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 8 C. 5. Anno tricefimo Georgii II. A.D. 1757. of the Fortunate as the Blank Ticket, fhall be named aloud ; and if the Ticket taken or drawn from the iJox containing the Fortunate and Blank Lot?, fliall appear to be a Blank, then the numbered Ticket fo diawn with the faid Blank at the fame Time drawn, Ihall be both put upon one F'ile j and if the Ticket fo drawn or taken from the Box containing the fortunate and Blank Lots, fhall appear to be one of the Fortunate 'I'ickets, then the principal Sum written upon fuch Fortunate Ticket, whatever it be, fhall be entered by a Clerk, which the faid Managers or Directors, or the Major Part of them as aforefaid, fhall employ and overfee for this Purpofe, into a Book to be kept for entering the Numbers coming up with the faid Fortunate Tickets, and the principal Sums whereunto they lliall be intitled refpectively, and two of the find Managers fhall fet their Nahies as Wituefles to fuch Entries ; and the faid fortunate and numbered Tickets fo drawn together, fliall be put upon another File; and fo the faid Drawing of the Tickets fliall continue by taking one Ticket at a Time out of each Box, and with opening, naming aloud, and filing the fame, and by entering the fortunate Lots, in fuch Method as is before mentioned, until the whole Number of fevcn hun.dred and fifty-fix Fortunate Tickets, and one more for the laft as aforefaid. After each Da; 's fhall be completely drawn; and if the fame cannot be performed in one Day's Time, the faid Managers Drawing the q^ Diredtors fhall caufe the Boxes to be locked up and iealed in Manner as aforefaid, and adjourn till the ?d u" Ind'fea'-d "^'^'' ^^^ ' ^"^ ^°' ^^°"^ ^'^^ ^'^ ^^Vi ^-^^ every Day (except Sundaysy and Days of Falling or Thankf- up an ea,. . ^.^.^^ appointed by particular Acts of Farlian)ent, or by the King's Proclamation) and then open the i'ame, and proceed as above, till the faid whole Number of feven hundred and fifty-fix fortunate Tickets, and one more, fliall be completely drawn as aforefaid ; and afterwards the faid numbered Tickets fo drawn with the F'ortunate Tickets drawn againfl: the fame, (hall be and remain in a flrong Box locked up as aforefaid, and under the Cuftody of the faid Managers or Directors, until they fliall take them out to examine, adjull and fettle the Property thereof. ^'mlnat^Tick* ■^^' ■^"'^? ^° ^^^^ ^"'^ '^^^ Fortunate may know, whether abfent or prefent, to what Degree they have e'ts, and the ^ccn fo, Be it eiiavfled, That as foon as the drawing is over, the faid Managers or Diredlors fhall, as fooa Surtis, to be as conveniently may be, caufe to be printed and publifhcd the Number of the Tickets drawn againfl prmted. each Fortunate Ticket, and the principal Sum written on the fame ; and if any Contention or Difpute Diiputcs relating ^^ ^^jj-g ^ jj^g adjufting the Property of the faid fortunate Tickets, the major Part of the faid Managers Lklnedby the ®'' Dircdors agreeing therein, fliall determine to whom it doth or ought to belong. IVlanJgers. Penalty of forg- XVL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fliall forge ing Tickets or Of Counterfeit any Receipt or Receipts, Ticket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates, to be made forth Certificates. jn purfuance of this A<i, or alter any the Numbers thereof, or utter, vend, barter, or difpofe of, or offer to difpofe of, any f; Ife, altered, forged or counterfeited Receipt or Receipts, Ticket or Tickets, Cer- tificate or Certificates, or bring any forged or counterfeit Receipt, Ticket or Certificate, or any Receipt, Ticket or Certificate, the Number whereof is altered (knowing the fame to be fuch) to the faid ^Managers or Directors, or any of them, or to the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England^ or their Calhier or Cafliiers, or other Officers for the "Fime being, or to any fuch Receiver or Receivers, or to any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, with a fraudulent Intention ; then every fuch Perfon being thereof Felony, convicted in due Form of Law, ihall be adjudged a Felon, and fliall fuffer Death as in Cafes of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy ; and the faid Managers or Directors, or any two or more of them, are hereby authorized and required to caufe any Perfon or Perfons bringing or uttering fuch forged or counterfeit Receipt, Ticket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates as aforefaid, to be apprehehended, and to com- mit him, her or them to his Majcfty's Gaol oi Newgate, or the Common Gaol of the County or Place where fuch Perfon or Perfons Ihall be fo apprehended, to be proceeded againfl for the faid Felony accord- ing to Law. ^rJnJ?^r8 to be XV'IL Provided always, and it is hereby ena6led by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon who fhall be appointed as aforefaid to be a Manager or Diredtor for putting this A61 in Execution, before his acting in fuch Commiihon, fhall take the Oath following ; that is to i'ay, Iworn. Th* Oilhj long, according to the true Intent ajid Meaning of an Ad of Parliament made in the thirtieth Year of his Majefty's Reign in that Behalf, So help 7ne God. Which faid Oath fliall and may be adminiflcrcd by any two or more of the other Managers or Directors, cmrhulwe ^Vill- Provided alfo, That in cafe a Moiety of the Sum payable in rcfped of any Number of Corlfideratiun- Tickets, fhall have been advanced and paid down to fuch C.fliier or Cafhiers, or fuch other Receiver or money by the Rcccivtrs, and the Remaining Part of the Sum fo to be paid in full for fuch Tickets as aforefaid, fliall 'limes limited, not be paid on or before the Time of Payment as aforefaid ; then and in every fuch Cafe, the Moiety of ^'■'^^YV^'"'^^' ^^^ ^i^c^ of fuch Tickets fo paid down as aforefaid, {hall be forfeited to his Majellv for the Ufc of the vaac£dM;ney. p^blick, and in fuch Cafe no Tickets fliall be delivered out by fuch Cafliicr or Calhiers, or fuch other Receiver or Receivers, but the "Pickets which fliould have been delivered, if the full IVIoney for the lame had been paid, fliall be returned and delivered to the fuid Managers or Directors by fuch Cafliicr or 2 Cafliieri,