if this prefent act had not been made; and if it fhall appear, after the application thereof, that any money fhall remain unfatisfied for principal or interest upon the register of loans kept at the exchequer, by virtue or in pursuance of the faid acts of the ninth and tenth years of her late Majefty's reign or either of 9 Ann. c. 22, them, then fuch remainder fo unfatisfied fhall be paid and dif- 10 Ann. c. 11, charged out of the first monies to be raised or paid in part of the faid fum of three hundred and fixty thousand pounds; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

I Geo, 1.

ftat. 2. c. 23

XI. And it is hereby enacted, That all fuch powers, pro- The powers, vifoes, directions and claufes contained in the faid recited acts &c. in the of the ninth and tenth years of her faid late Majefty's reign, former acts and in the faid act of the first year of his Majesty's reign, or in continued. any other act or acts of parliament touching the building and repairing of the said churchs, and any other matters and things therein specified, as are now in force and are not taken away or altered by this present act, fhall continue and be in force to all intents and purposes, as if the fame powers, directions, provifoes and clauses were repeated and re-enacted in the body of this act. XII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority a- His Majefty forefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the King's may appoint majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, from time to time, by com- for the commiffioners million or letters patents under the great feal of Great Britain, churches. to nominate, constitute and appoint such persons to be commiffioners to execute all and every the powers in the said recited acts of the ninth and tenth years of her faid late Majefty's reign, and of the first year of his Majefty's reign, which do or fhall remain to be executed, and all the powers in this present act, touching the building and repairing of the faid churches, and other matters by fuch commiffioners to be done and performed, and to observe fuch directions as fhall be moft conducible to his Majefty's gracious and pious intentions in the premiffes.

XIII. And to the end a good and fufficient fund and security may be fettled and established for raising the fum of five hundred and five thousand nine hundred ninety and five pounds, part of the faid fum of five hundred twenty eight thousand three hundred and twenty pounds one fhilling and nine pence, for making good the fupply granted to his Majesty in this feffion of parliament: be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That After Ladyyearly and every year, from and after the feaft of the annuncia- day 1717, for tion of the bleffed Virgin Mary one thousand seven hundred 32 years and nineteen, for and during the term of thirty two years from 30,5591. 143. thence next immediately enfuing, the full fum of thirty thou- the fund for fand five hundred fifty and nine pounds and fourteen fhillings the fortunate per annum, by or out of the monies of or for the said several duties on coals and culm by this act appropriated or intended to be appropriated as aforefaid, shall be and by this act is declared and enacted to be a particular fund and fecurity for answering and paying, as well the principal as the intereft of the fortunate lots or chances herein after mentioned, in fuch course, manner and form as are hereafter in this act prefcribed in that

behalf;

per ann. to be

lots.

Any perfons may be con

tributors.

behalf and the commiffioners of his Majesty's treasury now being, and the high treasurer and under treasurer of the exchequer, and the commiffioners of the treasury of his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors for the time being, are hereby ftrictly enjoined and required to cause the said yearly fum of thirty thoufand five hundred fifty nine pounds and fourteen fhillings to be from time to time fet apart, iffued and applied according to this act, out of the duties arifing as aforefaid; any former law or ftatute to the contrary notwithstanding.

XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for any perfon or perfons, natives or foreigners, bodies politick or corporate, to contribute or advance, for or towards raifing the faid fum of five hundredand five thoufand nine hundred and ninety five pounds, by paying, at or before the respective days and times in this act limited in that behalf, to any receiver or receivers to be appointed for that purpose, as is herein after mentioned, the fum of three pounds, or divers intire fums of three pounds upon this act; and that for raising the said sum of five hundred and five thousand nine hundred ninety five pounds, any person who will become contributor or adventurer, fhall or may advance the fum of three pounds, for which fums fo advanced he, fhe or they, in case of a fortunate lot, fhall be entitled to receive, by virtue of this act, fuch principal money and intereft for the fame, to be paid, as herein after is mentioned, by and out of the faid particular fund of thirty thousand five hundred fifty and nine pounds and fourteen fhillings per annum, fettled by this act; and that every fuch contributor or adventurer may advance as many intire fums of three pounds, as he, fhe or they fhall think fit ; and for every fuch fum of three pounds fo advanced he, the or they, if fortunate, is and are to be interested in one lot or fhare of and in the fame yearly fund by virtue of this act: and the fame intire fums of three pounds each are hereby appointed to be paid to fuch receiver or receivers at or before the respective days and times and in the refpective proportions herein after Times of pay-mentioned, that is to fay, one third part thereof on or before the fifteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and nineteen, and the remaining two third parts thereof on or before the fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and nineteen,

ment.

Treafury to appoint managers. Books to be prepared with two columns. Treasury to appoint receivers. Managers to examine the books. Tickets how to be delivered out. Books to be re-delivered to the managers by 20 May 1719. Tickets not difpofed of to be delivered into the Exche quer to be cancelled. E X P.

XVIII. And whereas in and by one aft of this feffion of parliament, intituled, An act for applying certain overplus monies and further fums to be raised, as well by way of a lottery as by loans, towards paying off and cancelling exchequer bills, and for leffening the prefent great charge in relation to those bills, and for

circulating

circulating and exchanging for ready money the refidue of the
fame bills for the future, it is enacled, That one hundred fixty
eight thousand fix hundred fixty five tickets therein mentioned fhall be
rolled up and put into a box to be marked with the letter (A) and fe-
cured as in the fame alt is prescribed; and that books shall be prepared,
in which every leaf shall be divided or diftinguished into two columns;
and that upon the innermost of those two columns there fhall be print-
ed one bundred fixty eight thousand fix hundred fixty five tickets, and
that upon the outermost of those two columns there shall be printed one
hundred fixty eight thousand fix hundred fixty five tickets; and that
twenty eight thousand one hundred and nine, part of thofe contained
in the outermoft columns of the books laft mentioned, fhall be and be
called the fortunate tickets, to which the prizes or benefits fhall be-
long, as is therein mentioned; and the faid fortunate tickets fball be
written upon, as well in figures as in words at length, in manner
following, that is to fay, upon one of them, twenty thousand pounds
principal money; upon two of them feverally, ten thousand pounds
principal money; upon every one of four of them severally, five thou
Jand pounds principal money; upon every one of thirty of them feve-
rally, one thousand pounds principal money; upon every one of seventy
of them feverally, five hundred pounds principal money; upon every
one of four hundred and four of them feverally, one hundred pounds
principal money; upon every one of eight hundred of them feverally,
fifty pounds principal money; upon every one of fourteen hundred and
eight of them feverally, five and twenty pounds principal money; and
upon every one of twenty five thousand three hundred and ninety of
them feverally, ten pounds principal money: which principal fums, to-
gether with five hundred pounds principal money to be allowed to the
owner of the firft-drawn ticket, and five thousand pounds principal
money to the owner of the laft-drawn ticket, (befides the benefits which
may happen to belong to the two tickets laft mentioned) do amount in
the whole to five hundred thousand pounds; and that all the tickets
contained in the outermoft columns of the last-mentioned books, fball be
carefully rolled up and put into another box to be marked with the let-
ter (B), to be alfo fecured as in the fame act is prescribed; and that
on or before the twenty fourth day of September one thousand feven
hundred and nineteen the faid feveral boxes, with the tickets therein,
fhall be brought into the Guild-hall of the city of London; and that
the tickets therein shall be drawn, and the fortunate tickets afcertain-
ed, adjusted and fettled in the manner and within fuch time as are
therein mentioned, as by the fame act, relation being thereunto bad,
may more fully appear. Now in regard the tickets prescribed by
this present act do confift of the fame numbers, and are to be
attended with the fame chances with thofe appointed to be pre-
pared by the act laft before recited: it is hereby further enacted
by the authority aforefaid, That the chance of every ticket for Every chance
which
of this lottery
any money fhall be contributed on this prefent act (whe- to be deter-
ther the fame shall happen to be a prize or a blank) fhall be de- mined by the
termined by the drawing of the tickets upon the said other act; drawing of
fo that in every cafe where any numbred ticket upon the draw- the other lot-
ing by the faid other act shall be entitled to a prize in principal 5 Geo. 1. c. 3.

money,

tery.

All furplus money difpofeable by parliament.

money, the ticket of the like number to be made forth upon this prefent act fhall be entitled to a prize of the like value in principal money; and in every cafe where any numbred ticket upon the drawing by the faid other act shall not be a prize, the ticket of the like number to be made forth upon this present act shall likewife be deemed to be an unfortunate ticket, to which no prize fhall belong.

The method of drawing to afcertain the courfe of payment. An exact table of the courfe of payment to be printed. Fortunate tickets to be brought to the managers within 30 days after drawing. Fortunate tickets to be printed. Forging or counterfeiting tickets felony. Managers to enter fortunate tickets in a book, and tranfmit it into the Exchequer. Interest to be paid quarterly. Firft payment at St. John Baptift's day 1719. Managers to be fworn. Their oath. All receipts and iffues at the exchequer to be gratis, &c. Money lent tax-free. Fortunate tickets to be exchanged for standing orders. Orders in the fame course of payment to be numbred according to their bringing in. Orders to be paidnumerically, &c. and affignable. Several orders in the fame thoufand may be turned into one order, not exceeding sool. in one order. The fund of 30,5591. 148. per annum appropriated for paying intereft and principal. No undue preference if fubfequent orders be paid before other perfons that did not come to take their money. Monies of one year proving deficient, to be paid out of the next year. Notice in the London Gazette, and by writing to be hung up in the office, to be given of what courses are in payment. Receivers may take in money before they receive their books. Contributor advancing one third, and not the remaining two thirds by 15 May 1719. the first third forfeited, &c. Treafury to appoint officers to pay intereft and principal, and to regifter all affignments of orders, &c. All affignments to be registred without fee. Ex traordinary benefits of 1000l. or upwards, may be divided into feveral ftanding orders, &c. Guardians may fubfcribe for infants. The overplus of the duties on coals quarterly, to make good the refidual fum of 22,325l. 1s. 9d. The managers and incident charges to be paid out of the duties on coals. EX P.

XLII. And it is hereby enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all the furplus, excels, or overplus monies, which thall or may quarterly, or at the end of any quarter of a year, during the faid term of thirty two years, arife by the faid duties on coals and culm hereby appropriated, as aforefaid (over and above fo much as fhall be fufficient to discharge the monies then due and incurred on the faid particular fund of twenty one thou fand pounds per annum, and on the faid particular fund, not exceeding thirty thousand five hundred fifty nine pounds and fourteen thillings per annum, and over and above the necessary charges for executing this act, and over and above the monies applicable by this act, to fatisfy the faid refidual sum of twenty two thousand three hundred twenty five pounds one fhilling and nine pence) and that all the furplus, excefs, or overplus monies which thall or may arife and remain of or for the faid duties on coals and culm hereby appropriated, as aforefaid, after the faid fum of three hundred and fixty thousand pounds to be charged on the faid particular fund of twenty one thou fand pounds per annum, and after all the principal and intereft to be charged, as aforefaid, on the said particular fum of thirty thousand five hundred fifty nine pounds and fourteen shillings

per

per annum, and after the said refidual fum of twenty two thoufand three hundred twenty five pounds one fhilling and nine pence, and the faid neceffary charges of executing this act, shall be entirely paid off, discharged and fatisfied, (or fufficient money shall be set off for those purposes) fhall be kept apart and referved for the difpofition of parliament, and fhall not be difpofed or applied to any use or purpose whatsoever, but by authority of parliament, and according to fuch future act or acts of parliament as shall be made and paffed for the difpofition thereof.

private lot

XLIII. And whereas notwithstanding the feveral good acts of par- Claufe for the liament heretofore made against private lotteries, feveral perfons more effectual have given publick notice for taking fubfcriptions for the fale of the fuppreffing chances, or part of the chances to arife on the tickets, to be iffued by teries. 5 Geo. virtue of the faid act, intituled, An act for applying certain over-1. c. 3. plus monies, and further fums to be raised, as well by way of lottery as by loans, towards paying off and cancelling exchequer bills, and for leffening the present great charge in relation to thofe bills; and for circulating and exchanging for ready money the refidue of the fame bills for the future, not being poffeffed of the tickets on which fuch chances, or parts of chances are propofed to be fold, thereby erecting another lottery, or entring into an undertaking refembling a lottery, for their private benefit, on the foot of the lottery fo erected by parliament, to the great and manifeft preju dice of the publick credit, and in open contempt of the faid acts of parliament made against private lotteries: for the preventing and remedying fuch pernicious practices, be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the fame and all fuch kind of undertakings, fhall be and are hereby declared to be within the true intent and meaning of the feveral acts of parliament made against private lotteries; and the several perfon or persons, buying, felling, fubfcribing, or taking fubfcriptions for the purchase of fuch chances or lots, or part or parts of fuch chances or lots, of or on any one or more of the tickets made out, or to be made out, în pursuance of this or any other act or acts of parliament for a publick lottery, or of or on the number or numbers of any fuch ticket or tickets, without having fuch original ticket or tickets in his, her or their own cuftody and right, fhall be liable to, and fuffer the feveral pains, penalties and forfeitures inflicted by any former act or acts of parliament, upon fuch as fhall be concerned in private lotteries: and further, That if at any time or times, after the twentieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, any perfon or perfons shall presume to fell, or take fubfcriptions for the fale or fales of the lot or chance, lots or chances, or any part or parts of the lot or chance, lots or chances, of or on any one or more ticket or tickets, or of or on the number or numbers of any ticket or tickets made or to be made out in purfuance of this or any other act or acts of parliament for a publick lottery, without having fuch ticket or tickets in his, her or their cuflody or right, fuch perfon or perfons fhall, for every lot or chance, or part of lot

or