The Bankers' Compositions Act 1856
WHEREAS under Sections Twenty-three and Twenty-four of the Act of the Session holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Thirty-two, certain Compositions are made payable by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to Bankers who have discontinued the Issue of their own Bank Notes; and by Section Twenty-five of the said Act, it is provided that all such Compositions shall, if not previously determined by the Act of such Banker as therein-before provided, cease and d...