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<DIV1 TYPE="declaration">
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<HEAD TYPE="illustration"><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>seal, showing the arms of the Commonwealth</FIGDESC>
<HEAD>IRE-LAND</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>&para; By the Commi&s;sioners of the Common-wealth of <HI>England,</HI> for the Affairs of <HI>Ireland.</HI></SIGNED></OPENER>
<DIV2 TYPE="introduction">
<P>_THE &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, taking into their con&s;ideration the want the Forces in <HI>Ireland</HI> would be in the next VVinter for Hay, Fire and Candle, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">f a timely provi&s;ion were not made for them, did by their Order of the 21. of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t, referr the &s;ame to a Committee of Officers, who have (in order to a timely &s;upply) offered as followeth.</P>
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<HEAD>FOR HAY.</HEAD>
<P><HI>FIr&s;t,</HI> That Hay be provided for the Hor&s;e, according to the Number of Hor&s;e quartered in the re&s;pective Pre|cincts, and according to the proportion of 20 <HI>l.</HI> weight of Hay by the day for each Hor&s;e, as was formerly agreed upon by the Vote of a Council of Officers.</P>
<P><HI>Secondly,</HI> That the Commander in chief in each Precinct, do appoint the place, and proportions where the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;tacked.</P>
<P><HI>Thirdly,</HI> That the Commander in chief, with advice of the Commi&s;sioners of Revenue in each Precinct, do ap|point and &s;et out Lands on which the &s;aid Hay &s;hall be cut, contiguous as may be to the re&s;pective Garri&s;ons, and places where the &s;ame is to be &s;tacked: Provided the &s;ame be cut on Lands not &s;et in <HI>Cu&s;todium</HI> to Officers, or o|thers at a certainty or belonging to Proprietors; And if no &s;uch Lands be found to lye convenient to the &s;aid Gar|ri&s;ons and places; That then &s;uch excepted Lands be made u&s;e of, the Commi&s;sioners of Revenue paying a rea&s;on|able Rate for the &s;ame, to be by them or any two or more of them adjudged.</P>
<P><HI>Fourthly,</HI> That the care of providing the &s;aid Hay &s;hall be committed to the charge of the chief Officer in each Precinct, to give order to the re&s;pective Hor&s;e-Officers commanding Troops under them, to &s;ee the &s;ame effectual|ly provided.</P>
<P><HI>Fifthly,</HI> That the &s;aid Officers of the re&s;pective Troops be allowed for making the &s;aid Hay, not exceeding ten Shil|lings by the Tun, to be paid for monthly out of the Trea&s;ury, according to &s;uch Certificates as the Commi&s;sioners of Revenue &s;hall receive from the Quarter-Ma&s;ters of the Troops, and certifyed by the Chief Officer of the &s;aid Troope, that the &s;ame is accordingly made and &s;tacked, well conditioned. <HI>Provided,</HI> that the Commi&s;sioners of Revenue have power to admini&s;ter an oath to &s;uch Quarter-Ma&s;ters as they think fit, or doubt of their Certificates.</P>
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<HEAD>Concerning FIRE, and CANDLE.</HEAD>
<P><HI>SIxthly,</HI> That Fire and Candle be allowed onely for the u&s;e of the Guards; the &s;ame to be provided and paid for by the State.</P>
<P><HI>Seaventhly,</HI> That the Commander in chief and Commi&s;sioners of Revenue in the re&s;pective Precincts, do forth|with, and from time to time take effectual care that the &s;aid Guards be &s;ea&s;onably provided with Fire and Candle, at the cheape&s;t and be&s;t rates they po&s;sibly can, returning their monthly accounts of the &s;ame to the Surveyors of the Revenue and Stores. In which provi&s;ions, the &s;aid Commander in chief and Commi&s;sioners of Revenue, are to have a &s;pecial regard to length of nights and numbers of men in each Guard; the &s;aid allowance to commence the &s;ame from the 25 of <HI>Iune</HI> next.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="conclusion">
<P>The &s;aid Commi&s;sioners of the Common-wealth having con&s;idered of the afore&s;aid Re&s;olves, do approve of them and every of them, and do hereby order and require the Commi&s;sioners of Revenue, and the other Officers concerned therein to ob&s;erve the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And to the end no doubt may ari&s;e about paying for the &s;aid Hay, Fire, and Candle, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Common-wealth do hereby order the Commi&s;sioners of the Revenue, to pay for the &s;ame out of the Moneys growing due for in-land Excize, according to In&s;tructions for i&s;&s;uing the Revenue. <HI>Provided,</HI> they exceed not the Rates afore&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>May the Eighth, 1654.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Charles Fleetwood.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Miles Corbet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jo: Jones.</ITEM>
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<P>Ordered by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed by Order, <HI>&amp;c</HI> THOMAS HERBERT, Secr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>&leaf; <HI>D&V;BLIN,</HI> Printed by VVILLIAM BLANDEN, <HI>Anno. Dom.</HI> 1654.</P>
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