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430 C. 6. Anno nono Ann^ Regiiise. A. D. 1710. " ther with five hundred Pounds to the firft drawn Ticket, and five hundred Founds to the laft drawn " Ticket; which will amount in the whole to fix hundred feventy-eight thoufand five hundred and fe- " venty Pounds; which Sum being added to one Million two hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds, the " Principal payable on the remaining one hundred twenty-five thoufand blank Tickets, amount together " to one Million nine hundred twenty-eight thoufand five huTidred and feventy Pounds. If one Million " five hundred thoufand Pounds be not paid in, then the Fund to be proportionable to the Sum advanced " Blanks to have ten Pounds Principal Money, and Interefl at fix Pounds ^^r Cent. The Tickets to be

  • ' put into another Box, No Money to receive after i May 1711. PublickNotice of the Time of cutting
  • ' the Tickets. The Manner of drawing the Tickets. The Manner of the fecond Drawing for the
  • ' Courfe of Payment. A Table of the Courfe of Payment to be printed. Managers to adjudge to whom

" the fortunate Tickets belong. Fortunate Tickets to be printed. Forging Tickets Felony. Mana-

  • ' gers may commit Forgers. Managers to make a Book of the Fortunate, and tranfmit it to the Exche-
  • ' quer. Payments to be half-yearly. Managers to be fworn : Their Oath. Penalty on Officers of the
  • ' Exchequer and other Officers offending. Money lent Tax-free. Tickets to be exchanged for fi-and-

" ing Orders. Notice to be given in the Gazette of the Times for taking in Tickets, and delivering out

  • ' Orders. Orders to be numbered in Courfe, and Payment accordingly. Any Number of Tickets, not
  • ' exceeding one hundred, may be included in one Order, fo as they be in the fame thoufand. Several
  • ' Orders for fmall Sums in the fame thoufand, may be exchanged into one Order for larger Sums, The

" Monies arifing by this Aft, to be applied to pay of the Principal and Interefl. Deficiency of one " Year to be made good out of the firft Money to arife in the next Year. Surplus of every Year to be " applied to pay Principal. Publick Notice to be given when Orders {hall become payable. Ten " Pounds per Cent, allowed on the firft Payment. Six VoundiS per Cent, on the other three Payments.

  • ' Receiver to have one Penny in the Pound, isc. Receivers may take in Monies before they receive

" their Books. Contributor advancing one Part of the Payment, and failing in the reft, forfeits what " paid. Treafury to appoint a Paymafter, &c. Affignments of all ftanding Orders to be regiftred. Of- " ficers to be paid out of the Monies arifing by this A.di. Treafury may divide extraordinary Benefits of " two thoufand Pounds or upwards, into Orders of five hundred Pounds, ^e. If Principal and Intereft " be fully difcharged before the thirty-two Years, then Duties to ceafe. Overplus difpofable by Parlia- " ment. Guardians may contribute for Infants. [This Fund is redeemed, and the omitted Sedtions are " expired.]" 40 tils "of Linen ' LIII. And whereas a Doubt may arife whether all Pieces of Linen Cloth under forty Ells exported Cloth to pay 6 a. ' jj-e liable to the Duty of fix Pence, by this A61 or any former Adt impofed, and hereby revived;' It is ou Exportation, j^gj.|,|,y provided and enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That only forty Ells of Linen Cloth, exported to foreign Parts, fhall pay fix Pence, and after that Rate for a greater or lefler Quantity of Ells; any Thing in this or any former Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Coals for melt- ' LIV. And whereas all the Copper Ores found within the County oi Cornwall, are carried to be ing Copper in « melted at fuch Places where Coals pay no Duty;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from Cornwall, &c. to ^^^ jjftgj. {^g eighth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and ten, all Coals that fhall be ufed for oflhe^Dutr. melting Copper and Tin Ores within the Counties oi Cornwall 3.ndi Devon, for which Duties have been firft anfwered, fliall upon Proof by Oath made before the Cuftomer orColleftor of the faid Duties (which Oath he is hereby impowered to adminifter) have a Drawback for all the Duties on the faid Coals to be paid by the Colleftor of the Duties to fuch Perfon fo making Proof as aforefaid. ^ortecf anflf ^^ ' ^'^^ ^'^^ ^^^ Encouragement of the Iron Manufafture ol Great Britain, Be it further enafted by tovvards"export- the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand kv&n ei, to have no hundred and eleven, there fhall not be allowed any Drawback, or Re-payment of Cuftoms or Duties Drawback. charged upon any Iron or Steel that hath or fliall be imported into Great Britain, and afterwards export- See farther 23 gj jq or for her Majefty's Plantations or Colonies in America; any Claufe in any former Aft to the con- ^oGe'o'i^I'ie trary notwithftanding, 30 eo.i..c. I . t LVI. And whereas, notwithftanding an Aft made in the tenth Year of the Reign of the late King Aft 10 W. 3. ' William, intituled, Jn J£t for fupprejjing of Lotteries, and the Prohibitions and Penalties therein fe- c. 17. concern- <■ yg^al Perfons of late have prelumed, contrary to the Intent of the faid Aft, to fei up Lotteries in Imi- b^'iit^n'Execu- ' *^"°" of the Lottery direfted to be drawn by Virtue of an Aft of the laft Seffion of Parliament, and tion" ' ' Other Lotteries, which are prejudicial to the Publick, and tend greatly to defraud her Majefty's Sub- « Amended and ' jefts;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Aft of the tenth Year of the late enforced by 12 King WiLLiAM, fhall be put in Execution : And for the more effeftual fuppreffing and preventino- fuch Ceo. 2.C. z8.' unlawful Lotteries, the Juftices of the Peace, and all Mayors, Bailiffs, Head Officers, Conftables, and other her Majefty's Civil Officers, within- their refpeftive Jurifdiilions, are hereby impowered and re- quired to ufe their utmoft Endeavours to prevent the Drawing of any fuch unlawful Lottery, heretofore or hereafter to be fet up, by all lawful Ways and Means; and that every Perfon who after the eighth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and ten fhall fet up, or fhall by Writing or Printing, publifh the Perfons fettlng fetting up any fuch unlawful Lottery, with Intent to have fuch Lottery drawn, fhall forfeit for every fuch up luchLotte- Oflcnce one hundred Pounds, to be recovered by Information, Bill, Plaint or Aftion at Law, in any of Telfarltcr^io^' '^'^ ^^'^i^^Y'^ Courts at Wejimirfcr, wherein no Eflbin, Wager of Law, nor any more than one Impar- J,in![. 26'/- '^""^^ ^° ^ allowed; one third Part thereof to the Ufe of her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors; one ,c9." ether third Part thereof to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifli where fuch Offence fhall be committed; and 5 Ceo. I. c 9. the other third Part thereof, together with full Colts, to the Party who fhall inform, and fue for the fame. /• 43- 8 Gca. I. c, 2./. 36. 9 Geo. i, c, 19. 6 do, z, c, 35. 12 Cm, z, c, 28, 13 Gen. 2, c. ig, 29 Geo, z, c. 7./. 26. « LVII, And