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Voluntary Contributions may be received at the Bank.
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CCXI. And whereas His Majesty’s Subjects residing out of Great Britain, and others, may be desirous of voluntarily contributing towards the Purposes of this Act; be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person or Persons, Body Corporate or Politick, and at any Time or Times during the Continuance of this Act, to pay or cause to be paid to the said Governor or Company, or to their Cashier or Cashiers, or other Person or Persons to be authorized by them, any Sum or Sums of Money as and for a voluntary Contribution, for the Purpose of carrying on the War, and in such Case to require a Certificate or Certificates for the same, acknowledging the Payment of such voluntary Contribution; which Sums to be paid as aforesaid, for which such Certificates shall be required, shall be deemed and taken to be voluntary Contributions of such Persons, Body Politick or Corporate respectively, towards effecting the Purposes of this and the said recited Act, and shall be applied as the other Monies paid into the Bank of England by virtue of this Act may be applied.
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