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<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE Appointing Commi&s;&s;ioners for the better ordering and bringing in the Duty of Excize, and the Arrears thereof.</HEAD>
<P>_FOr the more &s;peedy and effectual getting in of all Arrears of Ex|cize, Be it Ordained by His High|ne&s;s, the Lord Protector, with the con&s;ent of His Council, and it is Ordained, That Sir <HI>Willi|am Roberts,</HI> Knight, <HI>John Stone, Gervas Bennet, John Hilde&s;ley, Richard Lucy, Edward Clud, Tho. Wood, Anthony Rous, James Phillips,</HI> and <HI>Natha|niel Barton,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;qs</ABBR> or any three of them, be authorized and required, to con&s;ider and exa|mine, by Oath or otherwi&s;e, what Arrears of the Excize are not yet paid into the Trea&s;ury for the &s;ame, and what remaineth in the hands of any Farmer, Commi&s;sioner, Sub-Com|mi&s;sioner, or other Per&s;on what&s;oever, or for which any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;tand engaged
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with any Farmer or Sub-Commi&s;sioner, and to &s;end for per&s;ons Accompts, Articles, Re|ceipts, Bonds, or any Writings concerning Ex|cize, or relating thereunto; and to hear all par|ties, and to determine all differences concerning the &s;ame, and to commit any per&s;on to &s;afe cu&s;to|dy for contempt; and if any per&s;on &s;hall refu&s;e or delay to pay into the &s;aid Trea&s;ury, all &s;uch Arrears of Excize, and every, or any part there|of, as by the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, or any three of them &s;hall be adjudged due to the Common|wealth, and ordered to be paid, upon &s;uch default certified under the hand of the Trea&s;urer, and from the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, or any three of them; the Commi&s;sioners for Compounding at <HI>Haberda&s;hers-Hall,</HI> &s;hall Seque&s;ter the E&s;tate of all &s;uch per&s;ons, both per&s;onal and real, till &s;uch Arrears be paid with dammages; and in ca&s;e &s;uch Arrears and Dammages &s;hall not be received and paid within Six Moneths after &s;uch Seque&s;tration, then all and every E&s;tate &s;o &s;eque&s;tred, and continuing &s;o long in Seque|&s;tration, may and &s;hall be &s;old by &s;uch per&s;on as the Commi&s;sioners herein named &s;hall ap|point, rendring the overplus to the per&s;on &s;o offending, after &s;uch Arrears of Excize &s;hall be fully paid, with Dammages for the &s;ame: and if any Collector, Receiver, or any other Officer, or per&s;on at any time relating to the Excize, &s;hall pretend any thing due to him from the Com|monwealth, or from any Commi&s;sioners for the Excize, and upon that, or any other pretence, &s;hall detain any Money in his hands, or Ar|rears unpaid into the Trea&s;ury, the &s;aid Com|mi&s;sioners, or any three of them, are hereby im|powred to hear and determine the &s;ame, and to
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make &s;uch Order and Allowance in all &s;uch ca&s;es as &s;hall be ju&s;t; and the &s;aid Commi&s;si|oners or any three of them, are impowred to hear and determine all Suits, Bills, Com|plaints, or Differences, and to relieve any per|&s;on by delivering Bonds, relea&s;ing Extents, or otherwi&s;e, in all Ca&s;es concerning Excize; as the Barons of the <HI>Exchequer,</HI> or the Committee of the late <HI>Parlament,</HI> for In&s;pecting the Trea|&s;uries, Regulating Officers Sallaries, or any other, might have done before this Ordinance, any Cu&s;tom, V&s;age, Statute, Act, or Ordi|nance, to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained, That the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners or any three of them, be autho|rized to give Order to the Commi&s;sioners of Excize, to Farm out the Excize of &s;uch Counties, Places, or Commodities, in <HI>England, Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Barwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> as to the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners &s;hall appear to be mo&s;t advan|tagious for the Commonwealth, and the ea&s;e of the People; to Commence from the <HI>29</HI> of <HI>December, 1653</HI> and continue till the <HI>25.</HI> day of <HI>March. 1654.</HI> So as the &s;ame be not at a le&s;s rate then the Excize of &s;uch County, Place, or Commodity, was farmed at the la&s;t year. And the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, or any three of them, are impowred to approve and allow of &s;uch Sallaries, or yearly Wages, and other nece&s;&s;ary Charges, as by the Commi&s;sioners for Excize &s;hall be allowed to their Officers and others, and expended for carrying on of that Service; and &s;hall have power to &s;end for Parties, Witne&s;&s;es, Writings, and Records, and to commit to Pri&s;on, &s;uch as &s;hall appear unto them, to hinder and oppo&s;e the executi|on
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of the &s;everal Acts, Ordinances, and Or|ders of <HI>Parlament</HI> for the Excize, or the Mini|&s;ters imployed in the &s;aid Service; and &s;hall from time to time, debate, con&s;ult, and devi&s;e of all wayes and means for the improvement of the Excize, for the be&s;t advantage of the Com|monwealth, in pur&s;uance of the &s;everal Acts, Ordinances, and Orders of <HI>Parlament</HI> relating thereunto, and to prepare &s;uch Laws for the Lord Protector, and His Council, for removing of Ob&s;tructions and Improvement of the Ex|cize, as they &s;hall think fit and nece&s;&s;ary; and from time to time to determine all &s;uch Diffe|rences which may happen and ari&s;e between the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners of Excize, and the Comptroler. And the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners, or any three of them, are impowred to relea&s;e &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons from Pri&s;on, who &s;hall be committed by the Commi&s;sioners for the Excize, or their Sub-Commi&s;sioners or Far|mers.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Thur&s;day,</HI> the 29 of <HI>December.</HI> 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by His Highne&s;s, the Lord Protector, and His Council, That this Ordinance be forth|with Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Hen. Scobell,</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Will. du-Guard</HI> and <HI>Hen. Hills,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s, the Lord Protector. 1653.</P>
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