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 53^ C. 7. Anno primo Georgii III. A. D. 1760. of every Ptrfon v.'ho fnall bring any Ticket or Tickets to be exxbanged for fucii Certificate or Certi- and the Number of tbelr ficatcs, uud the Number or Numbers of the Ticket or Tickets which fiiail be fo brouj^ht by (uch 'lickecs, &c. Peribn or Perfons, the Value in Principal Money payrble thereupon, and the Day of "the Month, Tiiid th.- Year of our Lord, when the fr.ine v/as io brought, which Book and Books (iTali lie open in the OfHce to be appolntt J for taking in the faid Tickets to be exchanged for fuch Certificates, for all Certificates to be figned, Pcrfons concerned to perufc ; all which Certificates fliall be figned by the Managers fo to be appointed, &*:• or the major Part of them., and be directed to the Avcomptant General of the Bank of Etigland for the Time being. Accomptant General to XLTII. And be it further ena6ted by the Authority- aforefaid. That the faid Accomptant General give Credit for ^the^i.n- ^f ^j-j., jj^p^j^; oi' Eirg,'a»d for the Time being, to whom' the faid Certificates are to be direfted as afcre- fiM^s.""^'"' ^ '^' ' ^^'^' ^^"'■'^^'» upon receiving and taking in the faid Certificates, or any of them, give Credit to the Perfcns named therein, in a Book or Books to be by him provided and kept, for the principal Sums Afiignments rr.ry !e contained in cvery fuch Certificate J and the Perfons to whofe Credit fuch Principal Sums fhall be made ot ihe law Sun-.f, entered in the faid L'ook or Bocks, his, her, or their Executors, Adminillrators, SuccefTors, and thereof, to any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate whatfoever, in Books to be prepared and kept by the faid Accoirptant General j and the faid Principal Sums fo aligned or tranf- ferred fhall carry the faid Annuity of three Pounds per Centmn p:r Jnnnm, and fliall be taken and deemed to be Stock transferrabie by virtue of this Adt, until the Redemption thereof in manner herein Certificate? to be filed aftcr-nientioned ; and the faid Accomptant General of the Bank of £;7j^/^;/;/ for the TimiC being, is snd catueUcfi, and Notes hereby authorized and dirc6fed to cancel and file the Certificates, as they diall from Time to 1 ime to be given in li.u [y^ 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 {ball have Credit in the faid Book or Books, by reafon or means of the Certificates [o received, taken in, and cancelled as aforefaid, and of thq Annuities attending the fame, ■ " ^ ' • _., _ ' A Chief Cafliier, and XLIV. And for the morc eafy and fare Payment of all the Annuities eftablifiied by this A£l, Be of one Pound two Shillings and fix Pence per Ccntian per Annioa for the Term of ninety-nine Years fhall be determined, appoint and employ one or more fufficicnt Perfon or Perfons within their Oflicc in the City of Zo/.y/j;;, to be their Chief or Firft Cafhicr or Cafaiers, and one other fufBcicnt Periou within the fameOflice to be their Accomptant General ; and that fo much of the Monies by this Acl TreaAiry to iflue Money appropriated for this Purpofe, as fliall be fufficicnt from Time to Time to anfwer the faid feveral and fVc ft,-'""''^ ^" ^' refpedtive Annuities, and other Payments herein direiled to be made out of the faid Monies, fhall, "^'^' by Order of the Commifiioners of the Trcafury, or any three or more of them, or the High Trea- furer for theTim.e being, without any furtlier or other Warrant, to be fued for, had, and obtained, in that Behalf, from Time to Time, at the refpccl-ive Days of Payment in this Acl: appointed for Payment thereof, be ifiued and paid at the faid Receipt of Exchequer, to the faid Fiift or Chief Cafoicr or Cafhiers of the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and their Succeflbrs, r the Time being, by way of Imprcfi-, and upon Account, for the Payment of the faid feveral and fpeclive Annuities, payable by virtue of this A61 ; and that fuch Criliicr or Cafhiers to whom the theumc. faid A4oncy fliall, from Time to Time, be ifllied, fliall, from Time to Time, without Delay, pay the fame accordingly, and render his or their Accounts thereof, according to the due Courfe of the Exchequer. fo who is to account for rc Accomptant O ctamine the R and Payments CiAier.' General to XLV. And bc it further cnaclcd by the Authority aforcfiiid. That the faid Accomptant Gener.l leccip's foj. jj^c Tim.e being fhall, from Time to I'imc, infpedt and examine all Receipts and Payments of the ' ''^ faid Cafhicr o. Call. icrs, and the Vouchers relating thereto, in o:dcr to prevent any ? raud. Negli- gence, or Delay ; and that all Perfons who fhall be intilled to any of the Annuities hereby granted, Annuities deemed a Per- and all Perfons lawfully claiming under them, fnall bc poffeficd thereof as of aPerfonal Eilate, which lonal E.late, &c. p^^, jj ^^^^ y^^ dcfccndible to Htirs, nor li.'.ble to any Foreign Attachment by the Cuitom of London, or otherwife ; any Law, Statute, or Cuilom to the contrary notwithftanding. The Mon'es which (hr.ll XLVI. And be it further cnadcd by the Authority Viforefaid, That all the Monies to which any f;VbTv1"t'"uLorh=- P^""'"" or Perfons fhall become intitled by virtue of this Ad, in refpcft of any Sum advanced or ^^ y vir ue t .. contributed tov/ards t!-,e faid Sum of eleven millions four hundred thouf^nd Pounds, on wh'ch the faid Annuities after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Antnim fhall bc attending, and the Prin- mcnt, in lurh M;;nner, and upon fuch Notice, as in the faid Act made in the twenty-fifth Year of his faid late Majeilj^'s Reign ii> directed, in refpect of the feveral and refpc6iive Annuities redeemable by virtue of the faid Act ; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons, and Corporations whatfoever,^ in proportion to the Mo.cy to which he, flic, or they fhall become intitled as aforefaid, by irtue of this Ae^t, fnall have, and bc deemed lo have, a proportional IntcicU and Share in the faid Joint Stock t>f Annuities at the Rate aforefaid. 2 Xl/VIi,
 * <^' Affigns, Ihall and may have Power to aflign or transfer the fame, or any Part, Share, or Proportion