House of Commons (Disqualification) Act 1693

XLII. The Managers to write down the Name's of the Persons to whom the fortunate Tickets belong.

When the Drawing is over, the fortunate Tickets to be printed and published.; Forging Benefit Tickets, Felony.; Managers may commit Forgers.

And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That att any time after Six days and within Sixty days after the drawing shall bee finished the several Adventurers or their Agents or Assignes who shall bee actually possessed of the numbred Ticketts delivered out by the abovesaid Receivers for which fortunate Lotts shall bee drawne as aforesaid shall or may appeare with the said Ticketts soe in their respective possessions for the Managers or the major part of them which shall bee present att a meeting as aforesaid to know and write downe the names of the respective persons to whom the fortunate Lotts shall severally belong and the several yearely su[m]ms soe written upon the said fortunate Ticketts as aforesaid shall severally and respectively belong and bee adjudged accepted and taken to belong and appertaine to such persons respectively as shall soe appeare with the numbred Ticketts to the said Managers or to such Persons as shall have their names indorsed upon any such Ticketts in case they bee brought to the Managers by any other hands And to the end the fortunate may know (whether absent or present) to what degree they have been soe as soon as the drawing is over the said Managers are hereby required forthwith to cause to bee printed and publish the number of the Tickett drawne against each fortunate Tickett and the yearely su[m]m written in the same And if any contention or dispute shall arise in adjusting the property of the said fortunate Ticketts the major part of the Managers aforesaid agreeing therein shall determine to whom it does and ought to belong And if any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit any such Tickett or Ticketts as aforesaid or bring any forged or counterfeit Tickett (knowing the same to bee soe) to the said Managers or any of them to the intent to defraud their Majesties or any Contributor or Adventurer or the Executors Administrators or Assignes of any Contributor or Adventurer upon this Act that then every such person or persons (being thereof convicted in due forme of Law) shall be adjudged a Felon and shall suffer as in cases of Felony and the said Managers and Directors or any two or more of them are hereby authorized and impowered to cause any such person or persons bringing such forged or counterfeit Tickett or Ticketts as aforesaid to bee apprehended and to committ him her or them to their Majesties Goal of Newgate to bee proceeded against for the said Felony according to Law.