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Lord chancellor may upon petition place out such sums so paid into the bank in some publick fund.
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VII. Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the said lord high chancellor, or keeper of the great seal, after such payment into the said bank, and entry of such payment as aforesaid, at the petition of any person or persons in possession of such ferry or ferries, if he shall think sit to place out, or invest, or cause to be placed out or invested, such sum or sums of money, or any part thereof, in some of the public funds, or on government security at interest, in the name of any person or persons authorized and appointed by the said lord high chancellor, or keeper of the great seal, for that purpose in trust to transfer or assign the same to the person or persons to whom the said ferry or ferries belong, on their executing proper conveyances thereof to the said commissoners, and in the mean time in trust to pay the interest and dividend arising therefrom, to such person or persons who was or were in possession of the said ferry or ferries, at the time of the said payment into the said bank.
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