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<P>Anno Regni GULIELMI ET MARIAE, REGIS &amp; REGINAE <HI>Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae &amp; Hiberniae,</HI> QUINTO. At the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Twen|tieth Day of <HI>March, Anno Dom.</HI> 1689. In the Se|cond Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady, <HI>WILLIAM</HI> and <HI>MARY,</HI> by the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> King and Queen, Defenders of the Faith, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And from thence Continued by &s;everal Prorogations and Adjourn|ments to the Seventh Day of <HI>November,</HI> 1693. being the Fifth Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Charles Bill,</HI> and the Executrix of <HI>Thomas Newcomb,</HI> deceas'd, Printers to the King and Queens mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties. 1693.</P>
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<HEAD>Anno Quinto GULIELMI &amp; MARIAE. An Act for Granting to Their Maje|&s;ties an Aid of Four Shillings in the Pound for One year, for Car|rying on a Vigorous War again&s;t <HI>France.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_WE Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, acknowledging with all Humility and Thankfulne&s;s Your Maje&s;ties abundant care of Our Pre&s;ervation; and being deeply &s;en&s;ible of that extraordi|nary Charge and Expence with which Your Maje&s;ties Pre&s;ent Occa&s;ions are to be Sup|ported, for the nece&s;&s;ary Defence of Your Realms, and the Pro&s;ecution of a Vigo|rous War again&s;t <HI>France,</HI> both by Sea and Land, have Chearfully and Vnanimou&s;ly Given and Granted, and do hereby Give and
<PB N="4" REF="3"> Grant unto Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments herein after mentioned, to be Rai&s;ed and Levied in man|ner following; and to mo&s;t humbly be&s;eech Your Maje&s;ties that it may be Enacted.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the King and Queens mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Com|mons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That Their Maje&s;ties &s;hall Have and Receive the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments hereafter mention|ed, of and from every Per&s;on Spiritual and Temporal, of what E&s;tate or Degree &s;oever he or they be; Which &s;aid Rates or A&s;&s;e&s;sments, &s;hall be Taxed, A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Le|vied and Paid into Their Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer, according to the Tenor of this Act, and in manner and form following: That is to &s;ay, That all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, Guilds and Fraternities within this King|dom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> having any E|&s;tate in ready Monies, or in any Debts what|&s;oever owing to them within this Realm or without; or having any E&s;tate in Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, or other Chattels, or Per&s;onal E&s;tate what&s;oever within this Realm or without, belonging to, or in Tru&s;t for them (Except, and out of the Premi&s;&s;es deducted, &s;uch &s;ums of Money as he or they do, <HI>bona fide,</HI> owe, and &s;uch Debts owing to them as &s;hall be adjudged de&s;perate by the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by this Act; And
<PB N="5" REF="3"> al&s;o the Stock upon Lands, and &s;uch Goods as are u&s;ed for hou&s;hold-&s;tuff) &s;hall yield, and pay unto Their Maje&s;ties Four &s;hillings in the Pound, according to the true yearly value thereof for one year; (that is to &s;ay) For every Hundred Pounds of &s;uch ready Money and Debts; and for every Hundred Pounds worth of &s;uch Goods, Wares, Mer|chandizes or other Chattels, or other Per&s;o|nal E&s;tate, the &s;um of Four and twenty Shillings; and &s;o after that rate for every greater or le&s;&s;er Sum or Quantity, to be A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed, Levied and Collected in manner here|after mentioned.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, having, u&s;ing or exerci&s;ing any Publick Of|fice or Employment of Profit (&s;uch Milita|ry Officers who are or &s;hall be in Mu&s;ter by the Mu&s;ter Ma&s;ter General of the Army, or in Pay in Their Maje&s;ties Army or Navy, in re&s;pect of &s;uch Offices only excepted (other then Governours, Deputy or Lieutenant Governours of any Their Maje&s;ties Ga|ri&s;ons, Forts or Ca&s;tles for their Salaries, or Pay for the &s;ame Governments) And al|&s;o except &s;uch Per&s;ons in Their Maje&s;ties Ordnance who&s;e Salaries do not exceed One hundred Pounds <HI>per Annum</HI>) and all and e|very their Agents, Clerks, Secundaries, Sub&s;titutes and other Inferiour Mini&s;ters what&s;oever, &s;hall Yield and Pay unto Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings which he or they do
<PB N="6" REF="4"> receive in One Year, by virtue of any Sala|ries, Gratuity, Bounty-Money, Reward, Fees or Profits to him or them Accrewing, for or by rea&s;on or occa&s;ion of their &s;everal Of|fices or Employments, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Impo|&s;ed, Levied and Collected, in &s;uch manner as hereafter is mentioned.</P>
<P>And to the end a further Aid and Supply for Their Maje&s;ties Occa&s;ions may be Rai&s;ed by a Charge upon all Lands, Te|nements and Hereditaments, with as much Equality and Indifference as is po&s;&s;ible, by a Pound Rate of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the true Yearly Value for One Year and no longer, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands and Tenements, as al&s;o all Quarries, Mines of Coal, Tin or Lead, Copper, Mundick-Iron, or other Mines, Iron Works, Salt Springs and Salt Works; All Allom Mines or Works, all Parks, Cha&s;es, War|rens, Woods, Vnderwoods, Coppices; And all Fi&s;hings, Tythes, Tolls, Annuities and all other Yearly Profits; And all Heredita|ments of what nature or kind &s;oever they be, &s;cituate, lying, and being, happening or ari&s;ing within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or within any the Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Towns, Divi&s;ions, Ridings, Hundreds, Lathes, Wapentakes, Pari&s;hes and Places thereof, as well within Ancient Deme&s;ne and other Liberties and Privi|ledged Places as without, &s;hall be and are
<PB N="7" REF="4"> hereby Charged for One Year only and no longer, with the Sum of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the full Yearly Value, and &s;o in Proportion for any greater or le&s;&s;er Value; And all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, Guilds, My&s;teries, Fraternities and Bro|therhoods, whether Corporate or not Corpo|rate, having or holding any Manors, Me&s;|&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments or other the Premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall yield and pay unto Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings by the year, which the &s;aid Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tene|ments, Hereditaments and other the Premi&s;|&s;es are now worth to the Lea&s;ed, if the &s;ame were truly and <HI>bona fide</HI> Lea&s;ed or Demi&s;ed at a Rack Rent, and according to the full true yearly Value thereof, without any re&s;pect had to the pre&s;ent Rents re&s;erved for the &s;ame, if &s;uch Rents have been re&s;erved upon &s;uch Lea&s;es or E&s;tates made, for which any Fine or Income hath been Paid or Secured, or have been le&s;&s;ened or abated upon con&s;ideration of Money laid out, or to be laid out in Im|provements, and without any re&s;pect had to any former Rates or Taxes there|upon impo&s;ed, or making any abate|ment in re&s;pect of Reparations, Taxes, Pa|ri&s;h Duties, or any other Charges what&s;o|ever; which &s;aid Sum of Four and twenty Shillings for the yearly Profit of every Hun|dred Pounds Value of all Per&s;onal E&s;tates, as afore&s;aid, and Four Shillings for every Twenty Shillings by the Year, of the &s;aid
<PB N="8" REF="5"> true yearly Value of all other the Premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Levied and Collected in manner hereafter mentioned, and &s;hall be paid into the Receipt of Their Maje&s;ties Ex|chequer by Four Quarterly Payments: The Fir&s;t Payment thereof to be made upon the Six and twentieth Day of <HI>March,</HI> which &s;hall be in the Year of our Lord One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety and four.</P>
<P>And whereas many of the Manors, Me&s;|&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, Tythes, He|reditaments, and Premi&s;&s;es, intended by this Act to be charged with the Pound Rates, as afore&s;aid, &s;tand incumbred with, or are &s;ubject and lyable to the payment of &s;everal Rent-charges or Annuities i&s;&s;uing out of the &s;ame, or to the payment of divers Fe&eacute;-farm Rents, Rents Service or other Rents thereupon re&s;erved or charged, by rea&s;on whereof the true Owners and Pro|prietors of &s;uch Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments and Premi&s;&s;es, do not in truth receive to their own u&s;e the true yearly value of the &s;ame, for which ne|verthele&s;s, they are by this Act charged to pay the full Pound Rate of Four Shillings, for every Twenty Shillings of the true year|ly value: It is therefore Declared and En|acted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall, and may be lawful to, and for the Landlords, Owners, and Proprietors of &s;uch Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tene|ments, Hereditaments and Premi&s;&s;es as are charged with the Pound Rate, as afore&s;aid, to abate and deduct, and to retain, and ke&eacute;p in his or their hands, Four Shillings in the
<PB N="9" REF="5"> Pound for every Fe&eacute;-farm Rent, or other Annual Rent, or Payment Charged upon, or I&s;&s;uing out of the Premi&s;&s;es, or any part thereof, or thereupon re&s;erved; And all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, who are, or &s;hall be any way Intituled to &s;uch Rents, and Annual Payments, are hereby required to allow &s;uch Deductions and Payments, upon the receipt of the re&s;idue of &s;uch Moneys, as &s;hall be due and payable to them for &s;uch Rents, or Annual payments re&s;erved or charges, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the better A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Or|dering, Levying and Collecting of the &s;everal Sums of Money, &s;o as afore&s;aid, Limited and Appointed to be paid; and for the more effectual putting of this pre&s;ent Act in Exe|cution, all and every the Per&s;ons that were Named and Appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners of, and for the Execution of the Act made in the Fourth year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Granting to Their Maje|&s;ties an Aid of Four Shillings in the Pound for One year, for Carrying on a Vigorous War again&s;t <HI>France,</HI></HI> and &s;hall qualified according to the Directions of this Act, &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;io|ners for putting in Execution this Pre&s;ent Act, and the Powers therein contained, within all and every the &s;everal and re&s;pe|ctive Counties, Ridings, Cities, Cinque Ports, Boroughs, Towns and Places for which they were Appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners in the afore&s;aid Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners,
<PB N="10" REF="6"> &s;o as afore&s;aid, Nominated and Appointed, &s;hall (in the re&s;pective Counties, Ridings, Cities, Boroughs, Divi&s;ions, Towns and Places (for which they are Appointed Com|mi&s;&s;ioners re&s;pectively) meet together at the mo&s;t V&s;ual and Common Place of Meeting within each of the &s;aid Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Divi&s;ions, Towns and Places re&s;pectively, upon the Twentieth Day of <HI>Fe|bruary,</HI> which &s;hall be in the Year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety and three; and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or &s;o ma|ny of them as &s;hall be pre&s;ent at the &s;aid Fir&s;t General Meeting, or the major Part of them, are hereby Authorized and Required to put this pre&s;ent Act in Execution, accord|ing to the be&s;t of their Iudgments and Di&s;|cretions, and &s;hall then, if they &s;hall &s;ee Cau&s;e, Subdivide and Di&s;tribute, as well them&s;elves as other Commi&s;&s;ioners then not pre&s;ent, for the Execution of this Act, into le&s;&s;er Numbers, &s;o as Three or more of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners may be Appointed for the Service of each Hundred or other Divi&s;i|on, and &s;o as may be&s;t conduce to the Car|rying on of Their Maje&s;ties Service hereby Required.</P>
<P>And for the more effectual performance hereof, Be it Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ion|ers at their fir&s;t General Meeting, or the major part of them pre&s;ent &s;hall agree, and &s;et down in Writing, who, and what num|ber of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall act in each of the &s;aid Divi&s;ions or Hundreds, ne|verthele&s;s not thereby to re&s;train the &s;aid
<PB N="11" REF="6"> Commi&s;&s;ioners from acting as Commi&s;&s;ion|ers in any other part of the County or place for which they are nominated, and deliver a true Copy of &s;uch Writing to the Receiver General, to the end that there be no failure in any part of the due Execution of the Ser|vice by this Act required.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall direct their &s;everal or joynt Precept or Precepts, to &s;uch Inhabitants, High-Con|&s;tables, Petty-Con&s;tables, Bayliffs, and other like Officers and Mini&s;ters, and &s;uch number of them as they in their di&s;cretion &s;hall think mo&s;t convenient, requiring them to appear before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, at &s;uch place and time (not exce&eacute;ding Ten days) as they &s;hall appoint. And at &s;uch their Ap|pearances, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall openly read, or cau&s;e to be read unto them, the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments in this Act men|tioned, and al&s;o openly declare the effect of their Charge to them, and how, and in what manner they ought and &s;hould make their Certificates, and how they ought to proce&eacute;d in the Execution of this Act, according to the Rates afore&s;aid. And if any High Con&s;ta|bles, Petty Con&s;tables, Bayliffs, Inhabi|tants, or other Officers or Mini&s;ters to whom any Precept &s;hall be directed, &s;hall ab&s;ent them&s;elves without lawful excu&s;e, to be made out by the Oaths of two credible Wit|ne&s;&s;es (which Oaths the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two of them, are hereby Impowered to admini&s;ter) or if any Per&s;on appearing, &s;hall refu&s;e to &s;erve, then every &s;uch Per&s;on &s;o ma|king
<PB N="12" REF="7"> default, or refu&s;ing to &s;erve, &s;hall for every time of &s;uch default or refu&s;al, forfeit, and lo&s;e unto Their Maje&s;ties, &s;uch Sums as the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or &s;o many as &s;hall be pre|&s;ent, or the major part of them being pre&s;ent, &s;hall think fit, not exceeding the Sum of Five Pounds, nor le&s;s then Fourty Shillings. And at and after &s;uch General Meeting had, and Charge given, as afore&s;aid, the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners &s;hall take care that Warrants be I&s;|&s;ued forth and directed to Two at the lea&s;t of the mo&s;t able and &s;ufficient Inhabitants of each Pari&s;h, Town&s;hip or Place within the re|&s;pective Divi&s;ions, thereby appointing and requiring them to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors of all and every the Rates and Duties by this Act impo&s;ed; and &s;hall therein al&s;o appoint and prefix a certain Day and Place for the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors to appear before them, and to bring in their Certificates in Writing of the Names and Sirnames of every Per&s;on dwelling and re|&s;iding within the limits of tho&s;e places with which they &s;hall be Charged, and of the Sub&s;tance and Values of every of them in ready Money, Debts, Goods, Chattels or other Per&s;onal E&s;tate what&s;oever (except before excepted) or in Publick Offices or Imployments of Profit. And the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors are therein al&s;o to be required, and are hereby injoyned to a&s;certain and inform them&s;elves by all lawful ways and means they can, of the true and full yearly Value of all Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands and Tenements, as al&s;o of all Quarries, Mines of Coal, Tin, or Lead, Copper, Mundick, or other Mines, Iron Works,
<PB N="13" REF="7"> Salt Springs and Salt-works, Allom Mines and Works, Parks, Cha&s;es, War|rens, Woods, Vnderwoods and Coppices; and all Fi&s;hings, Tyths, Tolls, Annui|ties, and other yearly Profits; And of all Hereditaments, of what nature or kind &s;oever, &s;cituate, lying and being, happening or ari&s;ing within the Limits of tho&s;e Places with which they &s;hall be Charged; And be|ing &s;o thereof a&s;certained, they are to A&s;&s;e&s;s all and every the &s;aid Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements and Premi&s;&s;es, before Appointed, to be Charged after the Rate of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shil|lings, of the full yearly Value, as the &s;ame are Let for, or worth to be Let at the time of A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing thereof, as afore&s;aid; And to bring with them, at the Time and Place, &s;o as afore&s;aid, prefixed for their Appear|ance, a Certificate in Writing of the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment; And &s;hall then al&s;o return the Names of Two or more able and &s;ufficient Per&s;ons, living within the Limits and Bounds of tho&s;e Pari&s;hes, Town&s;hips, Con&s;tablewicks, or Places where they &s;hall be Chargeable re&s;pectively, to be Collectors of the Moneys to be paid to Their Maje|&s;ties by this Act; For who&s;e paying in to the Head Collector in manner hereafter mention|ed, &s;uch Moneys as they &s;hall be Charged withal, the Pari&s;h or Place wherein they are &s;o Imployed &s;hall be an&s;werable. And if any A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or, &s;o as afore&s;aid, Appointed or to be Appointed, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to &s;erve, or &s;hall make default at the time ap|pointed for his Appearance, (not having a
<PB N="14" REF="8"> Lawful Excu&s;e to be Witne&s;&s;ed by the Oaths of Two credible Witne&s;&s;es, which the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two or more of them, have Power to Admini&s;ter) or &s;hall not perform his Duty, every &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or &s;hall, for every &s;uch Neglect, Refu&s;al or Default, forfeit and lo&s;e unto Their Ma|je&s;ties &s;uch Sum as the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or &s;o many of them as &s;hall be pre&s;ent, or the major Part of them, &s;hall think fit, not ex|ceeding the Sum of Twenty Pounds, nor under the Sum of Ten Pounds, to be Le|vied by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Offenders Goods and Chattels, in like manner as by this Act is Appointed, for Levying the &s;e|veral Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments herein men|tioned, in ca&s;e of neglect or refu&s;al of Pay|ment, and to be Charged upon the re&s;pective Receivers General, together with the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments; And every A&s;&s;e&s;|&s;or, &s;o as afore&s;aid, Appointed or to be Ap|pointed, &s;hall, before he take upon him the Execution of the &s;aid Employment, take the Oaths Mentioned and Required to be taken, by an Act made in the Parliament held in the Fir&s;t year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Intituled, <HI>An Act for the Abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and Ap|pointing other Oaths;</HI> and al&s;o take an Oath to be Admini&s;tred in the&s;e Words following; <HI>You &s;hall Swear well and truly to Execute the Duty of an A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or, and to cau&s;e the Rates and Duties Impo&s;ed by an Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Granting to Their Maje&s;ties an Aid of Four Shillings in the Pound for One year, for Carrying on a Vigorous War a|gain&s;t</HI>
<PB N="15" REF="8"> France, to be duly and impartially A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, according to the be&s;t of your Skill and Know|ledge; and therein you &s;hall Spare no Per&s;on for Favour or Affection, nor any Per&s;on Grieve for Hatred or Ill-will, <HI>So help you God.</HI></HI> (Which Oaths any Two or more of the Commi&s;&s;i|oners, in the County, City or Place where the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment is to be made, have here|by Power, and are hereby Required to Ad|mini&s;ter.)</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;s|ments upon all ready Monies, Debts, Goods, Chattels, Per&s;onal E&s;tates, and Publick Offices and Imployments of Profit, char|ged by this Act, &s;hall be a&s;certained, and the Certificates thereof returned to the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners upon, or before the Fifth day of <HI>March</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety and three, unle&s;s the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall think fit to give a further time; And al&s;o the Tax|ations and A&s;&s;e&s;sments of the Pound Rate, of Four Shillings in the Pound, of the yearly value of all Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments and Premi&s;&s;es charged by this Act, &s;hall be made and a&s;certained, and the &s;everal and re&s;pe|ctive Certificates thereof returned in to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, upon, or before the Fifth day of <HI>March</HI> afore&s;aid, unle&s;s the Commi&s;|&s;ioners &s;hall think fit to give further time; And upon return of any &s;uch Certificate, the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Three or more of them &s;hall, and may (if they &s;ee cau&s;e) Examine the Pre&s;enters thereof; And if the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any Three or more of them,
<PB N="16" REF="9"> within their &s;everal Limits, at the time of the return of the Certificates, as afore&s;aid, or within Twenty Days after, &s;hall know, or have good cau&s;e to &s;u&s;pect, That any Per|&s;on or Per&s;ons, or any the Manors, Me&s;&s;ua|ges, Lands, or other the Premi&s;&s;es, which ought to be Mentioned and Charged in the &s;aid Certificates, is, or are omitted; or that any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons in the &s;aid Certifi|cates mentioned, is, or are of a greater E|&s;tate, or that any the &s;aid Manors, or other Premi&s;&s;es, are of a greater yearly value then in the &s;aid Certificate is mentioned, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Three, or more of them, &s;hall have Power to Summon &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, and the Owners and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors of &s;uch Manors, or other Premi&s;&s;es, to appear before them, at a Day and Place Prefixed, to be Examined touching the Mat|ters afore&s;aid; And if the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons Summoned to be &s;o Examined, &s;hall neglect to appear, (not having a rea&s;onable Excu&s;e for &s;uch his default) every Per&s;on &s;o ma|king default, &s;hall pay to Their Maje&s;ties double the Sum he &s;hould, or ought to have been Set at, or Rated: And moreover, The Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the major part of &s;o ma|ny of them as &s;hall be pre&s;ent, &s;hall have power by all lawful ways and means, to Examine into the E&s;tate of &s;uch Per&s;on, and the Value of &s;uch Premi&s;&s;es Chargeable by this Act, and to &s;et &s;uch Rate or Rates upon the &s;ame, as &s;hall be according to the true intent of this Act; And the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors are hereby required to give one Copy of their Certificates or A&s;&s;e&s;sments fairly written
<PB N="17" REF="9"> and &s;ub&s;cribed by them, unto the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners by whom they were appointed, and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two or more of them, are hereby Ordered and Required, to cau&s;e the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;sments to them delivered (when by them approved of, or altered ac|cording to the true intent of this Act) to be fairly Written, and to Sign and Seal &s;everal Duplicates or Copies of the &s;aid A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ment, and one of them &s;o Signed and Sealed forthwith to deliver or cau&s;e to be delivered unto the Subcollectors, and &s;hall likewi&s;e deliver or cau&s;e to be delivered other Copies thereof &s;o Signed and Sealed unto the Head Collectors and Receivers General according to their &s;everal and re&s;pective Col|lections and Receipts. And moreover, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall cau&s;e a true Copy or Extract of the whole Sums A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Charged within every Hundred, Lathe, Wa|pentake, Pari&s;h, Ward or Place, Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in pur&s;uance of this Act, and of the whole Sums Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon Per|&s;onal E&s;tates, Offices or Imployments to be certified and tran&s;mitted into Their Ma|je&s;ties Court of Exchequer, under the Hands and Seals of any Two or more of the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, but without naming the Per|&s;ons in &s;uch their Certificates; And this the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall cau&s;e to be done upon or before the Twentieth Day of <HI>March</HI> then next en&s;uing, or within Thirty Days after (all Appeals to them made being fir&s;t determined) And the Kings Remembrancer in the Exchequer for the time being, &s;hall
<PB N="18" REF="10"> and is hereby required, within Thre&eacute; Months after the Duplicates of the la&s;t Payment &s;hall be tran&s;mitted to him, to tran&s;cribe all the Schedules and Duplicates of the Sums returned to him from and for every re|&s;pective County, Riding, City and Town, and every Hundred, Wapentake, Pari&s;h, Divi&s;ion, Town and Place therein in a Book of Parchment in Alphabetical Or|der, and in a fair legible Hand Writing, and within Thre&eacute; Months after the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o by him received, to tran&s;mit all and every the &s;ame Schedules and Dupli|cates to the Office of Writer of the Tal|lies, commonly called, The Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, who is hereby likewi&s;e authorized and required to enter the &s;ame in the like Alphabetical Order in another Book of Parchment fairly Writ|ten to the provided for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners or any Two or more of them, &s;hall I&s;&s;ue out their Warrants or E&s;treats to the Sub-Collectors under their Hands and Seals, thereby requiring them to Levy and Col|lect one Fourth part of the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments in re&s;pect of their Per&s;onal E|&s;tates, Offices and Imployments, and al|&s;o one Fourth part of the Pound Rate Charged upon all Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments and Premi&s;&s;es, as afore&s;aid. And the &s;aid Subcollectors are hereby required and en|joyned to Levy and Collect the &s;ame, ac|cording
<PB N="19" REF="10"> to the Duplicates thereof by them received, and according to the Intent and Directions of this Act, and to make de|mand of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, upon Per&s;onal E&s;tates, Offices and Im|ployments of the Parties them&s;elves if they can be found, or otherwi&s;e at the place of their la&s;t Abode, and to pay the &s;ame unto their re&s;pective Head Collectors on or before the Fifteenth Day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety thre&eacute;, or within Twenty Days after. And the &s;aid Head Collectors are to ha&s;ten the &s;aid Subcol|lectors, and in ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall not be Collected by rea&s;on of Neglect or Failure of Duty of the &s;aid Subcollectors, the &s;aid Head Collectors are to Levy by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any Two or more of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, by Di&s;tre&s;s upon the Subcollectors re&s;pectively, &s;uch Sum and Sums of Money as by him and them ought to have be&eacute;n paid and is or are not paid, by rea&s;on of his Failure in doing his Duty, according to the Directions of this Act. And every Head Collector is hereby re|quired to make Payment of what &s;hall be &s;o Levied or Received unto the Receiver Ge|neral of the &s;aid County, City or Place, up|on or before the Twentieth Day of <HI>March</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty Days after: And the Receiver General is likewi&s;e re|quired to call upon and ha&s;ten the &s;aid Head Collectors, and to pay what he &s;hall receive from the &s;aid Head Collectors unto Their Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer upon
<PB N="20" REF="11"> or before the Six and twentieth Day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety four, or within Twenty Days after, to the end the Fir&s;t Payment of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments may by that time be fully an&s;wered and paid in to Their Maje&s;ties. And the Subcollectors &s;hall al&s;o Levy the Second Quarterly Payment of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments Charged as afore|&s;aid, upon or before the Second Day of <HI>June</HI> then next en&s;uing, or within Twenty Days after, and &s;hall al&s;o pay the &s;ame in to the Head Collectors, upon or be|fore the Ninth Day of <HI>June</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty Days after; And the &s;aid Head Collectors &s;hall make payment thereof to the Receivers General of the &s;aid County, City, or Place, upon, or before the Sixte&eacute;nth day of <HI>June</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty Days after; And the &s;aid Receiver General is al&s;o required to make payment of all which he &s;hall &s;o receive, into Their Maje&s;ties Re|ceipt of Exchequer, upon, or before the Five and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> afore&s;aid, or with|in Twenty days after, to the end, that the &s;econd payment of the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;s|ments &s;o charged as afore&s;aid, may by that time be fully An&s;wered and Paid in to Their Maje&s;ties: And the &s;aid Subcollectors are al&s;o Required, and Enjoyned to Levy one other Quarterly Payment of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments Charged, as afore&s;aid, upon or before the Fourth Day of <HI>September,</HI> then next en&s;uing; and &s;hall al&s;o Pay the &s;ame unto the &s;aid re&s;pective Head Collectors, on or before the Twelfth Day of
<PB N="21" REF="11"> <HI>September</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty days after: And the &s;aid Head Collectors are to ha&s;ten the &s;aid Subcollectors, and in Ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall not be Collected by rea&s;on of neglect or failure of Duty in the &s;aid Sub|collectors, the Head Collectors are to proceed again&s;t them by Di&s;tre&s;s, in like manner and by like Warrant, as afore&s;aid; And every Head Collector is hereby required to make payment of what &s;hall be &s;o Levied or Re|ceived, unto the Receiver General of the &s;aid County, City, or Place, upon, or before the Twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty Days after; And the Recei|ver General is likewi&s;e required to call up|on, and ha&s;ten the &s;aid Head Collectors, and to pay what he &s;hall receive from the &s;aid Head Collectors, into Their Maje&s;ties Re|ceipt of Exchequer, upon, or before the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty days after, to the end, that the third Payment of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments may, by that time be fully An|&s;wered and Paid in to Their Maje&s;ties: And the Subcollectors &s;hall al&s;o Levy one other Quarterly payment of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments charged as afore&s;aid, upon or before the Third day of <HI>December</HI> then next en&s;uing, or within Twenty days after, and &s;hall al&s;o Pay the &s;ame unto the &s;aid Head Collectors, upon, or before the Tenth day of <HI>December</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty days after; And the &s;aid Head Collectors &s;hall make payment thereof to the Receiver Ge|neral of the &s;aid County, City, or Place, up|on, or before the Sevente&eacute;nth day of <HI>Decem|ber</HI>
<PB N="22" REF="12"> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty days after; And the &s;aid Receiver General is likewi&s;e required to make payment of all which he &s;hall &s;o receive, into Their Maje&s;ties Re|ceipt of Exchequer, upon, or before the Five and Twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> afore&s;aid, or within Twenty days after, to the end, that the Fourth and La&s;t Quarterly Pay|ment of the &s;aid Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments &s;o Charged as afore&s;aid, may by that time be fully An&s;wered and Paid in to Their Maje|&s;ties: And all Commi&s;&s;ioners, Collectors, and Receivers, are hereby required and en|joyned to apply them&s;elves with all dili|gence, to the mo&s;t &s;pe&eacute;dy and effectual execu|tion of their &s;everal and re&s;pective Duties, and to u&s;e their utmo&s;t endeavours, that all E&s;tates herein Charged, may equally pay the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments, according to the direction of this Act, that &s;o Their Ma|je&s;ties Service herein may not be delayed or hindred through any of their wilful neglect or default.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Mo|nies received by the Subcollectors, within their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions or Hundreds, &s;hall from time to time be duly paid to the Head Collectors, who&s;e Receipt &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Di&s;charge unto every &s;uch Subcollector, which Subcollector, for gathering the &s;aid particular Sums, &s;hall retain in his Hands, for every Twenty Shillings by him &s;o paid, Thre&eacute; pence, as a Reward for his Pains and Service; And the &s;aid Head Collectors &s;hall accordingly pay over the &s;aid Monies, unto
<PB N="23" REF="12"> the Receiver General of each County, City, or Place re&s;pectively in manner afore&s;aid; which Head Collector, or Collectors, &s;hall be nominated and appointed by the Receiver General of the re&s;pective Counties, which &s;aid Receiver General &s;hall be an&s;werable for all &s;uch Sums of Money as &s;hall be by him or them Collected or Received: And that no Subcollector &s;hall be forced to Travel above the &s;pace of Ten Miles, for the payment of the &s;aid Monies that &s;hall be by him Collect|ed or Received; And the &s;aid Receiver Gene|rals Acquittance, &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Di&s;|charge unto every &s;uch Head Collector: And the Receiver General &s;hall pay the whole Sum by him Received, into the Receipt of Their Maje&s;ties Exchequer, in &s;uch manner, and at or before &s;uch days and times as are herein before limited; And &s;hall have an al|lowance of Two Pence in the Pound for all Monies which &s;hall be by him paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, upon, or before the times prefixt in this Act.</P>
<P>And for the careful writing and tran|&s;cribing the &s;aid Warrants, Certificates, E&s;treats and Duplicates in due time, it is further Enacted, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners Clerks who &s;hall re&s;pectively perform the &s;ame, &s;hall by Warrant under Two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners Hands, have and receive from the re&s;pective Receivers Ge|neral, One Peny in the Pound of all &s;uch Moneys as he or they &s;hall have received by virtue of &s;uch Warrants and E&s;treats, who are hereby appointed and allowed to pay the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<PB N="24" REF="13">
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared, That if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay any Sum or Sums of Money whereat he or they &s;hall be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, that then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Collectors or any of them, and he and they is and are here|by authorized and required for non Pay|ment thereof, to Levy the Sum or Sums &s;o Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of &s;uch Per&s;on &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting to pay by his or their Goods or Chattels, or to Di|&s;train upon the Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tene|ments and Premi&s;&s;es &s;o Charged with any &s;uch Sum or Sums, and the Goods and Chattels then and there found, and the Di|&s;tre&s;s &s;o taken, to keep by the &s;pace of Four Days at the Co&s;ts and Charges of the Owners thereof, and if the &s;aid Owner do not pay the Sum or Sums of Money &s;o Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed within the &s;pace of the &s;aid Four Days, then the &s;aid Di&s;tre&s;s to be Apprai&s;ed by Two or Three In|habitants where the &s;ame &s;hall be taken, or other &s;ufficient Per&s;ons, and to be &s;old by the Collectors for the Payment of the &s;aid Money; And the Overplus coming by &s;uch &s;ale (if any be over and above the Charges of taking and keeping of the Di&s;tre&s;s) to be immediately returned to the Owner thereof. And moreouer, it &s;hall be lawful to break open (in the Day time) any Hou&s;e, and (upon Warrant under the Hands and Seals of Two or more of the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners) any Che&s;t, Trunk, Box or other
<PB N="25" REF="13"> things where any &s;uch Goods are, calling to their a&s;&s;i&s;tance the Con&s;table, Tything|men and Headboroughs within the Coun|ties, Cities, Towns and Places where any Refu&s;al, Neglect or Re&s;i&s;tance &s;hall be made; Which &s;aid Officers are hereby re|quired to be Aiding and A&s;&s;i&s;ting in the Premi&s;&s;es, as they will An&s;wer the contrary at their Peril; and the &s;everal and re&s;pective Tenant or Tenants of all Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements and Heredi|taments which &s;hall be Rated by virtue of this Act, are hereby required and au|thorized to pay &s;uch Sum or Sums of Money as &s;hall be Rated upon &s;uch Hou&s;es, Lands, Tenements or Here|ditaments, and to deduct out of the Rents &s;o much of the &s;aid Rates, as in re|&s;pect of the &s;aid Rents of every &s;uch Hou&s;e, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, the Landlord &s;hould or ought to pay and bear; And the &s;aid Landlords, both mediate and immediate, according to their re&s;pective In|tere&s;ts, are hereby required to allow &s;uch deductions in Payments, upon the receipt of the re&s;idue of their Rents.</P>
<P>And it is Enacted and Declared, That every Tenant paying the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, &s;hall be acquitted and di&s;charged for &s;o much Money as the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments &s;hall Amount unto, as if the &s;ame had been actually paid unto &s;uch Per&s;on and Per&s;ons unto whom his Rents &s;hould have been Due and Payable; And if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;o Rated or Charged, do find him or them&s;elves agrieved with &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing
<PB N="26" REF="14"> or Rating, and do within Ten Days after Demand made of the Sum or Sums of Mo|ney A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on him or them, Complain to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Three or more of them, &s;o as the ma|jor Part of the Commi&s;&s;ioners who Signed or Allowed his or their Rates be pre&s;ent, &s;hall have, and have hereby Power, within Ten Days, next after &s;uch Complaint, particularly to Examine any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, upon his or their Oath, touching the Value of his or their Real or Per&s;onal E&s;tate, and other the Matters afore&s;aid; and upon due Examination and Knowledge thereof, Allow, Abate, Defaulk, Encrea&s;e, or Enlarge the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;sment, and the &s;ame &s;o Allowed, Abated, Encrea&s;ed or En|larged, &s;hall be Levied, and &s;hall be Certi|fied or E&s;treated into the Exchequer, in man|ner afore&s;aid; and to that end, the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners are hereby required to Meet toge|ther for the determining of &s;uch Complaints and Appeals accordingly; and for this end, to Expre&s;s in their Warrants to the Collect|ors, the Times and Places for Determining Appeals, and Appeals once Heard and De|termined, to be final, without any further Appeal upon any pretence what&s;oever.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any A&s;&s;e&s;|&s;or, Collector, Receiver, or other Per&s;on ap|pointed by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hall wil|fully neglect, or refu&s;e to perform his or their Duty, in the due and &s;peedy execution of this pre&s;ent Act; or if any A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or &s;hall witting|ly or willingly Vnder Rate, or A&s;&s;e&s;s at an
<PB N="27" REF="14"> Vnder Value any Per&s;on or Thing Charge|able by this Act, the &s;aid re&s;pective Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any Three or more of them, have hereby Power to Impo&s;e on &s;uch Per|&s;on or Per&s;ons, &s;o refu&s;ing, neglecting or not performing their Duties, &s;uch Fine or Fines, as by them &s;hall be thought fit, &s;o as the &s;ame exceed not the Sum of Twenty Pounds, nor to be under the Sum of Ten Pounds; which &s;aid Fines &s;hall not be taken off or di&s;charged, but by the Con&s;ent of the majority of the Commi&s;&s;ioners who Impo|&s;ed the &s;ame, but &s;hall be Levyed by War|rant under the Hands and Seals of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two of them, by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods and Chat|tels of the Offenders; and in default of Goods and Chattels, the Offenders to be Committed (by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners) to Pri&s;on, there to remain till Payment of the &s;aid Fines; And that all Fines that &s;hall be Impo&s;ed by Virtue of this Act, &s;hall be paid to the re&s;pective Receivers General, and by them into the Receipt of Their Maje&s;ties Exchequer.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted and Declared, That if any Collector that &s;hall (by virtue of this Act, be appointed for the Receipt of any Sums of Money thereby to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed) neglect, or refu&s;e to pay any Sum or Sums of Money, which &s;hall be by him received as afore&s;aid, and to pay the &s;ame as in and by this Act is directed, and &s;hall detain in his or their Hands, any Money received by them or any of them, and not pay the &s;ame at &s;uch
<PB N="28" REF="15"> time as by this Act is directed, The Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of each County, Riding, City or Town re&s;pectively, or any Two or more of them, in their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, are here|by Authorized and Impowered to Impri&s;on the Per&s;on, and Seize and Secure the E|&s;tate both Real and Per&s;onal, of &s;uch Col|lectors to him belonging, or which &s;hall de|&s;cend or come into the Hands or Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Heirs, Executors or Admini&s;trators, where&s;oever the &s;ame can be di&s;covered and found, and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;hall &s;o Seize and Secure the E&s;tate of any Col|lector or Collectors, &s;hall be, and are hereby impowered to appoint a time for the General Me&eacute;ting of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, for &s;uch County, Riding, City, Town, or Place, and there to cau&s;e Publick Notice to be given at the Place where &s;uch Meeting &s;hall be ap|pointed, Six Days at lea&s;t before &s;uch Gene|ral Me&eacute;ting; And the Commi&s;&s;ioners pre&s;ent at &s;uch General Meeting, or the major part of them, in ca&s;e the Moneys detained by any &s;uch Collector or Collectors, be not paid or &s;a|tisfied, as it ought to be, according to the Directions of this Act, &s;hall, and are here|by impowered and required to &s;ell and di&s;|po&s;e of all &s;uch E&s;tates, which &s;hall be for the Cau&s;e afore&s;aid Seized and Secured, or any part of them, and to &s;atisfie and pay into the Hands of the Receiver General, the Sum that &s;hall be &s;o detained in the Hands of &s;uch Collector or Collectors, their Heirs, Executors, or Admini&s;trators re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted and De|clared, That at the Expiration of the re|&s;pective
<PB N="29" REF="15"> times in this in this Act pre&s;cribed for the full Payment of the &s;aid Four Quarterly Payments, the &s;everal and re&s;pective Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two or more of them within their Divi&s;ion and Hundred, &s;hall and are hereby required to call before them the Collectors within each re&s;pective Divi&s;ion, Hundred, Pari&s;h and Place, to Examine and a&s;&s;ure them&s;elves of the full and whole Payment of the particular Sum and Sums of Money Charged within and upon the &s;ame Divi&s;ion, Hundred, and every Pari&s;h and Place therein, and of the due Return of the &s;ame into the Hands of the Receivers General, Their Deputy or Deputies of the &s;aid County, Riding, City, Town and Place re&s;pectively, and by &s;uch Receiver Ge|neral into the Receipt of Their Maje&s;ties Exchequer; to the end there may be no failure in the Payment of any part of the A&s;&s;e&s;sment by virtue of this Act to be A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed and Paid; And in ca&s;e of any failure in the Premi&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or any Two or more of them are hereby to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be forthwith Levied and Paid according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>And it is hereby Enacted and Declared, That in ca&s;e any Controver&s;ie ari&s;e concern|ing the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;sment, or the Dividing, Ap|portioning or Payment thereof, which con|cerns any the Commi&s;&s;ioners by this Act appointed, that the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o con|cerned in the &s;aid Controver&s;ie &s;hall have no Voice, but &s;hall withdraw at the time of the Debate of any &s;uch Controver&s;ie, until
<PB N="30" REF="16"> it be determined by the re&s;t of the Commi&s;|&s;ioners, and in default thereof, that the Commi&s;&s;ioners then pre&s;ent &s;hall have power, and are hereby required to impo&s;e &s;uch Fine and Fines, as to them &s;hall be thought fit, upon &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o re|fu&s;ing to withdraw, not exceeding the Sum of Twenty Pounds, and to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be Levied and Paid, as other Fines to be impo&s;ed by this Act are to be Levied and paid; And all Que&s;tions and Diffe|rences that &s;hall ari&s;e touching any the &s;aid Rates, A&s;&s;e&s;sments or Levies, or the Collecting thereof, &s;hall be heard and finally determined by the Commi&s;&s;ioners in &s;uch manner as by this Act is directed, upon Complaint thereof made to them by any Per|&s;on or Per&s;ons thereby agrieved, without further trouble or &s;uit in Law.</P>
<P>Provided, That nothing contained in this Act &s;hall extend to Charge any College or Hall in either of the Two Vniver&s;ities, or the Colleges of <HI>Wind&s;or, Eaton, Winche&s;ter</HI> or <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or the Corporation of the Govern|ours of the Charity for Relief of Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, or the College of <HI>Bromley,</HI> or any Ho&s;pital for or in re&s;pect of the Scites of the &s;aid Colleges, Halls or Ho&s;pitals, or any Ma&s;ter, Fellow or Scholar of any &s;uch College or Halls, or any Reader, Officer or Mini&s;ter of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, Colleges or Halls, or any Ma|&s;ters or V&s;hers of any School for or in re&s;pect of any Stipend, Wages or Profits what&s;o|ever ari&s;ing or growing due to them in re&s;pect of the &s;aid &s;everal Pl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> and Employments
<PB N="31" REF="16"> in the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, Colleges or Schools, or to Charge any of the Hou&s;es or Lands belonging to Chri&s;ts Ho&s;pital, Saint <HI>Bartho|lomews, Bridewell,</HI> Saint <HI>Thomas</HI> and <HI>Bethle|hem</HI> Ho&s;pital, in the City of <HI>London</HI> and Bo|rough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> or any of them; or the &s;aid Corporation of the Governours of the Charity for Relief of poor Widows and Children or Clergymen, or the College of <HI>Bromley;</HI> nor to extend to Charge any the Alm&s;men or Alm&s;women, or other Poor Per&s;ons inhabiting within any other Ho&s;pi|tal or Alm&s;hou&s;e, for or in re&s;pect of any Rents or Revenues payable to them, or any &s;uch of them, for their immediate V&s;e and Relief, who&s;e Annual Maintenance and Profits &s;hall not exceed in the whole the Sum of Twenty Pounds.</P>
<P>Provided that no Tenants of any Lands or Hou&s;es, by Lea&s;e or Grant from the &s;aid Corporation, or any of the &s;aid Ho&s;pitals or Alm&s;hou&s;es, do Claim or Enjoy any Fre&eacute;|dom or Exemption by this Act: But that all the Hou&s;es and Lands which they &s;o hold, &s;hall be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for &s;o much as they are yearly worth, over and above the Rents re&s;erved and payable to the &s;aid Corporation, or to the &s;aid Ho&s;pitals or Alm&s;hou&s;es, to be received and di&s;bur&s;ed for the immediate &s;upport and relief of the Poor in the &s;aid Ho&s;pitals and Alm&s;hou&s;es.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that where any Per&s;on in|habiting within the City of <HI>London,</HI> or any other Cities or Towns Corporate, hath his Dwelling hou&s;e in one of the Pari&s;hes and Wards therein, and hath any Goods,
<PB N="32" REF="17"> Wares, or Merchandizes, Chargeable by this Act, in one or more of the other Pari|&s;hes or Wards in the &s;ame City, That then &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall be Charged, Taxed and A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed for &s;uch his Goods and Merchandizes, in the Pari&s;h or Ward where he dwelleth, and not el&s;ewhere in the &s;aid City.</P>
<P>Provided, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the avoiding all Ob&s;tructions and Delays in A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing and Collecting the Sums, which by this Act are to be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, all Pla|tes, Con&s;table wicks, Divi&s;ions and Allot|ments, which have u&s;ed to be Rated and A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed, &s;hall Pay and be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in &s;uch County, Hundred, Rape, Wapentake, Con|&s;tablewick, Divi&s;ion, Place and Allotment, as the &s;ame hath heretofore u&s;ually been A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed in, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P>Provide always, That nothing in this Act Contained &s;hall be Con&s;trued to Alter, Change, Determine or make Void any Con|tracts, Covenants or Agreements what&s;o|ever, between Landlord and Tenant, or a|ny others, touching the Payment of Taxes or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, any thing herein before men|tioned to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That if any Action, Plaint, Suit or Information &s;hall be commenced or pro&s;ecuted again&s;t any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons for what he or they &s;hall do in pur&s;uance or in Execution of this Act, &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons (&s;o &s;ued in any Court what&s;oever) &s;hall and may plead the General I&s;&s;ue (not Guilty) and upon any I&s;&s;ue joyned, may
<PB N="33" REF="17"> give this Act, and the Special Matter in Evidence, and if the Plantiff or Pro&s;ecutor &s;hall become Non&s;uit, or forbear further Pro&s;ecution, or &s;uffer a Di&s;continuance, or if a Verdict pa&s;s again&s;t him, the Defendants &s;hall recover their Treble Co&s;ts, for which they &s;hall have the like remedy as in any Ca&s;e where Co&s;ts by the Law are given to Defendants. And the &s;aid Receivers Ge|neral &s;hall give Acquittances <HI>(gratis)</HI> to the &s;aid Head Collectors for all Moneys of them received; And the &s;aid Head Col|lectors &s;hall al&s;o give Acquittances <HI>(gratis)</HI> to the Subcollectors for all &s;uch Moneys as &s;hall be paid them in pur&s;uance of this Act; And the &s;aid Subcollectors &s;hall make and deliver to the &s;aid Head Collectors a perfect Schedule fairly written in Parchment, un|der their Hands and Seals, Signed and Allowed by any Two or more of the re|&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, containing the Names, Sirnames and Places of Abode of every Per&s;on within their re&s;pective Col|lections that &s;hall make Default of Pay|ment of any of the Sums that &s;hall be Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on &s;uch Per&s;on by virtue of this Act, where no &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;s is to be found, nor other &s;atisfaction made, and not otherwi&s;e, and the Sum and Sums Charged on every &s;uch Per&s;on; The &s;ame Schedule to be delivered by the Head Col|lectors to the Receiver General of the County, City or Place re&s;pectively, to be by him returned into Their Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer; Whereupon every Per&s;on &s;o making Default of Payment, may be
<PB N="34" REF="18"> Charged by Proce&s;s of the &s;aid Court, ac|cording to the Cour&s;e of the Court of Ex|chequer in &s;uch Ca&s;es.</P>
<P>Provided always and be it further En|acted, That in ca&s;e any Lands or Hou&s;es in any Pari&s;h or Con&s;tablewick &s;hall lie Vnoccupied, and no Di&s;tre&s;s can be found on the &s;ame, nor the Per&s;on of the true Owner or Proprietor can be found within the County wherein &s;uch Hou&s;e or Land lieth, by rea&s;on whereof the Rate and A&s;|&s;e&s;sment upon &s;uch Vnoccupied Hou&s;e and Lands cannot be Levied, that then upon complaint made thereof to the Commi&s;&s;i|oners for the County where &s;uch Ca&s;e &s;hall happen to be, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or any Two or more of them &s;hall Certifie into Their Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer the Name of the Per&s;on who&s;e Lands or Hou&s;e &s;o lieth Vnoccupied, together with the Sum thereupon A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and the Pari&s;h or Place where &s;uch Land or Hou&s;e lieth; which Certificate is hereby Declared to be a &s;uffici|ent Charge upon the Per&s;on and Land or Hou&s;e therein named, and &s;hall make the Per&s;on Debtor to Their Maje&s;ties for the Sum &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and the Court of Exchequer &s;hall I&s;&s;ue out Proce&s;s thereupon again&s;t the Body, Goods and all other the Lands of &s;uch Debtor, until the Sum &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed be fully and actually Levied and Paid to Their Maje&s;ties.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That where any Wood-lands &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and no Di&s;tre&s;s can be had, That in &s;uch Ca&s;e, it &s;hall, and may be lawful to,
<PB N="35" REF="18"> and for any Collector, Con&s;table, Head-borough, or Tythingman, by Warrant un|der the Hands and Seals of two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of that Hundrred or Di|vi&s;ion, at &s;ea&s;onable times of the year, to Cut and Sell to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, &s;o much of the Wood growing on the Wood|lands (Timber-Tre&eacute;s excepted) &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, as will pay the A&s;&s;e&s;sment or A&s;&s;e&s;sments to be behind and unpaid, and the Charge in|cident thereunto; And that it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, and his and their A&s;&s;igns, to whom &s;uch Woods &s;hall be &s;old, to Fell, Cut down, and Di&s;|po&s;e, and Carry away the &s;ame to his own V&s;e, rendring the Overplus (if any be) to the Owner, any Law to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further En|acted, That where any Tax or A&s;&s;e&s;sment &s;hall be Charged or laid upon any Tythes, Tolls, Profits of Markets, Fairs, or Fi&s;h|ery, or other Annual Profits not Di&s;train|able, in ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall not be paid with|in Fifte&eacute;n days after &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;sment &s;o Charged, or Laid, and Demanded, Then it &s;hall and may be lawful, to, and for the Col|lector, Con&s;table, or other Officer thereunto appointed, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of Thre&eacute; or more Commi&s;&s;ioners, Authorized by this Act, to Seize, Take, and Sell &s;o much of the &s;aid Tythes, Tolls, and other Profits &s;o Charged, as &s;hall be &s;ufficient for the Levying of the &s;aid Tax and A&s;&s;e&s;sment, and all Charges occa&s;ioned by &s;uch Non-payment thereof, rendring the Overplus to the Owner, if any be.</P>
<PB N="36" REF="19">
<P>And for the better preventing of &s;uch un|ju&s;t Vexations, as might be occa&s;ioned by &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall be appointed Receivers General of any of the Sums of Money granted by this Act; And to the intent that the &s;aid Receivers General may return a true Account into Their Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, of &s;uch Sums of Money as &s;hall be received by them, and every of them, their, and every of their Deputy and Depu|ties; Be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That if any &s;uch Receiver General return, or certify into the &s;aid Court, any Sum or Sums of Money to be in Ar|rear or Vnpaid, after the &s;ame have be&eacute;n re|ceived, either by &s;uch Receiver General, or by his Deputy or Deputies, or any of them, or &s;hall cau&s;e any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons to be &s;et <HI>In&s;uper,</HI> in the &s;aid Court, for any Sum or Sums of Money that hath be&eacute;n &s;o received; That then every &s;uch Receiver General &s;hall be liable to pay to every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, that &s;hall be mole&s;ted, vexed, or damaged, by rea&s;on of &s;uch unju&s;t Certificate, Re|turn, or Setting <HI>In&s;uper,</HI> Treble the Dama|ges that &s;hall be thereby occa&s;ioned; the &s;aid Damages to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in which no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be Allowed, nor any more then one Impar|lance, and &s;hall al&s;o Forfeit to Their Maje|&s;ties, Their Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, double the Sum that &s;hall be &s;o unju&s;tly Certified or Returned, or cau&s;e to be &s;et <HI>In&s;uper.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That where any Per&s;on or
<PB N="37" REF="19"> Per&s;ons, Chargeable with any Rates or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments by this Act impo&s;ed, &s;hall be un|der the Age of One and twenty years, in every &s;uch Ca&s;e, the Parents, Guardians and Tutors of &s;uch Infants re&s;pectively, upon default of Payment by &s;uch Infants, &s;hall be, and are hereby made liable to, and charged with the Payments which &s;uch In|fants ought to have made: And if &s;uch Pa|rents, Guardians or Tutors, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to Pay, as afore&s;aid, it &s;hall and may be Lawful to proceed again&s;t them, in like manner as again&s;t any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, making default of Payment as herein is mentioned. And all Parents, Guar|dians and Tutors, making Payment, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be Allowed all and every the Sums paid for &s;uch Infants, upon his or their Accounts.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That every Per&s;on Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for his Office or Employment, &s;hall be Rated and Pay for his &s;aid Office and Employment in the County, City or Place, where &s;uch Office or Em|ployment is Executed. And every Per&s;on who is or &s;hall be Rated for, or in re&s;pect of any Per&s;onal E&s;tate to him any way be|longing, &s;hall be Rated at &s;uch Place where he or &s;he &s;hall be Re&s;ident at the time of the Execution of this Act; And all Per&s;ons not being Hou&s;holders, nor having a certain Place of Re&s;idence, &s;hall be Taxed at the Place where they &s;hall be Re&s;ident at the time of the Execution of this Act. And if any Per&s;on who ought to be Taxed by virtue of this Act, for or in re&s;pect of his Per&s;onal E|&s;tate,
<PB N="38" REF="20"> &s;hall at the time of his A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, be out of the Realm, &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall be Rated therefore in &s;uch County, City or Place where he was la&s;t abiding within the Realm.</P>
<P>Provided that where any Per&s;on &s;hall have any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, in any County or Counties, other then the County where he &s;hall be re&s;ident, or had his la&s;t re&s;idence, it &s;hall be lawful to Rate or A&s;&s;e&s;s &s;uch Per&s;on, for &s;uch Goods, Wares and Merchandizes in the County, or Coun|ties where the &s;ame &s;hall be; And every Per&s;on who &s;hall be Rated, or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed as afore&s;aid, for, or in re&s;pect of any Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements or Heredi|taments, &s;hall be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in the Place where &s;uch Me&s;&s;uages, Manors, Lands, Tenements and Premi&s;&s;es re&s;pect|ively do lye, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P>Provided always, That if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, by rea&s;on of his or their having &s;everal Man&s;ion-hou&s;es, or Places of Re&s;i|dence or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall be doubly Charged by occa&s;ion of this Act, for, or in re&s;pect of his or their per&s;onal E&s;tate, Then upon Certificate made by two or more of the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for the County, Riding, City or Place of his or their la&s;t Per&s;onal Re&s;idence, under their Hands and Seals, of the Sum or Sums Charged upon him or them, and in what Capacity or Re&s;pect he or they were &s;o Charged, (which Certificate the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners are required to give, without Delay, Fe&eacute;, or Reward) And upon Oath made of &s;uch Certificate before any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the County or Place where the &s;aid
<PB N="39" REF="20"> Certificate &s;hall be made, (which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of Peace is hereby Authorized and Required to Admini&s;ter) then the Per|&s;on and Per&s;ons &s;o doubly Charged, &s;hall for &s;o much as &s;hall be &s;o certified, be Di&s;|charged in every other County, City, or Place: And if any Per&s;on that ought to be Taxed by virtue of this Act, for, or in re|&s;pect of his Per&s;onal E&s;tate, &s;hall by chan|ging his place of Re&s;idence, or by any other fraud or covin e&s;cape from the Taxation, and not be Taxed, and the &s;ame be proved before the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two of them, or before any Iu&s;tice of the Peace in the County, Riding, City, or Place where &s;uch Per&s;on dwelleth or re&s;ideth, at any time within One year next en&s;uing after &s;uch Tax made, every Per&s;on that &s;hall &s;o e&s;cape from the Taxation and Payment, &s;hall be charged (upon proof thereof) at the double value of &s;o much as he &s;hould, or ought to have be&eacute;n Taxed at, by this Act; the &s;aid double value, upon Certificate thereof made into the Exchequer by the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Iu&s;tices (before whom &s;uch proof &s;hall be made) to be Levied of the Goods, Lands and Tenements of &s;uch Per&s;on.</P>
<P>And for the better di&s;covery of Per&s;onal E&s;tates, Be it further Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That every Hou&s;holder &s;hall upon the Demand of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors of the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes or Places, give an Account of the Names and Qualities of &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall Sojourn or Lodge in their re&s;pective Hou&s;es, under the Penalty of forfeiting to Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of
<PB N="40" REF="21"> Twenty Pounds to be Levied and Recover|ed in &s;uch manner as other Penalties in this Act mentioned are to be Levied and Re|covered.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners that &s;hall be within any County, City or Place within the re&s;pective Limits, or the Major part of them, &s;hall Rate, Tax and A&s;&s;e&s;s every other Commi&s;&s;ioner joyned with them for and in re&s;pect of the ready Money, Debts, Goods, Chattels and Per&s;onal E&s;tate of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners; And al&s;o for and in re&s;pect of the Offices and Employments of Profit which at the time of &s;uch Examina|tion &s;hall be held and enjoyed by &s;uch Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, &s;o as the re&s;idence and u&s;ual dwelling-place of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioner, &s;o to be Taxed, be within the Divi&s;ion of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners by whom he is Taxed, and &s;o as the Office and Employment held and enjoyed by &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioner, &s;o to be Tax|ed, be likewi&s;e to be Exerci&s;ed within the Divi&s;ion or Limits of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners by whom he is to be Taxed, and the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners within their Divi&s;ion &s;hall al&s;o A&s;&s;e&s;s every A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or within their Divi&s;ion for all and &s;ingular the Premi&s;&s;es for which by this Act he ought to be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ed; And as well all Sums A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon every the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, as the A&s;&s;e&s;smens made and &s;et by the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors afore&s;aid, &s;hall be Written E&s;treated, Levied and Gathered as the &s;ame &s;hould and ought to have been, if &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners had not been named Com|mi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<PB N="41" REF="21">
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, having any Share or Shares or Intere&s;t in any Fre&s;h Stream or Running Water brought to the <HI>North</HI> parts of <HI>London,</HI> commonly called, <HI>The New River,</HI> or in the <HI>Thames</HI> Water-works, or in the <HI>Hide Park,</HI> or <HI>Marybone</HI> Waters, or any Rents or Profits ari&s;ing thereby; And all Per&s;on and Per&s;ons having any Share or Intere&s;t in the Stock or Stocks of Printing of Books in or belonging to the Hou&s;e commonly called, <HI>The Kings Printing Hou&s;e,</HI> &s;hall pay for the &s;ame the Sum of Four Shillings for every Twenty Shil|lings of the full Yearly Value thereof; And they and all Companies of Merchants in <HI>London,</HI> Charged by this Act, &s;hall be A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed by the Commi&s;&s;ioners Nominated and Appointed for the &s;aid City, or any Thre&eacute; of them, for their re&s;pective Shares and In|tere&s;ts afore&s;aid, and the afore&s;aid Ioynt Stock and Stocks; And the &s;ame &s;hall be paid by the Governours and re&s;pective Trea&s;urers of the &s;aid re&s;pective Com|panies, and by the Trea&s;urers or Receivers of the &s;aid River, Waters and Water-works, and Stock for Printing, and be De|ducted at and out of their next Dividend.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That this Act &s;hall not ex|tend to the Inhabitants of <HI>Scotland, Ireland, Jer&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> for and concerning any &s;uch Per&s;onal E&s;tate which they or any to their u&s;e have within the Places afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners,
<PB N="42" REF="22"> or any Two or more of them, may, and &s;hall from time to time call for, and require an Account from the re&s;pective Receivers Ge|neral of all the Moneys received by them of the &s;aid Collectors, and of the payments thereof into Their Maje&s;ties Receipt of Ex|chequer, according to the direction of this Act, and in ca&s;e of any failure in the Pre|mi&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, are hereby required to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be forthwith Levied and Paid, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That no Letters Patents granted by Their Maje&s;ties, or any of Their Royal Progenitors, to any Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons, Cities, Boroughs or Towns Corpo|rate within this Realm, of any manner of Liberties, Priviledges, or Exemptions from Sub&s;idies, Tolls, Taxes, A&s;&s;e&s;sments or Aids, &s;hall be con&s;trued, or taken to exempt any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, City, Borough or Town-Corporate, or any of the Inhabi|tants of the &s;ame, or in the Tower of <HI>Lon|don,</HI> from the Burthen and Charge of any Sum or Sums of Money granted by this Act; but that all and every &s;uch Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, City, Borough, and Town Cor|porate, &s;hall pay their Proportions of all Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments by this pre&s;ent Act impo&s;ed, any &s;uch Letters Patents, Grants, or Charters, or any Clau&s;e of <HI>Non ob&s;tante,</HI> Matter or Thing therein contained, or any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tom or Pre&s;cription to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<PB N="43" REF="22">
<P>Provided al&s;o, that no Per&s;on inhabiting in any City, Borough, or Town-Corporate &s;hall be compelled to be any A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or or Col|lector of, or for any part of the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments hereby Granted in any Place or Places out of the Limits of the &s;aid City, Borough, or Town-Corporate.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That every Rate, Tax or A&s;&s;e&s;sment which &s;hall be made, or impo&s;ed by virtue of this Act, in re&s;pect of any Hou&s;e or Tenement which an Amba&s;&s;ador, Re&s;ident, Agent, or other Pub|lick Mini&s;ter of any Foreign Prince or State now doth, or hereafter &s;hall inhabit or occu|py, &s;hall be paid by the Landlord or Owner of the &s;aid Hou&s;e, or Tenements re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That in all Priviledged and o|ther Places, being Extraparochial, or not within any the Con&s;tablewicks, or Precincts of the re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, to be appointed by virtue of this Act (although in any month|ly, or other Tax, they have not be&eacute;n A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or Rated heretofore) the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two or more of them, &s;hall, and are hereby required to nominate and appoint Two fit Per&s;ons, living in or near the &s;aid Priviledged or other Places as afore&s;aid, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors for the &s;aid Places, and to make and return their &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;sments in like manner as by this Act is appointed, in any Pari&s;h, Tything or Place; And al&s;o to ap|point One or more Collectors, who are hereby required to Collect, and Pay the &s;ame accor|ding to the Rates appointed by this Act, for Collecting and Paying all Sums of Money payable by this Act.</P>
<PB N="44" REF="23">
<P>Provided always, and be it further En|acted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, who &s;hall be imployed in the Execution of this Act, &s;hall be liable for or by rea&s;on of &s;uch Ex|ecution, to any of the Penalties men|tioned in an Act made in the Five and twen|tieth Year of the Reign of King <HI>Charles</HI> the Second, for the preventing of Dangers which may happen from Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no Per&s;on &s;hall be capable of Acting as a Commi&s;&s;ioner in the Execution of this Act, before he &s;hall have taken the Oaths appointed by an Act of Parliament made in the Fir&s;t Year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and appoint|ing other Oaths,</HI> which Oaths it &s;hall be lawful for any Two or more Commi&s;&s;ioners to Admini&s;ter, and are hereby required to Admini&s;ter to any other Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That every Papi&s;t, or repu|ted Papi&s;t, being of the Age of Sixteen Years and upwards, who &s;hall not have taken the Oaths mentioned and required to be taken by the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Act, &s;hall Yield and Pay unto Their Maje&s;ties double the Sums and Rates which by Force or Virtue of any Clau&s;e in this Act before mentioned or contained, he or &s;he &s;hould or ought to pay or be charged with, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Levied and Collected, An&s;wered, Recovered and Paid in &s;uch manner, by &s;uch ways and means, and according to &s;uch Rules and Directions, and
<PB N="45" REF="23"> under &s;uch Penalties and Forfeitures as are before in this Act expre&s;&s;ed or appointed for and concerning the above mentioned Rates and Sums which are hereby intended to be doubled, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That if any &s;uch Papi&s;t, or reputed Papi&s;t, within Ten Days after the fir&s;t Me&eacute;ting of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;i|oners, in the re&s;pective Counties or Places, where he or &s;he ought to be Taxed or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed according to the intent of this pre&s;ent Act, &s;hall take the &s;aid Oaths before Two or more of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners (which Oaths the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby impowered to Admini&s;ter) that in &s;uch ca&s;e he or &s;he &s;hall not be liable to be doubly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, as afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on being of the Age of Sixte&eacute;n years or upwards, and being within this Realm at the time of the Execu|tion of this Act, who &s;hall not before that time have taken the Oaths mentioned and required to be taken by the &s;aid Act, Entitu|led, <HI>An Act for the Abrogating of the Oaths of Su|premacy and Allegiance, and Appointing other Oaths;</HI> And upon Summons by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any Two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by this Act, &s;hall refu&s;e to take the &s;aid Oaths at the time appointed in the &s;aid Warrant, or &s;hall neglect to appear at &s;uch time before the Commi&s;&s;ioners, in order to take the &s;aid Oaths (which Oaths the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion|ers, or any Two or more of them, are hereby impowered and required to Admini<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">er &s;hall
<PB N="46" REF="24"> yield, and pay unto Their Maje&s;ties double the Sums and Rates, which by force or vir|tue of any Clau&s;e in this Act before men|tioned or contained, he or &s;he &s;hould, or ought to pay, or be charged with, in manner as is before in this pre&s;ent Act appointed, touching Papi&s;ts or Reputed Papi&s;ts.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That every Gentleman, or &s;o reputed, or owning or writing him&s;elf &s;uch, or being above that Quality, who by virtue of an Act made in the Third Year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Rai|&s;ing Money by a Poll, payable quarterly for one Year, for carrying on a Vigorous War again&s;t <HI>France,</HI></HI> did pay, or ought to have paid, double the Sums charged by the &s;aid Act, or were, or ought to have be&eacute;n Returned into the Ex|chequer for non-payment thereof, who &s;hall not voluntarily appear before the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two or more of them, within Ten days after the fir&s;t Meeting of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, in the re&s;pective place or places where he ought to be Taxed or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and take the &s;aid Oaths appoint|ed by the &s;aid Act, made in the fir&s;t year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign (which Oaths the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two or more of them, are hereby impowered and required to Admini&s;ter, and to make an Entry or Me|morandum thereof in &s;ome Book to be kept for that purpo&s;e) &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall be char|ged with, and pay double the Sums which by force or virtue of this Act, he &s;hould, or ought to have paid; to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Levied, Collected, An&s;wered, Recovered, and Paid in &s;uch
<PB N="47" REF="24"> manner, by &s;uch ways and means, and ac|cording to &s;uch Rules and Directions, and under &s;uch Penalties and Forfeitures as are before in this Act expre&s;&s;ed or appointed, for, or concerning the above mentioned Rates and Sums, which are hereby intended to be doubled, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That any One or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by this Act, upon Information given, or upon any cau&s;e of &s;u&s;picion in that behalf, &s;hall, and are hereby required and enjoyned to cau&s;e every Per&s;on &s;u&s;pected, or again&s;t whom &s;uch Information &s;hall be given to be Summoned to appear to take the &s;aid Oaths, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That whereas cer|tain Per&s;ons, Di&s;&s;enters from the Church of <HI>England,</HI> commonly called <HI>Quakers,</HI> and now known to be &s;uch, do &s;cruple the taking of any Oath, It &s;hall be &s;ufficient for every &s;uch per&s;on, to make and &s;ub&s;cribe the Declara|tion of Fidelity, contained in an Act made in the Parliament held in the Fir&s;t year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Ex|empting Their Maje&s;ties Prote&s;tant Subjects, Di&s;|&s;enting from the Church of <HI>England,</HI> from the Pe|nalties of certain Laws;</HI> which Declaration any Two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners appoint|ed for the Execution of this Act, are hereby impowered and required to take, and every &s;uch per&s;on &s;o doing, &s;hall not be liable to, or chargeable with any of the double Rates a|fore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided that no poor per&s;on &s;hall be char|ged with, or liable unto the Pound Rate im|po&s;ed
<PB N="48" REF="25"> by this Act, upon Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, who&s;e Lands, Tene|ments or Hereditaments are not of the year|ly Value of Twenty Sillings in the whole.</P>
<P>Provided always, That the Right Ho|nourable the Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, the Ma|&s;ters of Chancery, Six Clerks, Clerks of the Petty Bag, Examiners, Regi&s;ters, Clerks of the Inrollment, Clerks of the Affidavits and Subpena Office, and all others the Of|ficers of the Court of Chancery, that Exe|cute their Offices within the Liberty of the Rolls, &s;hall be there A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for their re&s;pe|ctive Offices, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted, That if any Col|lector of any Pari&s;h or Place &s;hall keep in his Hands any part of the Money by him Collected for any longer time then is by this Act directed (other then the allowance made unto him by this Act) or &s;hall pay any part thereof to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons other then to the Head Collector or Receiver General of &s;uch County or Place or his re&s;pective De|puty, that every &s;uch Collector &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch Offence the Sum of Ten Pounds; And in ca&s;e any Head Collector &s;hall keep in his Hands any part of the Mo|ney paid to him by any Collector by virtue of this Act, for any longer time then is by virtue of this Act directed, or &s;hall pay any part thereof to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons o|ther then the Receiver General of &s;uch Coun|ty or Place, or his Deputy, every &s;uch Head Collector &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch Offence the Sum of Fourty Pounds; And in ca&s;e any Receiver General, or his Deputy, &s;hall
<PB N="49" REF="25"> pay any part of the Moneys paid to him or them by any Collector, by virtue of this Act, to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever (other then the Receipt of Their Maje&s;ties Ex|chequer, and at or within the re&s;pective times limited by this Act) or in ca&s;e &s;uch Receiver General, or his Deputy, &s;hall pay any part of the &s;aid Moneys by any Warrant of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or the Lord Trea&s;urer, Vnder Trea&s;urer or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time be|ing, or upon any Tally of <HI>Pro,</HI> or Tally of <HI>Anticipation,</HI> or other way or device what&s;o|ever, whereby to divert or hinder the actual payment thereof into the Receipt of the Ex|chequer, as afore&s;aid, that then &s;uch Re|ceiver General &s;hall for every &s;uch Offence of him&s;elf, or his Deputy, forfeit the Sum of One thou&s;and Pounds to him or them that &s;hall Sue for the &s;ame in any Court of Re|cord, by Bill, Plaint or other Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager of Law is to be allowed.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or the Lord Trea&s;urer, Vnder Trea&s;urer or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time be|ing, or any of them, do not direct any War|rant to any of the &s;aid Head Collectors, or Receivers General, or their Deputy, for the payment of any part of the Moneys hereby given to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, other then into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as afore|&s;aid; Nor &s;hall they or any of them direct a|ny Warrant to the Officers of the Ex|chequer for the &s;triking of any Tally of
<PB N="50" REF="26"> <HI>Pro,</HI> or Tally of <HI>Anticipation,</HI> nor do any o|ther matter or thing whereby to divert the actual payment of the &s;aid Moneys into the Receipt of the Exchequer; Nor &s;hall the Of|ficers of the Exchequer, Strike or Direct, or Record the &s;triking of any Tally of <HI>Pro,</HI> or Tally of <HI>Anticipation,</HI> upon any of the &s;aid Moneys, upon any Account or Warrant what&s;oever; Nor &s;hall any Teller throw down any Bill whereby to Charge him&s;elf with any of the &s;aid Moneys, until he &s;hall have actually received the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o and be it Enacted, That no Stay of Pro&s;ecution upon any Com|mand, Warrant, Motion, or Order, or Di|rection by <HI>non vult ulterius pro&s;equi</HI> &s;hall be had, made, admitted, received or allowed by any Court what&s;oever, in any Suit or Proceeding by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information or otherwi&s;e for the recovery of all or any the Pains, Penalties or For|feitures, upon any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons by this Act inflicted or therein mentioned, or for or in Order to the Conviction or Di&s;abili|ty of any Per&s;on Offending again&s;t this Act.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o and be it Enacted, That no Per&s;on &s;hall be capable of acting as a Com|mi&s;&s;ioner in the Execution of this Act for a|ny County or Riding, or the Cities of <HI>London</HI> or <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> unle&s;s he was A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and did pay to Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Twenty Shillings Quarterly towards the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments, Granted by an Act made in the Third year of Their Maje|&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Rai&s;ing
<PB N="51" REF="26"> Money by a Poll, payable Quarterly for One year, for the Carrying on a Vigorous War again&s;t <HI>France;</HI></HI> or the Sum of Four Pounds to the Act made in the Fourth year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act of Review of the Quarterly Poll Granted to Their Maje&s;ties in the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament:</HI> And al&s;o that no Per|&s;on &s;hall be capable of acting as a Commi&s;|&s;ioner in Execution of this Act, for any other City, or in any Borough, Town or Cinque Port, or the Counties thereof re&s;pectively, un|le&s;s he was A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and did Pay to Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Twenty Shillings Quarterly, as afore&s;aid; or was A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and did Pay to Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Then Shillings Quarterly (as a Trade&s;man worth Three hundred Pounds) towards the &s;aid Quarterly Poll; or the Sum of Fourty Shillings to the &s;aid Act for Review of the &s;aid Quar terly Poll.</P>
<P>Provided always, That every Per&s;on who did pay to Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Ten Shillings Quarterly (as a Trade&s;man worth Three hundred Pounds) toward the &s;aid Quarterly Poll, may be capable of act|ing as a Commi&s;&s;ioner, for and within any City, Borough or Town-Corporate, where|of he is an Inhabitant, although he was Nominated a Commi&s;&s;ioner for the County at large, in which &s;uch City, Borough or Town-Corporate is &s;cituate, unle&s;s Commi&s;&s;ioners were particularly Appointed by the &s;aid Act for &s;uch City, Borough or Town-Corporate.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That in Ca&s;e there &s;hall not be a &s;ufficient number of Commi&s;|&s;ioners for any City, Town and County of
<PB N="52" REF="27"> the &s;ame Borough, Town or Cinque Port (for which, by this Act, Commi&s;&s;ioners are particularly appointed) capable of Acting according to the Qualifications afore|&s;aid for putting this Act in Execution, that in every &s;uch Ca&s;e, any of the Commi&s;|&s;ioners appointed for the County at large, within which, &s;uch Cities, Towns and Counties of the &s;ame Borough, Town, or Cinque Port doth &s;tand, or which is next ad|joyning thereto, may act as Commi&s;&s;ioners in the execution of this Act, within &s;uch City, Town and County of the &s;ame Borough, Town, or Cinque Port.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted, That in ca&s;e there &s;hall not be a &s;ufficient number of the per&s;ons nominated to be Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for any County, who &s;hall be ca|pable of acting as Commi&s;&s;ioners, according to the qualifications in this Act before men|tioned, That in every &s;uch Ca&s;e it &s;hall be Lawful for Their Maje&s;ties to i&s;&s;ue or cau&s;e to be i&s;&s;ued one or more Commi&s;&s;ion or Com|mi&s;&s;ions under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> and thereby to nominate, con&s;titute and ap|point &s;uch, and &s;o many per&s;ons being Re&s;i|dent, and having real E&s;tates of the value of One hundred Pounds a year in the &s;aid re|&s;pective Counties, for which they &s;hall be re|&s;pectively nominated to be Commi&s;&s;ioners for putting this pre&s;ent Act in Execution in the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively, which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o to be nominated and appointed for the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively &s;hall have &s;uch and the &s;ame Powers for put|ting this Act in Execution in the &s;aid re|&s;pective
<PB N="53" REF="27"> Counties, and under the &s;ame Rules and Directions, as any other Commi&s;|&s;ioners Nominated or Appointed by this Act, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And for the more effectual Charging all Per&s;onal E&s;tates, Be it Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That if after the A&s;&s;e&s;s|ments on Per&s;onal E&s;tates directed by this Act &s;hall be made, any Per&s;on &s;hall come to Inhabit or Re&s;ide in any Divi&s;ion or Place where &s;uch Per&s;on was not Rated or Taxed for Per&s;onal E&s;tate, the Commi&s;&s;ioners act|ing within &s;uch Divi&s;ion or Place, are hereby Required and Impowered to Summon &s;uch Per&s;on before them; and unle&s;s he or &s;he &s;hall produce a Certificate made according to the Directions of this Act, whereby it &s;hall ap|pear that he or &s;he was A&s;&s;es&s;ed, and had actu|ally paid all the precedent Quarterly Pay|ments, in &s;ome other place for his or her Per|&s;onal E&s;tate, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall, and are hereby Required to cau&s;e &s;uch per&s;on to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for his or her Per&s;onal E&s;tate, and cau&s;e the &s;ame, or &s;uch Quarterly Pay|ments thereof as &s;hall be Vna&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Vnpaid, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Levied and Paid, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided always, That the Pri&s;on of the <HI>Kings-Bench,</HI> the Pri&s;on-Hou&s;e, Lands, Gar|dens and the Common &s;ide, and all the Rents, Profits and Perqui&s;ites of the Office of the Mar&s;hal of the &s;aid <HI>Kings-Bench</HI> Pri&s;on, lying and being in the Pari&s;h of Saint <HI>George</HI> the Martyr in the Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI> and
<PB N="54" REF="28"> County of <HI>Surrey,</HI> and al&s;o the Pri&s;on-Hou&s;e, Lands and Gardens of the Pri&s;on of the Mar&s;hal of the <HI>Mar&s;hal&s;ea</HI> Pri&s;on, and all Offices, Perqui&s;ites and Profits of the <HI>Mar&s;hal&s;ea</HI> Court and Pri&s;on, lying and be|ing al&s;o in the &s;aid Pari&s;h of Saint <HI>George</HI> in the Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and County of <HI>Surrey,</HI> &s;hall be Charged and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed to this A&s;&s;e&s;sment in the &s;aid Pari&s;h of Saint <HI>George,</HI> and Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and not el&s;ewhere, any thing to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That if any per&s;on hereby named a Commi&s;&s;ioner, &s;hall pre&s;ume to act as a Commi&s;&s;ioner in the Execution of this Act, before he &s;hall have taken the Oaths which by this Act he is re|quired to take, and in the manner hereby pre|&s;cribed, he &s;hall forfeit to Their Maje&s;ties the Sum of Five hundred Pounds.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That where the Owners of any Lands, Tene|ments and Hereditaments are liable to be doubly charged as Papi&s;ts, Reputed Pa|pi&s;ts, or otherwi&s;e by rea&s;on of their not ha|ving taken the Oaths according to the intent of this Art, in every &s;uch Ca&s;e, &s;uch Owners only &s;hall be charged with, and &s;hall pay the &s;aid double Rates; And the re&s;pective Te|nants of &s;uch Lands, Tenements and He|reditaments, are hereby di&s;charged of, and from the &s;ame, any Covenant for payment of Taxes, or other Agre&eacute;ment to the contra|ry notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all the Wa|terworks
<PB N="55" REF="28"> in the Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI> &s;hall be Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the Commi&s;&s;ion|ers and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors of the County of <HI>Surrey,</HI> and not by the Commi&s;&s;ioners or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors for the City of <HI>London,</HI> any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and it is hereby En|acted, That it &s;hall and may be Lawful to, and for any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, Na|tives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Cor|porate, to advance and lend unto Their Ma|je&s;ties upon the Security of this Act, any Sum or Sums of Money, and to have and receive for the forbearance thereof, any Sum not exceeding Seven Pounds by the Hundred for one whole year and no more, directly or in|directly, and that no Money &s;o Lent upon the Security of this Act, &s;hall be Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by Virtue of this Act.</P>
<P>And to the end that all Moneys which &s;hall be Lent to Their Maje&s;ties on the Cre|dit of this Act may be well and &s;ufficiently &s;ecured out of the Money ari&s;ing and pay|able by this Act, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That there &s;hall be provided and kept in Their Maje&s;ties Ex|chequer (that is to &s;ay) in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipts one Book and Regi&s;ter in which all Moneys that &s;hall be paid into the Exchequer, by virtue of this Act, &s;hall be Entred and Regi&s;tred apart and di&s;tinct from all other Moneys paid or payable to Their Maje&s;ties upon any other Branch of Their Maje&s;ties Revenue, or up|on any other Account what&s;oever; And that
<PB N="56" REF="29"> all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons who &s;hall Lend any Money to Their Maje&s;ties upon the Credit of this Act, and pay the &s;ame into the Receipt of the Exchequer, &s;hall immediately have a Tally of Loan &s;truck for the &s;ame, and an Order for his or their Repayment, bearing the &s;ame Date with his or their Tally; In which Order &s;hall be contained a Warrant for Payment of In|tere&s;t for Forbearance thereof, not exceed|ing Seven Pounds <HI>per Centum per Annum</HI> for his or their Con&s;ideration, to be paid every Thre&eacute; Months until repayment of his or their Principal; And that all Orders for repayment of Money &s;hall be Regi&s;tred in Cour&s;e, according to the Date of the Tally re&s;pectively, without preference of one before another; And that all and every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons &s;hall be paid in Cour&s;e, according as their Order &s;hall &s;tand entred in the &s;aid Regi&s;ter Book; &s;o as the Per|&s;ons, Natives or Foreigners, his or their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, who &s;hall have his or their Order or Orders fir&s;t entred in the &s;aid Book or Regi&s;ter, &s;hall be taken and accounted the Fir&s;t Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons to be paid upon the Moneys to come in by virtue of this Act; And he or they who &s;hall have his or their Order or Orders next entred, &s;hall be taken and accounted to be the Second Per&s;on to be paid, and &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;ively and in Cour&s;e. And that the Moneys to come in by this Act &s;hall be in the &s;ame Or|der liable to the Satisfaction of the &s;aid re|&s;pective Parties, their Executors, Admini|&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively and &s;ucce&s;|&s;ively,
<PB N="57" REF="29"> without preference of one before an|other, and not otherwi&s;e, and not to be di|vertible to any other V&s;e, Intent or Pur|po&s;e what&s;oever; And that no Fee, Reward or Gratuity, directly or indirectly, be De|manded or Taken of any Their Maje&s;ties Subjects, for providing or making of any &s;uch Books, Regi&s;ters, Entries, Views or Search, in or for Payment of Money Lent, or the Intere&s;t thereof, as afore&s;aid, by any of Their Maje&s;ties Officer or Offi|cers, their Clerks or Deputies, upon pain of paying Treble Damages to the Party a|grieved by the Party offending, with Co&s;ts of Suit; Or if the Officer him&s;elf take or demand any &s;uch Fee or Reward, then to lo&s;e his Place al&s;o; And if any undue prefe|rence of one before another &s;hall be made, ei|ther in Point of Regi&s;try or Payment, con|trary to the true Meaning of this Act, by any &s;uch Officer or Officers, then the Party offending &s;hall be liable (by Action of Debt, or on the Ca&s;e) to pay the Value of the Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts to the Party agrieved, and &s;hall be forejudged from his Place or Office; And if &s;uch preference be unduly made by any his Deputy or Clerk, without direction or privity of his Ma&s;ter, then &s;uch Deputy or Clerk only &s;hall be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts, and &s;hall be for ever after uncapable of his Place or Office; And in ca&s;e the Auditor &s;hall not direct the Order, or the Clerk of the Pells Record, or the Teller make Payment accord|ing to each per&s;ons due Place and Order, as afore directed, Then he or they &s;hall be ad|judged
<PB N="58" REF="30"> to Forfeit, and their re&s;pective Depu|ties and Clerks herein offending, to be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts in &s;uch manner, as afore&s;aid; All which &s;aid Penalties, Damages, Forfeitures and Co&s;ts to be incurred by any of the Officers of the Exchequer, or any their Deputies or Clerks, &s;hall and may be Recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of Their Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, Priviledge, Wager of Law, Injunction, or Order of Re&s;traint &s;hall be in any wi&s;e Granted or Allowed.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it hereby decla|red, That if it happen that &s;everal Tallies of Loan, or Orders for payment, as afore|&s;aid, bear date, or be brought the &s;ame Day to the Auditor of the Receipt to be Regi&s;tred, Then it &s;hall be interpreted no undue pre|ference which of tho&s;e be entred fir&s;t, &s;o he enters them all the &s;ame day.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that it &s;hall not be Inter|preted any undue preference to incur any pe|nalty in point of payment, if the Auditor direct, and the Clerk of the Pells Record, and the Tellers do pay &s;ub&s;equent Orders of per&s;ons that come and demand their Monies, and bring their Orders before other per&s;ons that did not come to demand their Money, and bring their Order in their cour&s;e, &s;o as there be &s;o much Money re&s;erved as will &s;a|tisfie precedent Orders, which &s;hall not be o|therwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed, but kept for them; Inter|e&s;t upon Loan being to cea&s;e from the time the Money is &s;o re&s;erved and kept in Bank for them.</P>
<PB N="59" REF="30">
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That every Per&s;on or Per&s;ons to whom any Money &s;hall be due by virtue of this Act, after Order entred in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">ook of Regi&s;try afore&s;aid for payment thereof, his or their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;|&s;igns, by Endor&s;ement of his or their Order, may A&s;&s;ign and Transfer his or their Right, Title, Intere&s;t and Benefit of &s;uch Order, or any part thereof to any other; which being notified in the Office of the Au|ditor of the Receipt afore&s;aid, and an Entry, or Memorial thereof al&s;o made in the Book of Regi&s;ter afore&s;aid for Orders, which the Officers &s;hall upon Reque&s;t, without Fee or Charge accordingly make, &s;hall Entitle &s;uch A&s;&s;igne&eacute;, his and their Executors, Admi|ni&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, to the benefit there|of, and payment thereon, and &s;uch A&s;&s;igne&eacute; may in like manner A&s;&s;ign again, and &s;o <HI>toties quoties,</HI> and afterwards it &s;hall not be in the power of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, who have, or hath made &s;uch A&s;&s;ignments, to make Void, Relea&s;e or Di&s;charge the &s;ame, or any the Moneys thereby due, or any part thereof.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further En|acted, That all and every the Principal Sums of Money, not exce&eacute;ding in the whole the Sum of One hundred and eighte&eacute;n thou&s;and five hundred and &s;ix Pounds Five Shillings and Ten Pence, which in pur|&s;uance of an Act lately made, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Granting to Their Maje&s;ties certain Rates and Duties of Exci&s;e upon Beer, Ale and other Liquors, for &s;ecuring certain Recompences and
<PB N="60" REF="31"> Advantages in the &s;aid Act mentioned, to &s;uch Per&s;ons as &s;hall Voluntarily Advance the Sum of Ten hundred thou&s;and Pounds towards the Carry|ing on the War again&s;t <HI>France,</HI></HI> and of Their Ma|je&s;ties Letters of Privy Seal, bearing Date the Fourte&eacute;nth Day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix Hundred ninety thre&eacute;, made in pur|&s;uance of the &s;aid Act, have be&eacute;n Lent or &s;hall be Lent to Their Maje&s;ties, at the Receipt of Exchequer, not having be&eacute;n repaid; And all and every the Principal Sums of Money, not exce&eacute;ding in the whole the Sum of Two hundred ninety thre&eacute; thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety two Pounds Sevente&eacute;n Shillings and Ten Pence; which in pur&s;uance of the Act of Parliament lately made, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Review of the Quarterly Poll,</HI> and of Their Maje&s;ties Letters of Privy Seal, bearing Date the Tenth Day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety thre&eacute;, made in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Act, have be&eacute;n Lent or &s;hall be Lent to Their Maje&s;ties at the Receipt of Exchequer, not having been repaid; And all and every the Principal Sums of Money, not exeeeding in the whole the Sum of Four hundred thou&s;and Pounds, which after the Sevente&eacute;nth Day of <HI>November,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety thre&eacute;, have be&eacute;n Lent or &s;hall be Lent to Their Maje&s;ties at the &s;aid Receipt, pur&s;uant to Their Maje&s;ties Let|ters of Privy Seal, bearing Date the Twen|ty &s;eventh Day of <HI>November,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety thre&eacute;, for or towards Maintenance of Their Maje&s;ties Fle&eacute;t for the Year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety four; And all and every the Orders of Loan
<PB N="61" REF="31"> for the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Principal Sums, &s;hall be in the fir&s;t place transferred to, and placed upon the Regi&s;ter appointed to be kept by this Act, and &s;hall be Regi&s;tred thereupon in &s;uch Cour&s;e and Order as the Loans thereof re&s;pectively in point of time were made at the &s;aid Receipt; Which Transferrences &s;hall and may be, and are hereby required to be made by virtue of this Act, without making any I&s;&s;ues, or taking any Receipts from the Parties in order to transfer the &s;aid Loans; And that the Principal Moneys upon the &s;aid Orders &s;o transferred, &s;hall be payable and paid to the Lender or Lenders of the &s;ame, his, her or their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, out of the Moneys ari&s;ing by virtue of this Act, in the &s;ame Cour&s;e and Order according to which they are hereby appointed to be transferred, and with preference to the Loans which any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall make hereafter on Credit of this pre&s;ent Act; And that the Intere&s;t after the Rate of Seven Pounds <HI>per Centum per Annum</HI> due or to be due for the &s;aid Principal Sums, not exce&eacute;ding One hundred and eighte&eacute;n thou|&s;and five hundred and &s;ix Pounds Five Shil|lings and Ten Pence, and Four hundred thou|&s;and Pounds, and after the Rate of Eight Pounds <HI>per Cent per Annum</HI> due or to be due for the &s;aid Principal Sums, not exceeding Two hundred ninety thre&eacute; thou&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety Two Pounds Seventeen Shillings &amp; Ten Pence to be transferred, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be paid and &s;atisfied out of the Moneys ari&s;ing by this Act, until the re&s;pective times
<PB N="62" REF="32"> of the &s;atisfaction of the Principal; And that the Auditor of the &s;aid Receipt, upon the transferring of the &s;aid Loans, or the Or|ders for the &s;ame, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall make <HI>Memorandums</HI> in the Margent of the Books where the &s;ame &s;tand entred, importing the transferrence thereof, and that they are to be paid out of the Moneys ari&s;ing by virtue of this Act; And that any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who are or &s;hall be Entituled to any Moneys to be paid by &s;uch Orders, to be transferred, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall or may A&s;&s;ign over the &s;ame to any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons; Which A&s;&s;ignments &s;hall be good and effectu|al in Law, and &s;o, <HI>toties quoties,</HI> any thing in the &s;aid former Acts or in this pre&s;ent Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That out of the Money that hath or &s;hall be Levied or Paid by Virtue of this Act into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as well upon Loans as otherwi&s;e, the Sum of Ten hundred thou&s;and Pounds, inclu|ding therein the Sum of Four hundred thou|&s;and Pounds already Borrowed and to be Borrowed for the V&s;e of the Navy, as is herein before Declared, &s;hall and is hereby Appropriated for the Services of the Navy and Ordnance, Performed and to be Per|formed; And that all other Money which &s;hall be Levied and Paid by Virtue of this Act into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as well upon Loans as otherwi&s;e, other then the Principal Sums herein before Appoint|ed to be transferred to this Act, and the Intere&s;t thereof; And al&s;o the Sum of Ten
<PB N="63" REF="32"> hundred thou&s;and Pounds Appropriated for the Services of the Navy afore&s;aid, &s;hall be Applied and Appropriated, and is hereby Appropriated, to and for the Payment of Their Maje&s;ties Land Forces and Armies, and the Paying for Arms, Ammunition, and other Charges incident to the War, and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P>And for the more Effectual doing thereof, and that the Sums by this Act Appropria|ted, may not be Diverted or Applied to any other Purpo&s;e then is hereby Declared and Intended, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Rules and Directions Appointed and Enacted, in One Act made in the Fir&s;t year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for a Grant to Their Maje|&s;ties of an Aid of Two Shillings in the Pound for One year,</HI> for the &s;peedy Payment of Money thereby Granted into the Receipt of the Ex|chequer, by the Collectors and Receivers, and for Di&s;tribution and Application there|of, and keeping di&s;tinct Accompts of the &s;ame; and all other Provi&s;ions, Pains, Pe|nalties and Forfeitures thereby Enacted, in ca&s;e of Diver&s;ion of any Money thereby Ap|propriated, are hereby Revived and Enacted to be in Force, and &s;hall be Practi&s;ed, Ap|plied, Executed and put in Vre, for and con|cerning the Di&s;tribution and Application of the &s;aid Sums hereby Appropriated, as ful|ly, amply and effectually, as if the &s;ame were here particularly Repeated and Reenacted.</P>
<P>And for the better &s;ecuring the Trade of this Kingdom, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That over and a|bove
<PB N="64" REF="33"> the Ships of War for the Line of Bat|tle, and for Convoys to Remote Parts, at the lea&s;t Four Ships of the Third Rate, Sixteen Ships of the Fourth Rate, Thir|teen Ships of the Fifth Rate, and Ten Ships of the Sixth Rate, &s;hall be from time to time Directed and Appointed by the Lord High Admiral of <HI>England,</HI> or Commi&s;&s;ioners for Executing the &s;aid Office for the time be|ing, to &s;uch proper Stations as they &s;hall deem meet, to Cruize for &s;ecuring the Mer|chant Ships in their going out and return|ing home.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act Contained &s;hall Re&s;train or be Con&s;trued to Re&s;train the Lord High Admiral of <HI>England,</HI> or the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Ad|miral of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, from di|recting any of the Ships Appointed by this Act to be Crui&s;ers, to be Employed in the Line of Battle in Ca&s;es of great Nece&s;&s;ity.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That out of the Moneys hereby appropriated to, and for the payment of Officers and Sea|men that have &s;erved, and &s;hall &s;erve in Their Maje&s;ties Navy Royal, and to, and for the paying for Naval Stores, other then for Victuals, and Provi&s;ions, and to and for the Expences of Their Maje&s;ties Office of Ordnance, in re&s;pect of Naval Affairs, and for other nece&s;&s;ary V&s;es and Services performed, and to be performed for the &s;aid Navy, all &s;uch part thereof as &s;hall be I&s;|&s;ued and Paid by the Trea&s;urer of the Navy, by Warrant of the Principal Offi|cers
<PB N="65" REF="33"> and Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Navy, or any Thre&eacute; or more of them for Naval Stores and Provi&s;ions, &s;hall be paid in Cour&s;e to every Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, or the A&s;&s;igns to whom any &s;uch Money is, or &s;hall be due, according to the Dates of the Bills or Con|tracts Regi&s;tred for the &s;ame, and not other|wi&s;e; And that out of all &s;uch further part of the &s;aid Moneys as &s;hall be I&s;&s;ued and Paid to the Lieutenant and Principal Offi|cers of the Ordnance, or the Payma&s;ter thereof, or his Deputy, for the Expence of Their Maje&s;ties Ordnance, as to Naval Affairs, and by them, or the &s;aid Pay|ma&s;ter re&s;pectively, to any Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons, for Ammunition, or any other V&s;e or Service relating to the Office of the Ord|nance, &s;hall be in like manner paid in Cour&s;e to every Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, or their A&s;|&s;igns re&s;pectively, according to the re&s;pective Dates of the Bills and Contracts for the &s;ame, and not otherwi&s;e: And the Com|ptroller of the Navy, and Storeke&eacute;per of the Ordnance, are hereby re&s;pectively requi|red to ke&eacute;p One or more Book or Books in their re&s;pective Offices, wherein all Bills and Contracts, in reference to the Navy, and Office of the Ordnance (for &s;uch Bills and Contracts re&s;pectively as afore&s;aid) &s;hall be duly Regi&s;tred, and all and every &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons concerned therein, may have recour&s;e thereunto, without paying any Fe&eacute; or Reward for &s;o doing: And if any Preference of one before another &s;hall be made, either in point of Regi&s;try, or Pay|ment, contrary to the true meaning of this
<PB N="66" REF="34"> Act, either by the &s;aid Trea&s;urer of the Navy, or Payma&s;ter of the Ordnance, or Comptroller of the Navy, or Storekeeper of the Ordnance, or any of them, or their re|&s;pective Deputies or Clerks, then the Parties offending &s;hall be liable, by Action of Debt, or on the Ca&s;e, to pay double the value of the Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts to the Party grieved; All which &s;aid Penalties, Dama|ges and Co&s;ts to be incurred by the Per&s;ons afore&s;aid, or any of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall and may be recovered by the &s;aid party grie|ved by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or In|formation, in any of Their Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;|&s;oign, Protection, Priviledge, Wager of Law, Injunction, or Order of Re&s;traint, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e granted or allowed.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Lieutenant, and Principal Officers of the Ordnance, and the Officers of the Navy-board, upon any E|mergent or extraordinary occa&s;ions, to pay any of the &s;aid Money appropriated by this Act to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons upon Account, by way of Impre&s;t, any thing herein con|tained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hall not be con|&s;trued any preference to incur any Penalty in point of payment in cour&s;e, as afore&s;aid, if the &s;aid Trea&s;urer of the Navy, or Pay|ma&s;ter of the Ordnance, or their Deputies re&s;pectively do pay &s;ub&s;equent Bills of Per|&s;ons which come and demand their Money, and bring their Warrant or Order in their Cour&s;e for the &s;ame, &s;o as there be &s;o much
<PB N="67" REF="34"> Money re&s;erved as will &s;atisfie precedent Bills or Contracts Regi&s;tred, as afore&s;aid, which &s;hall not be otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed of, but kept for them in the &s;aid re&s;pective Offi|ces.</P>
<P>And whereas the Receivers General, by this Act appointed by a time limited, as a|fore&s;aid, to return a true Copy, or Extract of the whole Sum A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Charged within every Hundred, Riding, Lathe, Wa|pentake, Pari&s;h, Ward, or Place, Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in pur&s;uance of this Act, together with the Sums A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon Per&s;onal E|&s;tates, Offices or Employments, and to tran&s;mit the &s;ame into Their Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer; And the Kings Remembrancer is al&s;o required to Tran&s;cribe the Schedules and Duplicates of the &s;aid Sums to him returned, in a Parchment Book in Alphabe|tical Order, to be by him tran&s;mitted to the Office of the Writer of the Tallies, com|monly called Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, who is thereupon likewi&s;e required to enter the &s;ame in a Parch|ment Book in the like Alphabetical Order: Be it further Enacted, That if any Re|ceiver General, by this Act appointed, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to return Duplicates of the Sums A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Charged in the Coun|ty, Riding, Hundred, Lathe, Wapentake, Pari&s;h, Ward or Places whereof he is Re|ceiver General, within the time hereby li|mited, and to return the &s;ame into Their Maje&s;ties Exchequer, to the Office of the Kings Remembrancer, then every &s;uch Re|ceiver General &s;hall forfeit the Sum of Fifty
<PB N="68" REF="35"> Pounds to any that will Sue for the &s;ame, and be thence forth incapable of any Office or Place of Tru&s;t in Their Maje&s;ties Ser|vice; And if the Kings Remembrancer for the time being, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e, with|in the times hereby appointed, to tran&s;cribe the Schedules and Duplicates of the Sums to him &s;o returned, in a Book of Parch|ment in Alphabetical Order, as hereby required, and tran&s;mit the &s;ame to the Of|fice of the &s;aid Writer of the Tallys; And if the &s;aid Writer of the Tallys, commonly called Auditor of the Receipt, &s;hall not en|ter the &s;ame in Alphabetical Order in ano|ther Parchment Book, as hereby direct|ed, they and every of them re&s;pectively Of|fending, &s;hall forfeit the Sum of One hun|dred Pounds to any that will Sue for the &s;ame, and be thenceforth incapable of any Office or Place of Tru&s;t in Their Maje&s;ties Service; Which &s;aid Forfeitures by any Re|ceiver General, Kings Remembrancer or Auditor of the Receipt, &s;hall be recovered by Action of Debt, Plaint or Information, in any of Their Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> Wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed, nor any more then One Imparlance.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That all and every Auditor, Reeve, Receiver, and their Deputies, who receive any Fee-Farm-Rents or other Chief Rents due to Their Maje&s;ties or the Que&eacute;n Dowager, or to any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons claiming by any Grant or Purcha&s;e, from or under the Crown, &s;hall allow Four Shillings in the
<PB N="69" REF="35"> Pound, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, to the Party and Par|ties &s;o paying the &s;ame, without any Fee for &s;uch allowance, upon the Penalty of for|feiting the Sum of Ten Pounds, and lo&s;ing their re&s;pective Places and Offices, if they fail therein.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and it is hereby further Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained &s;hall extend to Charge or Tax any Rector or Vicar who has the Cure of Souls and actually re&s;ides upon his Rectory or Vi|caridge (upon the Account of &s;uch his Rectory or Vicaridge only) unle&s;s his Re|ctory or Vicaridge does really and truly ex|ceed the Value of Thirty Pounds by the Year, or unle&s;s he has more then One Re|ctory or Vicaridge.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enact|ed by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Ma&s;ter and Fellow of every College and Hall (who are now re&s;ident in this King|dom and) every Reader and Officer and Mini&s;ter of either of the Vniver&s;ities, &s;hall Voluntarily appear before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;i|oners, or any Three or more of them, before the time limited for Returning the A&s;&s;e&s;s|ments to be made by virtue of this Act be Expired, and take the Oaths required and mentioned to be taken by an Act made in the Fir&s;t Year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign, En|tituled, <HI>An Act for the Abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and Appointing other Oaths;</HI> which Oaths the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby impowered and required to Ad|mini&s;ter, and make an Entry and <HI>Memo|randum</HI>
<PB N="70" REF="36" MS="y"> thereof in &s;ome Book to be kept for that purpo&s;e, and upon neglect or not ap|pearing and taking the &s;aid Oaths, as afore|&s;aid, Eight Shillings in the Pound of the Profeits which he or they might have re|ceived, had he or they taken the &s;aid Oaths, for or by rea&s;on of all and every Stipend, Wages, Salary or Profits what&s;oever a|ri&s;ing or growing due, in re&s;pect of the &s;aid &s;everal Places or Imployments in the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, Colleges or Halls, &s;hall be actually paid to Their Maje&s;ties for the V&s;e of the War, and be Levied, Collected and Received in &s;uch manner, as the re&s;t of the Money Given by this Act.</P>
<P>Provided always, that nothing herein contained &s;hall extend, or be con&s;trued to ex|tend to confirm any of the &s;aid Per&s;ons who have, or &s;hall neglect, or refu&s;e to take the &s;aid Oaths in &s;uch manner as is herein be|fore appointed in their re&s;pective Places and Employments.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing contain|ed in this Act &s;hall be con&s;trued or taken to Di&s;charge any Tenant, of any the Hou&s;es or Lands belonging to the &s;aid Colleges, Halls, Ho&s;pitals, Almshou&s;es, or Schools, or any of them, who by their Lea&s;es or o|ther Contracts are, and do &s;tand obliged to Pay, and Di&s;charge all Rates, Taxes and Impo&s;itions what&s;oever: But that they and every of them &s;hall be Rated, and Pay all &s;uch Rates, Taxes and Impo&s;itions, any thing in this Act contained to the con|trary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
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