3©6 C. i-8. Anno fexto Gsorgii Regis. A. D. 1719, Forging. the XIII. And it is hereby enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall forge or counterfeit the Common Common Seal $eal f either of the faid Corporations to be erected and eftablifhed purfuant to this Act, or fhall forge of tneCorpo- cour)ter f e i t or a ] ter any Policy, Bill, Bond or Obligation, under the Common Seal of either of the &ml rations, or any ,~ . - ./ ^ •* ' ,.- 7 r r ° 7 rlr . .. , -~ . ^ la *ue Policy, &c. Corporations, or ihall otter to difpote of or pay away any men forged, counterfeit or altered Policy, Bill Felony. Bond or Obligation, knowing the fame to be fucb, or fhall demand the Money therein contained or pre- tended to be due thereon, or any Part thereof, of or from fuch of the fame Corporations as fhall be men- tioned or referred to therein, or any of their Officers, knowing fuch Policy, Bill, Bond or Oblio-ation to be forged, counterfeited or altered, with Intent to defraud the fame Corporation, or their Succeffors' or any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever; every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and being convicted thereof in due Form of Law, fliall be guilty of Felony, and fiiffer as in Cafes of Felony, without Benefi' of Clergy. None may be XIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon fhall be Governor, &c. capable of being elected a Governor, Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, or Director of either of the Cor- ot both the Cor- t - intended to be erected and eftablifhed in purfuance of this Ait, during; the Time that he fnill Durations at the f /-> r> i t> ' • v. rv jo ' r 1 i ,-i & • • >-i»«". uc mail fame Time ee a Governor, bub-governor, lyeputy-governor, or Lnrector ot the other Corporation intended to be erected and eftablifhed in purfuance of this Act; and that_ every Perfon who ihall be elected a Governor Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, or Director ot either of the Corporations intended to be erected and eftablifhed in purfuance of this Act fhall, during the Time he fliall be fuch Governor, Sub-governor' De- puty-governor or Director, be incapable of being chofen a Governor, Sub-governor, Deputy-governor or Director of the other Corporation intended to be erected and eftablifhed in purfuance of this Ait- and or piirchafe if any Governor, Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, or Director, or Member of either of the. Corporations toroorations Ulten( led £o ^ e erected and eftablifhed in purfuance of this Act, having any Share in the capital Stock of pora ions. ^^ Corporation, f] la u j n n; s or ner own Name, or in the Name or Names of any other Perfon or Per- fons in Truft for fuch Governor, Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, Director or Member, purchafe any Share in the capital Stock of the other Corporation intended to be erected and eftablifhed in purfuance of Penalty. this Act, that then and in every fuch Cafe, the Share fo purchafed fhall be forfeited; the one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of his Majetty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of fuch Perfon or Perfons as will inform or fue for the fame, and to be recovered in the Manner before- mentioned. On three Years XV. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That upon three Notice at any Years publick Notice to be printed in the London Gazette, and affixed upon the Royal Exchange in London TlI Years on ^y Authority of Parliament, at any Time within or during the Term of thirty-one Years, to be reckoned 3 ' . fmm .-lira T".l*a . Payment ot the 300,000 1. the Corporations may be deter- KarneniJ "" tl0n f° r the Forbearance thereof, then and not till then the faid refpective Corporations, and all the Powers Privileges, Benefits and Advantages to be granted to them refpectively, in purfuance of this Act fhafl ceafe, determine and become void; any thing contained in this Act, or to be contained in the faid Charters or Indentures, or either of them, to the contrary notvvithftanding; and that any Vote or Re- folution of the Houfe of Commons fignified by the Speaker in Writing, to be inferted in the faid London- Gazette, and affixed on the Royal 'Exchange in London, as aforefaid, fhall be deemed and adjudged to be fufficient Notice within the Words and Meaning of this A£t. Afar 31 Years, XVI. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enacted, That if at any Time after the Expiration of the faid if the Corpora- Term of thirty-one Years, his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, fliall judge the farther Continuance of tions are judged tn „ r-jj two Corporations to be hurtful or inconvenient to the Publick, then and from thenceforth it hTsM^efty" may & a U ant * ma Y ^ e lawful to and for his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by any Letters Patents under determine them, the Great Seal of Great Britain, to revoke and make void the fame Corporations, and all the Powers Privileges, Benefits and Advantages to be granted to them refpectively, as aforefaid, and thereupon the fame fhall determine and become void accordingly, without any Inquifition, Scire facias, or other Matter or Thing to make void or determine the fame; any Thing contained in this Actj or to, be contained in the faid Charters or Indentures, or either of them, to the contrary notwithftanding. No other like XVII. Neverthelefs it is intended and hereby declared and enacted, That in cafe the faid Corpora- tions fliall be redeemed upon fuch Notice and Payment, within the faid Term of thirty-one Years or be revoked by fuch Letters Patents, as aforefaid, after the faid Term of thirty-one Years, the fame Corporations, or any Corporation or Corporations, with like Powers, Privileges, Benefits and Advan- tages, fhall net be grantable again to any Perfons or Corporation's whatfoever, but fhall remain, fup- preffed for ever, as having been found inconvenient and prejudicial to the Publick. ' XVIII. And whereas it is notorious, that feveral Undertakings or Projects of different Kinds have ' at fome Time or Times iince the four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and ' eighteen, been publickly contrived and practifed, or attempted to be practifed, within the City. of 4 London and other Parts ©f this Kingdom, as aifo in Ireland, and other his Majefty's Dominions, which 1 fhan'ifeftly tend to the common Grievance, Prejudice and Inconvenienoe of great Numbers of your 1 Majefty's Subjects la their Trade or Commerce, and other their Affairs;, and the Perfons who con.- ' trive Corporations
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