A. D. 1750. Anno viceiimo tertio Ge org 11 II. C. i. 217 the Advice and Confeiit of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefcnt Parliament Hilembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That.any Perfon or Perfoiis, Bodies Politick or Corporate^ who now or hereafter maybe interefled in, or intitled unto, any. Part of the faid National Debt re- Perrons intersfl- dceniable by Law, incurred before Michaelmas one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, amounting in ^^ >" t'^'= N->- the Whole to the Sum of fifty-feven millions feven hundred three thouland four hundred feventy-five Pounds "°"^' P lix Shillings and four Pence Halfpenny, which now carries an Intereft after the P>.ate of four Pounds />«■ r'T -o"""7/? Centum per Anr.nm^ and who have or fnall, on or before the faid twenty-eighth Day oi February oae thou- (, I', i^^a'. ■^q'. fand feven hundred and forty-nine, fabfcribe their Names, or fignify their Confent, to accept of an Intereft which now'car. of three Pounds per Centum per Annum, to commence from the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one "'^^ ^^ I-'tereft thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, fubjecl to the fame Provifoes, Notices, and Claufes of Redemption, °h'* (i^'iT ^'"'^' which their refpeftive Yoxr per Cents -ixt novt liable to, fhall, in lieu of their prefent Interefl: be intitled (Vntto^jcccp"" imto, and receive an Interefl: of four Pounds per Centum per Annum-, until the faid twenty-frfth Day of De- of 3 1. per Cent. cembcr one thoufand feven hundred and fifty; and from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of December or.e fiom 25 Dec. ■thoufand feven hundred and fifty, an Interefl of three Pounds ten Shillings per Centum per Annum, until the '757. S:all re- "faid tv/enty -fifth Day of J^i'fi'ffz/'ijr one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven; and no Part of the fame, p^'™ * 'vr except what is due to the EaJI India Company, fhall be liable to be redeemed till after the faid twenty-fifth 2rD"ec.'i7ro Day of December one thoufand kvtn hundred and fifty-feven. and 3 1. jo s.' per Cent, until 2; Dec. 1757. 23 Geo. 2. c. 22. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the feveral Annuities of four Pounds per The raid Anniii- Ciiitum per Annujn, now payable in refpecPc of the faid Principal Sum of fifty-feven millions feven hundred tics made pav- three thoufand four hundred feventy-five Pounds fix Shillings and four Pence Halfpenny, to the Proprietors able and tram- thereof, and by this Aft continued to them until the faid twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven ^rrabls in;he hundred and fifty, as alfo the feveral and refpeclive reduced Annuities of three Pounds ten Shillings per^^^'^^^^^^"^^ Centum per Annum, and three Pounds per Centum per Annum, by this Act made payable in lieu thereof, from unities the refpeflive Days therein mentioned, fhall, during the refpe6live Continuances thereof, be paid and pay- able to the refpedfive Perfons and Corporations intitled thereunto, their Executors, Adminiilrators and Af- •figns, at the fame refpeftive Offices and Places, and out of the fame Duties, E.evenues and Incomes, and at fuch Time or Times, and fhall be affignable, transferrable and difpofeable, in the fame Manner and Form, as the faid Annuities of four Pounds per Centum per Annum are novi? payable, affignable, tranf- • ferrable and difpofeable, by the refpe£live Afts or Statutes now in P'orce, for or concerning the fame, and (-..jj-.a to R-- .a« if this prefent Aft had never been made, fubjeft neverthelefs to Redemption by Parliament, from the (jemmion alter .'faid twenty-fifth Day of Z)^cj/7;ivr one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, in Manner herein after -men- 25 Dec. 1757. ~ tioned; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof, in any wife notwithftanding. ' ill. And v/hereas Books have been already opened in Purfuance of a Refolution of the Commons of ' Great Britain, in this SeiTion of Parliament, in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of his Majelly's ' Exchequer at Wejiminjier, and alfo at the refpeftive Offices of the Governor and Company of the Bank ' of -England, and of the faid Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South ' Seas, and for encouraging the Fifhery, commonly called the South Sea Company, for taking in the Sub- ' fcriptions, or receiving the Confents of fuch Perfons or Corporations, as now are, or fliall be, interefted ' in, or intitled unto, any Part of the faid Annuities or Interefts, after the faid Rate of four Pounds /><■>• ' Centum per Annum, who are willing to accept of an Annuity of three Pounds X.e.r.'s>Y gi per Centum per ' Annum, in lieu thereof, from the faid tv/enty-fifth 'D?iy o'i December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, ' until the faid tvi-enty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, and of an Annuity ' of three Founds per Centum per Annum, from the faid tv/enly-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven ' himdred and fifty-feven, in fuch Manner as hath already been, or hereafter fhall be direfted in that Be- ' half : And whereas in Purfuance of the faid Refolution, Notices have already been affixed in the Office of ' the Auditor of the faid Receipt of Exchequer, and in other the publick Offices aforefaid, and at the Royal ' Exchange of London, and alfo publifhed in the London Gc.-z.ctie, t'^at the Book or Books for taking in the faid ' Subicriptions, or receiving the faid Confents, were laid open i.j the faid Receipt of Exchequer, and i;i ' other the Publick Offices aforefaid, to the End the Proprietors of the faid Annuities, after the faid Rate of ' four Pounds per Centum per Annum, might be apprized thereof, and make their Subfcriptions, or give their ' Confents, in the faid refpeftive Book or Books, under a proper Preface to be prepared for that Purpofe, ' by fubfcribing their refpeftive Sums, Names, and Places of Abode, with his, her or their refpeftive pro- ' per Additions : And whereas it may fo happen, that notwithflanding the faid feveral Notices, many of ' the Perfons or Corporations intitled to the faid Annuities or Intcrefts, after the faid Rate of four Pounds ' per Centum per Annum, may hitherto have omitted to make fuch Subfcriptions, or give their Confents in the faid Books, in the Manner before-mentioned;' Be it therefore enadfed by the Authority aforefaid, -"!nt the faid feveral and refpeiftive Books fhall conil-antly be opened at the faid Receipt of Exchequer, and Books to be ' her the Publick Offices aforefaid, for that Purpofe every Day, Sundays only excepted, until the faid twenty- onen ai the Ex- eighth Day of February one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, inclufive, and no longer; fubjedf nc-<:'i=q""", ^-c verthelefs to fuch further Diredfion?, with refpeft to the taking in or receiving fuch Subfcriptions or Con- "" -? ^* fents from the Proprietors of the faid Annuities of four Pounds per Centum per Annum, as fliall or may be l?'^^'- "^ ^^^' 1 1 /■■< -A- r 1 T' r 1 r 1 1 • I T-' 1 -1/ uripttons of th given by the Commnnoners of the 1 realury, or any three or more or them now b;ing, or the High i rea- a i. percent, ' furer, or any three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the time being, for the Benefit and Ad- See 23 Geo. 2. vantage of the Publick; and it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Proprietors of the faid Annuities of':- 22. four FounAs per Centum per Annum, or fuch Perfon or Perfons, as he, fhe or they fliall refpccfively autho- ' rize and impower by Writing in that Behalf, to fubfcribe or confent for them, in Manner sforcfaid, to have free Accefs to the faid feveral Books, at all feafonable Hours, and they have hereby Pov/er to make their Subfcriptions, or give their Confents therein, for the Wh le Sum or Sums due to them, or any of Vol. VII. 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