134- C. 8. Anno tertio Georgii Regis. A. D. 1716. Annuities one any Fraud, Negligence or Delay; and that all the Monies to be advanced as aforefaid, for fuch Annuities, •Capital Stock, {hall be one capital or joint Stock on which the faid Annuity fhall be attending; and that all Perfons and Corporations, in proportion to the faid Monies by them respectively advanced, fhall have a Share in fuch ■Shares affigna- Stock, and in the proportional Annuity attending the fame; and that all fuch Shares fhall be affignable, hie, &c. transferable and devifeable in the fame Manner as is prescribed by Act of Parliament made in the firft I. c°'zi'. m ' Year of his ^Majefty's Reign touching the Annuities after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum NoStamp-du- therein mentioned; and that no Stamp-duties whatfoever fhall be chargeable on fuch Transfers; and that ■ties for Tranf- the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of E-igland, (notwithflanding the Redemption of all or iferj,:&c„ any of their own Funds or Annuities) fhall continue a Corporation, to all Intents and Purpofes relating only to the receiving, paying or accounting for the faid Annuities not exceeding the faid Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum laft mentioned, till the fame fhall be redeemed by Parliament, in fuch Pro- portions, and according to fuch AcT; or Acts as fhall be made or paffed concerning the fame; and that no Fees or Gratuity fhall or may be demanded or taken of any of his Majefty's Subjects for paying the faid Annuities lair, mentioned, or for any fuch Transfers; nevertheless the Commiflioners of the Treafury, or the High-treafurer for the Time being, fhall have Power to allow out of the Monies to be impretleJ, as aforefaid, fuch Salaries and Allowances as they fhall think reafonable, to the faid Cafhier and Accountant- general for the Time being respectively, for their Pains and Charges relating to the Payments and Ac- counts of the faid Annuities fo to be purchafed after a Rate not exceeding five Pounds per Centum per An- num, as aforefaid, and the Charges of palling fuch Accounts, and being difcharged of the fame. Transfers not LI. And it is hereby enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That all Transfers or Assignments ■liable to higher f Stock or additional Stock in the Books of the faid Governor and Company, fhall not hereafter be or be than are now mac ^ c H^ble to any higher or greater Duties than are now payable for the fame. payable. W ^11. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeftd, That for the greater Eafe and Difpatch of the Exchequer-bills publick Bufinefs at the Exchequer, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Commiflioners of the Trea- ot'50001. each, fury, or any three or more of them now being, or for the High-treafurer, or any three or more of the <mt exceeding Commiflioners of the Treafury for the Time being, and they are hereby authorized an J enjoined, upon ver'd'to theBink ■^■ e< J ue ^ to ^ e ma ^ e by the faid Governor and Company, or their Succelfors, to caufa Exchequer-bills of in lieu of letter five thousand Pounds each (fo as they do not exceed fifty fuch Bills In the whole, over and above the Bills Bills of the like for five thoufand Pounds each trade fbr.h by any former Act of Parliament in that Behalf) to be made Vabe, forth at the Receipt of the Exchequer, and to be delivered to the faid Governor and Company in lieu of the like Value of the Principal conained in Exchequer-bills for IeiTer Sums now {landing out as aforefaid, to be delivered up at the fame Time by the fail Governor and Company to be cancelled and difcharged, and current only to be kept there; which new Bills or five thoufand Pounds each, fhall be current only in Payments between ■between the the Exchequer and the Bank of England, and in all other Refpects fhall be subject to the fame Rules, Me- Ext! " c i u " and thods, Continuance, Power of Redemption, and carry the like Interefl, and have the fame Security, Be- nefits and Advantages; and the fame Pains of Death, and other Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures for any Crime or Offence relating thereunto, fhall be inflicted, incurred and put in Execution, as if they had been Bills originally ilTued in purfuance of the faid former Acts, or any of them; any Thing therein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. Sank may aflign LIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforifaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Annuities, the faid Governor and Company, and their Succeflbrs, at any Time or Times, by Writing under their common Seal, to affign the faid Annuities of eighty-eight thoufand feven hundred and hfty-cne Pounds feven Shillings and ten Pence Half-penny, and one hundred thoufand Pounds by this Act granted, as aforefaid, or either of them, or any Part of or Interefl in them, or either of them, or in any Part thereof, as alio fuch Annuities after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum, and the faid two Millions five hundred thoufand Pounds, or fo much thereof as fhall be advanced by the faid Governor and Company in purfu- ance of this Act, or any Part of fuch laft mentioned Annuities, to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, and fo as they enter fo toties quoties which faid Aflignments fliall not be revokable or fubject to any Tax; fo always that an iU e A ^ aTB k Entry or Memorandum of fuch Aflignments as fhall be fo made, be made in a Book or Books for that Pur- inThe Auditor's P°'" e ' n the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, for which Entry no Fee or Reward ■Office. fhall be taken. Not to obftruft LIV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That no- the making good thing in this Act cont ined fhall hinder or obstruct, or be conftrued to hinder or obstruct the making good the Deficiencies anv Oehciency or Deficiencies, which at any Time or Times fhall happen of or in the yearly Fund of W en 1 intheyeaT (? ne hundred and fixteen thoufand five hundred feventy-three Pounds twelve Shillings mentioned in an Act FundV yLa ' y of Parliament of the firft Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ail for rectifying Mi/takes in the 1 16,573!. 12 s. Names of the Commijfioners for the Land-tax for the Tear one thoufand [even undred and fourteen; and for 1 Geo. 1. flat, raifing fo much as is wanting to make up the Sinn of fourteen hundred th:ujand Pounds, intended to be raijed by a
- '- Q,2 ~ Lottery for the publick Service in the faid Year, but that every fuch Deficiency fhall and may be made good
and fatisfied out of any the publick unappropriated Pvlonies, as if this Aft had never been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. Vote of the LV. And it is hereby declared and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That any Vote or Refolution of Houfe of Com- t jj e Houfe of Commons, fignified by the Speaker of the faid Houfe in Writing, and delivered at the pub- r°theirTeTk Iiclt Office of the faid Governor and Company, or their Succeflbrs, fhall be deemed ana adjudged to be a er, a fufficient fuflicient Notice within the Words and Meaning of this Ad; any Thing herein contained to the contrary Koike, notwithilanding. X-i V 1*
