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A. D i75i» Anno vfceilmo quarto Georgii II. C 3. .-^of^ XXXII. Provided always, and be it ena£l:ed by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiflloners or ticCommiffion-fs Treafury, or any three or more of thtm now being, or the High Treafurer, or any three or more; ot c!'.e^'|-_"^ i r<-;.uuy Coinmiflioners of the I reafury for the Time being, Ihall have Power, and they are hereby aucnoiizfcd,^'^^;^..'"^^^^.^^ ' out of the faid SurplufTcs, Excefles or Overplus Monies, commonly called The Sinking Fund, by this Acl £,„;,. f ,i . '_. -: ffrantsd and appropriated as aforefaid, to diicharge all iuch incident Charges as fliall necefiarily attend the'onc ...: ■ ■ Execution of this Act, in fuch manner as to them fhall feem juft and reafonable; and alfo to fettle and ap- ". point fuch Allovv"ances (out of the Contributions to the Lottery aforefaid) as they flrall think juft ^"d '^"j' |V^"'j:j|r ,i^j. reafonable, for the Service, Pains and Labour of the Receiver or Receivers of the Contributions to the ^^^^^j^jj ^.5/ laid Lottery, for receiving and accounting for the fame j as alfo for the Service, Pains and Labour of the Cafliier or Cafhiers of the faid Governor and Company, for receiving and accounting for the Con- tributions to the Annuities granted by this Ac9: ; and alfo fuch further Allowances (out of the faid Sink- ing Fund, by this A<?c appropriated as aforefaid) as they fiiall think juft and reafonable, for receiving, paying and accounting for the feveral and refpective Annuities payable in refpe<£t thereof; and alfo for the Service, Pains and Trouble of the Accomptant General of the (aid Governor and Company, for perform- ing the Duty and Truft incumbent on him by this Aft ; all which Allowances hereby impowcred to be made as aforefaid, in refpeft to the Service, Pains and Labour of any Officer or Officers of ti;e faid Go- vernor and CoiTipany, fhall be for the Ufe and Benefit of the faid Governor and Company, and at their Difpofal only ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithilanding. XXXIII. And it is hereby enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Fee or Gratuity fhall be de- No Fee Fo' Pay- manded or taken of any of his Majefty's SubjeiSfs, for receiving or paying the faid Contribution-monies, ^^^^ °' Contii^ or any of them, or for any Tallies or Receipts concerning the fame, or for iffuing the Monies for paying """'°"^^" the faid ieveral Annuities, or any of thera, or for paying the faid Annuities or any of them ; and that no rransfei-s to be Fee or Gratuity fhall be demanded or taken for any Transfer, great or linall, to be made in purfuance of '"^ gratis. this Ail ; upon pain that the Officer or Perfon orrending, by taking or demanding any fuch Fee or Gra- tuity contrary to this Aft, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds to the Party grieved, to be recovered P'^n^'fy- with full Cofts of Suit, in any of his JMajefty's Courts of Record at TFeftminJlir. XXXIV. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That any Time upon one ciaufe of Ra- Year's Notice, to be printed in the London Gazette, and affixed upon the Royal Exchange in London, by <l^™Po"' Authority of Parliament, at any of the half-yearly Feaft Days for Payment of the faid refpective An- ^ nuities, or either of them, and upon Repayment by Parliament of the refpeftive principal Sums for which the faid refpeftive Annuities or either of them fhall be payable to fuch refpeftive Perfons or Corporations as fhall be entitled to the fame Annuities, by Payments not lefs than five hundred thoufand Pounds at a Time ; then, and not till then, the faid refpeftive Annuities fhall ceafe and determine, and be underflood to be redeemed ; and from and after fuch Redemption, the Monies ariling from the faid Sinking Fund, fhall not be iffued or applied to any Ule or Purpofe, but as fliall be direfted by future Aft or Acts of Parlia- ment ; any Thing in this or any former Aft or Afts of Parliament to the contrary notwithftanding ; and that any Vote or Refolution of the Houfe of Commons, fignified by the Speaker in Writing, to be inferted in the Londin Gazette, and affixed on the Royal Exchauge in London as aforefaid, fnall be deeined and ad- judged to be fufficient Notice within the vVords and Meaning of this Aft. XXXV. And it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall at any Tiine or Times be fued or profecuted for any Thing by him or them done or executed in purfuance of this Aft, or of any Matter or Thing in this Aft contained, inch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the Ge-G^i^f^' I'l^^'- iieral lifue, and give the Special A'latter in Evidence for his or their Defence ; and if upon the Trial a Verdift {hall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fliall become nonfuited, then fuch Defendant or Defendants fhall have treble Cofts to him or tkera awarded ag.iinft fuch PlaintiffTicble Cofls.. or PlaintiiFs. CAP. IIL An Aft for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Aft pafTcd in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the Road between Stamford and Grantham in the County of Li^i- coln; and fox making, the fame more effeftuaL PR. (I'lre Aft 12 Geo. 2. c^8. continued for 21 Years.] C A P.