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59^ C. 9. Anno fecundo Georgii III. ^ A. D. 1761. CAP. IX. An A61 for charging certain Annuities granted in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, on the Sinking Fund i and for carrying the Duties therein mentioned to the faid Fund ; and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills, Tickets, Cer- tificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, and other Orders, loft, burnt, or otherwife deftroyed. Preamble, reciting AdV « TT 7 HE RE AS in purfuance of an AS: of Parliament made in the thirty-third Year of the 33 Geo. 2. C.J. ' V V Reign of his late A4ajefty King George the Second, intituled, Jn Ad for granting to his Majejiy ' ^ - Tiyr I. , , r .1 c ^ i . n , '^ Amtuities and u Lottery y <ivances in the gauging of Tickets^ Certificates.^ Re- feveral Perfons, Bodies

  • Politick or Corporate, have advanced and lent the Sum of eight millions, upon the Credit of the
  • feveral Duties upon Malt, by the faid Acl granted, for the Purchafe of Annuities transferrable at
  • the Bank, of England., after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum fcr Anmmi., for the certain Term

' of twenty-one Years, and from the Expiration thereof, after the Rate of three Pounds /)rr Ct-w/z/zw

  • per Annum., redeemable by Parliament : And whereas an additional Capital of three Pounds was by

' the fiud Adl direfted to be added to every one hundred Pounds advanced towards the faid Sum of

  • eight millions, amounting to two hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, to be attended with like
  • Annuities, after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum., and three Pounds per Centum per

' Annum refpedtively : And whereas it is thought neceuary that the faid principal Sum of eight mil- ' lions, and likewife the faid additional Capital amounting to two hundred and forty thoufand ' Pounds, together with the Charges and Expences attending the fame, fliould be, with the Confent

  • of the Proprietors thereof, to be fignified within the Time herein after mentioned, charged upon

' and paid out of the Fund coxTiUxoTAY czWcA The Sinking Fund; and that the feveral Duties upon ' Malt, which by the faid Act were made a Fund for Payment of the faid four Pounds per Cntum

  • Annuities, fhould be carried to and made Part of the faid P'und, commonly called The SinkingFund-*

May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enadled; and Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the The principal Sum of fame. That from and after the fifth Day of "January one thoufand {q.'zx hundred and fixty-two, the 8,000,000). borrowed f^jj principal Sum of eight millions, borrowed on the Credit of the faid Adl, and the faid additional on the Credit of the re- Q^pj^jji amountinff to two hundred and forty thoufand Pounds, carrying an Intereft after the Rate of C fed Act : r,nd tiie aad:- ^ ' i-, , ^P , r i r • i t^ r xt- i .- i t^ • • • tional Citpital of f"^uf "ounds per Ceh'tum per Annum, tor the laid 1 erm ot twenty-one Years, and from the r^xpiration 24C.0C0I. direded to thereof, an Intereft after the Rate of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, together with the Charges be added thereto; are to jmd Expcnccs attending the fame, fhall be charged upon and paid out of the Fund commonly called be charged upon and cff^^ Sinking Fund, until Redemption thereof by Parliament; any Thing in the faid Ad made in Fn-'pinr*'^ '^ ^^^'^ thirty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty to the contrary thereof in any wife not- withftanding. Prosriptor"; who fhall not H, And be it further enacled by the Authority aforcfaid. That fuch Proprietors who fhall not, on ji-riify their Diircnr by ^j. ef0re thc twonty-firft Day o{ fwie one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, fignify their Dif- foVlrcnrd3tth"Bank f^"*^ ^^ ^^c charging of their Annuities on the Sinking Fund, in Books to be opened at the Bank of licm^lto affcnt thereto! England for that Purpofe, {hall be deemed and taken to aflent thereto ; any Thing to the contraj-y thereof in any wife notwithltanding. The Monies arifen by III. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Monies which have arifcn thr faid D'l'ies fince 5 fmce the fifth Day of January one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, or that fhall or may here- jan. Uft, or^that^nviii ^^-j.^^. gj.^^^ qj." ^^q feveral Du ies upon Malt, which were made a Fund for Payment of four Pounds to be f arried l.iVand* per Centum per Annum at the Bank oi England; and alfo of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, in n.ade Part of tile Sink- manner above-mentioned, on eight millions borrowed by virtue of the faiu Ait, made in the thirty- ingFund; and to be if- third Year of the Reign of his faid late Adajcfty, towards the Supply of the Year one thoufand feven lutd accordingly. hundred and fixty, and on the additional Capital amounting to two hundred and forty thoufand Pounds ; (hall be carried to and made Part of the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund, and the fame fn.'.ll be deemed and t:tken to be Part of the faid Sinking Fund, and fhall be ifl'ued and applied to fuch Ufes and Purpofcs as the feveral Excefl'es, Surpluiles, or Overplus Monies, compofing the faid Sinking Fund, ar ■ or may be iiTued and applied ; any Thing in the faid A6t of the thirty- third Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty to the contrary thereof in any wife notwith- f^anding. Chuf- of Relief for Ex- ch-qi'cr Bill', l.i.nery ( Ticker?, Cr-rtific.itrs, *li,_,__ i^rburnt^or o'h^wifc * ^^ ^'^° fcvcral Receipts of the Cafhicrs"^ of the Governor and Company of thcBalik of England, Jia'ro"cd. ' ' or fonie of them, for Monies contributed there for the Purchafe of Annuities transferrable in the

  • Books of the faid Governor and Company, or for other Monies payable there in purfuance of Ads
  • of Parliament, have, by Cafualty or Milchance, been loft, burnt, or otherwife deltroycd ; which
  • Exchc-