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GEORGII III. REGIS.
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CAP. XCI.
An Aft for granting to His Majefty a certain Sum of Money, to be raifed by a Lottery. [12th July 1799-]
Moft Gracious Sovereign,
rE, Your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subje&s, the Com- preambfc. mons of Great Britain, in Parliament affembled, towards raifing the neceffary Supplies to defray Your Majefty’s pub-lick Expences, have freely refolved to give and grant unto Your Majefty the Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, to be raifed by a Lottery, to confift of Fify-five thoufand Tickets, at Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence each, in fuch Manner as is herein-after directed and appointed : And whereas, pnrfuant to and upon the feveral I erms and Conditions exprcfTed in the faid Refolution, feveral Perfons have, in Books opened at the Bank of England for that Purpofe, fubfcribed together the Whole of the faid Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, and made Depofits with the Calhier or Caihiers of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, of One Pound Five Shillings and Ten-pence in re-fpe& of every fuch Ticket, Your faithful Commons do therefore moft humbly befeech Your Majefty that it may be ena&ed; and be it enatfed by the King’s moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con-fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this press S	lent
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14	39° G EORGII 111. Cup. 91.
Peifons who have mad llepo-fits, purluant to the Refolu-tion of the Houfeo.
requii s ' :o pav the Kt r of thei Sib-lcnptioi.i at-< 1 ■ in 1 mus fpecified.
fent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it (hall and may be lawful to and for all Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, who, in purfuance of the faid Refolution, (hall have, on or before the Eighteenth Day of June One thoufand feven hundred and ninety-nine, fubferibed towards the faid Suin of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, and made in refpeft thereof fuch Depofit as aforefaid, to advance and pay, and they, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, Suc-ceffors, and Alligns, are hereby required to advance and pay, unto the Cafhier or Caihicrs of the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, (which Calhier and Cathiers is and are hereby appointed the Receiver or Receivers of fuch Contributions, without any other Warrant to be had on that Behalf), the remaining Sum of Eleven Pounds and Ten Shillings, in refpeft of each Ticket fubferibed for, towards raiiing the faid Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, on or before the refpeftive Days, and in the Proportions herein after limited and appointed on that Behalf ; (that is to fay), For and in refpeft of each and every fuch Picket in the faid Lottery, the further Sum of One Pound and Ten Shillings, being Part of the Sum fo remaining unpaid, on or before the Thirteenth Day of Augujl One thoufand feven hundred and ninety-nine; the further Sum of Two Pounds, other Part thereof, on or before the Twenty-feventh Day of September then next following ; the further Sum of Two Pounds, other Part thereof, on or before the Eighth Day of November then next following ; the further Sum of Three Pounds, other Part thereof, on or before the Thirteenth Day of December then next following ; and the remaining Sum of Three Pounds, on or before the Twenty-firft Day of January One thoufand eight hundred ; and that every fuch Contributor or Adventurer in the faid Lottery, for every Sum of Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence, which he or (he (hail have fo advanced, (hall be entitled to fuch Lot or Share, upon each Fortunate Ticket belonging to him or her, as is herein mentioned ; and that every Contributor or Adventurer to the faid Lottery, who fnall pay in the Whole ot his or her Contribution Money at any Time on or before the Twelfth Day of December One thoufand feven hundred and ninety-nine, (hall be allowed an Intereil: by Way of Difcount after the Rate of Three Pounds per Centum per Annum on the Sums fo completing his or her Contributions refpeftively, to be computed from the Day of completing the fame to the Twenty-fird Day of January One thoufand eight hundred ; which Allowance is to be paid by the faid Caihier or Caihiers, out of the Monies to be contributed in purfuance of this Aft, as focn as fuch Contributors or Adventurers, their Executors, Admini-drators, Succeflors, and Afligns, (hall have completed fuch Payment ; and that all the faid Contributors or Adventurers, their Executors, Ad-minidrators, Succeflors, or Afligns, paying in the Whole of their Monies to be by them refpeftively contributed towards the faid Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, fnall have Lottery Tickets delivered to them to the Amount of the principal Sum fo by them paid for the Pur-chafe thereof, at the Rate of Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence for each Ticket, as foon as fuch Tickets can conveniently be made out.
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39° GEORGII III. Cap. 91.	715
II.	Provided always, That fuch Caihier or Cafhiers lhall give Security sY"|."f,'4've to the good Lilting of any Three or more of the Commiflioners of the th"sat»tac-Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, for duly anfwering tjon of the, and paying into the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer, for the Publick e,T"f‘tlie life, all the Monies which he or they hath or have already received, and frejiui) s
fliall hereafter receive from Time to Time, of and for the faid Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, and for accounting duly for the fame, and for Performance of the Trail hereby in him and them repofed ; and and to PiV all lhall, from Time to Time, pay all fuch Monies, as foon as he or they ^fintothe fhall receive the fame, or any Part thereof, or within Five Days after- Exchequer, •wards at the farthefl, into, and (hall account for the fame in the Exchequer, according to the due Courfe thereof, dedufting thereout fuch Sums as fhall have been paid by him or them in purfuance of this Ad; for which Sums fo paid, Allowance fhall be made in his or their Accounts.
III. And be it further enaded, That it fhall and may be lawful for comniiffiou-Three or more of the Commiflioners of the Treafury, or the High ^J.e°/ru,lhve em. Treafurer for the Time being, to ifl'ue and apply, from Time to Time, powered to all fuch Sums of Money as lhall be fo paid into the Receipt of His Majefty’s Exchequer by the faid Caihier or Caihiers, to fuch Services as IS caihier. 7 fhall then have been voted by the Commons of Great Britain in this
prefent Seffion of Parliament.
IV.	And be it further enaded, That the Sum of Five hundred too.coo/, the thoufand Pounds, Part of the faid Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and paid out of Four-pence, fhall be diilributed and divided into Prizes, to be drawn prJnfea this in the faid Lottery, in fuch Manner as is by this Ad appointed and SciUon. direded ; which faid Sum of Five hundred thoufand Pounds fhall be payable out of all or any of the Aids or Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament, in fuch Manner as is herein-after mentioned ; and the Commiflioners of His Majefty’s Treafury, or any Three or more of them, or the High Trealurer for the Time being, is or are hereby required and authorized, by Warrant or Warrants under his or their Hand or Hands, to caui'e the faid Sum of Five hundred thoufand Pounds to be iffued and paid, out of the faid Aids or Supplies, to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, to be by them diftributed and paid to and amongft the reipective Proprietors of the feveral Fortunate Tickets, in the Manner herein-after mentioned and directed, as foon as Certificates can be made out for the Sums due in rcfpect of the fame.
V.	And, for eftablifhing a proper Method for drawing the faid Lot- Minagers an ! tery, be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Perfons Diredors ot as the Commiflioners of Ilis Majefty’s Treafury, or any Three or more of them now being, or the High Treafurer, or any Three or more of the by the l ie*-Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, /hall nominate and fl“7' appoint, {hall be Managers and Direftors for preparing and delivering out Tickets, and to overi'ee the drawing ot Lots, and to order, do, and perform, fuch other Matters and Things as are hereafter in and by this Aft direfted and appointed by fuch Managers and Directors to be done and performed ; and that fuch Managers and Direftors fhall meet together, from Time to Time, at fome Publick OlKco or Place, tor the i	Executionjt,6
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GEORGII III. Cap. 91.
Method Of the Execution of the Powers and Trulls in them repofed by this Aft; and LottcryBooks. that the pajj Managers and Direftors; or fo many of them as ihall be prefent at any fuch Meeting, or the major Part of them, Ihall caufe Books to be prepared in which every Leaf (hall be divided or difhii-guifhed into Three Columns; and, upon the Innermolt of the laid Three Columns, there ihall be printed Fifty-five thoufand Tickets, to be numbered One Two, Three, and fo onwards, in an arithmetical Pro-oreffion, where the common Excels is to be One, until they rile to and for the Number of Fifty-five thoufand; and upon the middle Column, in every of the faid Books, Ihall be printed Fifty-five thoufand Tickets, of the fame Breadth and Form, and numbered in like Manner ; and, in the extreme Column of the fame Books, there ihall be printed a I bird Rank or Series of Tickets of the fame Number with thole of the other Two Columns; which Tickets ihall feverally be of an oblong Figure, and in the faid Books ihall be joined with oblique Lines, Flourilhes, or Devices, in fuch Manner as the faid Managers and Direftors, or the major Part of them, ihall think moil fafe and convenient; and that every 1 icket in the Third or extreme Column of the faid Books (hall have written or printed thereupon (befides the Number of fuch d icket,) Words or figures to this Effect:
t LOTTERY for the Year One thoufand feven hundred and ninety-nine.
< npHE Bearer of this Ticket will, by virtue of an Aft paffed in the ‘ 1 Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, be entitled . to fuch beneficial Chance as ihall belong thereto, in the Lottery to be 1 drawn purfuant to the faid Aft.’
Manners to VI. And it is hereby enafted, That the faid Managers and Direftors, examine the or fo many 0f them as ihall be prefent at any fuch Meeting, or the major ?h°e0Ticket«h Part of them fo prefent, ihall carefully examine all the faid Books with and deliver the Tickets therein, and take Care that the fame be contrived, number-<hem to the ed and mad£) according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft ; BiiiCAhing and ihall deliver, or caufe to be delivered, the fame Books, and_ every a Receipt for op 0f them, as they ihall be examined, to the Caihier or Caihiers of the limit-. the G;overnor and Company of the Bank of England, taking from luch Caihier or Caihiers an Acknowledgement in Writing, under his or their Hand or Elands, importing his or their Receipt of fuch Book or Books, and fo many Tickets therein as ihall be delivered to him or them refpec-tively that fo the faid Caihier or Caihiers may be charged to aniwer Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence in Money, for every One of the Tickets in the extreme Columns which ihall be delivered to him or them, or for fo many of them as he or they ihall not deliver back to the faid Managers and'Direftors ; and all and every fuch Caihier or Caihiers refpeftively is and are hereby direfted and required, upon his or their Receipt of every or any entire Sum of Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence, in full Payment for a 1 icket from any Perfon or Perions contributing or adventuring, as aforefaid, from Time to l ime to cut out of the faid Book or Books, fo to be put into his or their Cuftody, through the faid oblique Lines, Flourilhes, or Devices, indentwife, in the faid extreme Columns, fuch lickets as ihall be iiecetiary to be delivered to the feveral Perfons entitled thereto, as aforefaid ;
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which Tickets the faid Calhier or Cafhiers iliall fign with his or their own Name or Names, and he or they (hall permit the refpeftive Perfon or Perfons fo entitled, it it be deiired, to write his or her Name or Mark on the correfponding Hiekets in the fame Book or Books ; and at the fame Time the faid Calhier or Cafhiers iliall deliver to fuch Perfon or Perfons the Ticket or Tickets fo cut off, which he, Ihe, or they, are to keep and ufc for the better afeertaining and fecuring the Interelt which he, (lie, or they, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, Succeffors, or Affigns, (hall or may have in the Drawing of the laid Lottery.
VII.	And be it further enafted, That the faid Calhier or Calkers, on Cafhiers to or before the Thirty-firft Day of January One thoufand eight hundred,
ihall redeliver to the faid Managers and Direftors, at their laid Office or the und.fpofed Place of Meeting, all the faid Books, and therein all the Tickets which Tickets, the faid Calhier or Caihiers Iliall not have cut out of the fame, and delivered to the Perfons entitled thereto, as aforefaid ; and ihall then and there alfo deliver to the faid Managers and Directors a true and juft Ac- lA... re:ejvcj count, in Writing under his or their Hand or Hands, of all Sums of and paid in. Money accrued or come to the Hands of fuch Calhier or Cafhiers by or for the Tickets delivered, or to be delivered out, purfuant to this Aft, and how the fame, and how much thereof, (hall have been aftually paid, by fuch Calhier or Cafhiers, into the Receipt of the Exchequer^ for the Purpofes herein mentioned; and that the laid Managers and Direc. undifpofed tors, or the major Part of them, which ihall be prefent as aforefaid, Ihall forthwith catife all the Tickets of the faid outermolt Columns, which the Exche-ihall not have been delivered to the Contributors and Adventurers as 1tuer-aforefaid’ (if any fuch be), to be delivered into the Receipt of His Ma-jelty’s Exchequer, there to be retained and kept as Calh, to be iffued, fold, and difpofed of, for raffing Money for the Purpofes in this Act mentioned, as any Three of the Commiihoners ol HisMajefty sdreafury, or the High Treaiurer for the Time being, Until judge fitting.
VIII. And be it further crafted, That the faid Managers and Di- JickiKofthe reftors, or the major Part of them which Ihall be prefent at a Meeting j,j,T ,iS to be as aforefaid, Iliall caufe all the Tickets in the Middle Columns, in the
Books made out with Three Columns as aforelaid, which ihall be deli- ¡ ';lcaJor vered back to them by or from the faid Calhier or Cafhiers as afore- Silk, faid, to be carefully rolled up, and made fail with Ihread or Silk; and and cutoffm-the faid Managers and Direftors, or the major Part of them as afore- jjV1 "u<uli'k;d faid, Ihall, in their Prefence, and in the Prelcnce of luch Contributors vitii the Ltt. or Adventurers as will be there, caufe all the faid lickets which are to tcr C0> be fo rolled up and made fall, as aforelaid, to be cut oil indentwiie, through the faid oblique Lines, Flourilhes, or Devices, into a Box to be prepared for that Purpofe, and to be marked with the Letter (xf), which is prefently to be put up into another llrong Box, and to be locked and put vita with Seven different Locks and Keys, to be kept by as many of the laid Managers and Direftors, and fealed with their Seals, or the Seals ot „p and ieal-fome of them, until the laid Tickets are to be drawn, as is herein-after «1. mentioned ; and that the Tickets in the firft or innermolt Columns of the faid Books (hall remain dill in the Books, for dilcovering any Mistake or Fraud (if any fuch Ihould happen to be committed) contrary to the true Meaning of this Aft.
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IX. And7 ±8
Books to be prepared with Two Columns on each of which 55,000 Tickets are to be printed.
The Number and Value of the Fortunate Tickets-
Tickets in the outermoil Column of tiie lait mentioned Books to he roiled u.) and tied,
and cut off into a Box marked with the Letter
w, »<-.
39° GEORG1I III. Cap. 9i.
IX. And be it further enafted, That the faid Managers and Directors, or the major Part of them which fliall be prefent at any Meeting as aforefaid, ihall alfo prepare, or caufe to be prepared, other Books in which every Leaf fliall be divided or dittinguiihed into Two Columns ; and upofl the innermoft of thofe Two Columns there ihall be printed Fifty-five thoufand Tickets, and upon the outermoil of the faid Two Columns there ihall be printed Fifty-five thoufand Tickets; all which ihall be of equal Length and Breadth, as near as may be; which Two Columns in the laid Book fliall be joined with fome Flourifli or Device, through which the outermoit Tickets may be cut off indentwife ; and that Sixteen thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five Tickets, Part of thofe to be contained in the outermoil Columns of the Books lalt mentioned, fliall be, and be called, The Fortunate Tickets, to which Benefits ihall belong, as is herein-after mentioned ; and the faid Managers and Directors, or the major Part of them, or fuch of them as fliall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fliall caufe the faid Fortunate Tickets to be written upon, or otlierwife expreffed, as well in Figures as in Words at Length, in Manner following; that is to fay, Upon One of them Thirty thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon Two of them feverally, Twenty thoufand Pounds Principal Money; upon every One of Three of them feverally, Ten thoufand Pounds Principal Money, upon every One of Four of them feverally, Five thoufand Pounds Principal Money ; upon every One of Five of them feverally, Two thoufand Pounds Principal Money; upon every One of Ten of them feverally, One thouland Pounds Principal Money; upon every One of Ten of them feverally, Five hundred Pounds Principal Money; upon every One of Twenty-fix of them feverally, One hundred Pounds Principal Money; upon every One of Fifty-four of them feverally, Fifty Pounds Principal Money ; and upon every One of Sixteen thoufand fix hundred and fifty of them feverally, Eighteen Pounds Principal Money : Which Principal Sums fo to be written, or otherwife ekpreffed upon the faid Fortunate Tickets, together with Twenty thoufand Pounds Principal Money to be allowed to the Owner of the Firit drawn ticket on the Twentieth Day of the Drawing of the faid Lottery; and Thirty thoufand Pounds Principal Money to be allowed to the Owner of the Firft drawn Ticket on the Twenty-fixth Day of the Drawing of the faid Lottery; will amount in the Whole to the Principal Sum of Five hundred thoufand Pounds: Which Sum of Five hundred thoufand Pounds only, after dedufting out of the faid Sum of Seven hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, the Sum of Two hundred and three thoufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Four-pence, for the Benefit of the Publick, is to be paid at the Bank of England to the Proprietors of the faid Fortunate Tickets, in Proportion to their refpeftive Interefts therein, in fuch Manner as is appointed by this Adi; And the faid Managers and Direftors, or the major Part of them who ihall be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, fliall caufe all the faid Tickets contained in the outermoil Columns of the faid laft-mentioned Books to be, in the Prefence of the faid Managers and Directors, or the major Part of them which fhali be prefent at a Meeting as aforefaid, and in the Prefence of fuch Contributors or Adventurers as will then be there, to be carefully rolled up and fattened with Thread or Silk, and carefully cut out indentwife through the faid Flouriih or Device, into another Box to be prepared for this Purpofe, and to be marked with 7	the7ig
39° GEORGII IN. Cap. gr.
the Letter (5) ; -which Box ihall be put into another ilrong Box, ami locked up with Seven different Locks and Keys, to be kept by as many of the faid Managers and Directors, and fealed up with their Seals, or the Seals of fome of them, until thefe Tickets ihall alfo be drawn in the Manner and Form herein-after mentioned ; and that the whole Bufinefs of rolling up and cutting oft', and putting into the faid Boxes the laid Tickets, and locking up and fealing the faid Boxes, Ihall be performed by the faid Managers and Directors, or fuch of them as aforefaid, before the lalt Six Days immediately preceding the Day by this Aft appointed for the Drawing of the faid Lottery : And Publick No-to the End every Perfon concerned may be well allured that the Coun- L’iv'nuf p-it-terpart of the fame Number with his or her Ticket is put into the Box “mg ti e Tic-marked with the Letter (Li), from whence the fame may be drawn, g't’e,"to tlle and that other Matters are done as hereby direfted, fome publick Notification in Print ihall be given of the precife Time or Times of putting the faid Tickets into the faid Boxes, to the End that fuch Adventurers as may be minded to fee the fame done, may be prefeut at the doing thereof.
X. And be it further enafted, That, on or before the Third Day Lottery to be. of March One thoufand eight hundred, the faid Managers and Di-reftors ihall caufe the faid feveral Boxes, with all the Tickets therein, ,800. to be brought into fome convenient Hall or Place, within the City of London, whereof due Notice ihall be publiihed in the London Gazette Fourteen Days at leait before the faid Third Day of March One thoufand eight hundred, fo that the fame may be there, and placed on a Table provided for that Purpofe, at fuch Hour of the Day as the faid Managers and Direftors ihall fix and appoint, not earlier than Nine of the Clock in the P’orenoon of the fame Day ; and ihall then and there Me-hoiHobe feverally attend this Service, and caufe the Two Boxes containing the drawing, ate. faid Tickets to be feverally taken out of the other Two Boxes in which they ihall have been locked up ; and the Tickets or Lots in the refpec-tive innermoit Boxes being, in the Prefence of the faid Managers and Direftors, or fuch of them as ihall be then prefent, and of fuch Adventurers as will be there for the Satisfaftion of themfelves, well ihaken and mingled in each Box diilinftly, fome One indifferent and fit Perfon to be appointed and direfted by the faid Managers and Direftors, or the major Part of them, or fuch of them as ihall be then prefent, ihall take out and draw One Ticket from the Box where the faid numbered Tickets ihall be as aforefaid put, and One other indifferent and fit Perfon, to be appointed and direfted in like Manner, Ihall lake out a Ticket or Lot from the Box where the faid Sixteen thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five Fortunate, and Thirty-eight thoufand two hundred and thirty-five Blank Tickets, ihall be promifeuouily put as aforefaid ; and immediately both the Tickets fo drawn ihall be opened, and the Number as well of the Fortunate as of the Blank Ticket ihall be named aloud ; and if the Ticket taken or drawn from the Box containing the Fortunate and Blank Lots ihall appear to be a Blank, then the numbered Ticket fo drawn, with the faid Blank at the fame Time drawn, ihall both be put upon One File ; and if the Ticket fo drawn or taken from the Box containing the Fortunate and Blank Lots ihall appear to be One of the Fortunate Tickets, then the principal Sum written upon fuch Fortunate Ticket, whatfoever it be, ihall be entered by a Clerk, which the faid Managers and Direftors, or the major Part of them, as
aforefaid,7 20
39° GEORGIT HI. Cap. 91.
aforefaid, {hall employ and overfee for this Purpofe, into a Book to be kept for entering the Numbers coming up with the fa,d Fortunate Tickets, and the principal Sums whereunto they (hall be entitled rcfpec-tivclv and Two of the laid Managers and Directors Avail let their Names asWitneffes to inch Entries; and the jaid Fortunate and numbered Tickets l'o drawn together lhall be put upon another Hie ; and fo the laid Drawing of the Tickets lhall continue, by taking One Frcke at a Time out of each Box, and with opening, naming aloud, and filing the fame, and by entering the Fortunate Lots in luch Method as is before mentioned, until the whole Number of Sixteen thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five Fortunate Tickets, lhall be completely drawn : And as the fame cannot be performed in One Day s lime, the faid Manners and Directors lhall caufe the Boxes to be locked up andMealed m Manner as aforefaid, every Day by Two of the Clock, and adjourn till the next Dav, and fo from Day to Day, and every Day, except S««-dcris, Thankfgiving and Fail Days, and then open the fame; and the laid Managers and Diredfors lhall and may Ihorten the lime of continuing to draw the faid Tickets, and leflfen the Number of the find Tickets to be fo drawn on each Day of Drawing, as they, or the major Part of them, {hall in their Dilcretion think necdTary, and ihall proceed therein till the faid whole Number of Sixteen thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five Fortunate Tickets, lhall be completely drawn as aforefaid and afterwards the faid numbered Tickets fo drawn, with the Fortunate Tickets drawn againlt the fame, lhall be and remain in a Itrong Box locked up as aforefaid, and under the Cuftody of the laid Managers and Directors, until they lhall take them out to examine, adjuit, and fettle, the Property thereof.
NumVr of XI. And, to the End the Fortunate may know, whether abfent or pre-tjie Fort; tine fent t0 what a Degree they have been lb, be it ena&ed, That the laid ui'e Sums,ato Managers and Directors foall on each Day of Drawing, as foon as con-bc piinteJ.	veniently may be after the faid Drawing is over, caule to'be printed
and publilhed the Number of the Tickets drawn on that Day againlt each Fortunate Ticket, and the principal Sum written on the lame ; and lhall alfo, as foon after as conveniently may be, caufe to be printed and publilhed complete Numerical Lilts of all the Tickets, as well of the n to lie Fortunate as Blank Tickets which ihall be drawn on each Day ; and it addict I.y*e any Contention or Difpute Aiall arife in the adjuihng the Property of the "" faid Fortunate Tickets, it (hall be wholly in the Judgement of the major Part of the faid Managers and Directors to determine to whom it doth Penalty on or ought to belong : And if any Perfon or Perfons lhall forge or counter-forgin, Tic- fe;t) or caufe or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or willingly act or keu, Sc.	;n rhe forging or counterfeiting, any Ticket or lickets, Certificate or
Certificates, Order or Orders, made forth by virtue of this prefent Att, or any former Aft made for eftablilhing any Lottery _ or Lotteries, or alter any Number, Figure, or "Word therein, or knowingly utter, vent, ar ter, or difpofe of, any fuch falfe, altered, forged, or counterfeited, 1 lcket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates, Order or Orders, or lhall bring any fuch forged or counterfeited Ticket, Certificate, or Order, or any fuch Ticket, Certificate, or Order, the Number whereof, or any Figure or Word therein, ihall have been altered, (knowing the fame to be forget , counterfeited, or altered), to the faid Managers and Directors, or any o them, or to the Calhier or Calhiers, or Accountant General of the Bank of England, for the Time being, or to any other Perfon or Perfons what-r	loever»72i
39" GEORGII III. Cap. 9t.
foever, with a fraudulent Intention; or ihall willingly aid, abet, affift, hire, or command, any Perfon or Perfons to commit any fuch Offence or Offences as aforefaid, then, and in every fuch Cale, all and every fuch Perfon or Perfons being thereof convifted in due Form of Law,
Ihall be adjudged a Felon, and ihall fuffer Death as in Cafes of felony, without Benefit of Clergy : And the laid Managers and D.reftors, or any Two or more of them, are hereby authorized, required, and empowered, to caufe any Perfon or Perfons bringing or uttering fuch forged or counterfeited Ticket or Tickets, Certificate or Certificates as aforefaid, or aiding, abetting, affifting, hiring, orcommanding,any Perfon or Perfons therein, to be apprehended, and to commit him, her, or them, to llis Ma-ielty’s Gaol of Newgate, or to the Common Gaol of the County or Place where fuch Perfon or Perfons Ihall be fo apprehended, to be proceeded againft for the faid Felony according to Law.
XII.	And be it further enafted, That if any Perfon or Perfons who afarfm ihall commit any fuch Offence or Ollences as aforefaid, or be aiding, , ; r abetting, affifting, hiring, or commanding, any Perfon or Perfons therein, PtiLns¿.lilty, ihall afterwards, (being out of Prifon), difeover any One or more Perfon
or Perlons who already have or hereafter Ihall commit, or be aiding, j0;. Ktward*
abetting, or concerned in, any fuch Offence or Offences as af'orelaid, fo
as fuch Perfon or Perfons fo discovered be lawfully convifted of the fame,
fuch Difcoverer ihall have, and is hereby entitled to, His Majefty’s moil
gracious Pardon for fuch his or her Offences; and moreover ihall be entitled
to a Reward of Fifty Pounds, of lawful Money of Great Britain for every
fuch Offender fo convifted; to be paid out of the Monies arifing by
virtue of this Aft, or any other the Aids or Supplies granted in this
Seftion of Parliament, immediately upon fuch Conviftion, as aforefaid.
XIII.	Provided always, and it is hereby further enabled, That no Proviftw Attainder for any of the Offences aforefaid (hall make or work any Corruption of Blood, Lofs of Dower, or Dillierifon of Heirs.
XIV.	Provided always, and it is hereby enafted, That every Perfon Mongers to that ihall be appointed as aforefaid to be a Manager and Director for ^ ''T0‘n-putting this Aft in Execution, before his acting in fuch Commiffion,
(except the adminiftering the Oath immediately herein-alter mentioned),
ihall take the Oath following ; (that is to fay),
*	t A. B. as a Manager and Director of the Lottery to be drawn in The Oatts « purfuance of an Act of Parliament made in the Thirty-ninth Year
*	of His Majefty’s Reign, do fwear, That I will faithfuly execute the
« Trull repoled in me; and	that l will not	ufe any	indirect Art	or
« Means,	or permit or direct	any Perfon to	ufe any	indirect Art	or
<	Means, to obtain a Prize or Fortunate Lot therein, for myfelf, or any
<	other Perfon whatfoever ; and that I will do the utmoft of my Endea-
« vours to prevent any undue or finiiler Practice to be done by any ‘ Perfon	whatfoever; and that I will, to the	bell of	my Judgement,
*	declare	to whom any Prize,	Lot, or Ticket,	of Right does belong,	ac-
1 cording to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act.’
Which faid Oath ihall and may be adminillered by any Two or more of the other Managers and Directors.
8 U
XV. Provided722
Cafhier may receive the Su ns fub-fcribed 5
giving a Note forth, fame $ which (hall entitle the Brarer to a Ticket for every i a/. 15 s. jo<?. paid.
After Aug. 11, 1799. the Ca-fliier n-ay deliver Tickets not exceeding in Value Halt oi the Stun a finally fub-bribed j.
and Oir.il give K ceipts for the Reful ue o: fuch Sum?, after deduo; ;ng the Value of the Tickets io delivered.
39° GEORGII lit. Cap. gr.
XV.	Provided always, and be it further enacted, Lhat it ihall and may be lawful to and for the laid Cafhier or Cafhiers, having given Security its aforefaid, to receive from the faid Contributors or Adventurers, or their Executory Adminiflrators, Succeffors, or Affigns, the Monies to be bv them refpectivclv paid on Account oi the faid Lottery, at One entire Payment or in fuch Proportions and Manner as aforefaid ; and the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers (hall give a Note or Receipt, under his or their Hand or Hands, for the Sum or Sums to be paid ; and fhall be obliged thereby, and by this Aft, to give the Bearer of every fuch Note or Receipt a Ticket or Tickets, ot the extreme Column ot the 1 hree Columns Book or Books aforefaid, for every Twelve Pounds fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence I'o contributed, paid, or anfwered as foon as fuch Contributor or Contributors, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiflrators,.Suc-ceffors, or Afligns, ihall have paid and anfwered to the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers the Whole of his, her, or their Confideration Money, to be paid in full for fuch Picket or Pickets ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding.
XVI.	Provided alfo, and be it further enafted, That at any Time or Times after the Thirteenth Day of Augufl One thoufand (even hundred and ninety-nine, and after fuch Contributor or Contributors (hall have advanced and paid to the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers, in pur uance of this Aft, fuch Proportions of his, her, or their Couiiderati m Money as are berein-before required to be paid and advanced on or bTore the faid Thirteenth Day of Augitj? One thoufand (even hundred and nin- ty-nine, and (hail not have made any Default in fuch Payments, nor hereafter ihall make any Default in the Payment of the remaining Part of fuch Confideration Money fo to be paid in full for fuch Ticket or Tickets at the refpeftive Times appointed for Payment thereof, it fhafl and may be lawful for fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers, upon the Production and De-pofit by any fuch Contributor or Contributors of his, her, or their Receipt or Receipts for the Sums fo paid from Time to Time, to cut out of the faid Three Columns Book or Books in the faid extreme Columns thereof, and to deliver to the Perfon or Perfons fo contributing as aforefaid, his, her, or their Executors, Adminiflrators, Succeffors, or Affirms, any Number of fuch Tickets which ihall be required in Proportion to the Sums aftually advanced and paid in Part to the laid Cafhier or Cafhiers as aforefaid, fo that the Number of fuch Tickets to be delivered to fuch Contributor or Contributors, at any Time or Times before the Payment of his, her, or their Confideration Money in full for the faid Tickets ihall not in the Whole exceed in Value One Half of the Sums fo aftually paid and advanced by fuch Contributor or Contributors, each Ticket to be valued at the full Sum of Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence; and the faid Cafhier or Cafhiers is and are hereby required and direfted, upon the Delivery of fuch Ticket or Tickets from Time to Time, to give another Note or Receipt, under his or their Hand or Hands, for the Refidue of the Money fo paid and advanced in Part as aforefaid, after dedufting the Sum of Twelve Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Ten-pence for each and every Ticket fo delivered, and which Note or Receipt fhall alfo fpecify the Number of Tickets fo from Time to Time delivered, and the refpeftive Sums fo paid as aforefaid ; any Thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof not-withftanding.
XVII.	Provided
339° GEORGII III. Cap. 91.	723
XVII.	Provided alio, That in cafe anyl'uch Contributor or Adventurer Contributor, as aforefaid, who fhall have advanced and paid down to inch Cafhier p otj tMe;r or Caihiers a Proportion of his, her, or their Confideration-money, to-watds the laid l.ottery, his, her, or their Executors, Admimllrators, Tuneslimited, Succeffors, or Affigns, do not advance and pay unto filch Cafhier or Caihiers the remaining Part of his, her, or their Confideration-money, fo to be paid in full for fiich Ticket or Tickets, on or before the rI imes for paving thereof as aforefaid ; that then, and in every iuch Cafe, every forfeit t!,e,r fuch Contributor or Adventurer (hall forfeit and^ lofe to His Majelty, 1 for the Ufe of the Publick, the Proportion of his, her, or their 1 ur-chafe-money, which he, {he, or they ihall have fo paid down as afore-faid towards the Lottery, except fuch Part thereof as ihall have been returned in Tickets before fuch Default made ; and in lueh Cale no other or further Ticket or Tickets Ihall be delivered out, by the faid Cafhier or Caihiers, to fuch Contributor or Contributors, Adventurer or Adventurers, making fuch Default, but the Ticket and Tickets which Ihould and the Tic-have been delivered to them refpedtively, had they paid the full Money turned to the for the fame, ihall be returned or delivered to the faid Managers and Managers, Directors, by the faid Calhier or Caihiers, together with the other Tic-kets (if any) in the outermoft Column of the Book and Books firit herein mentioned and diredted to be prepared, which fhall not h.i\e been difpofed of as aforefaid; and fuch Ticket and Tickets, upon and for which fuch Defaults of Payments ihall have been made as aforefaid, fhall be delivered into the Receipt of His Majefly’s Exchequer, with other the faid undifpofed Tickets, (if any), there to be retained and kept as Caih, and to be ifi'ued, fold, and difpofed of, for the Purpofes and in the Manner herein-before directed and appointed with refpect to the faid undifpofed Tickets; and the [aid Contributor and Contributors, Adventurer and Adventurers, making fuch Default, fhall not iiave or receive, or be entitled to have or receive, any Benefit or Advantage for or in refpeft of the Money which he, fhe, or they, Ihall have paid for or towards the Purchafe of fuch Ticket or tickets, except as to fuch Ticket or Tickets which ihall have been delivered to him, her, or them, before fuch Defaulc made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding.
XVIII.	Provided alfo, and it is hereby enafted, That out of the Commijikm-Monies to arife by the Contributions to the faid Lottery, or out of any ^'.¡liirymay other the Aids or Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament, for the ie ,arj he Service of the Year One ‘thoufand feven hundred and ninety-nine, it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Three or more of the Commif- (hall think, fit. fioners of the Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the lime being, to reward the faid Managers and Directors, and the Clerks and Officers to be employed by and under them, and any other Officers and Perlons lhat ihall and may be any ways employed in this Affair, for their Labour and Pains, and to difeharge fuch incident Expences as fhall neceflarily attend the Execution of this A£t, in Iuch Manner as any Three or more of the Commiffioners of the Treafury, or the High Treafurer for the Time being, fhall, from Time to Time, think lit and reafonable in that Behalf; any I hing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithftanding.
XIX.	And7-4
The 500,000/. for the Payment of the
Fortunate Tickets, to be charged or
Seflion;
?nd (hah he paid to the Pioprittors, without any Deduction, 01 Jag. 1,1 Boo,
3go GEORGII ILL Cap. 91.
Xtx And be it further drafted, That the Sum of Five hundred '	, ,,	1	... nforefaid, to be paid for and in refpeft of all the
thouiam 0	^ || |-,e and is hereby charged upon, and (hall
f,K hortunate l.cl ets man De	* Suppiies granted in this
«*«V"one "“fi/a
c	.	,	•	. ,:nfa in 1VT'inner herein-befote mentioned, and lhiill
WJ*S1 SSXt.'SffiSiS«, .»d Company of ..ft* be p.ud upon	,	.	an Deduaion whatfoever, to the re-
fpeftipioprietorr, of fuch Fortunate Tickets on the Fir ft Day of 5 ;! // One thoufand eight hundred, or as foon thereafter a* ^eruficatea Jvg,jl	lfcertaininsr, in Manner herein after mentioned, the
W p“d	, ».del, Tid«,, afar D,
of the faid lottery is completed and ended, iliall be exchanged for Certificates, to be figned by luch of the faid Managers and Dneftors as ihall be appointed for that Furpofe.
„	XX And to the End that all and every the Payments upon the For-
gfvc1 Notice of tunafe Tickets may be more eafily afeertained, fettled, and adjufled for Tunes fur , p f who ft,all become entitled thereunto ; be it further enacted, TickHs for	ihat fuch of the faid Managers and Direftors, as any Htree or m re of
Certificates. the‘comiuiflioners of theTreafury, or the High 1 reahirer for the l ime hftng "hall appoint to take in the faid Fortunate lickets, and deliver the faid Certificates for and in lieu thereof, (hall, as foon as may be, » * Prin!ed fd publ.lhrd in Manner as
fhev Ihall think fit, of the Days and limes for taking in the faid 1 or -natl Tickets, and delivering out of the faid Certificates for ana m lieu of , r.	nruf pverv Certificate ihall be numbered in C.ourle, according
Sethe bringing the Tickets to the Managers and Direftors fo to be ap-tit.	■ i c,,°, v°h inpins the fame ; to which Furpofe luch Managers and
fr " ¿rffiSl emf "gor caule to be entered, in a Book or Books to be ,m Lent for that Purpofe, the Name of the Pevlon who (hail bring anv fuch Fortunate Ticket or Tickets, to be exchanged for fuch Ceruncate or Certificates, and the Number or Numbers of the Fonunate Ticket or Tickets which ihall be fo brought, the Value m Money payable there-u„on and the Day of the Month, and the Year of our Lord, when¿he fame’was fo brought, which Book and Books ihall lie open in the Office o be annoiuted for aking in the faid Tickets to be exchanged for fuch to be appointeu . p f ° concerned to perufe; all which Certificates
“dfi£n'd’"r' SS'SeTgned by hi Managers and Directors fo to be appointed or the major Part of them, and be°direfted to the Chief Caihier or Calhiers ol the Bank of England.
cJL-	XXL Provided always, .and
T.eltayem- ^Tlfl"S ¿"„Vthreldioufand five hundred and forty-one Pounds Thirteen Sngs and Four-pence, or out of any of the**[ffid Jemal Kx- :n this Seflion of Parliament for the,Service of the Year Une ttioulana peaces attend in this bei 1	.	■ r out 0f the Confolidated Fund, any
ing theFxecu- ieven hundred 2nd ninety-mne,	TVpafnrv or the Hip-h Treason of this r. .	f the Commiilioners of the Irealury, or tn^ niga 1 re
Ait.	; tttee °r more m i	t0 difeharge all luch incident
CteS t,hi* Spro-ided for, as fl»U	attend the
Execution of this Aft, in luch Manner ai to them ihall item jufl and rea-39° GEORGII III. Cap. 91.	725
fonable; and alfo to fettle and appoint fuch Allowances as (hall be thought proper for the Service, Pains, and Labour, of the laid Cailiier 01 Calhiers, and any other Perfon or Perfons, tor receiving, paying, and accounting for, the faid Contributions, and for performing the Truft hereby repofed in him or them ; all which Allowances to be made as aforefaid, in refpeft of the Service, Pains, and Labour, of any Officer or Officers of the laid Governor and Company, ffiall be for the Ufe and Benefit of the faid Governor and Company, and at their Difpofal only.
XXII.	And be it further cnafted, That no Fee, Reward, or Gratuity to Va tote whatfoever, ffiall be demanded or taken of any of His Majefty s Subjefts tt.lv;ng or for receiving or paying the faid Contribution-monies, or any of them,
or for any Receipts concerning the fame, or for iffuing the Money pay- ,non^Si ¡ar able in refpeft of the faid Fortunate Tickets, upon Pain that any Officer Receipts, cfr. or Perfon offending, by taking or demanding any fuch Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, ffiall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds ™ ot to the Party aggrieved, with lull Cofts of Suit; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of fIis Majefty’s Courts of Record at JVcftminJler, wherein no Effoin, Protection, Privilege, or Wager of Law, Injunction, or Order of Keltraint, or any more than One Imparlance, ffiall be granted or allowed.
XXIII.	And be it further enafted, That it ffiall not be lawful for any No Perfon to Perfon to attend at the Place of drawing the Tickets in the faid Lottery, tN?{;'nd“"nJfhe for the Purpofe of taking down the Numbers of the Tickets as the fame the Tickets at ffiall be drawn, or the Benefits to belong to the fame, unlefs fuch Perfon tdlj'1J-1nn’e “J, ffiall be employed as a Clerk for that Purpofe by the faid Managers and leiiT.np'oyei Di eftors, or unlefs fuch Perfon ffiall be licenfed fo to do by Three or ^a^OeT oy more of the Commiffioners for the Time being for managing the Duties „r'licenicd' o’ on Stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, by Writing under their tu d°.
Hands and Seals.
XXIV.	And be it further enacted, That every Perfon who ffiall be
licenfed by the faid Commiffioners of Stamp Duties to attend for the Ce;ve from :he Purpofe aforefaid, ffiall be entitled to receive from the faid Commiffioners Sump o ace of Stamp Duties, or their Officers, on paying a reafonable Price for Bx'ksIVhich the fame, proper Numerical Books, containing the Numbers of the Fifty- dia l iicitamp-five thoufand Tickets in the faid Lottery, in Arithmetical Progreffion as tvery aforefaid, every of which Books ffiall exceed in Length Twenty-one Inches, and in Breadth Seventeen Inches, and ffiall be bound in lliff Milled Boards, and ffiall be (lamped and marked on every Leaf thereof by a proper Stamp or Mark, to be provided and ufed for that Purpofe by the laid Commiffioners, and by no other Perfon or Perfons whatever ; and ^“mmenou-the faid Commiffioners, or any Three or more of them, ffiall have fuch Licences Power and Authority to grant fuch Licences to fuch Perfons, who ffiall ““^5" be duly licenfed to keep Lottery Offices, and to fuch other Perfons aft- ce„ ed Lottery ing on Account of fuch Offices rel'peftively, as the faid Commiffioners offices, ffiall approve, and to none other; and if any Perfon prelent at the Penalty on Drawing of the faid Lottery, (not being duly authorized or licenfed in Manner aforefaid), ffiall, at fuch Time and Place, take or fet down in down or pub” Writing the Number or Numbers of any Ticket or Tickets, when, or ^¡h nsthc after the fame fhall be drawn, or any Figures or Marks to denote the iMkeTs fame, or ffiall make or begin to make any Regilter or Lift in Writing of drawn, ¿Jr.
8 X	theï 26
390 GEORGII III. Cap. 91*
A. Numbers of an. Tick«,,, .hieh WlJJm to»
of making or beginning to make, o	* bfuch Time and Place
Lift. or lha11 have m. his. Cu	Regifter or Lift of the Numbers of
ns nforefaid. any printed or written Kegi	„,u.,v,„r ¿„«m
...... -7	.	,	Ttepifter or Lift of the Numbers of
as alorefaid, any pruned or '	& part thereof, whether drawn
the Tickets in the la,d Lottery or of any Fart t	,	thereon,
or undrawn, with any M.arks ■any fuch Tickets marking or denoting the Or	fi wp,ich any fuch Tickets may
drawn on the fame Day, or the Bw«.f	pelfon J perfon8 whatever
be entitled by virtue of this A■ ^	the Hours of drawing the
fhall publifh, or caufe to b p or ’slip containing the Number or i'aid Lottery, any Lift, 1 eg »	,	’ tj,e Day of publifliing the
Numbers of any Ticket or i ickets, d awn on the my ^
fame, or any Marks, Letters, or ig	Lift or Regifter of
publifh, or caufe or procure to b* P”“* “roy Mark., Letters,
t»: Smi,
¡¿s-
SKS? 6»	f^SSTS 'AS*** Offender i
Offenders. come forfeited, to Iffue his Warrant fur aPPre"™b	Time
Perrons in the and if any Perfon or Perfons fhall be found o ddcove d,	fuch
actual Com- 1 p|arp Gf Drawing as aforefaid, in the actual commimui	y
miiiion ot fuch nd ^ ^ and ^av be lawful for any Perfon whatever to apprehend Offence, it man an y perfons fo offending, and to convey, or
caufe to be conveyed, before One of the Magnates afo»refold the Per ra P„rrnnc fn -mDrehended, to be proceeded agamft in fuch Manner fon.'Z r ntecl™ Swhen anyPerfon or Perfons fhall be appre-vS d , brought before any of the Magiftrates aforefaid for any iuch Offence’ i ES may be lawful for fuch Magiftrate to proceed to examine into the Circumstancesof the Cafe; and, upon due Proof upon Oath m foLmn Affirmation, of any fuch Offence committed agamft •	1A to give Judgement or Sentence accordingly, and where the
i tv fccufed fhall be convifted of fuch Offence, and Inch Penalty fhall he immediately paid, to commit fuch Offender to Pnfon for any r b r g not exceedino- Fourteen Days, nor lefs than Five Days, SPace fJror SaSrize, and without Appeal, or until fuch Penalty Tuu F.d fipd and every fuch Penalty, when paid upon Conviction, flial be fat« ,	f t^e Informer or Informers, or Perfon or
fhall be aPPbfi	bringing fuch Offender or Offenders before fuch
Perfons f P^*n“”f^blf cf Conflables concerned in apprehending
gift rate iliall direct.
XXV And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall r	r ^ ’	1 witnpfc or Witneffes, to give Evidence before fuch
befummoned as » * "d f°the Matters relative to this Aft, either 0.1 s not ap- Magiftrate, touc 1	<■ Y	Perion or Perfons accufed, and fhall
.......	,1« Part ot ,1,« Profecator or ot	„ bc for ,hlt p„pc,fc
^7»“”S«*i.hr,cur.fc, fuoh his, her, or
Offence may . be apprehended by any Perfon, and carried before a Magi (irate, who may commit the Offender if Penalty be not paid.
Application «i Penalties.
Penalty P- rions fn mone ne fies pean7 *1
39° GEORGII III. Cap. gn
jeft or Refufal, to be allowed of by fuch Magiftrate before whom the Profecution ihall be depending, or appearing ihall refufe to give Evidence, that then, every fuch Perfon fhall forfeit, for every fuch Offence, the Sum of Fifty Pounds to be levied and paid in fuch Manner, and by fuch Means, as is herein-before direfted as to other Penalties.
XXVI. And be it further crafted, That the Magiftrate before whom Conviction,to any Offender fhall be convifted as aforefaid, iliall caufe the faid Conviftion to £ be made out in the Manner and Form following, or in any other Form in, of Words to the like Effeft, (mutatis mutandis') ; that is to fay,
" ' inhered, That on	at	Form.
« the Form of an Aft of Parliament made in the Thirty-ninth Year of 1 the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for granting to His MajeJly a certain < Sum of Money to be raifed by a Lottery, for which Offence l do adjudge « that the faid A. B. hath forfeited the Sum of
*	to be diftributed in Manner following (that is to fay); [here fet out the
*	Proportions direfled to be paid by the Magiftrate]. Given under my
*	Hand and Seal the Day and Year firft above written.’
Provided neverthelefs, That it iliall and may be lawful to and for the Pen-ltv may faid Magiftrate, where he iliall lee Caufe, to mitigate and letl'en any be fuch Penalty as he ihall think fit, (realonable Cofts and Charges of the Officers and Informers as well in making the Difcovery as in profe-cuting the fame, being always allowed over and above fuch mitigated Penalty), and fo as fuch Mitigation do not reduce the Penalty to lefs than a Moiety of the Penalty incurred over and above the faid Cofts and Charges, any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithltanding ; and no fuch Conviftion iliall be removeable by Certiorari into any Court whatever.	able.
XXVII. And be it further enafted, That the Commiflioners for ma- Conmmffion. naging the Duties on ftamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, ihall 'Squired* not be required to grant a Licence for felling and dealing in Lottery to grant a U-Tickets in the Lottery authorized by this Act, or in the Lottery which Lottery hath been eftablilhed by any Aft of the Parliament oi Ireland for the Tickets, un-prefent Year, to any Perfons or Perfon whatever, unlefs it ihall appear to the Satisfaction of the (aid Commiflioners, that fuch Perfons or Perfon the Party is are or is of good Charafter and Reputation, and of fuflicient Ability to	er
anfwer the Penalty contained in the Bond required by Law for fecuring required by a due Performance of the feveral Regulations and Provifions refpefting Lottery Office Keepers, and unlefs fuch Perfons or Perfon ihall, pre- pdiiteii a en vious to the Time of receiving fuch Licence, produce and deliver to the ”fjnrIJ"k™ber faid Commiflioners a Certificate in Writing, undc-r the Hand of the Re-	1 1 ’’
ceiver General of the Stamp Duties, certifying that fuch Perfons or Perfon have or hath depofited in his Hands Fifty whole undrawn Tickets of and belonging to each fuch Lottery relpeftively eftablilhed as afore-faid, and that the fame have been divided into Shares in the Manner allowed by Law; or iliall enter into fuch Security as is herein-after men-tioned, conditioned for the depofiting, at the Times and in the Manner
was duly convifted before me of having committed an Offence againft
to7 ?-8
Peribns to whom Licences are granted, to give Bond agreeably to vl Geo. Ill, Cap. 47*
Conditions of Bonds.
39° GEORGII III. Cap. 91.
to be prefcribed by the ihid Commiffioners, Fifty whole undrawn Tickets for each Lottery fo cflabliflied as aforelaid, to be divided into fuch Shares as are by Law allowed.
XXVIII. And be it further enafted, That every Perfon to whom any Licence ihall be granted, ihall perfonally appear before the faid Com-miffioners, or fuch Perfons or Perfon as they ihall appoint, and ihall then and there, jointly or feverally, as the Cafe may require, give Security by Bond in the Manner prefcribed by an Act, paffed in the Twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, for licenfing Lottery Office Keepers; and that the Condition of every fuch Bond ihall be, that if the Perfons or Perfon fo to be licenfed ihall, during the Term of fuch Licence, well and truly conform to and obferve all the Regulations and Provisions of the feveral Acts made in the Parliament of this Kingdom concerning Lotteries, and (hall not offend againft the fame ; and (in cafe the Tickets belonging to the Lottery eftablifhed by this Aft, or to the Lottery eftabliihed in Ireland for the prefent Year, fliall not, at the Time of applying for fuch Licence, be iffued to the refpeftive Contributors, fo that fuch Perfons or Perfon (hall not then be enabled to depofit Fifty undrawn Tickets for each fuch Lottery in the Manner before mentioned, then the further Condition of fuch Bond ihall be) that if fuch Perfons or Perfon ihall depofic with the faid Commif-iioners, or fuch Perfons or Perfon as they ihall appoint, and divide into Shares Fifty whole undrawn Tickets in the Lottery eftabliihed by this Aft. and alfo Fifty other whole undrawn Tickets in the Lottery now eftabliihed by the Parliament of Ireland, by fuch Space of Time, not lefs than the Space of Forty Days, before the Firft Day of drawing fuch Lotteries refpeftively, as the faid Commiffioners ihall preferibe, then fuch Bond ihall be void, or otherwife to be and remain in full Force and Ef-feft: And the faid Commiffioners, or any Three or more of them, are hereby authorized and required to take fuch Bond, and to annex thereto a Condition conformable to the Dire&ions of this Act before-mentioned, and according to the Circumftances of the Cafe; and if, at the End of 1 Twelve Calendar Months after the Expiration of the Time for which fuch Licence ihall be granted, it ihall appear to the Satisfaction of the faid Commiffioners that fuch Perfons or Perfon fo licenfed have or hath, durino- the Term of fuch Licence, well and truly kept, fulfilled, and performed, the Condition of fuch Bond, fuch Commiffioners may deliver up fuch Bond to be cancelled, or otherwife, at their Difcretion, caufe every fuch Bond to be put in Suit.
Licences of XXIX. And be it further enacted, That if any Perfons or Perfon, to Perfons neg- whom a Licence ihall be granted, ihall neglect to depofit, or divide por.'t"ordivide into Shares Fifty whole undrawn Tickets in each Lottery eftabliihed as into Stare. 50 aforefaid, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, fuch void ■'al.dthtl Licence (hall be void and of no Effect, and every Perfon acting and deal-Def.miter to ; ¡n any 0f the Matters therein contained after fuch Default made, Ihall !hePc««w,'n be adjudged and confidered in every Refpect as an unlicenfed Perfon ; and &c.	it ihall be lawful for the faid Commiffioners, upon every fuch Default,
to caufe to be publidied the Names and Places of Abode, and the De-feription of the Offices of fuch Perfons or Perfon making fuch Default as aforefaid, in the London Gazette, and declare therein the Time when a	fuch
At the End of >2 M >ntli after Expiration of Licences, the Commiil on-eis may g ve up Bonds or put them in Sait.39° GEORGII III. Cap. 91.	729
fuch Default was made, and fuch Forfeiture fhall take place from the Time of fuch Publication.
XXX.	And be it further enafled, That in Cafes where a Licence inCafta where granted to any Perfon or Perfons under the faid Acf of the Twenty-fecond
Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, is declared to be void upon Cap. 47, ate ’ Conviflion or Profecution for any Offence againft the faid Aft, then and in every fuch Cafe fuch Licence granted after the Commencement of this Licences Aft, fhall, upon Conviction of or for any Offence againft this Ait, or againft an Act, parted in the Twenty-feventh Year ot the Reign of His mencement prefer; Majefty, intituled. An Ail to render more effeilual the Laws now in being for fupprejfmg unlawful Lotteries, alfo be void ; and that in all Cafes f01. o-r ti , where any Perfon fhall be profecuted for any Offence againft the faid Afts	this
of the Twenty-fecond and Twenty-feventh Years aforefaid, or either of ni, op/i.™ them, or of this AH, whether upon fuch Bond as aforefaid, or for any Penalty whatever, or as a Rogue and Vagabond, and (hall be duly condemned therein, the faid Cominiffioners may, if they fliall think fit, refute Licences m-y to grant to the Perfon fo condemned, or to any other or others jointly with j'f s*000° the Perfon fo condemned, a Licence to keep a Lottery Office at any Time «¡¿led. in future during the Continuance of this Aft.
XXXI.	And be it further enacted, That if any Perfons or Perfon to Penalty ,.n tvhom a Licence fhall have been or fliall be granted, fliall continue, or
caufe to be continued, the Vvords, Licenfed to deal in lottery Tickets, ,heir Homes or any of them, or any Words to that or the like Lfleft, written or ex-prefftd upon or near the Door, or in the Front of his, her, or their Of- .¡{tr Eemf. fice or Shop, or other Place for felling of Tickets, after fuch Licence non of flex fhall have expired, or fliall be declared to be void, and due Notice there- L'ce"“*’ of in Writing to remove the fame fliall have been given to fuch Perfons or Perfon, or left at fuch Office, Shop, or other Place, of fuch Perfons or Perfon, under the Hands of any 1 hree or more of the faid Com-miffioners ; or if any Perfons or Perfon, not having been licenfed as aforefaid, fliall caufe to be written or exprefled in Manner aforefaid, the like Words, or Words to the like Effect, upon or near the Door, or on the Front of any Houfe, Shop, or Place, in their refpcctive Occupations, or fhall continue or caufe the fame to be continued thereon, after fuch Notice in Writing fliall have been given to fuch Perfons or Perfon, or left at fuch Houfe, Shop, or Place, as lait aforefaid, then, and in every fuch Cafe, all and every fuch Perfons or Perfon fo offending fhall, for every Day in which fuch Words or any of them fliall be continued, written, or exprefled, as aforefaid, forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds.
XXXII.	And be it further enafted, That upon the Death of any Exrcuforc, etc. Perfon fo licenfed as aforefaid during the Term of iuch Licence, it fhall
and may be lawful to and for the faid Commiflioners of the Stamp Duties, 0.1 Bnfinel', twin their Difcretion, to authorize and empower the Executors or Admini- ^eT ru'ot* fixators, or the Wife, Child, or Heir at Law, of fuch deceafed Perfon, Licences, being entitled unto the Pofleffion of the Premifes in which the Bufinefs refpefting fuch Lotteries was to be carried on under fuch Licence, or any of them, to continue fuch Bufinefs for the Relidue of the Term for which fuch Licence was granted, in the fame Premifes, without taking 8 Y	out73°
39
GEORGII III. Cap. 9r.
any oilier Shares than Halves, Quarters, Eighth:, and Sixteen hs, on Penalty of
5°
Application ami Recovery of Penalties.
Form cf Shares of Tickets.
out a new Licence, during the Refidae of the faid Term, but fubjed to and under the fame Terms, Conditions, Rules, and Regulations, as iuch Licence was originally granted, and alfo fubjed to a Renewal of the Bond for the lean ing the due Performance thereof by fuch Reprefentatives refpedively during the Refidue of fuch Term.
> XXXIII. And be it further enaded, That if any Perion or Perfons
’ whatever (ball fell any Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets in the Lottery eflablilhed by virtue of this Aft, or in the Lottery eftablilhed in Irehnd by virtue of any Aft for the prefent Year, in any other Proportion or Proportions than One Half, Quarter, Eighth, or Sixteenth Part or Share only; or fhall publiih any Propofal or Scheme for felling any Share or Shares, or any Agreement or Agreements tor any Share or Shares of any Ticket or' Tickets in the faid refpedive Lotteries in any other Proportion than One Half, Quarter, Eighth, or Sixteenth Part or Share, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds; and One Moiety of all pecuniary Penalties inflicted by this Act, (except where other Provifions fhall be fpecially preferibed by this Aft), fhall be to His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to him, her, or them, who fhall inform or fue for the fame ; to be recovered by Adion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majefty’s Courts of Record at Wejiminjier, in which no Ef-foin, Protedion, Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, fhall be allowed.
XXXIV. And be it further enaded, That every Share or Agreement for a Share of every Ticket fo to be divided, fhall be written or printed according to the following Form :
c t OTTERY for the Year One thoufand feven hundred and ninety-
Perfons co terfeiting Shares, etc, guilty of felony.
Ticket N”
(or as the Share may be.')
C Xhe Bearer of this Share will be entitled to One	Part
‘ of fuch beneficial Chance as fhall belong to the Ticket numbered as < above, in the Lottery to be drawn by virtue of an Aft palled m the « Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty.’
XXXV. And be it further enaded, 'I hat if any Perfon or Perfons fhall forge or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or fhall willingly aft or affift in theforgmg or counterfeiting, any Share or Shares, or any Agreement or Agreements for any Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets divided by virtue of this Ad; or alter any Number, Figure, Word, or Stamp, therein or thereon; or fhall knowingly utter, vend, barter, or difpofe of, any fuch forged, counterfeited, or altered, Share or Shares, or Agreement or Agreements for any ?	onare73i
39° GEORGII III. Cap. 9t.
Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets, with Intent to defraud any Perlón or Perfons, then, and in every fuch Cafe, all and every Perfon and Perfons fo offending, and being thereof duly convicted, fhall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and fulfer as a Felon.
XXXVI. And be it further enafted, That it fhall not be lawful for any Pírfons pre-Perfon or Perfons to prepare, make, fell, or buy, or to have in his or their or.h!w-Cuftody or PoflVlfion, or in his or their Houfe, Shop, Office, or Place, any c'uttmiy'any Regifter or Lift of the Numbers of the Tickets in the Lottery eftabliffied Rygiiter or by this Ad, other than complete Numerical Regifters or Lifts containing but» herein* all the Tickets in the faid Lottery, in Books of the refpedive Dimenfions paiticu-before mentioned and provided by the laid Commiflioners of Stamp Du- la,izedi ties, and ftamped in the Manner herein direded, and fold.to fuch Perfon or Perfons, or fuch Numerical Lift of each Day’s Drawing, as fhall be printed and publifhed under the Authority of this Ad by the faid Managers and Diredors, or true and full Copies of fuch Numerical Lifts of each Day s Drawing; nor for any Perfon or Perfons to fet down in any fuch Regifter or Lift, or in any Copy thereof, or of any Part thereof, the Order,
Courfe, or Pi iority, of drawing any fuch I icket or ft ickets, other than fuch Tickets to which Benefits fhall belong, under this Ad, as being firfl drawn on any Day; nor to fet down in any fuch Regifter or Lift, or in any Copy thereof, or of any Part thereof, the Time in which any fuch Ticket fhall be drawn on any Day, or in any Manner whatever, either by writing or printing, to mark, denote, or fignify, the Order, Courfe, Priority, or Time of Day of drawing any fuch Ticket or Tickets, except fuch Benefit Tickets as aforefaid; and if any Perfon or Perfons fhall knowingly keep or have in his or their Cuftody or PoifeiTion, or in his, her, or their Houfe,
Shop, Office, or Place, any Regifter or Lift containing any Numbers of the Tickets in the faid Lottery, other than fuch ftamped Numerical Regifters or Lifts, or fuch Numerical Lifts of each Day’s Drawing, or Copies thereof as aforefaid, or fhall fet down in any Regifter or Lift whatever, either by writing or printing, the Order, Courfe, Priority, or Time of Day of drawing any fuch Ticket or Tickets, other than fuch Tickets to which Benefits fhall belong as aforefaid, or any Marks, Figures, or Numbers, to mark, denote, or fignify the Order, Courfe, Priority, or Time of Day of fuch Drawing, except as aforefaid; or fhall, by himfelf or themfelves, „rkeepm^ny or by any other or others, keep any Office, Shop, or Place, forexamin- I’iacefor«/ ing, or in fuch Office, Shop, or Place, fhall examine, or caufe to be exa- kTtí'b* T'" mined, for any other Perfon or Perfons, or permit any other Perfon or oth-’r than'* Perfons to examine any Number or Numbers of fuch Tickets, whether lud.’ Lllt’ vdth or without Reward, by any Regifter or Lift of Tickets whatever “rtUt s°' other than fuch Numerical Regifter or Lift, or fuch Numerical Lift of each Day’s Drawing, or a true Copy thereof as aforefaid ; or if any Perfon or Perfons keeping or caufing to be kept any Regifter or Lift of Tickets in the faid Lottery, Ihall give, or caufe or procure to be given, any Notice or Information whatever to any Perfon or Perfons of the Order, Courfe Priority, or Time of Day of drawing any Ticket or Tickets, except fuch Benefit Tickets as aforefaid, every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending Ihall forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds; and every fuch Regifter or Lift or Copy as aforefaid, made contrary to the Directions of this Aft Ihall be forfeited, and ihall and may be feized by any Conltable or pther Officer of the Peace, or by any Perfon employed bv the faid Com-8	miilioners732
39° GEORGII III. Cap. gr.
miffioners of the Stamp Duties in the Execution of the feveral Ads for the Regulation of Lotteries, and upon Produdion thereof before any Juf-tice or Juflices of the Peace, fuch Juftice or Juflices fiiall and may, by his or their Order in Writing, direft the fame to be detained, or other-wile if he or they ihall think fit, t£) be deftroycd.
Off nets aeainlt zi Geo. III. Cap. i, whereby the 1’arties may be liable to Puniflimtnt as Rogues, Juf-
tho
; Per-
lons to break open Houles,
Persons difeo-veted m Inch Houies concerned m car-
gal Tran factions, to be puniihed as Rogues, and may be arretted, etc.
Penally on Perfons ob-ftrudtng Oifi-
Perfons employing or aiding others to carry on lucli illegal Tianfac.ions,
XXXVII. And be it further enaded, That upon Complaint or Information made upon Oath, before any Juflice or Jultices of the Peace, of any Offence committed againil the faid Ad of the Twenty-feventh Year of the Reign of His prel'ent Majeity in any Iloufe or Place within the Jurifdidion of any fuch Juffice or Juflices, whereby any of the Offenders may be liable to Puniihment as Rogues and Vagabonds, it ihall and may be lawful to and for the faid Juftice or Juflices before whom fuch Oath ihall be taken, if he or they ihall judge it reafonable, by fpecial Warrant under his or their refpedive Hands and Seals, to authorize and empower any Perfon or Perfons, by Day or by Night, ¡but if in the Night-time, then in the Prefence of a Confiable or other lawful Officer of the Peace, who are hereby required to be aiding or aflifting therein), to break open the Doors, or any Part of fuch Houfe or Place where fuch Offence ihall have been committed, and to enter into fuch Houfe or Place, and to feize and apprehend all fuch Offenders, and all other Perfons who ihall be difcovered in fuch Houfe or Place, and who Ihall have knowingly aided or affifted, or been anyways concerned with any fuch Offender or Offenders in committing fuch Offence, and to convey them before any Juftice or Juflices of the Peace of the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, or Place, wherein fuch Perfon ihall be fo apprehended, to be dealt with according to Law as aforefaid ; and all Perfons who ihall be difcovered in fuch Houfe or Place, knowingly aiding, affiiling, or any ways concerned with fuch Offender or Offenders in carrying on any Tranfaftions refpecling the faid Lotteries, or either of them, contrary to the exprefs Provifions of the faid Aft of the Twenty-feventh Year aforefaid, ihall be deemed Rogues and Vagabonds, and puniihable in like Manner as is direfted by the faid Aft or this Aft, as the Cafe may require; and it Ihall and may be lawful for the Officer or Officers having the Execution of fuch Warrant, and all other Perfons afting in his or their Aid or Affiftance, to flop, arre'l, and detain, all and every the Perfon and Perfons fo difcovered in fuch Houfe or Place, and to convey the laid Perfon and Perfons before fuch Juftice or Jultices of the Peace as aforefaid ; and if any Perfon or Perfons (hall forcibly obftruft, ©ppofe, moleft, or hinder, any fuch Officer or Officers, or others afting in his or their Aid or Affiftance, in the due Execution of their Duty, or in the due entering into fuch Houfe or Place, or in the feizing, detaining, or conveying before fuch Juftice or Jultices, any fuch Offenders or other Perfons as aforefaid, every fuch Perfon fo obllrufting, oppofing, moleiting, or hindering as aforefaid, (hall be deemed an Offender againil Law and the publick Peace, and the Court before whom any fuch Offender ihall be tried and convifted ihall and may order luch Offender to be fined, im-prifoned, and publickly whipped, as in their Difcretion ihall be thought fit; and all Perfons, although not difcovered in fuch Houfe or Place as aforefaid, who Ihall employ or caufe to be employed any Perfon or Perfons in carrying on any of the Tranfaftions aforefaid, or in aiding or affiiling any fuch Perfon or Perfons, ihall be deemed Rogues and Vaga-6	bonds,39° GEORGII nr. Cap. gi.	733
bonds, and {hall be puniihable in like Manner as is direfted by the laid to be deemed Aft of the Twenty-feventh Year aforefaid.	Vagabonds1
XXXVIII.	And be it further enafted, That, from and after the Com- Manner in mencement of this Aft, it iliall not be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons ^"penafties1* whatever to commence or enter, or caufe or procure to be commenced (hall be comer entered, or filed or profecuted, any Aftion, Suit, Bill, Plaint, or In- mt:nced-formation, for the Recovery of any Penalty or Penalties inflifted by any
of the Laws touching or concerning Lotteries, or by this Aft, uiilefs the fame be commenced, entered, filed, and profecuted, in the Name of His Majefty’s Attorney General, in the Court of Exchequer at Weftminjlcr, if fuch Offence Iliall be committed in England, or in the Name of His Majefty’s Advocate General in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if fuch Offence iliall be committed in Scotland-, and if any Aftion, Suit,
Bill, Plaint, or Information, ihall be commenced or entered in any other Perfon’s'Name or Names than as is before mentioned, the fame, and all Proceedings thereupon had, are hereby declared to be null and void, and the faid Court or Courts, where fuch Proceedings ihall be fo commenced, Ihall caufe the fame to be ftayed; any Law, Cuftom, or Ufage, to the contrary notwithftanding.
XXXIX.	Provided always, and be it further enafted, That where any where the Writ or Procefs ihall iffue againft any Perfon or Perfons for the Recovery pj„™.',
of any Penalty or Penalties for any Offence committed againft any Law for is main-touching or concerning Lotteries, or againft this Aft, and the Amount of the Penalty or Penalties fued for ihall not be inferted therein, or no remtarit to be Affidavit thereof ihall be made or filed according to the Direftions of the ^oVof the* faid Aft of the Twenty-feventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, ploctn, sc. the Plaintiff or Informer ihall not proceed to arreft the Body or Bodies of the Defendant or Defendants, but it (hall be lawful to ferve him or them perfonally with a Copy of the Procefs, and to proceed therein in like Manner as in Cafes of Debt, where the Caufe of Aftion does not amount to the Sum of Ten Pounds in the faid Courts refpeftively ; any Thing in the faid laft mentioned Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding.
XL. And be it further enafted, That if any Perfon ihall be brought o.Ten-’er« sd-before any Two or more Juftices of the Peace, and iliall be convifted of any Offence or Offences againft the faid Aft of the Twenty-feventh Year of bonds may be the Reign of His prefent Majefty, or of this Aft, by fuch Juftices, whereby cjmmitud. fuch Perfon ihall be adjudged a Rogue and a Vagabond, then, and in every fuch Cafe, fuch Juftices ihall, and they are hereby required to order fuch Offender to be fent to the Houfe of Correction, there to remain for any Space of Time, not exceeding Six Calendar Months, nor lefs than One Calendar Month, and until the final Period of the Drawing of the Lottery, in refpeft whereof fuch Offence iliall be committed ; and lucli Proceedings Proceedings ihall not be fubjeft to Appeal, nor iliall be removed or removeable by Cer-tiorari, or otherwife, into any Court whatever.	fan.
XLI. And be it further enafted, That if any Sheriff's Officer or other Perfon or Perfons ihall be fued, molefted, or profecuted, for any Thing done by virtue or in purfuance of this Aft, fuch Sheriff’s Officer or other Perfon or Perfons ihall and may plead the General Iffue, and give this General iflu* 8 Z	8	Aft,39° GEORGII III. Cap. 91.
Aft, and the fpecial Matter in	Z
Defences; and ' “ * Sifito« his, her, or «£ or Profecutjon, or benon^or 1^^ ^^r^-Me^b.eatfts awarded to hint, her, or them, again!! any fnch Plaintiff or Plamt.ffs.
T ONDON:	Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan,
Printers to the King’s moil Excellent Majeily. 17 99-