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A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 10. 593 alRcrnablc by Indorfement thereupon made, at any Time before the fifth Day of December one thou- the fame made affignabie ianci feven hundreti and fixty-two, and no longer. _ before 5 Dec 1762. VII. Provided always, l>iat fuch Cafhier orCafhicrs fhall give Security to the good Liking of any Cartiiers to give Security : three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, for duly anfvvering and paying into the Receipt of his Majelty's Exchequer, for the publick uf '^ " ' " . ^^ Ti Perfcrmj , . . .... -ntes as foon as he or theyfoall receive the fame, or any Part thereof, or within five Days afterwards '^'^oniej to be paid over at the fartheft-, and fhall accojnt for the fame in the Exchequer, according to the due Coiirfe thereof, ^y^hemmto tbeExche- deduc^ing fach Sums as lliail have beejti paid by him or them in purfuance of this A£t; for which '^"'^ Sums fo paid Allowance fliall be made iq his or their Accounts. voted by the Commons o^ Li'tccd Britain in this prefent SefTion of Parliament. IX. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That in the Office of the Accomptant^o^'^s to be provided at General of the Governor and Company of the Bank oi England 'ox the Time being, a Book or Books ^^ ^:'" for entering fhall be provide! and Iccpt, in which the Names of the Contributors fhall be fairly_ entered ; vv'hich ""'"" ^'"'" ' Book or Books the faid refpeftive Contributors, their refptkStive Executors, Adminiilrators, S uc- to be infpefted gratis, ■cefibrs and Affigns, fhall and may, from Time to Time, and at all feafonable Times, refort to, and infpedl without any Fee or Charge ; and that the faid Accomptant General fhall, on or btfore the Duplicate thereof to be fifth Day of 7«/>' one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, tranfmit an attefted Duplicate f»ily |udI^i.'s'offic?o?the written on Paper of the faid Book or Books, into the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of his Exchequer, Majefty's Exchequer, there to remain for ever. X. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Contributors duly paying the Contributors duly paying whole Sum or Sums fubfcribed, at or before the reipe6live Times in this A€t limited in that Behalf, ^^^"'^'^^"?"°"^' an<i their refpective Executor , Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs and Afligns, fhall have, receive, and enjoy, aie initied to a propor- atid be intitled, by virtue of this A6t, to have, receive, and enjoy their proportionable Share of the"".'"' Share wf theAn- Annuities by this Act granted, in refpe£l of the Sum fo fubfcribed, out of the Monies appropriated""' '"' by this A(5l for Payment thereof, and {hall have good and fure Interefts and Eflates therein ; fubjedt neverthelefs to Redemption as is herein after-mentioned, concerning the faid Annuities of three Pounds per Centum, according to the feveral Provifions in this A6t contained ; and that all the Annuities by this Aft granted, fliall be free from all Taxes, Charges, and Impofitions what- foever. XL Provided always. That in cafe any fuch Contributors who have already depofited with, or but not making good ihall hereafter pay to the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers any Sum or Sums of Money, at the Times and in f^eir Payments within the Manner before-mentioned, in Part of the Sum or Sums fo by them refpe£fively fubfcribed ; orj.'^'l^'"^" ^'"l'^'^^^'^^^ the refp:61:ive Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs or Afiigns, fliall not advance and pay to the ^^i^ ^ly^ Di2 . '"^^ 'Caftiicr orCaihiers the Rcfidue of the Sum or Sums fo fubfcribed, at theTimes and in the Manner before-mentioned; th.en, and in every fuch Cafe, fo much of the refpeftive Sum or Sums fo fub- fcribed as ihair have been actually paid in Part thereof, to the faid Cafliier or Cafhiers, fhall be for- feited for the Benefit of the Publick, and all Right and Title to any Annuity whatfoever in refpeft thereof fhall be extinguifhed 3 any Thing in this A6t contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftandin^. XI] Execi Sum Pour fo by them fubfcribed and paid refpeftively, fhall forthwith be, in the Books of the Bank of England^ placed to the Credit of Inch rcfpeitive Contributors, their Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs and AOlgns, complcating fuch Payments refpedfively ; and the Perfons to whofe Credit fuch principal which may be ttanf- Siims (hall be lb placed, their refpeftive Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs or Aingns, fliall and '^^'^'^* may have Power to afJign and transfer the fame, or any Part, Share, or Proportion thereof, to any other Perfon or Perfons, Body or Bodies pc.ditick or Corporate whatfoever, in the Books of the Bank ox England; and fuch Sums fhall carry the refpedtive Annuities hereinbefore-mentioned, and fliall -"^ made Stock of. be taken and dee;r^d to be Stock transferrable, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aa. XIIT. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforenild. That the feveral Annuities v/hich by Annuities charged on this Av?L are granted and made payable, in refpe6f of the Sum of tv/tlve millions, until Redemption "^'""^ Sinking Fund, thereof by Parliament, in manner herein mentioned, fhall be charged and chargeable upon, and payable out of, the Monies which fhall from Time to Time arife, and be remaining in the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, of or for the Surpluffes, Excefles, Overplus Monies, and other Reve- nues compofing the Fund commonly called The Sinking Fund', and the faid Surplufles, Excefles, Overplus Monies, and other Revenues, are hereby appropriated for that Purpofe accordingly. XIV. And, for the more eafy and furePaym.ent of all the Aunuities eftablifhed by this Ad, Beitfur-Bank toemployachiei- ther enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid GoveiT!or'"and Company of the Bank of£'«?/(7Wrt',CaAier, and Acconipt.nt Yet. VIII. 4 G . ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^