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<HEAD><DATE><HI>Die Mercurij</HI> 14, <HI>Decemb.</HI> 1642.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE, MADE BY THE LORDS AND COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, For the better and more &s;peedy execution, of the late Ordinance of the 29. of November, 1642.</HEAD>
<P>_WHEREAS according to an Ordinance and Declaration of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, of the 29. of <HI>November</HI> la&s;t, the per&s;ons who&s;e names are &s;ub&s;cribed are appointed and &s;ince approved of, by both Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors of  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  It is now ordered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament. And the &s;aid per&s;ons, are hereby required and authorized, upon the Re|ceipt of this order, forthwith to proceed, effectually and diligently, to execute the &s;aid Ordinance, according to the tenor thereof, in every behalfe, without omi&s;&s;ion, favour, dread, malice, or any other thing, to be attempted, by them, or any of them, to the contrary thereof: And for that end; It is further Ordained and Declared: That the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, &s;hall hereby have authority to call before them, as well &s;uch per&s;ons, as they &s;hall thinke fit to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance: As al&s;o, all or any &s;uch per&s;ons, as are to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed. And the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors &s;hall appoint the &s;aid Collectors, in their &s;everall Divi&s;ions and Precincts, for gathering the &s;ums that &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed; And give notice of the &s;umme and &s;ummes of money, at which every per&s;on, in their divi&s;ions and precincts &s;hall be particularly a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed. And WHEREAS it is expre&s;&s;ed, in the &s;aid Ordinance, (So as the a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement exceed not the twentieth <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">art of the e&s;tates of the per&s;ons to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed) It is hereby Declared, for prevention of all inequality in the &s;aid a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement: That if the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, or any foure of them, proceeding in their a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement according to their Judgements, and be&s;t Information, &s;hall a&s;&s;e&s;&s;e any per&s;on, above the twentieth part of his e&s;tate; And that the per&s;on &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, doth find him&s;elfe grieved, with the &s;ame a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing or Rating: That then the party &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, (paying one moiety of the &s;umme he &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed at, within &s;ixe dayes next after a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement, and notice thereof given, or left, at the dwelling hou&s;e of the party &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed) may, (during &s;ixe daies, after his having paid the &s;aid Moiety, as afore|&s;aid) have liberty, and may addre&s;&s;e him&s;elfe for remedy and reliefe, unto the per&s;ons nominated by the &s;aid Ordinance, to nominate the A&s;+&s;e&s;&s;ors, or any foure of them, and may tender his voluntary Oath, or Prote&s;tation, to &s;uch per&s;ons, that he is over-rated, and of the true va|lue of his e&s;tate (if he plea&s;e) and after due examination, and perfect knowledge thereof had, and perceived; The &s;aid Per&s;ons authorized to nominate A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors as afore&s;aid, or any foure of them, &s;hall hereby have power to Order &s;uch abatement of the &s;aid a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement, according as &s;hall appeare unto them ju&s;t, and equall upon the &s;ame examination. And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared, that the per&s;on &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ed and &s;worne, &s;hall within three dayes next after the Order of abatement, in that behalfe made, pay unto, or be repaid by the Trea&s;urers who received the other moiety of &s;uch a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement, &s;uch &s;umme or &s;ummes of money, as by the &s;aid Order of abatement &s;hall be appointed: And in ca&s;e the &s;aid per&s;on, &s;o &s;worne and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, &s;hall not pay within the &s;aid three dayes, next after Order of abatement made, the &s;umme thereby ordered to be paid; That then the &s;ame &s;umme, &s;hall be recovered by di&s;tre&s;&s;e, or otherwi&s;e, as is provided in the &s;aid Ordinance of the 29. of November la&s;t, (in ca&s;e the &s;ummes a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed &s;hall not be paid into the <HI>Guild-hall, London,</HI> according to the true meaning of the &s;ame) And if it be proved by witne&s;&s;es, or by the parties owne confe&s;&s;ion, or other lawfull wayes or meanes, within &s;ixe monethes after any &s;uch Oath made, that the &s;ame per&s;on &s;o rated, and &s;worne, was of any better or greater e&s;tate, in Lands, Goods, or other things above &s;peci|fied, at the time of the making the &s;aid Ordinance, then the &s;aid per&s;on &s;o &s;worne, did declare upon his Oath. That then every per&s;on &s;o of|fending, &s;hall lo&s;e and forfeit, &s;o much lawfull money of <HI>England,</HI> as he the &s;ame per&s;on &s;o &s;worne, was fir&s;t a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed at, or taxed to pay, by vertue of the Ordinance afore&s;aid: To be recovered, by di&s;tre&s;&s;e, or otherwi&s;e, as is provided, in the &s;aid Ordinance of the 29. of Novem|ber la&s;t, (in ca&s;e the &s;ummes of money to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by vertue of the &s;aid Ordinance &s;hall not be paid into the <HI>Guild-hall London,</HI> according to the true meaning of the &s;ame) And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared, That the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors &s;hall incurre no da|mage by rea&s;on of their over-valuing the e&s;tate of any per&s;on a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or recovering or receiving the &s;ame, by vertue of the Ordinance afore&s;aid, unle&s;&s;e &s;ome corruption or indirect carriage therein, &s;hall be proved in Parliament again&s;t them.</P>
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<HEAD>Die Veneris, Decemb. 16. 1642.</HEAD>
<P>Ordered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London Printed for <HI>Robert Dun&s;comb. Decemb.</HI> 17. 1642.</P>
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