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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE <HI>LORDS</HI> &amp; <HI>COMMONS</HI> A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, For taking, &s;tating and determining the ACCOMPTS of all &s;uch Officers and Soldiers, or Widows of the &s;aid Of|ficers and Soldiers that have &s;erved the Parliament in the late Wars, and have not been under the Entertainment and Pay of the particular Counties or A&s;&s;ociations of this Kingdom, nor are of the pre&s;ent Army under the Command of <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Fairfax.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris, 1 Septembr. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the Ordinance for taking, &s;tating and determining the Ac|compts of all &s;uch Officers and Soldiers, or Widows of the &s;aid Officers and Soldiers, that have &s;erved the Parliament in the late Wars, and have not been under the Entertainment and Pay of the particular Counties or A&s;&s;ociations of this Kingdom, nor are of the pre&s;ent Army under the Command of <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord<HI>Fairfax,</HI> pa&s;&s;ed both Hou&s;es on Thur&s;day 20 <HI>Julii,</HI> 1648. be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Honorable Hou&s;e of Commons, <HI>Septemb.</HI> 5. 1648.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary ordinance">
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 20 Julii, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
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<P>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For taking, &s;tating and determining the Accompts of all &s;uch Officers and Soldiers, or Widows of the &s;aid Officers and Soldiers that have &s;erved the Parliament in the late Wars, and have not been under the Entertainment and Pay of the particular Counties or A&s;|&s;ociations of this Kingdom, nor are of the pre&s;ent Army under the Command of <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Fairfax.</HI></P>
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<P>_BE it Ordained, and it is Or|dained by the Lords and Com|mons a&s;&s;embled in <HI>Parliament,</HI> That <HI>Henry Broad, Richard Wilcox, Ni|cholas Bond, James Prince,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Richard&s;on,</HI> &s;hall be a Committee for taking, examining, allowing and de|termining the Accompts of all &s;uch Officers, Soldiers, Artificers and
<PB N="4" REF="3">Waggoners, and of all Officers and Soldiers that have &s;erved the Par|liament in the late Wars, and have not been under the Entertainment and pay of the particular Counties and A&s;&s;ociations of this Kingdom, or of the pre&s;ent Army under the Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> as well for their pay, as for the Money and Goods they have received from the State, or from any per&s;on or per&s;ons during the time of their Services, in order to their pay, or the Service of the Parliament, and for which they ought to be ac|comptable; which &s;aid Committee hereby Ordained, or any three of them &s;hall have power, and are here|by authorized and required to take, examine, allow and determine the Accompts of the &s;aid Officers and Soldiers, as well for their pay, as for the Money and Goods they have re|ceived from the State, or from any per&s;on what&s;oever, during the time of their Services, in order to their
<PB N="5" REF="3">pay, or the Service of the Parlia|ment, according to an Ordinance of the Eight and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and &s;even, and the In&s;tructions therein men|tioned, intituled, <HI>In&s;tructions agreed up|on by the Lords and Commons in Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, to be ob&s;erved in taking, ex|amining and determining the Accompts of all Officers and Soldiers who have actually and faithfully &s;erved under their Command in the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> from or &s;ince the beginning of the&s;e Wars</HI> (Any former Order or Or|dinance of both or either Hou&s;e of Parliament concerning the taking and determining the Accompts of the Soldiery of this Kingdom and Do|minion of <HI>Wales,</HI> under the command of the Parliament, or any clau&s;e therein contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding) And that every Member of the &s;aid Committee hereby Ordained, before he enter upon the &s;aid Service, &s;hall
<PB N="6" REF="4">take an Oath before the Speaker for the time being of either of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, for the due execution thereof; Which Oath the &s;everal Speakers for the time being of both the &s;aid Hou&s;es &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter, The tenor whereof &s;hall be as follow|eth; <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P><Q><HI>I <HI>A.B.</HI> do &s;wear, That according to my be&s;t skill and knowledge, I &s;hall faithfully and truly demean my &s;elf in taking, &s;tating and determining the Accompts of all &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall come before me, in execution of an Ordinance of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, intituled, <HI>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For taking, &s;tating and de|termining the Accompts of all &s;uch Officers and Sol|diers, or Widows of the &s;aid Officers and Soldiers that have &s;erved the Parliament in the late Wars, and have not been under the Entertainment and Pay of the particular Counties or A&s;&s;ociations of this Kingdom, nor are of the pre&s;ent Army under the Command of</HI> THOMAS <HI>Lord</HI> FAIRFAX,
<PB N="7" REF="4">according to the tenor of the &s;aid Ordinance, and the In&s;tructions therein mentioned; And that I &s;hall not for fear, favor, reward or af|fection, give any allowance, or conceal, &s;pare or di&s;charge any, nor receive or take directly or indirectly, by my &s;elf, or by any other to my u&s;e, any Fee, Reward or Gratuity what&s;o|ever, from any per&s;on or per&s;ons concerned as Accomptants by this Ordinance, nor any Profit or Advantage what&s;oever, other then that Salary appointed by the Parliament, and expre&s;&s;ed in an Ordinance of the date of the&s;e pre&s;ents: So help me God.</HI></Q></P>
<P>And the &s;aid Committee &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized and required, by Warrant under their Hands, or the Hands of any three or more of them, to &s;end for, and require from all Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters, Commi&s;|&s;aries, Trea&s;urers, Receivers, Pay|ma&s;ters, and all other Officers and per&s;ons what&s;oever, that have paid any Money, or have been intru&s;ted and imployed in any Army, Brigade,
<PB N="8" REF="5">County or Gari&s;on, or otherwi&s;e un|der the command of the Parliament, or have paid any Money by Order or Directions of one or both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or by any Committee or Committees of Parliament, All Books of Mu&s;ters, Payments, Ac|compts, Li&s;ts, upon which payments of Arrears in part have been or are to be made, or authentick copies there|of under their Hands (and upon their Oathes to be admini&s;tred by the &s;aid Committee, or any two of them, which they have hereby power and authority to admini&s;ter) And al&s;o all Certificates and other Papers and Vouchers what&s;oever: And are by all other ways and means &s;o to in|form them&s;elves, as may conduce to the be&s;t and mo&s;t effectual execution of this &s;ervice. And all Mu&s;ter-Ma|&s;ters, Commi&s;&s;aries, Trea&s;urers, Receivers, Payma&s;ters, and other Officers and per&s;ons as afore&s;aid, are hereby required to give obedience
<PB N="9" REF="5">to every &s;uch Warrant accordingly: And the Committee for taking the Accompts of the whole Kingdom are al&s;o hereby Ordered to be ayding and a&s;si&s;ting to the &s;aid Committee by this Ordinance Ordained, in giving them or any two or more of them ac|ce&s;s and free leave to &s;ee and peru&s;e any Accompts, Books or Vouchers remaining in their cu&s;tody, when and &s;o often as the &s;aid Committee &s;hall have occa&s;ion to make u&s;e thereof in order to this &s;ervice. And the &s;aid Committee hereby Ordained, or any two of them &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter an Oath as they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, to all Officers and Soldiers who &s;hall make their addre&s;&s;es to them for the &s;tating and determining their Ac|compts, according to this Ordinance and the In&s;tructions therein men|tioned (or to any per&s;on who may be concerned in any &s;uch Accompt, or is enabled to give any evidence for
<PB N="10" REF="6">clearing the truth thereof:) The te|nor of which Oath &s;hall be as fol|loweth; <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P><Q><HI>I <HI>A. B.</HI> do &s;wear, That I &s;hall according to my be&s;t knowledge, give in to this Com|mittee a ju&s;t and true Accompt of all and every &s;um and &s;ums of Money by me (or by my appointment, or to u&s;e) received for my Pay, or otherwi&s;e in Money or Goods, in order to the &s;ervice of the State, by vertue of any Order or Ordinance of both or either of the Hou&s;es of Parliament, or by colour or pretence of any &s;uch Order or Ordinance, or for which I am any way chargeable or ac|comptable, without any concealment what|&s;oever: So help me God.</HI></Q></P>
<P>And the &s;aid Committee, or any three of them &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized to give out De|benters under their Hands to the &s;aid Officers and Soldiers, for &s;o much Money as &s;hall appear to them to be due upon their Accompts, allowed and determined according to the &s;aid
<PB N="11" REF="6">In&s;tructions and this pre&s;ent Ordi|nance; which Accompts and Deben|ters &s;hall be fairly Entred and Re|gi&s;tred into a Book or Books to be kept for that purpo&s;e by the Regi&s;ter Accomptant, who &s;hall atte&s;t under his Hand as Regi&s;ter, the Entry of every Debenter to be given forth by the &s;aid Committee as afore&s;aid, be|fore the &s;ame be delivered to the par|ties therein concerned, whom the &s;aid Committee have hereby power to appoint, being one of them&s;elves. And it is hereby Ordained and De|clared, That all Officers and Sol|diers that &s;hall receive Debenters from the &s;aid Committee as afore|&s;aid, may &s;ell, a&s;sign and &s;et over the Moneys due upon tho&s;e Debenters to &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit; and all &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons to whom &s;uch Moneys &s;o due &s;hall be a&s;signed, &s;et over and &s;old, have here|by power and authority to demand and receive the &s;ame, as if the &s;aid
<PB N="12" REF="7">Debenters were in their own Name or Names: Provided, That every &s;uch a&s;signment be fir&s;t &s;hewed to the &s;aid Committee, and an Entry there|of made by their Regi&s;ter to be by them appointed as afore&s;aid, to the end it may be the better known to whom the State is indebted. And it is hereby further Ordained and Declared, That for the Moneys as &s;hall appear to be due by &s;uch Deben|ters as &s;hall be &s;o Signed, Regi&s;tred and given out by the &s;aid Commit|tee as afore&s;aid, The State &s;hall be lyable to the payment thereof to the &s;aid Officers, Soldiers, or their Wi|dows or Orphans, and the &s;ame &s;hall be paid and &s;atisfied out of Two third parts of the Lands and E&s;tate of all Delinquents mentioned and comprehended in the three fir&s;t Qua|lifications of the Propo&s;itions for Delinquents, &s;ent to the King into the I&s;le of <HI>Wight,</HI> not formerly di&s;|po&s;ed of, or the Fines that &s;hall be &s;et
<PB N="13" REF="7">upon tho&s;e Delinquents by the Hou|&s;es, and al&s;o out of the Moneys ari|&s;ing out of the remaining part of all the Lands and Revenues of all the late Archbi&s;hops and Bi&s;hops of <HI>Eng|land</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> appointed to be &s;old by &s;everal former Ordinances, after &s;uch Engagements &s;atisfied as are already charged thereupon: Provi|ded always, That if any &s;urcharge can be brought upon any Accompt what&s;oever, made and &s;tated by the &s;aid Committee, within two years next after Debenters &s;hall be given as afore&s;aid, That then defalkation &s;hall be made thereof out of the &s;aid Debenter, &s;o as it do not exceed one third part of the whole Debenter: And it is hereby further Ordained, That in ca&s;e any doubt or difficulty &s;hall at any time ari&s;e in &s;tating of any the Accompts beforementioned, &s;o as the &s;aid Committee cannot clearly proceed to the determination thereof according to the &s;aid In&s;tru|ctions,
<PB N="14" REF="8">Then in every &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Committee may make their ad|dre&s;&s;es to the Committee of the Ar|my, for their advice and direction therein, which they are hereby requi|red and authorized to give according|ly, as to their be&s;t di&s;cretions &s;hall &s;eem meet; which Direction by way of Order, &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Rule and Warrant for the &s;aid Committee (by this Ordinance nominated and appointed) to proceed by, to the allow|ance and determination of all &s;uch Accompts accordingly. And it is hereby further Ordained and Decla|red by the authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Committee or any two of them have power and authority to admini&s;ter to the &s;aid Regi&s;ter Ac|comptant, and to the &s;everal Clerks, Me&s;&s;engers, or other nece&s;&s;ary of|ficers and per&s;ons by them to be im|ployed in and about the &s;aid &s;ervice, an Oath for their and every of their faithful demeanor, The tenor of
<PB N="15" REF="8">which Oath &s;hal be as followeth, <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P><Q><HI>I <HI>A.B.</HI> do &s;wear, That according to my be&s;t skill and judgement, I &s;hall faithfully, and diligently and truly demean my &s;elf in the Office of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> wherein I &s;hall be imployed by this Committee: So help me God.</HI></Q></P>
<P>And it is la&s;tly Ordained, That the &s;aid Committee or any three of them &s;hall have power and authority to &s;tate, audite and determine the Ac|compts of all &s;uch Officers and Sol|diers (as &s;hall be referred to them by the Committee of the Lords and Commons for the Army) that have been of the Army under the com|mand of <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Fairfax,</HI> for &s;er|vices by them done in other Com|mands then of the &s;aid Army, and to return the &s;ame Accompt &s;o &s;tated to the &s;aid Committee. And the &s;aid Lords and Commons do further Ordain and Command, as well all
<PB N="16" REF="9">Majors, Sheriffs, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Con&s;tables, and other Offi|cers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice, as al&s;o all Colonels, Captains, and other Officers and Soldiers under the command of the Parliament, to be ayding and a&s;si&s;ting to the Commit|tee in the due execution of this Ordi|nance. And it is la&s;tly Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That the Committee and every one of them and their Clerks and other Officers to be imployed in and about the &s;aid &s;ervice, according to the tenor and effect of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, &s;hall be therein protected and &s;aved harm|le&s;s by the power and authority of both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>29 Augu&s;ti, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THe Committee herein abovenamed were &s;everally &s;worn before me the day afore&s;aid,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>William Lenthal</HI> Speaker.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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