House of Commons (Disqualification) Act 1693

XXXVIII. Receivers to redeliver the Books to the Managers.

Receivers to account.; Managers to keep the Tickets redelivered to them.; Tickets of the Middle Column put into a Box, and marked A. Box put into another Box and locked, &c.; Tickets of the First Column to remain.

And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the [X1 said] several Receivers on the Twentieth day of September which shall bee in the yeare one thousand six hundred ninety foure shall re-deliver to the said Managers and Directors att their said Office or Place of meeting all the said Books and therein all the Ticketts of the first and second Columnes before mentioned and soe many of the said Ticketts of the extreame Columns. (if any such bee) as the said Receivers shall not have cutt out and delivered to the Contributors for their money as aforesaid and shall then and there also deliver to the said Managers and Directors a true and just account in writing under their hands of all su[m]m and su[m]ms of money accrued or come to the hands of such Receiver and Receivers respectively by or for the Ticketts delivered out as aforesaid and how the same or how much thereof shall have been actually paid by every such Receiver into the Receipt of the Exchequer to and for their Majesties use and behoofe and that the said Managers and Directors or the major part of them which shall bee present att a meeting as aforesaid shall cause all the Ticketts of the said middle Columns in the Books which shall bee delivered back to them by or from the said Receivers in case all the corresponding Ticketts in the extreame Columns shall have been disposed for money as aforesaid to bee carefully rolled upp and made fast with Thread or Silk and in case all the Ticketts in the extreame Columns shall not have been disposed for money as aforesaid that then the said Managers and Directors or the major part of them which shall bee present as aforesaid shall cause soe many of the Ticketts of the said middle Columns as shall corespond with or bee the counterparts of those of the extreame Columns which shall have been cutt out and disposed for money as aforesaid and none other to bee carefully rolled upp and made fast with Thread or Silk as is before mentioned and the said Managers and Directors or the major part of them as aforesaid shall in their presence and in the presence of such of the Adventurers as will bee there cause all the Ticketts which are to bee soe rolled upp and made fast as aforesaid to bee cutt off indent wise thorow the said oblique lines into a Box to bee prepared for this purpose and to bee marked with the letter A; which Box is presently to bee putt into another strong Box and to bee lockt upp with seven different Locks and Keys to bee kept by as many of the said Managers and sealed with their seales or the seals of some of them until the said Ticketts are to bee drawne as is herein after mentioned and that the Ticketts in the first or innermost Columns of the said Books shall remaine still in the Books for discovering any mistake or fraud if any such should happen to bee co[m]mitted contrary to the true meaning of this Act.

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.