; and fhall then and there alfo deliver to the faid Managers and Dire6lors, ^ andlc'duntfot true and jufl Account in Writing under his or their Hands, of all Sums of Money accrued or come to the the Sums re- Hands of fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers, by or for the Tickets delivered or to be delivered out purfuant to this ceived. Aft, and how the fame, or how much thereof, fhall have been aftually paid by fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers into the Receipt of the Exchequer, for the Purpofes in this A6t expreffed ; and that the faid Managers and Tickets undif- Directors, or the major Part of them, which fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fhall forthwith caufe pofed of to be all the Tickets of the faid Outermofi Columns which fhall not have been delivered to the Contributors as returned into aforefaid, if any fuch be, to be delivered into the Receipt of his Majcfty's Exchequer, there to be retained 'i^e Exchequer, and kept as Cafh, to be iffued, fold and ^ ifpofed of, for raifing Money for the Purpofes in this A£t men- tioned, as the Com.miffioners of his Majefly's Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the time being, fhall judge reafonable and fitting. LIL And be it further enafted. That the faid Managers and Direftors, or the major Part of them, which Tickets of the fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fhall caufe all the Tickets of the Middle Columns in the Books MiddieCoiumn made out in three Columns as aforefaid, which fhall be delivered back to them by or from the faid Cafhier to berdledup, or Cafhiers as aforefaid, to be carefully rolled up and made fafl with Thread or Silk; and the faid Managers a||j"„f ^(r; orDiredors, or the major Part of them as aforefaid, fhall, in their Prefence, and in the Prefence of fuch ^"ntwife'^into'a Contributors or Adventurers as will be there, caufe all the faid Tickets which are to be fo rolled up and Box marked made fafl as aforefaid, to be cut off indentwife through the faid oblique Lines, Flourifhes or Devices, into vvith the Letter a Box to be prepared for that Purpofe, and to be marked with the Letter (A) which is prefently to be put i^) into another ftrong Box, and to be locked up with feven different Locks and Keys, to be kept by as many u°jnd-fealed of the faid Managers, and fealed with their Seals, or the Seals of fome of them, until the faid Tickets are "^*" "^ ' to be drawn, as is herein after mentioned ; and that the Tickets in the firfl or innermoft Columns of the faid Books fhall remain ftill in the Books for difcovering any Miflake or Fraud (if any fuch fhould happen to be committed) contrary to the true Meaning of this A6t. LIIL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid M'anaf^ers and Directors, or the Books to be major Part of them, which fliall be prefent at any Meeting as aforefaid, fhall alfo prepare, or caufe to be prepared with Length and Breadth as near as may be; which two Columns in the faid Books, fhall be joined with fome Flourifh or Device, through which the outermofi Tickets may be cut off indentv^ife, and that fix thoufand five hundred Tickets, Part of thofe to be contained in the Outermofi: Columns of the Books laft-mcntion- _ed, fha'l be, and be called, the Fortunate Tickets, to which extraordinary Benefits fhall belong, as is here- in after-mentioned ; and the faid Managers and Directors, or the major Part of them, or fuch of them as fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fhall caufe the faid Fortunate Tickets to be written upon or other- wife expreffed, as well in Figures as in Words at Length, in Manner following; that is to fay. Upon two of The Number them feverally, ten thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon three of them feverally, five thoufand Pounds ^n^ Value c* the Principal Aloney; upon fix of them feverally, tv/o thoufand Pounds Principal Money; uoon fcventeen of ^"""^■^'^"■^* them feverally, one thoufand Pounds Principal Money; upon every one of twenty-nine of them feverally, ^"' five hundred Pounds Principal Money; upon every one of one hundred forty-two of them feverally, one hundred Pounds Principal Money; upon every one of fix hundred>,and twenty-fix of them feverallv- fifty Pounds Prmcipal Money ; upon everyone of five thoufand fix hundred and feventy-five of them feverally, ' ^.^tt'^ Pounds Principal Money; which Principal Sums fo to be written, or otherwife exprefled, upon the 500I tcthefirft laidl^ortunate Tickets, together v/ith five hundred Pounds Principal Money to be allowed to the Owner of drawn Ticket, the firft drawn Ticket, and one thoufand Pounds Principal Money to the Owner of the lall drawn Ticket, ^nJ i 00 1. tj bcfldes ^^'= ^^^ drawn.