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An Act of Common-Councell concerning the Col|lecting
and gathering of the Fifteenes Granted for the
nece&s;&s;ary Defence of the City of <HI>London.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Commune Concilium tentum in Camera <HI>Guild-hall</HI> Civitatis <HI>London,</HI> &s;eptimo die Aprilis 1643 po&s;t meridiem, Annoque
Regni Domini no&s;tri <HI>Caroli,</HI> nunc Regis <HI>Angliae,</HI> &amp;c. decimo nono, coram <HI>I&s;aac Pennington</HI> Majore &s;ecundo tempore
Civitatis <HI>London, Jacobo Garrad</HI> Milite, <HI>Thoma Atkin, Johan. Wolla&s;ton</HI> Milite, <HI>Thoma Adams, Johan. Warner, Johan. Tow&s;e,
Abraha. Reynard&s;on, Georgio Garret</HI> Milite, <HI>Johan. Fowke, Jacobo Bunce, Willi. Gibbs, &amp; Richardo Chambers,</HI> Aldermannis
Civitatis praedictae, ac <HI>Johan. Langham, &amp; Thoma Andrews,</HI> Aldermannis ac dicte Civitatis Vicecomit' Necnon majore
parte Communariorum de Communi Concilio eju&s;dem Civitatis tunc &amp; ibidem A&s;&s;emblat'.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_WHEREAS</HI> at a Common Councell here holden, the three and twentyeth day of <HI>February</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, eight Fif|teenes
(after the new rate) were granted for the nece&s;&s;ary defence of this City, and thereby Collectors are
to be made, and directions given, in what manner, and to whom, and to what purpo&s;e the &s;aid Monies Col|lected
&s;hall be paid and i&s;&s;ued out, as by the &s;aid Act it doth more at large appeare. And fora&s;much as this
Court is informed by &s;ome Members thereof, that the Collecting of the &s;aid monies is much detarded and
hindered, by rea&s;on that divers Collectors conceive that they have not power to di&s;traine for the &s;ame, in
ca&s;e the &s;ame be refu&s;ed to be paid; For clearing of which doubt, and furthering the Collecting of the &s;ame;</P>
<P>It is declared granted, and enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Right Wor&s;hipfull the
Aldermen his Brethren, and Commons in this Common Councell a&s;&s;embled, and by authority of the &s;ame: That it &s;hall and
may be lawfull to and for all and every of the Collectors of the &s;aid Fifteenes, re&s;pectively within his and their re&s;pective di|vi&s;ions
or collections, to di&s;traine any per&s;on or per&s;ons refu&s;ing to pay the &s;aid Fifteenes, by his, her, and their goods and
Chattels, and the &s;ame to take, carry away and retaine, untill &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing, &s;hall pay his or her part or
portion of the &s;aid Fifteenes. And for his a&s;&s;i&s;tance &s;hall (if he or they require the &s;ame) take unto him or them any Con&s;ta|ble
or Con&s;tables within the Pari&s;h or Ward, where any per&s;on or per&s;ons refu&s;ing &s;hall dwell. And that all the Con&s;tables
within the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties thereof, as well within Priviledged places as without, &s;hall and are hereby required
(upon reque&s;t of any Collector or Collectors of the &s;aid Fifteenes) to ayde and a&s;&s;i&s;t &s;uch Collector or Collectors to take Di|&s;tre&s;&s;es
for default of payment of the &s;aid Fifteenes. And that it &s;hall be lawfull to and for the Right Honourable the Lord
Mayor to make a Warrant or Precept unto any Collector (requiring the &s;ame) to di&s;traine the Goods and Chattels of every
per&s;on or per&s;ons refu&s;ing to pay the &s;aid Fifteenes. And for the better incouragement of the &s;aid Collectors in the due exe|cuting
of their duties and &s;peedy collecting of the &s;everall &s;ummes of Money in their &s;everall and re&s;pective Collections; It
is granted, agreed and enacted by authority afore&s;aid, That if the &s;aid Collectors or any of them &s;hall di&s;traine the Goods
and chattels of any per&s;on or per&s;ons refu&s;ing to pay the &s;aid Fifteenes, for the &s;aid monies or any part thereof by a rea&s;ona|ble
di&s;tre&s;&s;e; And that for the &s;ame, he, they, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons that doth or &s;hall aide or a&s;&s;i&s;t him, them, or any of them,
in taking &s;uch rea&s;onable di&s;tre&s;&s;e, &s;hall be &s;ued or put to charges, that then &s;uch Collectors and every one of them, and all
Con&s;tables and others, per&s;ons aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting them or any of them therein, &s;hall be defended and &s;aved harmele&s;&s;e by
this Court.</P>
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<P>Printed by Richard Cotes, Printer to the Honourable City of London.</P>
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