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A. D. 1752. Anno vicefirao quinto Georgii I J. C. 27. 431; Chief Cafnicr orCafhiers of the Governor and Company of the Bank o( Enghha, and their SiicccffijrG forand r.foncy to lo- the Tims bJng, by way of Imprelv, and upon Account, for the I'urpofcs afore-mentioned j and that allMiiu-d 'u il't- and every fuch Cafiiier or Cafhiers to whom the laid JXdonies fliall he illucd, fliall from Time to Time, '^■'= Cadilcrof he liaiik, l>v without Delay,^ apply and pay the fame accordingly, an.d render his Account tlicret t according to the 'lue'^;,'^, ^^f'l^ Courfe of thi Exchequer ; any 'I'hing herein before contained to the contrary notivithfhi"-"™ * '^ .inoHic: I, ft. XV. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforcfaid, 1 hat all and every the CLiufes and Pro'ifoecProvirocsrr!:i:;ns relating to the Annuities afore-mentioned, which were made payable or transferrable at the Bank of j'iiig-'- }^','^ faidAn- hiihl, Ihall remain in full Force with refpcdt to the Annuities continued or eftabliflied by this AcSf, in all|"|^"p"_^ "^'^-^^ Matters and Things whatfoever, where tiie fame fliall not have been altered by this Aiif, or other Proi-'" lions made in refpecl thereof. XVI. And be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaidj That from and after the faid tenth Day ofThe Fcr<'s ao- . OS.'ckr one thoiifand feven hundred and iilty-two, all the faid Rates, Duties, Irnpofiticns or Revcnuesl"°P..^ '" "!'=' granted and appropriated by the faid feveral and refpeSive A£ts herein bel'ore recited for Payment of '^he^^"""^"." '".];. , faid ftveral and refpecStive Annuities, transferrable at the Bank oi EngUmd as aforefaid, fhall be carried tos^^'i^Vng^Fmid," and made Part of tb.e faid Sinking Fund (after referving iufficient to pay the Annuiiies for Lives at the Exchequer, and other Charges and Incumbrances charged on the fiiid Duties and Revenues; and the f:ime fha'l be deemed and taken to be Part of the bid Sinking Fund, and fhall be iiTued and applied to r.,ch Ufes and Purpofes as all and every other the Duties and Revenues compofnig the faid Sinking Fund, are or may , be ifuied and ajiplied ; any Thing in any former Act or A£ls of Parliament to the contrary thereof hi any wife notwithftanding. ' XVII. And whereas by an A£I of ]"'arliament made and pafled in the fixth Year of his late Majefty's The. Pioprictora ' Reign, certain Annuities were created at the Exchequer payable out of the Duties on wrought Plate, to"' --'^■H"':'" ' the Amount of three hundred and twelve thoufand Pounds, whereof there is now remaining, the Sum of"j|."f ,|^7du . ' one hundred and twenty-nine thoufand fcven hundred and fifty Pounds;' Be it further enaftcd by thctiej on i^late,"" Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Proprietors of Tallies and Orders for the faid Annuities, whichaUowcd to lub- were fubfcribed purfuant to tb.e two Afts of Parliament before recited, fhall, from and after the faid tenth '""''= 'I": iin""^v Day oiOtlobrr one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two, until the faid fifth Day oi April one thoufand^ '^'^°'^' ^ "' feven hundred and fifty-three, have Liberty_ to fubfcribe their faid Tallies and Orders at the Bank oi Eng- land, into the feveral Joint Stocks of Annuities ; that ,is to fay, fuch of the faid Annuities as were firlt — fubfcribed purfuant to the faid AcTt of the twenty-third Year of his Majefly's Reign, fliall he added to the faid Joint Stock of fourteen millions eight hundred fifty-feven thoufand nine hundred fifty-five Poimds eighteen Shillings and four Pence; and irich of the faid Annuities as were fubfcribed purfuant to another Att of the famiTSeffion of Parliament, fliall be added to the faid Joint Stock of two millions ieven hundred thirteen thouland fix hundred feventeen Pounds eighteen Shillings; and the faid Joint Stocks of Annuities, refpeftively, fhall have an additional Annuity for fuch Sum or Sums of the faid Plate Annuities as fhall be- fo fubfcribed into the faid Joint Stocks relpecSively, from the faid tenth Day o'i OSiober one thoufand le'en: hundred and fifty-tv/o, payable out of the faid Surplus Funds, and any of the Duties and Revenues com- pofing the faid Sinking Fund. XVin. And be it enafted. That all and every Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, who f ""■=■■ 5" '"nsfe fliall fubfcribe their faid Orders into either of the Joint Stocks of Annuities aforefaid, fliall be immediately ""'"^"^"^• intitled to tlie Privilege of transferring fucli Annuities as Part of fuch Joint Stock of Annuities, from the faid tenth Day of OStober one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two as aforefaid. XIX. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Duty on wrought Plate, The Diiti^ to be provided all the faid Annuities charged thereupon flnall be fo fubfcribed, or the Surplus thereof, in cafe all""'f^ "I'° "^ the faid Annuities ihall not be fubfcribed, fhall be transferred unto and made Part of the faid Sinking '"-"S "" ■ Fund ; any Thing in any former Aft or Afts of Parliament to the contrary thereof in any wife notwith- ftanding. XX. And he it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid fifth Day ofTlie'id Anr.d. April one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, the faid Joint Stock of the firft fubfcribed Bank Annul- "^^^'°]"=°°'= ties, after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Anv.um; as al(b fuch of the faid Plate ^"^'^jfp/^"^'^^^^^. Annuities as fliall be fubfcribed thereunto, with fo much of the faid fecond fubfcribed Bank Annuities, after che Bank.. thefaidRate of three Pounds X.ti'ii'niw<y^i per Centum per Annum; as alfo fuch of the faid Plate Annuities as fhall be fubfcribed thereunto as aforefaid, and fliall then remain unfatisfied and not paid ofl', fh.dl be made one Joint Stock of Annuities, transferrable at the Bank of Zs/^^/a/zJ, until Redemption thereof by Parlia- ment, in manner herein after mentioned ; any Thing in this or any former Adl or Afls of Parliament to the contrary thereof in any v/ife notwithftanding. XXI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Governor and Company of theSank toproTiJi- Bank of England Ihall, and they are hereby required to caufe fuch Books to be prepared as fhall be nece(rary^'^°'^? '° ^"'" for receiving the Subfcription or Confent of fuch of the Proprietors of the feveral and refpeflive Annuities, '"" '"" . after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Anmmi, transferrable at their Office; and alfa of the Propiietors of the feveral Annuities, Tallies and Orders payable at the Exchequer, out of the Du- ties on wrought Plate, as fhall fubfcribe the fame into the feveral Joint Stocks ofAnnuities before-mentioned; which Books fliall be conftantly kept open at the faid Bank o^. England for that Purpoie, every Day, Sundayito be open from- and Holidays only excepted, from the faid tenth Day oi October one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two, 'oO^"?! 7 s==- to the faid fifth Day oi April one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three inclufive, and no longer; fubjeft'^^^ i""i75.3j' neverthelefs to fuch further Diredions, with refped: to the taking in or receiving fuch Subfcriptions or' Confents from the Proprietors of the faid Annuities, after the Rate of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, as fliall or may be given by the Commiffioners of the Trcafury, or any three or more