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<P>AN
ORDINANCE
OF THE
Lords and Commons
A&s;&s;embled in
PARLIAMENT&punc;
For the Rai&s;ing and Collecting of Ten
thou&s;and pounds,for and towards the
Redemption of Di&s;tre&s;&s;ed
CAPTIVES.</P>
<P><DATE>Die Martis, 8. Julij, 1645.</DATE></P>
<P>Ordered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament&punc;
that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>Jo: Brown, Cleric. Parliamentorum.</P>
<P>LONDON:
Printed for <HI>Laurence Blaiklock,</HI> July 15.
1645.</P>
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<HEAD><DATE>Die Martis 8. July 1645.</DATE></HEAD>
<P><HI>_VVHereas</HI> by an Act made this pre|&s;ent
Parliament, Intituled, an
Act for the relief of the Cap|tives
taken by Turki&s;h, Moo|ri&s;h,
and other Pirats, and to
prevent the taking of others in time to
come, a Sub&s;idy of one <HI>per Cent.</HI> was im|po&s;ed
on all goods and Merchandize ex|ported
out of, or imported into this King|dom
of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI>
which was to be one fir&s;t part more then
the Cu&s;tomes and Sub&s;idy of Tonnage
and Poundage, according to the Book
of Rates: Since the Pa&s;&s;ing of which
Act, the Hou&s;e of Commons by Order of
the tenth of <HI>March</HI> 1641. for divers rea&s;ons
did Order, That Bonds &s;hould be taken
by the Collectors of that duty to &s;tand to
the Order of Parliament: And whereas
both Hou&s;es of Parliament intending to
carry on that good work, did on the 24. of
<HI>October</HI> 1644. Order, that only one fourth
part of the moneys due by the &s;aid Bonds
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being one &s;hilling in every twenty &s;hil|lings
Cu&s;tome, &s;hould be paid by the re|&s;pective
Merchants of the City of <HI>London,</HI>
having by their Petition &s;et forth y^e great
inconveniency that might happen, as well
in relation to the Advancement of the
work, as to the unequall burthen that
might re&s;t upon the wel-affected Mer|chants,
in regard &s;undry per&s;ons ill di&s;po|&s;ed
to that work, and di&s;-affected to the
Parliament, did, during the time of the
&s;aid Act, make ill u&s;e of the favour of the
Parliament; and did fraudulently make
entry of their goods in the names of in&s;ol|vent
and unknown per&s;ons, by whom
Bonds were likewi&s;e &s;ealed. And the du|ty
being now required, no &s;uch per&s;ons ap|pear,
nor moneys can be collected for the
carrying on of that work; yet the &s;aid wel-affected
Merchants being de&s;irous that
the work might go on, are ready not only
by way of Advance forthwith to pay in
all &s;uch monyes as they them&s;elves owe
upon tho&s;e bonds, but likewi&s;e willing to
di&s;cover the fraud in tho&s;e il-affected per|&s;ons,
and to u&s;e their be&s;t indeavors, to re|cover
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in the moneys due upon &s;uch Bonds
&s;o as they might be enabled by an Ordi|nance
of Parliament for continuance of
that duty of one fourth <HI>per Cent.</HI> for ano|ther
year to reimbur&s;e them&s;elves out of
the one moyety of the Collections of that
duty or otherwi&s;e all &s;uch moneys as they
&s;hall pay in and advance as afore&s;aid. It
is therefore Ordained by the Lords and
Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament;
That <HI>Samuel Avery,</HI> E&s;quire, Alderman or
the City of <HI>London, Walter Pell, Robert Low|ther
Rouland Wil&s;on</HI> Senior, <HI>Thomas Hodges,
William Methold, Edmund Ca&s;on, Robert Abdy,
Samuel Mico, Charles Snelling, Richard Leg,
Thomas Rich, Jonathan Andrews, Nathaniel
Wright, Thomas Burnell, Richard Chiverton,
Nathan Wright, Richard Hill, Benjamin Delan|noy,
William Vincent, Henry Hunt</HI> and <HI>Hugh
Wood,</HI> or any three of them &s;hall be a Com|mittee,
and have power to receive from
the Chamberlain of <HI>London,</HI> who is here|by
required to deliver all &s;uch Bonds of
Merchants heretofore taken for the &s;atis|fying
of that duty by vertue of the &s;aid
Order of the 10. of <HI>March</HI> 1641. And &s;hall
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have further power to receive all moneys
due upon the &s;aid Bonds, from the &s;eve|rall
Merchants, according to the Rule
following: That is to &s;ay, of all &s;uch
Merchants, that &s;hall before the 24. of
<HI>July</HI> next, voluntarily pay in the one
fourth part of the one <HI>per Cent.</HI> in obedi|ence
to the Ordinance of the 24. of <HI>October
1644.</HI> Vpon their &s;aid Bonds they &s;hall ac|cept
thereof, and deliver up their Bonds
cancelled to the re&s;pective Merchants;
but of all others, which &s;hall refu&s;e to ac|cept
of the benefit of this Ordinance, and
to pay in their moneys on their Bonds by
the day pre&s;cribed, or any others that they
&s;hall di&s;cover fraudulently to have made
their entries in unknown names to elude
the Ordinance of Parliament, They &s;hall
have power to require and receive the
whole duty of one <HI>per Cent.</HI> or the whole
penalty of the &s;aid Bonds, as they &s;hall
think fit. And if any &s;hall refu&s;e upon de|mand
to make &s;uch payment, then to leavy
the &s;ame by di&s;tre&s;&s;e upon the goods and
E&s;tates of &s;uch per&s;ons, and the &s;ame to
&s;ell and di&s;po&s;e of for the &s;atisfaction of
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the &s;aid Bonds, and the overplus if any
&s;hall be, to return it to the parties &s;o refu|&s;ing.
And for the better execution of this
&s;ervice, they &s;hall have power to &s;end for
parties, Witne&s;&s;es, other then Peeres,
papers, and Records at a certain time and
place, where they &s;hall con&s;tantly &s;it. And
it is further Ordained, That after the
&s;um of Ten thou&s;and pounds &s;hall be rai|&s;ed
and Collected upon the &s;aid Bonds, for
the carrying on the &s;aid work, &s;uch Mer|chants
&s;hall, on, or before the &s;aid 24. day of
<HI>July,</HI> pay in their &s;aid moneys in obedience
to this Ordinance, &s;hall be repaid the &s;ame
out of the &s;urplus of &s;uch moneys, as &s;hall
ari&s;e upon the &s;aid Bonds in turn as they
did pay in their moneys, and what part
&s;hall be wanting for the full reimbur&s;e|ment
of every particular Merchant, &s;hall
be paid out of the one moyety of the Re|ceipts
that &s;hall be Collected in the Port of
<HI>London,</HI> on an Ordinance of Parliament
pa&s;&s;ed this pre&s;ent day, for the continuance
of the &s;aid duty of one fourth of one <HI>per
Cent.</HI> from the 10. of <HI>December</HI> next inclu|&s;ive.
Provided, if any Merchant &s;hall not
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pay in the money due by his Bonds, on or
before the 24. of <HI>July</HI> as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not
enjoy the benefit of this Clau&s;e&punc; or any
thing in this Ordinance <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained, That this
Committee &s;hall have power to appoint a
Trea&s;urer to receive and i&s;&s;ue <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2+ words">
moneys as &s;hall be Collected on the &s;aid
Bonds as he &s;hall receive order from time
to time from the Committee of the Navy
appointed by Parliament, which &s;hall be
to him a &s;ufficient di&s;charge, and to im|ploy
&s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons in the
execution of this &s;ervice, and to give &s;uch
reward for their care and pains, as to
them with the approbation of the Com|mittee
of the Navy &s;hall be thought fit.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, it is Ordained, That if after the
&s;aid 24. day of <HI>July,</HI> any per&s;on or per&s;ons
&s;hall be di&s;covered eluding of the &s;aid Or|dinance
of Parliament for the payment of
that duty to have made fraudulent en|tries,
and to cau&s;e bonds to be giver in the
names of unknown or in&s;olvent per&s;ons,
&s;uch per&s;ons &s;o di&s;covered &s;hall be liable to
the penalty of the &s;aid bonds, and to &s;uch
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further puni&s;hment as &s;hall be thought fit
by Parliament to be due to offences of
that nature one moyety of the &s;aid Fine
and penalty &s;hall be to &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons
that &s;hall make &s;uch di&s;covery, and
the other moyety to the State, to be im|ployed,
to and for the Redemption of the
&s;aid di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Captives&punc; And the Com|mittee
of the Navy are to take care for the
putting this Ordinance in execution,
and to give &s;uch&punc; further In&s;tructions
from time to time, as &s;hall be needfull
for the better carrying on of this
Service.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo: Brown, Cleric.</SIGNED>
Parliamentorum.</CLOSER>
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