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A.D. i75"8. Anno: taicefimo fecundo Georgii II. C. lo, 331 afcertainiflg and fccuring of th? Interefl: which he, (he or they, his, her or their Executors, Admi- niftrators or Afligns, fliall or may have in the faid Fund. XXXV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Cafhier or Cafliiers, Receivers to return the on or before the firft Day of November one thoufand (tvtn hundred and fifty-nine, ft'.all redeliver to Jl'^^n^Jof [J^ Tickets, the faid Managers and Direftors, at their faid Office or Place of Meeting, all the faid Books, and therein all the Tickets which the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers fliall not have cut out and delivered to the Contributors as aforefaid ; and thaf the faid Managers and Uiredors, or the major Part of them, which fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fhall forthwith caufe all the Tickets of the faid. Gutermcft Columns, which fhall not have been delivered to the Contributors as aforefaid, if any fuch be, to be delivered into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, there to be regained and kept, and to be difpofed of, as the CommifTioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being fiiall judge reafonablc and fitting. XXXVI. And be it further enaded, That the faid Managers and Dircftors, or the major Part Tickets of the n>idd'e of them, which (hall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, (hall caufe all the Tickets of the middle Columns to be rolled up, Columns in the Books, made out with three Columns as aforefaid, which (hall be delivered back ^"^ faftened with S.lkj to them, by or from the faid Cafliier or Cafhiers as aforefaid, to be carefully rolled up and made faft with Thread or Silk ; and the faid Managers or Diredors, or the major Part of them as afore- and cut off Indent wife faid, fhall in their Prefence, and in the Prefence of fuch Contributors or Adventurers as will be into a Box marked with there, caufe all the faid Tickets, which are to be fo rolled up, and made faft as aforefaid, to be cut the Letter (A) off Indentwife through the faid oblique Lines, Flourifhes or Devices, into a Box, to be prepared for that Purpofe, and to be marked with the Letter (A) which is prefently to be put up into an- Box to be lacked up an4 other ftrong Box, and to be locked with feven different Locks and Keys, to be kept by as many of Sealed. the faid Managers, and fealed with their Seals, or the Seals of fome of them, until the faid Tickets are to be drawn, as is herein after mentioned ; and that the Tickets in the firft or innermoft Columns of the faid Books, fhall remain ftill in the Books for difcovering any Miftake or Fraud (if any fuch Ihould happen to be committed) contrary to rhe true Meaning of this A£f. XXXVII. And be it further enaifxed by the Authority aforefiid. That the faid Managers and Di- Books to be prep-ired re(Sf:ors, or the major Part of them, which fliail be prefent at any Meeting as aforefaid, fhall alfo with two Columns, on prepare, or caufe to be prepared, other Books, in which every Leaf fhall be divided or diftinguifbed ".'^'? °^ "^^^^ 6o,oco into two Columns; and upon the innermoft of thefe two Columns there fhall be printed fixty-fix " "^ ^° «?"""-£• thoufand 'I'ickets, and upon the outermoft of the faid two Columns there (hall be printed fixty-fix thoufand Tickets, all which fhall be of equal Length and Breadth, as near as may be; which two Columns in the faid Books fhall be joined with fome Flourifh or Device, through which the outer- moft Tickets may be cut off" Indentwife ; and that nine thoufand three hundred and forty Tickets, Part of thofe to be contained in the outermoft Columns of the Books laft mentioned, fliall be, and be called the Fortunate Tickets, to which extraordinary Benefits fhall belong, as is herein after mentioned ; an.d the faid Managers and Direitors, or the major Part of them, or fuch of them as fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fhall caufe the faid Fortunate Tickets to be written upon, iar otherwife fexprefted, as well in Figures as in Words at Length, in Manner following ; that is to The Number and Value fay. Upon two of themfeverally, twenty thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon two of them fe- of the Fortunate Tickets. verally, five thoufand' Pounds Principal Money ; upon two of them feverally, three thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon two of them feverally, two thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon every one of twenty-five of them feverally, one thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon every one of thirty of them feverally, five hundred Pounds Principal ivloney ; upon every one of one hundred and fifty of them feverally, one hundred Pounds Principal Money; upon every one of feven hundred of them feverally, fifty Pounds Principal Money ; upon every one of eight thoufand four hundred and twenty-feven of them feverally, tV/enty Pounds Principal Money: V/hich Principal Sums fo to he 500I. to the Fitft drawn written, or otherwife exprefled upon the faid Fortunate Tickets, together with five hundred Pounds i icket, and loool. la Principal Money, to be allowed to the Owner of the Firft drawn Ticket, and one thoufand Pounds ^^^ ^^^ drawn. Principal Money, to the Owner of the Laft drawn Ticket, over and above the Benefits which may happen to belong to the two laft mentioned Tickets ; and together with the Sum of fix Pounds to be paid or allowed for and upon each Blank or Unfortunate Ticket of the faid Lottery, will amount 'in the Whole to the Principal Sum of fix hundred and fixty thoufand Pounds ; to be converted into Annuities by virtue of this A6f, in refpecSl of the faid Lottery; and the faid Managers and Direc- Tickets of the outermoft tors, or the major Part of them, who fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fliall caufe all the Columns to be rolled up faid Tickets; contained in the outermoft Columns of the faid laft mentioned Books, to be in the^'^'^ "*^' Prefence of the faid Managers and Directors, or the major Part of them, which fhall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, and in the Prefence of fuch Contributors or Adventurers as will then be there, to be carefully rolled up and faftened with Thread or Silk, and carefully cut out Indentwife ^nd cut out indentwire through the faid Flourifh or Device, into another Box, to be prepared for this Purpofe, and to beintoaBox marked with marked with the Letter (B) which Box fhall be put into another ftrong Box, and locked up with the Letter (B) ; feven different Locks and Keys, to be kept by as many of the faid Managers, and fealed up with ^°'^^° '^^ '""^^^^ "P aid their Seals, or the Seals of fome of them, until thefe Tickets fhall alfo be drawn in the Manner and Form herein after mentioned; and that the whole Bufinefs of rolling up, and cutting oft", and putting into the faid Boxes the faid Tickets, and locking up ar.d fealing the faid Boxes, fhall be teerformed by the faid Managers and Directors, or fuch of them as aferefaid, before the laft fix Days immediately preceding the Day by this A(£t appointed for the Drawing the faid Lottery : And to the End every Peribn concerned may be well aflured that the Counterpart of the fame Number U u 2 y/xi^