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256 C. 4. Anno fexto Georgii Regis. A. D. 1719, caufe tobe tranfmitted in Writing under their refpeftive Hands, to the Managers and Directors to be con- ftituted in purfuance of this Aft, or fuch of them as aforefaid, fair Schedules or Lifts, expreffing therein every fuch Annuity and Debt, and the prefent Proprietors thereof, and the particular Duties, Provifions or Funds charged therewith, as they fhall appear by the faid Books, Regifters or Entries at the Time of tranfmit-tiflg fuch Schedules ; and fhall afterwards, from Time to Time, daily certify to the fend Managers and Directors fa to be conftituted, or fuch of them as aforefaid, all Alterations or Additions which ought to be made jn or to the faid Schedules "by any fubfequent Alignments, Wills or Titles which fhall be brought to the faid Receipt, or other Offices refpeftively to' be entred, after the tranfmitting cf the faid Schedules, until the faid firft Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-one. Who fluH be ^ ' XV". And whereas the faid Annuities, after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, amount- deemed the Pro- ing to fifty-three thoufand nine hundred and fifty Pounds per Annum, or thereabouts, founded upon the Annui>ie° s of !l. I lald ^ wo A<Sts of the firft Ycar of his Majefty's Reign ; and the faid Annuities, after the Rate five Pounds percent. and 4 l! 4 P r Centum per Annum, amounting to four hundred feventy-fix thoufnd feven hundred and feventeen percent. &c. or ( Pounds feventeen Shillings and eight Pence per Annum, or thereabouts, founded upon the faid Aft of the the Debts to be : third Year of his Majefty's Reign ; and the faid Annuities, after the Rate of four Pounds per Centum per Annum, amounting to one hundred and two thoufand thirty-fix Pounds thirteen Shillings and two Pence fame Aft ; and the faid Annuity or Annuities, after the c a. "* '" '; t er Annum, or thereabouts, founded upon the .. 3 Geo. 1. c, 7. ■ Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, amounting to five thoufand five hundred and fifteen Pounds • twelve Shillings per Annum, or thereabouts, payable for the Service of the Navy and Victualling thereof, S Geo. i„ c. i. ^ by a Claufe in the Aft for the Land-tax of the 'fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign ; and the faid Annuity ^ of twenty-three Pounds eight Shillings and three Pence Farthing per Annum, founded on the faid Aft ^ for the Relief of Edward Clen are all payable by the Cafhier of the Bank of England for the Time being, out of Money imprefted to him at the Receipt of the Exchequer for that Purpofe ; and all the Annuities I fo payable by the faid Cafhier, or Shares in joint Stocks for the fame, are affignable or transferable, in ^ Books kept at the publick Office of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, in the Manner and Form prefcribed by feveral Afts of Parliament in that Behalf, and are devifeable by Wills entred or 'notified in die Books there kept for that Purpofe :' Now it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Perfons or Corporations refpeftively, as by the faid Books, Regifters or Entries kept: m the faid publick Office of the Bank of England fhall appear to be the Perfons or Corporations entitled to any iuch Annuities laft mentioned, at the Time or refpeftive Times when the fame fhall be taken in by fuch Purchafe, Suhfcriptions or paying off as aforefaid, purfuant to this Aft, fhall be deemed and adjudged the true and lawful Proprietors of the lame Annuities refpeftively, and of the proportional Shares of Stock created for the fame ; and that the Accountant' General in the faid publick Office of the Bank of England now being, or that hereafter fhall be, fhall on or before the thirtieth Day of May one thoufand feven hun- dred and twenty tranfmit, or caufe to be tranfmitted in Writing under his Hand, to the Managers and Di- rectors to be conftituted in purfuance of this Aft, or fuch of them as aforefaid, fair Schedules or Lifts, ex- preffing therein every fuch Annuity or Share in Stock for the fame, and the Names and Additions of all the refpeftive Proprietors thereof, and the particular Dutbs and Provifions or Funds charged therewith, as they fhall appear by the faid Books, Regifters or Entries, at the Time of tranfmitting fuch Schedules ; and fhall afterwards, from Time to Time, certify to the faid Managers and Directors fo to be conftituted, or fuch of them as aforefaid, all Alterations or Additions which ought to be made in or to the Schedule laft men- tioned, by any fubfequent Transfers, Wills or Titles which fhall be brought to the faid Office of the' Bank to be entred after tranfmitting the Schedule laft mentioned, until the laid firft Day of March one •thoufand feven hundred and twenty-one, mitrin"Tny"' ir ' r -Pi 1 ' , And k is hcreb y enafted, That no Fee, Gratuity or Reward fhall be demanded or taken of the Schedules.. Lifts '^o §ouih-Sea Company, or of the faid Managers and Directors to be conftituted as aforefaid, or of the re- •r Certificates, fpeftive Proprietors, or any of them, or of any Agents or Inftrumehts to be appointed by them, or any of •them as aforefaid, for making or tranfmitting any the faid Schedules, Lifts or Certificates; and that fuch' ■1 erfons or Corporations refpeftively, as by fuch Schedules, Lifts or Certificates fhxll appear to be the Pcrions or Corporations entit'ed to any fich Annuities laft mentioned in fuch Schedules, Lifts or Certi- .hcates, fhall be deemed and adjudged to be the tru; and lawful Proprietors of the fame Annuities reflec- tively, and of the proportionable Shares of Stock created for the fame at the Time of ■tranfmitting the fail ■achedul.s, Lifts and Certificates refpeftively. ^AT^Eoc^s" • M^i 1 ; And for the ™ ore eafy and fafe Execation of the feveral Powers and Trufts by this Aft repefed' beopeneVtj 5 T 1 Managers an d Directors to b; appointed purfuant thereunto, and for the Prevention of Frauds, and give Notice to that t " s Publick may not be liable to a double Payment for or in refpeft of any of the faid Annuities which the Accfnintaht are/transferrable at the Bank of England : Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the laid sralof the Managers and Direftors to be appointed in purfuance of this Aft, or any three or more of them, fhall mmc ot .he f rom r; irne to Time and at a jj Times, before any of the fail Books relating to the fame Annuities fhall be opened by them, give Notice in Writing under their Hands to the faid Accountant General in the Office of ™e .Bank/of England, of the refpeftive Day and Days on which fuch refpeftive Subfcription-Books will ba of the Books to ?Jf ? - aK<1 iilaU likewife il ' om Time to Time, as fo-n as conveniently may be, after each and every certify the ' ' V»°""g. of fuch Book and Books refpeftively, by a Lift or Schedule, Lifts or Schedules, under the Hands ?fcmes of the p| the lame. Managers or Direftors, or any three or more of them, to be tranfmitted to the faid Accountant 1-e.fons by or for General .for the Time being, certify the Names of the refpeftive Proprietors of and in the fame Annuities,' tons m ftaUWe and ever ^ or ' AJ W °* x ' aem > b y ar for whom fuch Subfcriptions as aforefaid fhall have been made in the Book