A. D. 1698, Anno nono Scdecimo GunEL-Rij III. C. 44;. 731 •or fliall be guiity of diverting or'tnifajaplyiiig any of the^<aif.t Moniesi to (any-other U.^ or.Parpofe, v9S";^ry '""'"?> <"■ '""-
- o this Aa, for any fuchOftedce fliall be, forejudged from l(Kipiiei4>efitiveiQfFifes.aBthl^lacea,'.;i'ii(I. b^- reii-"i'iy'"E 'he
dred uncapable to ferve.His Majefty, His Hdrs and Succcflbrs,; as! aforefai^i,, '^nd a|l4 iballbc Tiabli ^to pay '^""'"' *• double the Value of any Sum or'Sums fo delayed to be paid, Qr fpdivertcd «if-ixii|fa);>.plrtd,.^ aforc'faid, to any Corporation, or other Perfon or Perfons that fliall be grievedi theiqbv, ASfA wb9-jihull fiic^ for 'thc,iamcj .to be recovered as aforefaid. . ;,; > ._ _!.„. ; , ,. •■ , ', "' '■ XLVIK. And be it further enafted by the- Authority aforefaid, That it (liall.aix^'may be law'furto apd k:..? mav .p. for -His Majefty, by ComaTfiiiTion under the Great Scrtl oi England, to authorize and appoint any Kuiiibcr of f '•"* ^'•""""f- Perfons to take' and receive all fuch voluntary Sublcriptions, as fliall be ninde.on or before the faid nine ai^d l'?""c ,hf '■"' „.
- t5vtntieth Day of S(?/)/OTfoT one-thoufand fix hundred jiinetyfTeight, -by or for any Pci'fon.or Perfons.,. , Natives rTonf fro^'wr*
or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate (the Governor and Company-of the Bank pf.i;?i»^/ir;?i oiily i'.ifons'(er«f?tT> fexicspted^; of any Sum -of Money whatfoever,. not lefs than one hundr^ed Pounds, for and towards the- rfii-th=JBj.nk.oi „ •firtf-ftnd paying into the faid Receipt of Exchetluer the iSum of two Millions: Which Cpniwiffioners; are ^"?!^5'!{'>"'^; Jifereby ordered, and' dire<fted, as foon a^ conveniently they can, to-provide and prepare orie'or niore conve- '""-'^Jl'o^^- tnierit Houfe or Hdufes' within 'the Cities of London, and Wcjiminjier, or one of them, .to, be the publick Of- iiceo.r-,Pl_ace,, Offices or Places,- -to which all or ah y Perfons fliall or may .relbrt for the making of the faid ■Subfcriptions, and to give fuch publick Notice thereof, as they the faid CommilTioners, or any, five or more ©f them, fhall think will moft conduce to the promoting the f?id Subfcriptions: And tba fai'd Commifuo- <ners for taking -Subfcriptions are hereby diredled, as foon as conveniently may be, to provide, or caufe to bs ■provided, one or more Book or Books made of Vellum or Parchment, for the faid Subfcriptions to be made ■thereupon; which Book or Books fliall from thenceforth lie open every Day in the W ttk-( Sunday oi^y -j excepted) :jit the faid publick Office or Offices as aforefaid daily, and from the Hour of Eight to the Hour i of Twelve in the Morning, and from the Hour of Two to the Hour ^gf Six in the, Afternoon of each Day, .until the faid nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight,' unlefs the Sub- fcriptions for the whole Sum of two Millions fhall be fooner.compleated ; and that it fliall and may be law- ful to and for His Majefty, ,. by :His CpmmiffioJi, aforefaid, to diredi the Commiffioners how and in what ■Manner they fliall proceed to- e'xecute the fame, in all Matters and Things- relating to this Service, and by a Caftier to be .the fame Commiffion, or by Letters of Privy .Seal, or by arvy Inftrument under His Majefty's Royal Sign appointed. Manual, to appoint from time, to timcrthe f?iid Commiffioners, or any Number of them, by themfelves or their Cafliier or Cafliiers (the faid Cafliier or Cafliiers being firft approved by His Majefty under HisRoyal Sign Manual, and giving Security to His Majefty for the due Performance of his or their Truft or Trufls) to receive for His Majefty's Ufe the .feveral Payments, of the Monies, which fliall be fo fubfcribed, tobe paid by any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, as aforefaid. '■ ' , '*} . XLIX. An-d be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That during the Time hereby ; limited for taking Sums(not lefs ^ •the faid: Subfcriptions, it fhall and may be lawful to and for all and every Perfon and Perfons, Natives and th^n iooi.) _^' Foreigners, Bodi-es Politick and Corporate, , by and for themfelves, or any of .them, or'by'therhfelvijs, or '1^^.^^'? '!"K , ^ any of them, in Truft for any other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporste, or any of thetn (ex- '"'"*"';. ^, J^^ cept as aforefaid) freely to fubfcribe any Sum of Money (not lefs than one hundred Pounds) for or towards -a the faid Sum of two Millions; and all the Monies fo to be fubfcribed fhall be anfwered and p^id, by the and anfwered hf. refpedive Subfcribers thereof, to fuch as fhall be appointed to receive the fame for His Majefty's' Ufe, in"" '^'5"^^*^- Manner following; that is to fay, one full tenth Part (the whole in ten equal Parts to be divided) of every "'^"^'" Sum of Money fo fubfcribed by or for any Perfon or Perfons, or by or for any Body Politick or Corporate refpeftively, fhall be paid by him or them to His Majefty's ,Ufe, as aforefaid, at or before the Time of ma- king each Subfcription refpeftively ; and that one other tenth Part of every ftim fo.fubfcribed fhall be paid. Each fubfequenc in like Manner, at or before the End of two Months next after the Time hereby limited for the firft Pay- Payment to be ment, as aforefaid (which Time of two Months fliall be reckoned to confift of fixty Days) and fo onwards "J.^'^^ " "= ^"'^ at the End of every fuch two Months fucceffively, one full tenth Part of every Sum fo fubfcribed fliall be Months/"" paid to_ His Majefty's Ufe, as aforefaid, until the full Sum of every-Subfcription fhall be entirely cleared and paid oft; neverthelefs the laft of the faid Payments upon every Subfcription, to be made as aforefaid, Laft Payment fliall be fubje£l and liable to make good any Deficiency (if fuch fbould happen to be) v^hich at any Time^'^ to make or Times, before the Time hereby limited fot making fuch lafl Payment or Payments, fhall appear to be in f"^"'^^,^"^, ^^^' . the Produce of the faid Duties hereby granted or appropriated, for anfwering fo much as before the i'^i<^pmilc"o( ^e Time hereby limited for fuch laft Payment or Payments, fhall incur or wow due for or upon the yearly &id Duties, Fund by this Aft fettled or eftablifhed, and fo much out of the (aid laft Payments as fliall be fufficient to anfwer and make good fuch Deficiency (if any be) fliall and may be defaulked, or otherwife applied to that Ufe, although His Majefty's Supply by this Ad intended be thereby leftTened ; any Matter or Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. L. And it is hereby further enaded. That if any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, who Firft Pavment fliall have fubfcribed as aforefaid, do not pay down the firft tenth Part upon his or their Subfcription, or at not made attbe the Time of making thereof, as aforefaid, then every fuch Subfcription, without fuch Payment, fiiail beTimeoffub- utterly void and of none EfFeft ; and if any Perfon or Perfons, Body Politick or Corporate, who Ihal! have^'^^'jj';""-; !'"'^ fubfcribed a^s aforefaid, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeflbrs, or Affigns, having paid ^.^jj""'"" to the King's Ufe any Part or Parts of the Sum or Sums fo by him, her, or them fubfcnbed, fliall make Subrequcnti'ay. Default in any of the fubfequent Payments, which ought to be made by him, her, or them, upon fuch ments not com'- Subfcription refpeftively, then, and in every fuch Cafe, the firft: tenth Part paid down upon evervfuch Sub- p='^ with, the fcription fliall be forfeited and loft to His Majefty; and the refpeSive Annuity or yearly Sum, which fliall ^^'^'^j."^^. .^""^ be payable out of the faid Fund, for or in refpeil of fuch Subfcription, after the Rate of eight Pounds f ■?'" and ihe° Annui'ty Centum per Annum, fliall be reduced, lelTened, or proportioned, according to the Money a£l.ual!y paid to His reduced accord- Majefty's Ufe upon every fuch Subfcription refpeciively, after an Abatement or Deduction fhall be made ofing to the Mo- the firft tenth Part, to be forfeited, as aforefaid. And to the end the faid Subfcription Monies fo to be pay- "=)■ aftually cAz ableP^*^'^'-
