East India Company Act 1697

XLI. The Sums subscribed to be written in Words at Length as well as Figures; and attested.;

After 29th Sept. 1698, or Subscription completed, Duplicates of Subscriptions to be returned into the Exchequer, before 20th Oct. 1698; Duplicates to be recorded; Free Access to Registers; Copies of Books inrolled to be delivered to Commissioners for the Use of Subscribers, gratis.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners to be nominated by His Majesty for taking Subscriptions as aforesaid shall take care that the Sums subscribed be written as well in Words at Length as in Figures And that the Day of the Month and Year on which every Subscription shall be made be truely set and expressed against the same and that the Subscriptions so to be made from Time to Time be attested under the Hands and Seals of Five or more of the Commissioners who shall be present at the making of such Subscriptions and that the said Commissioners or any Five or more of them do without Delay after the said Nine and twentieth Day of September One thousand six hundred ninety eight or after the said Subscriptions for the said Two Millions shall be compleated (which shall first happen) make or cause to be made true Duplicates or Copies fairly written in Parchment of the said whole Book or Books of Subscriptions and deliver the said Duplicate or Duplicates of the said Book or Books attested by Five or more of the said Commissioners into the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt in the Exchequer before the Twentieth Day of October One thousand six hundred ninety eight at farthest And the said Auditor of the Receipt is hereby authorized and required forthwith to register or enrol and the Clerk of the Pells in the said Receipt is hereby required forthwith to record the said Duplicate or Duplicates amongst the Registers or Records of their respective Offices that so it may appear how much shall have been subscribed and by whom and likewise how the said Yearly Fund or a proportionable Part thereof is to be issued and applyed by virtue of this Act And that every Person concerned shall have free Access at all seasonable Times and Liberty to view and peruse the said Register Enrolment or Record without Fee or Charge And that true Copies of such Book or Books so enrolled and recorded under the Hands and Seals of the said Auditor of the Receipt and Clerk of the Pells shall be delivered by them gratis to the said Commissioners or any Five or more of them demanding the same for the Benefit of the said Subscribers.