And for Rights of the Trinity Brethren, &c. of Deptford Strond. Public Act. His Majesty empowered to grant an An nuity of 60001. to the Duke of Clarence, to commence from April 5. 1818. XLVIII. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to prejudice or derogate from any of the Rights, Privileges or Authorities of the Master, Warden and Assistants of the Guild, Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity, and of Saint Clement, in the Parish of Deptford Strond, in the County of Kent. XLIX. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed, adjudged and taken to be a Public Act; and shall be judicially taken Notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices and other Persons whomsoever, without the same being specially pleaded.. CAP. CXIX. An Act for enabling His Majesty to make further Provision for His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.. • Most Gracious Sovereign, WE Your [11th July 1821.] TE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and • Ireland in Parliament assembled, having taken into Consideration the Message of His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, ' acting in the Name and on the Behalf of His late Majesty, of 'the Thirteenth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and 'eighteen, communicating that His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, acting in the Name and on the Behalf of His Majesty, having given the Royal Consent to a Marriage between His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and the Princess of Saxe Meiningen, eldest Daughter of the reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen, was desirous of making a suitable Provision with a View to the said Marriage;' Do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by any Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to give and grant unto His said Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, for and during His Majesty's Royal Will and Pleasure, an Annuity or Yearly Sum of Six thousand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain, in such Proportions and in such Manner and Form as His Majesty in His Wisdom shall think fit to direct and appoint the same; which Annuity shall commence and take effect from the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and shall be paid and payable Quarterly, in equal Portions, at the Four most usual Days of Payment in the Year; (that is to say,) the Fifth Day of July, the Tenth Day of October, the Fifth Day of January and the Fifth Day of April, in each and every Year; and that the said Annuity shall and may, in and by such Letters Patent, be directed to be issuing and payable out of and chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, (after paying or reserving sufficient to pay all such Sums as have been directed to be paid out of the same by any Act or Acts of Parliament made previous to the time of passing this Act,) but with Preference to all other Payments which shall or may, at any time or times after the passing of this Act, be charged upon and payable out of the said Fund. without Fee. II. And be it further enacted, That the said Annuity shall be Annuity paypaid and payable, during the Continuance thereof, at the Receipt able at the of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster; and the Auditor of Exchequer, the said Receipt shall and he is hereby required, by virtue of such Letters Patent, to make forth and pass Debentures from time to time for paying the said Annuity during the Continuance of the same, and as the same shall become due and payable, without any Fees or Charges to be demanded or taken for paying the same or any Part thereof; and the said Debentures, to be made forth and passed as aforesaid, shall be a sufficient Authority to the several and respective Officers of the Receipt of the Exchequer now and for the time being, for the Payment of the said Annuity as the same shall take effect according to the Directions of this Act, without any further or other Warrant to be sued for, had or obtained in that Behalf. III. And be it further enacted, That the said Annuity, and every Tax free, CA P. CXX. An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to be XXVII. AND be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons to whom such last mentioned Licence or Licences shall be granted in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, pursuant to this Act, shall before the last Day of drawing each Lottery, if there shall be more than One Day of drawing thereof, and if there shall be only One Day of drawing then before that Day, deposit at the Office or Place to be appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned by the Commissioners of Stamp Duties in England and Ireland respectively, and divide into Shares, One hundred and twenty whole undrawn Tickets in each of the Lotteries established as aforesaid, for such Licence granted to him, her or them, if only One such Licence be granted, and if Two or more such Licences be granted to the same Person or Persons, then and in that case he, she or they shall, before the Drawing begins, deposit at the Office aforesaid, and divide into Shares, One hundred Tickets for each such Licence, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, in England, or One hundred such Tickets in Ireland, when the Lottery shall consist of Twenty thousand Tickets or upwards, and so in proportion for any smaller Number; and every such Licence, for which no such respective Deposit shall be made, shall be void and of no Effect; and every Person acting under any such Licence, in any of the Matters therein contained, after such Default made, shall be adjudged and considered in every respect as an unlicensed Person; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Stamp Duties in England and Ireland respectively, and they Licensed Per sons in Great Britain or Ireland to deposit and divide in Shares a cer tain Number of Tickets in each of the Lotteries, or Licences void, &c. Persons dividing Tickets into Shares, &c. contrary to Licence, shall forfeit 1001. Treasury may authorize Persons to divide Tickets into Shares without Licence from Stamp Office. No Tickets to be sold but such as are author ized, nor Shares or Chances other than Halves, Quarters, Eighths and Sixteenths. Penalty 501. Chances to be they are hereby required, upon every such Default, to cause to be published the Names and Places of Abode, and the Description of the Offices of such Person or Persons making such Default as aforesaid, in the London or Dublin Gazette respectively, and declare therein the time when such Default was made, and such Forfeiture shall take place from the Time of such Publication. XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons who shall divide Tickets into Shares, or issue Chances, without the Authority of such Licence as aforesaid, or in any other House or Place besides that named in the Licence, or in any other manner contrary to such Licence, or to the Intent and Meaning of this Act, shall forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of One hundred Pounds: Provided always, that if the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury shall sell or authorize to be sold any Number of Tickets to the Public without the Intervention of a Contractor or Contractors, nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to prevent any Person authorized by the said Commissioners aforesaid dividing Tickets into Shares, and selling the same, without a Licence from the Commissioners for managing the Duties upon stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper for the Time being in England or Ireland, so as the Shares be stamped as is herein directed and prescribed, and such Persons act under Regulations to be established by the said Commissioners. XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall sell any Ticket or Tickets, Chance or Chances, Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets, Chance or Chances, in any Lottery or Lotteries, except such as are or shall be authorized by this or some other Act of Parliament to be sold, or shall publish any Proposal or Scheme for the Sale of any Ticket or Tickets, Chance or Chances, Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets, Chance or Chances, except such Lottery or Lotteries as shall be authorized as aforesaid, or shall sell any Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets, Chance or Chances, in any Lottery to be drawn in pursuance of this Act, in any other Proportion or Proportions than One Half, Quarter, Eighth or Sixteenth Part or Share only; or shall publish any Proposal or Scheme for selling any Share or Shares, or enter into any Agreement or Agreements for any Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets, Chance or Chances, in the said respective Lotteries, in any other Proportion than One Half, Quarter, Eighth or Sixteenth Part or Share; such Person or Persons shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds, and shall also be deemed a Rogue and Vagabond, or Rogues and Vagabonds, and shall be punished as such in the manner hereinafter directed. XL. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any in the following Person or Persons, so licensed as aforesaid, to issue and sell the Chance of any particular Benefit or Benefits that may belong to any Ticket in any of the said Lotteries, or the Chance of all the Benefits that may belong to any such Ticket, except any particular Benefit or Benefits which shall be specified, and that every such Chance or Agreement for such Chance shall be made out, written or printed in Words or Figures to this Effect; (that is to say,) FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, or SEVENTH LOTTERY, [as the case may be,] One thousand eight hundred and twenty one. • THE Bearer of this Chance will receive the Ticket numbered as above, now deposited at the Stamp Office in London [or 'Dublin, as the case may be], if entitled to any Benefit above (or to any Benefit whatever, save and except, specifying the Exception, as the case may be). or under ‹ A. B. • Licensed as the Act directs.' And that it shall be lawful for any Person or Persons so licensed as aforesaid, (by and with the Consent and Approbation of the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any Three or more of them, first had and obtained in Writing for that Purpose, at the Foot of any Lottery Scheme hereafter approved or to be approved,) to divide the Chance of any Ticket or Chances of any Tickets into Shares thereof in the same Way and in the same Proportions as Tickets are authorized to be divided into Shares by this Act, and to sell the same in any of the said Lotteries; provided that the same Regulations are observed as with respect to the Shares of Tickets are directed to be observed by this Act. XLVIII. And be it further enacted, That upon the leaving and depositing of any Lottery Ticket or Chance at or in the said Office with the said Receiver General in England or Ireland respectively, or such Person or Persons so to be appointed as aforesaid, for the Purposes aforesaid, the Person or Persons who shall so leave and deposit the same shall pay to the said Receiver General, or the Person or Persons so to be appointed by him as aforesaid, the Sum of Two Pence for every Share into which such Ticket shall be divided, or for the Chance which shall be issued thereupon as aforesaid. which Chances Fee to Re- for each Cha Tickets de- Britain or Ire- Possession of L. And be it further enacted, That every Ticket so deposited as aforesaid in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, for the Purpose of being sold in Shares, shall be detained, and remain in the Custody of the Receiver General, or of the Person or Persons with whom the same shall have been deposited as aforesaid in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act, until the Expiration of Fourteen Days after the Day on which the same shall be drawn, if not entitled to a greater Benefit than Fifty Pounds; or until the Expiration of Twenty one Days after the Day on which the same shall have been drawn, if entitled to a greater Benefit than Fifty Pounds; at the Expiration of which Time, the same shall be delivered back mentioned. to the Proprietor or Proprietors thereof, or his, her or their Executors or Administrators, on returning the Receipt which shall have been given for the same as aforesaid: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any Person holding any Share or Shares in any such Ticket, to give Notice to the Receiver General, or Person or Persons in whose Custody the same shall be, not to deliver or return the same until such Share or Shares, or the Value thereof, shall have been paid and satisfied, or Security given for the Payment thereof to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of Stamps in Great Britain or Ireland respectively; and thereupon it shall be Tickets deposited may be delivered back. on the Chances being produced; and where Permission is given by the Treasury to divide Chances into Shares, Tickets to be delivered back in like Manner. be lawful for the said Receiver General, or the Person or Persons having the Custody of the Ticket or Chance in respect whereof such Notice shall be given, and he and they are hereby respectively required, upon such Notice, and upon such Share or Shares being deposited with the Receiver General, or such other Person as aforesaid, to detain such Ticket or Chance accordingly, until the Share or Shares so deposited shall be paid or satisfied, or such Security given as aforesaid; and in Default thereof it shall be lawful for the said Receiver General, or other Person having the Custody of such Ticket, to receive the Prize Money or Benefit which may belong thereto, when the same shall become payable under this Act, and to pay a due Proportion thereof to the Person or Persons who shall have deposited such Share or Shares, and the Residue to the original Proprietor or Proprietors of such Ticket; and in case any Ticket so deposited as aforesaid shall remain unclaimed at the End of Two Years from the Day of the Drawing thereof, the Prize Money or Benefit belonging thereto shall be received by the said Receiver General for the time being, and shall be applied in defraying the Expences of the Stamp Office in executing this Act, and otherwise in such manner as is hereinafter mentioned. LI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Receiver General, or other Person with whom any Ticket shall have been deposited by any licensed Person for the Purpose of issuing a Chance thereupon as aforesaid, to deliver back such Ticket at any Time before the same shall be drawn to the Person who shall have deposited the same, upon his producing the stamped Chance of any such Ticket, and also the Stamp Office Receipt for the same, to be cancelled; and that in the same manner, if Permission shall have been given by. Three or more of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to divide Chances into Shares thereof, it shall be lawful for the said Receiver General, or other Person with whom any Chance of a Ticket shall have been deposited by any licensed Person for the Purpose of issuing Shares thereof. as aforesaid, to deliver back such Chance of a Ticket, at any Time before the same shall be drawn, to the Person who shall have deposited the same, upon his producing all the stamped Shares of such Chance of a Ticket, and also the Stamp Office Receipt for the same, that the whole or so much of such Receipt as relates to such Chance of a Ticket may be cancelled; and that it shall be lawful for the said Receiver General, or other Person as above mentioned, in like Manner, after the same Chance of a Ticket shall have been drawn, to deliver the same to the original Proprietor thereof at the End of Fourteen Days, if the Holders of the Shares of such Chance shall not be entitled thereto, upon his delivering up the Stamp Office Receipt for the same, to be cancelled. |