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 224 ^* 22. Anno trlcefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757*. and be intitlcd to have and receive fuch Payment in refpcd thereof,- and in fuch like Manner as £iny other Contributor ; and the faid Guardian and Truftee, as to the faid Sum or Sums fo advanced, is hereby dif- charged, fo as the Name of fuch Infant be exprcfled in the Receipt or Receipts for fuch Money ; and alfo upon the Ticket or Tickets that fhrdl be delivered out for the fame, that fo it may appear that fuch Infant or Infants was or vv^ere the Contributor or Contributors. Limitation of LXI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon or Perfons, in Great Bri- Sak of Chances, tmn or Ireland^ (hall fell the Chance or Chances of any Ticket or Tickets in the faid Lottery, or longer Time lefs than the v/hole Time of drawing the Lottery then to come, or {hall receive any Money whatfoever in Confideration of the Repayment of any Sum or Sums of Money, in cafe any Ticket or Tic- kets in the faid Lottery {hall prove Fortunate ; or fhall lay any Wager relating to the drawing of any Ticket or Tickets in the faid Lottery, either as to the Time of fuchTicket or Tickets being drawn, or whether fuch Ticket or Tickets be drawn Fortunate or Unfortunate ; and all and every Perfon and Perfons who {hall Penalty. offend in any of the above-mentioned Matters, {hall forfeit and pay treble the Sum and Sums of Money which {hall have been received by fuch Perfon or Perfons, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act; to be recovered by A6lion of I)ebr, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of- his Maje{ty's Courts of Record at TVeJlmhifier or Dublin refpeftively ; on which no EiToin, Protection, Privilege or Wager of Law,' or more than one Imparlance, {ball be allowed ; one Moiety v/hereof to be for the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succefibrs, and the other Moiety to be paid to the Perfon or Perfons who {hall fue for the fame ; and every luch Wager or Contrail, and every Agreement relating thereto, {hall be, and is hereby declared to be null and void.^ I'erfons felling LXII. And be it further ena6ted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons, in Great Brl- ^^^''".'"^;'^'"^"/<3/« or Ireland^ fliall keep any Office or Offices, or ihall print or publifti any Scheme or Propofal, for re- "re*norpofl"e^/red ceiving any Sum or Sums of Money in Confideration of an Interefl to be granted for the fame, any Ticket ' or Number of Tickets in the faid Lottery, whereof fuch Perfon or Perfons {hall not then be actually pof- fefled, or in Confideration of any Sum or Sums of Money to be repaid in cafe any I'ickct or Number of Tickets, in the faid Lottery, which {hall not be in the adtual Poireflion of fuch Perfon or Perfons, fhall to forfeit cool, prove Fortunate, all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of five hundred Pounds ; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefly's Courts of Record at JVeJhriinfler or Dublin refpedtively ; in which no ElVoin, Protedfion or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fliall be allowed ; one Moiety thereof to be for the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succefl'ors, and the other Moiety to be paid to the Perfon or Perfons who {hall fue for the fame j and alfo fhall fufFer three Months Imprifonment without Bail or Mainprize. Offences com- LXIII. And be it further cna6ted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Offence againft any of the Aits riitted in Ire- of Parliament made in this Kingdom, for preventing private and unlawful Lotteries, ihall be committed in land againft Ads Ireland^ the Offender fhall incur the like Penalty and Punifhment, to be inflicted in like Manner as if the unirwtilLotfe- Offence was committed in this Kingdom; and that furh Penalties as, by any of the faid Acts, are directed riep, declared to to be recovered in any of his Majefly's Courts of Record at Wejlminjler^ {hall, in cafe of Offences com- be punifhabie, mittcd againff any of the faid Acts in Ireland^ be recovered in any of his Majefly's Courts of Record at and may be fued Dublin. iot in Dublin. LXIV. And to the End that all the Payments as well upon the Fortunate as upon the Unfortunate Tic- kets, may be more eafily afcertained, fettled and adjuftcd, for the Perfons who iliall be and become intitleJ After the Draw- thereunto ; Bc it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That as foon as conveniently may be after the ingof the Lot- Drawing of the faid Lottery {liall be completed and ended, all the faid Tickets, as well thofe contained in for Cen^ficTtes'^ aforefaid, {hall be exchanged for Certificates to be figned by fuch of the faid Managers as fliall be appointed for that Purpofe. Manages to give LXV. And belt further enacted. That fuch of the faid Managers as any three or more of the Com- Noiic^^of ^the^ miffioners of the Trcafury now being, or the High Treafurer for the time being, fhall appoint to take in in'the Ticket's"^ the faid Tickets, and deliver out the faid Certificates for and in lieu thereof, fliall give timely Notice, by and dJivering' Advertifement to be printed and publiflied in Manner as they {hall think fit, of the Days and Times for out the Ccniii- taking in the faid Tickets, and delivering out the faid Certificates, for and in lieu of the fame; and every cates, &c, iVrfon's Certificate fliall be numbered in Courfe, according to their bringing their Tickets to the faid Officer B-^ok to be kept '^r Officers lb to be appointed for exchanging the fame ; to which Purpofe fuch Officer or Olficers fhall en- forerveringPcr- ter or caufe to be entered in a Book or Books to be by him or them kept for that Purpofe, the Name of eveBft fons Names, Perfon who brings any Ticket or Tickets to be exchanged for fuch Certificate or Certificates, and the Nutn^ 'f'^h'"' T- *"" her or Numbers of ihe Ticket or Tickets which fhall be fo brought by fuch Perfon or Perfons, the Vahii otbcir Tickets, j^ Principal Money payable thereupon, and the Day of the Month, and the Year of; our Lord, when the fame v/as fo brought ; which Book and Books fhall lie open in the Office to be appointed for taking in th«: faid Tickets to be exchanged for fuch Certificates, for ail P. rfons concerned to pcrufe ; all which Ccrtifw cates {hall be figned by the Officer or Officers fo to hz appointed, or the major Part of them, and be di- rcrtrd to the Accountant General of The Bank of England for the time being. Certificates to LXVI. And be it further cnacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Accountant General of the b«ligped, &c. Bank of England for the time being, to whom the faid Certificates are to be directed as aforefaid, fhall upoM Accomptant Gc- receiving and taking the faid Certificates, or any of them, give Credit to the Perfons named therein, in il| OtJit'foMhe Book or Books, in Manner herein before directed, to bc by hirn provided and kept for that Purpofe, l^or thel Princip.i. Slims Principal Sums contained in every fiich Certificate ; and the Perfons to whofe Credit fuch Principal Sums intheCcrtifi- fhall be entered in tlie faid Book or Books, his, her or their Executors, Adminiflrators, Succclfors and kU '^'^ 7""^'^^" the Books with three Columns, as thofe contained in tlie Books with two Columns, to be given out as