52 C ig. Anno tticefimo Georgji II. A.D. 1757. Annuities to be LXVI. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Annuities payable to fuch Tux tree. Contributors out of the laid yearly Fund, fliall be free from all Taxes, Charges and Inipofnions what foe ver.
- LXVII. And whereas it may fo happen that, inProcefs of Time, feveral of the [landing Orders may
' be loll-, burnt or deftroyed, or may becom.e defaced, obliterated, or incumbered with many Afligimients ' thereon, and it may be neceflary that new Orders {hould be made forth in lieu thereof;' Be it therefore Ot^rrs!o'>, enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That in all or any the faid Cafes, any three or more of the Commif- b'int or deflroy- ([qi-^qj-^ of [j^g Trealury now biing, or the High Treafuier, or any three or more of the Commifiioners of tracwtd'"^^ theTreafury for the Time being, fl:all, and they are hereby impowered, from time to time, (upon Ccr-
- tincate under the Hand of the Lord Chief Baron, or any other of the Barons of the Coif of liis Majcfry's
Court of Exchequer, that he or they are fatistied, by Proof upon Oath before him or them made, that any fuch Order or Orders have been loft, burnt or otherwife deftroyed) to cauf^ new Orders to be made forth at the Exchequer, to be made by him or them, in Lieu of fuch Orders fo ccrtihed to be loft, burnt or dcftroycd; and the. refpc6ive Officers in the faid Exchequer are hereby directed to pay the Intereft which flj.dl from time to time become due on fuch new Orders, as if the original Order or Orders had Wcpricior g'.ving been produced; and all fuch Payments fhall be allowed in their rcfpeftive Accounts; provided that the Secur.ty. Perfon or Perfcns intitled to receive the Intereft due upon any fuch Order or Orders do give Security to the King, to the good liking of the Perfon appointed to pay the fame into the Exchequer for the Ufe of the Publick, fo much Money as fhall be paid thereupon, if the Order or Orders fo certified to be loft, Nov.- Orders may burnt or otherwife deftroyed, be hereafter produced; and the faid Commiffioners of ib.e Treafury, or th& he ifTued in Lieu l-ljgh Treafurer for the Time being, fhall alfo have Power to caufe new ftanding Orders to be made of fuch as be- forth, for and in Lieu of fuch Orders as fhall become defaced, obliterated or otherwife incunrbered as come ue ace , aforel'aid; which faid Order or Orders fhall be, at the fitme Tinie delivered up and cancelled, and the new Order or Orders to be made out in lieu thereof, (hall be miide payable, and delivered to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall appear to be the Proprietor or Proprietors of the faid Order or Orders fo to be En'ry thereof to delivered up and cancelled, at the Time of fuch Delivery as aforefaid; and the Auditor of the Receipt as ifi madeonths aforefaid, fhall always take Care that fuch Entries or Memorandums be made upon the faid new Orders, tew Oieeu. as may denote their being made in Lieu of fuch defaced, obliterated, inCuhibered or otherwife defective Orders cancelled, and as may fecure the Pubiick againft any double Payments, for or by Reafon of the making out or ilTuing of fuch new Orders in Manner aforefaid. Penalty of for- ' LXVIIL And for preventing all Frauds and Abufes in or about the faid ftanding Orders, or any ^:r»g or counter- c Affignments thereof, or the receiving the Annuities due or to grow due thereon •,' Be it enafted by tho ca't'e"°&c'orof ■A^^^^^rity aforefaid, 'i hat if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fliall forge or counterfeit, or procure to be iraudulcn'tiy re- forgcd or counterfeited, or knowingly or wilfully atil and aflift in the forging or coiinteifeiting any Cer- te ving Annui- tificate or Certificates to be given by fuch Cafhier or Caftiiers, or any Order or Orders to be m.ade forth
- i^- in lieu thereof, in purfuance of this prefent Act, or any AfTignment or Aflignments of fuch Order or Or--
ders, or of the Annuities payable thereon, or of any Receipt or Difcharge to the Exchequer, for the An- nuities due or to grow due on any fuch Order or Orders, or of any Letter of Attorney, or other Autho- rity or Inftrument, to transfer, affign, alien or convey any fuch Order or Orders, or to receive the An- nuities due or to grow due thereon, or any Part thereof; or fhall forge or counterfeit, or procure to he forged or counterfeited, or knowingly or wilfully a£t or aftift in the forging or counterfeiting any the. Name or Karnes of any of the Proprietors of any fuch Order or Orders, in or to any fuch pretended AfTign- ment or Afiignments, Receipt, Letter of Attorney^ Certificate, Inftrument or Authority; or fliall fajfojy ind deceitfully perfcnate any true ar.d real Proprietor or Proprietors of any of the faid Orders, and there- by alTign, or endeavour to afTign, any of the laid Orders, or receive or endeavour to receive the Money of fuch true and lawful Proprietor, as if fuch Offender were the true and lawful Owner thereof;, then, and in every fuch Cafe, all ar.d every fuch Perfon and Perfons being thereof lawfully conviiSted in due Form of Law, fhall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and fliall fufFer Death as in Cafes of Felojiy, without teneSt of Clergy. JCh Fee to Ve LXIX. And be it further enacted. That no Fee, Reward or Gratuity whatfoever fhall be demanded t.Jcrn fci reteiv- f^r takti: of any. of his Majefty's Subjsdts for receiving or paying die faid Contribution Monies, , g or paying t i^^. j^,-),, of them, or for paving the faid feveral Annuities, or any of them, or for any Transfer of any /iiiiijitics, ^"i" great or (mall, to be maue m purfuance of this Act; upon Pain that any Ofiender or Perlon offend- ing by taking or demanding any fuch Fee, Reward or Gratuity, fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds rr ifTulng Re- ^'7 the Party aggi;cved, with full Cofts of Suit; and that all Receipts and Iftues,.and all other Things .«ipts, &c. dircifted by this Adt to be performed in the Exchequer, fliall be done and performed by the Officer thtre,. Kenal'.yon GfS- v.'ithout demanding or receiving, dircitly or indirectly, any Fee, Reward or Gratuity for the fame; and •. riakngFcrs, in tiife the Officer^ of the Exchequer fhall take or demand any fuch Fee or Reward, or fnall milapply '?ib'ic'.Mor^' or divert any of the Monies to be paid into the Exchequer upon this A(£t, or fhall pay or ifiue out of the ["o'Trwi('t^^n.^^^^-> otherv/ife than according to the Intent of this Act, or fliall not keep ft;ch Books, Rcgiftcrs, or
- 34:.t.| fcy. Duty, make Entrjcs, and do and perform all other Things which by thisAtt they are directed and required to
do and p^erforrn; every fuch Oftender fhall forfeit his Plate, and be for ever after incapable of any, OlT.'ce or Place of Tuift v/hatfoever, and fhall anfwer and |)ay. treble Cofts of Suit, to any Contributor, or Perfon claiming under him, that will fue for the fame, to be recovered by Action of Delit, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majcfty's Courts of Record at JViJhninJlcr^ wherein no Elfoin, PiOteclion, Piivilcge, or Wager of Law, InjuncStion, or Order of Rcftraint, or any more than one Imparlince fliall be granted or allov^ed; and in the faid Action, the Plaintift' upon Recovery fliall have full Cofts vi Suit, one third of which Sum fhall be paid into the faid Receipt of Exchequer iox the Benefit of il.L3
