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<FIGDESC>blazon of the Commonwealth</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE for continuing the EXCISE.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the time for recei|ving the Duty of Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t, is neer expiration, and it being ne|ce&s;&s;ary for the peace and &s;afety of this Common|wealth that the &s;ame be continued, both for the &s;a|tisfaction of the publick Debts charged upon the &s;aid Grand Receipt, as al&s;o for carrying on the weighty Affairs of this Commonwealth, His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, with the Ad|vice and Con&s;ent of his Council, doth Ordain,
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 61 -->and be it Ordained, That all and every the Acts, Ordinances, and Orders of Parlia|ment touching the Exci&s;e, and every Clau&s;e, Sentence and Article in them or any of them contained, and now in force, a&s;wel for the col|lecting, gathering and receiving, as concerning the Government and Ordering of the Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t, be continued, and the Duty of Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t, according to the &s;e|veral Rates in them, or any of them expre&s;&s;ed, be recived, collected and paid in and through <HI>England,</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Barwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> untill the five and twen|tyeth day of <HI>March</HI> next comming; And that <HI>Luke Hodges, Thomas Bul&s;trode,</HI> &amp; <HI>William Parker,</HI> or any two or more of them, be and are hereby con&s;tituted and appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Grand Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t, and are hereby impowred and authorized to exerci&s;e and put in execution all and every the Powers and Authorities given or granted by, or con|tained in all or any the &s;aid Acts, Ordinances, or Orders of Parliament, touching the Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t, as well for the collecting and receiving the Several Rates afore&s;aid, as concerning the Government &amp; Ordering of the &s;aid Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t, as fully and am|ply as any Commi&s;&s;ioners for Exci&s;e, at the time of the making of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, may or ought to have done, and &s;hall ob&s;erve &s;uch further Orders and Directions as they &s;hall from time to time receive from His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, and his Coun|cil, touching the &s;ame; And for their Care, Paines, and Service therein, they &s;hall have one penny in every twenty &s;hillings rai&s;ed and
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levyed for Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t. Provi|ded neverthele&s;s, and it is hereby declared, that from and after the nine and twentyth day of <HI>De|cember</HI> 1653. The Commi&s;&s;ioners afore-named &s;hall not let to farm, or admit any per&s;on or per|&s;ons to farm the Exci&s;e of any Goods, Mer|chandizes and Manufactures that are exci&s;e|able by any Act, Ordinance, or Order of Parliament, without the Order and Direction of &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall be appointed thereunto by His Highne&s;&s;e the Lord Protector, and his Council, But the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, &s;hall mannage and carry on the &s;ame, according to the be&s;t of their Iudgements, by &s;uch good Wayes and Means as may be mo&s;t for the Ea&s;e of the People, and Advantage of the Common-wealth.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Saturday</HI> the 24. 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 forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>HEN. SCOBEL Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills,</HI> Printer to His High|ne&s;s the Lord Protector. 1653.</P>
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