19. Or upon like notice at any 1st of August 1855. as also of all arrears of the said several annuities of Thirty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-eight Pounds Nine Shillings and Two-pence and Fifty-six thousand five hundred and thirty-eight Pounds Nine Shillings and Two-pence, due at the expiration of such notice, in like manner as is hereinafter stipulated and provided, in the event of such notice being deferred until after the First day of August One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-five, the said several annuities, and the said exclusive privileges of banking granted by the recited Acts and this Act, shall cease and determine at the expiration of such year's notice; and the said Corporation shall be dissolved; and any vote or resolution of The House of Commons, signified by the Speaker of the said House in writing, and delivered at the public office of the Governor and Company of the said Bank, or their successors, shall be deemed and adjudged to be a sufficient notice. 5 10 15 And be it Enacted, That all the powers, authorities, franchises, time after the privileges and advantages given or recognized by the said recited Acts, as belonging to or enjoyed by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be in full force and continued by this Act, except so far as the same are altered by this Act, subject nevertheless to such redemption upon the 20 terms and conditions following; (that is to say) that at any time upon Twelve Months' notice to be given after the First day of August One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-five, and upon repayment by Parliament to the Governor and Company of the said Bank of Ireland, or their successors, of the said sum of Six hundred thousand Pounds, 25 as also of the hereinbefore first-mentioned sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds, as also of the said sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, as also of the hereinbefore secondly mentioned sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds, as also of all arrears of the said several annuities of Thirty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-eight Pounds Nine Shillings and Two-pence and Fifty-six thousand five hundred and thirty-eight Pounds Nine Shillings and Twopence, due at the time of such notice to be given as last aforesaid; then and in such case, and not till then (unless under the proviso hereinbefore contained), the said exclusive privileges of banking granted by the said recited Acts and this Act shall cease, and determine, and the said Corporation shall be dissolved at the expiration of such notice of Twelve Months. 20. Act may be amended or repealed. And be it Enacted, That this Act may be altered or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. 30 35 (Ireland.) A BIL L To continue an Act of the last Session of Parliament relating to the Bank of Ireland. [Note.-The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] 5 10 15 20 c. 72. HEREAS an Act was passed in the first and second years Preamble. of the reign of his Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to establish an Agreement with the Governor and 1 & 2 G. 4, Company of the Bank of Ireland for advancing the sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds Irish currency, and to empower the said Governor and Company to enlarge the Capital Stock or Fund of the said Bank to Three Millions : " And whereas another Act was passed in the third year of the reign of his said Majesty King GEORGE the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to reduce the Rate of Interest payable on 3 G. 4, c. 26. the Sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds advanced by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service, under an Act made in the Forty-eighth Year of his late Majesty:" And whereas the respective sums of Five hundred thousand Pounds and One million two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds advanced by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service, were by the said Acts directed to be repaid on the First day of January One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight: And whereas the said period was postponed by an Act passed in the first year of the reign of Her present Majesty, and also by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act further to postpone, until the First day of January One thousand eight hundred and Forty, the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service :" And whereas the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland have agreed that the time for 7 W. 4, & 1 Vict. c. 59. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 81. Time for repayment of Sums advanced by the Bank of Ire land postponed. Irish 5 such repayment should be further postponed ; BE it therefore Enacted, |