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 334- C. 10. Anno triceiimp fecundo Georgii II. A. D. 1758. Managers to give Nodes XLVI. And>be it furthcE enacted. That fuch of the faid Managers, as any three or more of the ct the Time for taking rJommiffioners of the Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, {hall appoint to take jn the Tickets, and de- j^ J j-^j^ Yj^^ and deliver out the laid Certificat-es- for and in lieu tfiereof, fhall give timely 4ivering out the Certi- -kt • i a i ',- i • i i i i-n i • n /r i n n i • i /- r i' iicates, &c> Notice, by Advertiiement to be printed and publiihed m Manner as they Ihull think nt, or the Days and Times for taking in the faid Tickets, and -delivering out the faid Certificates, for and in lieu of the fame; and every Perfon's Certificate fliail he- nMmbf>!-etl in Cour/t, according to their uiiuj^uiji uit.ir i i.cicL'ts to tlie ivianagers io to be appointed f-or exchanging the fainc ; to wnich Puj- Eo«ke to be kept for en. pofc fuoh Managers flaall enter, or caufe to be entered iiito a Book or Books to be by them kept for tering Perfons Names, ^^.^^ Pur^ofc, the Name of cvery Perfon who fhall bring .;ny Ticket or Tickets to he exchanged for and the Number of their fuch Certificate or Certificates, and the Number or Numbers oF the Ticket or Tickets which {hall Tickets, &c. ^2 (f^ brought by fuch Perfon or Perfons, the Value in 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 the faid Tickets to be exchanged for fuch Certificates, for all Perfons concerned to perufe ; all which Certificates (hall be figned by General of the Bank of England for the Time being. Certificates to fee XLVII. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Accomptant Gene- Cgmi, &c. ral of the Bank of England for the Time being, to whom the faid Certificates are to be directed as Accountant General to aforcfaid, fhall Upon receiving and taking in the faid Certificates, or any of them, give Credit to give Credit for ^he Prin- j.^^, Perfons named therein, in a Book or Books to be by him provided and kept for that Purpofe, tincac»s'"* '" "' fo'; ^^2 Principal Sums contained in every fuch Certificate; and the Perfons to who fe Credit fuch Affignments maybe Principal Sums {hall be entered in the faid Book or Books, his, her or their Executors and Admi- made of the iajd niilrators, fhall and may have Power to aflign or t.ansfer the fame, or any Part, Share or Propor- Sums, &-C. tion thereof, to any other Perfon or Perfons, ^odies Politick or Corporate whatfocv^r, iji other ■jj.; Books to be prepared and kept by the faid Accomptant General for that Purpofe-," and the Principal Sums fo affigned or transferred, {hall carry the fail Annuity of three Pounds per Centum per Annuih^ and {hall be taken and deemed to be Stock transferrabie by this A6t, according to the rowers and Certificates to be filed Authcrities herein after mentioned, until the Redemption thereof as aforefaid; and the faid Ac- and cancelled, and Notes compiant General of the. Bank of England for the Time being, is hereby authorifcd and directed to thereof ^^° ° cancel and file the Certificates, as they fhall from time to time be received and taken in by him, and to give the Perfons bringing in the fame a Note under his Hand, teltifying the Principal Money for .- which they {liall have Credit in the faid Book or Books, by Reafon or Means of the Certificates fo received, taken in, and cancelled as aforefaid, and of the Annuities attending the fiame. A Chief Caihier, and <- XLVIII. And for the more eafy and fure Payment of the faid transferrabie Annuities after the f -T"oTn*ed b^thSank ^^^^ °^ ^^^^ Pouttds per Centum per Annum ;' Be it further enadted by the Authority a/orefaid, for^paTing^the Annuities. That the faid Governor and Company of the Bank oi England, and their Succcflbrs, fhall from time time, until the faid Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum^ fhall be re- deemed as aforefaid, appoint and employ one or more fuincient Perfon or Perfons within their Office in the City oi London, to be their Chief or Firll Cafliier or Cafhiers, and one other fufficient Perfbu Tr^afiiry to ifTue Money within the fame Office, to be their Accomptant General ; and that fo much of the Monies from for that Purpofe to the ^imc to time arinng into the faid Receipt of Exchequer, from the faid Subfidies, Rates and Duties Wd Caftier, ^y fj^j^j ^(C^ granted and appropriated, as {liall be fufficient from time to time for Payment of the faid Anjiuities, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, (hall by Order of the Com- miffioners of the Treafury, or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Treafurer for the Time being, without any further or other Warrant, to be fued for, had and obtained in that Be- half, from time to'time, at the rcfpedive Half-yearly Days of Payment in this A61: appointed for Payment thereof, be iffued and paid at the faid Receipt of Exchequer, to the faid Fir{l: or Chief Cafhicr or Ca{liiers of the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succef- fors, for the Time being, by way of Impre{l, and upon Account, for the Payment of the faid An- nuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Centu7n per Annum, at fuch Times, and in fuch Manner who 13 to account for and Form as are by this A£t prefcribed in that Behalf; and that fuch Cafhier or Ca{hiers to v/hom the fame. the faid Money (hall, from time to time, be i{rued, {hall from time to time, without Delay, apply and pay the fame accordingly, and render his or their Account thereof, according to the due Courfe of me Exchequer. Aiwiuj»ie'! deemed a gencc or Delay ; and that all Perfons who fliall be intitled to any of the {"aijd Annuities, after the Pufyn il Eftatc, &c. Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annwn, and all Perfons lawfully claiming under them, fliall be poflefled thereof as of a Perfonal Eflate, which fliall not be defcendible to PIcirs, nor liable to . any foreign Attachment by the Cuftom of London, or otherwife ; any Lav/, Statute or Cullom to the contrary notwith{landing. Arinuitiej deemed a L. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Monies to be advanced or Joiot Stock; contributed by virtue of this Act towards the laid Sum of fix millions fix hundred thoufand Pounds, on which the faid Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, fhall be at- tending, fhall be deemed one Capital and Joint Stock ; and that all Perfons and Corporatiors what- focvcr, in Proportion to the Monies by them fcverally advanced for the Purchaic of the faid Annui- ties, after the F.ate of three Pounds per Centum per Annunij or to which they fliall become intitled 3 h
 * , -the Managers fo to be appointed, or the major Part of them, an4 be diredted to the Accomptant