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<HEAD>Die Mercurii, 29 Januarii, 1644.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Two Ordinances of the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, for Continuation of the &s;everall Ordinances of Exci&s;e or New-Impo&s;t untill <DATE>the 11 of <HI>September, 1646.</HI></DATE></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled have thought fit to continue the &s;everall Rates and Charges of Exci&s;e or New-Impo&s;t already &s;etled and e&s;tabli&s;hed by Au|thority of both Hou&s;es. Be it hereby Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That all and every the Ordinances touching the Exci&s;e or New-Impo&s;t, and every Clau&s;e, Sentence, Article, and other thing and things in them and every of them contained and expre&s;&s;ed and now in force, a&s;well for the Governing and Ordering of the Exci&s;e, as for the &s;etling, laying, and impo&s;ing &s;everall Rates and Charges upon &s;undry and di|vers Commodities, &s;hall, next after their and every of their particular and re&s;pective Expirations, be, and hereby are continued, prolonged, and to be received in and tho|rowout the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> untill the fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty &s;ix. And it is further Ordained and Declared by Authority afore&s;aid, That <HI>John Tow&s;e, Thomas Foot, John Kendrick, Thomas Cullum,</HI> and <HI>Simon Edmonds,</HI> E&s;quires, and Aldermen of the City of <HI>London; John Lamott</HI> and <HI>Edward Claxton</HI> of the &s;ame, E&s;quires, the pre&s;ent Commi&s;sioners of Exci&s;e or New-Impo&s;t, &s;hall remain and be the chief Commi&s;sioners and Gover|nours of the whole Office and Receipts of the Exci&s;e and New-Impo&s;t in and thorow the whole Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick;</HI> and &s;hall and may do and execute all and every the &s;aid Ordinances, Clau&s;es, Articles, and o|ther thing and things in all and every the &s;aid Ordinances contained, mentioned, and expre&s;&s;ed, in the &s;ame Manner and Form, and to the &s;ame Intents and Purpo&s;es, for, during and untill the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty &s;ix, with the like Allowance of Six pence upon every Twenty &s;hillings that &s;hall come in upon the Receipts of the Exci&s;e or New-Impo&s;t. And it is further Ordained, That the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, and their Sub-Commi&s;sioners, &s;hall make and deliver up their re&s;pe|ctive Accompts in &s;uch manner as is directed and pre&s;cribed by the Ordinance of the One and thirtieth of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t. And it is likewi&s;e Ordained, That a&s;well all and every the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, their Sub-Commi&s;sioners and Officers, as all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, who &s;hall do, or cau&s;e any thing to be done in pur&s;uance of this Ordinance, &s;hall be protected, &s;aved harmle&s;&s;e and indempnified, by Authority of both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Brown, Cleric. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 3 Feb. 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That the Ordi|nance concerning the Receipts and Commi&s;sioners of Exci&s;e, pa&s;&s;ed both Hou&s;es on Wedne&s;day la&s;t the Nine and twentieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred four|ty four, &s;hall be enlarged, and continue in force in the &s;ame manner it now is, untill the Eleventh of <HI>September</HI> which &s;hall be in the yeer of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hun+dred fourty &s;ix.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Browne, Cleric. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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