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- Parliament, of the faid Sum of one hundred fixty-nine thoufand Pounds, or fo much thereof as fliould
' be advanced on the Ad laft mentioned, unto the refpeftive Contributors of the fame, or to fuch Pcr-
- fon or Perfons as by, from or under them fliould bj then intitled to the fame Annuities, after the Rate
- of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, in refpect of the Money fo advanced, according to fuch Intel
' as they refpeftively fhould then have in the fame Annuities, and alfo upon full Payment mid Satisfac- ' tion of all Arrears of the fame Annuities, after the Rate of five Pounds per (Jcntum per Annum, if any
- fliould be then due; then, and not till then, the faid laft _ mentioned Annuities, after the Rate of five
- Pounds per Centum per Annum, fliould alfo ccafc and determine : And whereas the Contributions upon
- the Claufes in the Aft laft mentioned for fuch Annuities aforefaid, did amount to the faid whole Sum
- of one hundred fixty-nine thoufand Pounds ; and the Annuities which were payable in refpect of the
' fame, did amount to the faid yearly Sum of eight thoufand four hundred and fifty Pounds, and fince the ' making of the Aft laft in Part before recited, as much of the faid Capital Stock laft mentioned, as
- amounted to one hundred thirty-feven thoufand five hundred twenty-fix Pounds fix Shillings and eight
' Pence, and as many of the fame Annuities attending the fame Stock as amounted to fix thoufand eight hun-
- dred feventy-fix Pounds fix Shillings and four Pence per Annum, have been fubferibed into the Capital Stock
- and Fund of the South-Sea Company, and as much of the faid Capital Stock of one hundred fixty-nine
- thoufand Pounds as amounted to thirty-one thoufand four hundred feventy-three Pounds thirteen Shillings
' and four Pence, and as many of the faid Annuities attending the fame as amounted to one thoufand five ' hundred feventy-three Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence per Annum, ftill remain transferable at ' the Bank, and devifeablc as aforefaid, and payable by the faid Cafhier of the Governor and Company
- of the Bank of England for the Time being ;' Now we your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts,
the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament alTembled, being fully determined that the faid Annuities or Sums, amounting to ten thoufand one hundred ninety-one Pounds four Shillings and three Pence per An- num, and one thoufand five hundred feventy-three Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence per Annum, feverally payable after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum as aforefaid, by the faid Cafhier of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England for the Time being, fhall tie redeemed at the End Annuities pay- of one Year next after the Feaft of the Annunciation of the Welled Virgin Mary in the Year of our Lord j! b!e ty lhe Ca " one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, by paying to the faid Cafhier for the Time being, the faid j^ &c e w |,en feveral Sums of two hundred and three thoufand eight hundred twenty-four Pounds five Shillings, and reliable, &c. thirty-one thoufand four hundred feventy-three Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence; and fuch Ar- rears (if any) as fhall then be due upon the faid Annuities, amounting to ten thoufand one hundred nine- ty-one Pounds four Shillings and three Pence per Annum, and one thoufand five hundred feventy-three Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence per Annum, for the Ufe of fuch Perfon and Perfons, Body and Bodies Politick and Corporate, as fhall then be entitled to the fame, according to fuch Intereft as they refpeftively fhall then have therein, do moft humbly pray your Majefty, That it may be enafted, and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That on or before the faid Feaft of the Annunciation of the blefled Virgin Mary in the Year one Speaker of the thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, the prefent, or then Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, may Houfe of Com- give or leave Notice in Writing at the Office of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England., mon /| r ° not,f y That the Honourable Houfe of Commons will, at the Feaft of the Annunciation of the bleffed V irgin wHtin&the '" Mary one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, redeem the faid Annuities amounting to one thoufand Time of Re- five hundred feventy-three Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence per Annum. demption, &c. II. And it is hereby enafted, That fuch Notice fo to be given or left, and the Notice which the faid Thi» and former Speaker of the faid Houfe of Commons did, on the five and twentieth Day of December one thoufand feven Notices to be hundred and twenty-two, purfuant to an Order of the fame Houfe, give or leave at the faid Office, for | ood 3ni ' fuf_ redeeming all fuch Annuities, purchafed after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, on the Aft "^ s[ a t 2 firft above recited, as had not been fubferibed into the Capital Stock of the South-Sea Company, fliall Ct lg ,' hy Force and Virtue of this Aft be and be deemed, adjudged and taken to be good and fufficient Notice, within the true Intent and Meaning of the faid feveral Afts of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, for redeeming as well the faid Annuties, amounting to ten thoufand one hundred ninety-one Pounds four Shillings and three Pence per Annum, as the faid Annuities amounting to one thoufand five hundred fe- venty-three Pounds thirteen Shillings and eight Pence per Annum, at the faid Feaft of the Annunciation of the blefTed Virgin Mary one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four, and the fame fliall be redeem- able accordingly; any Thing in the faid Afts of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, or either of them, or in any other Aft or Afts of Parliament contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' III. And whereas an Aft of Parliament was made and pafTed in the third Year of your Majefty's 3 Geo. 1, c, 7. '.Reign, intituled, An Ail for redeeming the Duties and Revenues which were fettled to pay off Principal and ' Intereft on the Orders made [forth on four Lottery- Ails paffed in the ninth and tenth Years of her late Majefty's ' Reign ; and for redeeming certain Annuities payable on Orders out of the hereditary Excife, according to a 4 former Ail in that Behalf; and for eftablijhing a general yearly Fund, not only for the future Payment of An-
- nuities at feveral Rates, to be payable and transferable at the Bank of England, and redeemable by Parlia-
- ment ; but alfo to raife Money for fuch Proprietors of the faid Orders, as fhall chufe to be paid their Principal
- and Arrears of Intereft in ready Money ; and for making good fuch other Deficiencies ana Payments as in this
' AH are mentioned ; and for taking off the Duties on Linfeed imported and Britifh Linen exported, in and by ' which Aft (amongft other Things therein contained) a certain yearly Sum, amounting to feven hun-
- dreJ twenty-four thoufand eight hundred forty-nine Pounds fix Shillings and ten Pence and one fifth
- Part of a Penny per Annum, from the Feaft of Saint Michael the Archangel in the Year of our Lord one
H h h 2 ' thoufand .
