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 41 6 C. 7» Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. A. D. i^^c tc (C (( figncd Tickets to the Contributors, who may alfo fign the fame. Receivers to return the Book with the Remainder of the Tickets. Tickets of the middle Columns to be rolled up, and faftene with Silk ; and cut oiTindentwife into a Box marked with the Letter (A.) Box to be locked up an The Number and Value of the fortunate Tickets. 500 1. to the firlt drawn Ticket, and 1000 ; to the lall drawn. Tickets of the outeimoll: Columns of the laft-mentioned Book to be rolle up and tied, and cut out indentwife, into a Box marked with the Letter (B.) Box to be lockc up and fealed. Publick Notice to be given of Times of putting the Tickets into the Boxc Lottery to begin drawing on 17 Novefnhcr 1760. Method to be obferved in drawing, £fff. Aftt each Day's Drawing, the Boxes to be locked up and fealcd. Numbers of the fortunate Ticket? and the Sums to be primed. Difputes relating thereto, to be adjufted by the Managers. Penalt of Felony on forging Ticket? or Certificates. Managers to be fworn, and to be paid by the Com miffioners of the Treafury out of the Lottery Money. Limitation of Sale of Chances, ^V. Per fons felling Shares in Tickets of which they are not pofTefled, to forfeit 500 1. Offences com mitted in Ireland againft A6ts for preventing unlav/ful Lotteries, declared to be punifhable, an may be fued for in Dublin. After the Drawing of the Lottery, the Tickets to be exchanged fo " their Tickets, l^c. Certificates to be figned, i^c. Accomptant General to LV. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaiJ, That the fiiid Accom.ptant Ge- cral'sums^nVh^c""'"^'^' *^''*^'^^ ^^^^'^ ^^^^'^"'^^^^^^^^ the Time being, to whom the faid Certificates are to be diredec ficTtes."'"^ '" ' ^ """ '^^ aforefaid, Ihall upon receiving the faid Certificates, or any of them, give Credit to the Perfon named therein, in a Book or Books to be by him provided and kept for that Purpofe, for the prin AiTignments may be cipal Sums contained in every fuch Certificate ; and the Perfons to whofe Credit fuch principa madeof the faid Sums, Sums fhall be entered in the faid Book or Books, his, her or their Executors and Adminiflrators '^' Ihall and may have Power to affign or transfer tiic fame, or any Part, Share, or Proportion thereof, to any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate whatfoever, in other Books to be pre- pared and kept by the faid Accomptant General for that Purpofe j and the faid principal Sums fhal carry the faid Annuity of four Pounds per Centuin per Anniim^ during the faid Term of twenty Years : and after the Expiration of fuch Term, an Annuity of three 1 ounds/)cr Centum per Anntnyi^ and m more ; and fliall be taken and deemed to be Stock transferrable by this A6V, according to the Power: Certificates to be filed and Authorities herein after mentioned, until the Redemption thereof; and the faid Accomptan, and cancelled, and Notes Qencral of tfic Bank oi England iox the Time being, is hereby authorized and directed to cancel an:: to^ e given in leut ere- i^jg jj^g Q^j.j.jr^,^^^g^ ^^ they fliall from time to tin.e be received by him, and to give the Perfon ; bringing in the fiime a Note under his Hand, teftifying the principal Money for which they fliall have Credit in the faid Book or Books, by Reafon or Means of the Certificates fo received and can- celled as aforefaid, and of the Annuities attending the fame. A ChiefCaftiier, and LVL And for the more eafy and fure Payment of the transferrable Annuities efl:abliflicd by Accotiptant Genera], to this Adl, Be it further enadlcd by the Authority aforelaid. That* the faid Governor and Company o. BaKr 't n^ ^ihe ^'^^ ^^^"^^ oi England, and their Succeflbrs, fliall from time to time, until all the faid Annuities Ihall At-nmtJ.^^'^^ ^ ^^ redeemed, appoint and employ one or more fufHcient Perfon or Perfons within their Ohice in the City of London, to be their Chief or Firft Cafnier or Cafliiers, and one other fufficicnt Perfon Treafvu-y to ifTue Money within the fame Office, to be their Accomptant General ; and that io much of the Monies from for that Purpofe to the time to time arifing into ti^e faid Receipt of Exchequer, from the faid Rates, Duties and Lnpofitions faidCafliier, by this Ad granted and appropriated, as fliall be fufncicnt from time to time for Payment of tlic faid Annuities, fhall, by Order of the Commiflioners of the Treafury, or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Trcafurer for the Time being, without any further or other Warrant, to be fued for, had and obtained in that Behalf, from time to time, at tiie refpeilivc Half-yearly Days of Pay- ment in this Act appointed for Payment thereof, be iffued and paid at the faid Receipt of Exche- quer, to the faid Eirfi or Chief Cafliier or Cafhiers of the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of E?/gland, and their Succeflbrs for the Time being, by Way of Impreft, and upon Account, for the Payment of the faid Annuities, at fuch I'imes, and in fuch Manner and Form, as are who is to account for by this A6t prefcribed in that Behalf ; and that fuch Cafliier or Cafl-jiers to whom the faid Mo- the fame. jiey fliall from time to time be iflued, fliall 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 the Exchequer. Accomptant General to LVIL And be it further enad^cd by the Authority aforefaid. That the fiiid Accomptant Ge- txaminr the Receipts and neral for the Time being fliall from time to time infped and examine all Receipts and Pay- i.ymenisoMheCarh.er. ^^j^^g of the faid Caftiicr or Cafliieis, and the Vouchers relating thereto, in order to prevent any foTEte Tc '"' ^"^''^"'^' Negligence, or Delay, and that all Perfons who fliall be intitled to any of the faid An - ' ' nuities, and all Pcrlbns lawfully claiming under them, fliall be poirdicd thereof as of a Perfonal Eflatc, which fliall not be defccndible to Heirs, nor liable to any Foreign Attachment by the Cufl:om of LoiuL,!^ or otherwifc ; any Law, Statute or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. A nnuiiici deemed a Joint LVIIL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Tiiat all the Monies to be ad- Sicijf j yanccd or contributed by Virtue of this Acft towards the faid Sum of eight millions, with the faid additional Cupitd by way of Jxjttery, fliall be deemed one Capit;;l and Joint Stock ; and that all Pcrloiii and Corporations whatfoever, in Proportion to the Monies by them fevcrally advanced for the
 * ' lealed. Books to be prepared with two Columns, on each of which 40,000 Tickets to be piintec
 * ' Certificates. iVIanagers to give Notice of the Time for taking in the Tickets, and deliverin,
 * ' out the Certificates, feV. Books to be kept for entering Perfons Names, and the Numiber c