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<P> AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, FOR THE EXPLANATION OF A former Ordinance for the Taking and Receiving of the ACCOMPTS OF THE KINGDOM.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed &amp; publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry El&s;yng, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husbands,</HI> Iuly 11. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>An Ordinance of the <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Com|mons</HI> in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, for the Explanation of a former Ordinance for the taking and receiving the Ac|compts of the Kingdom.</HI></HEAD>
<P>WHereas upon the former Ordi|nance of both Hou&s;es of Par|liament, for taking the Ac|compts of the Kingdom, &s;ome doubt doth ari&s;e, whether there be &s;ufficient power given the Committee named in that Ordinance, by the expre&s;&s;e words thereof, to determine any Ac|compts by them taken, and to receive and keep the Vouchers which concern the &s;ame Accompts; And whereas the Subcommittees to be appointed by them by vertue of the &s;aid Ordinance,
<PB N="4" REF="3"> in any County, City, or place where they &s;hall think meet, have the &s;elf|&s;ame power given them within their &s;everall limits as the &s;aid Committee hath, and are not appointed to receive any directions from, or to return any Accompts unto them, which will prove inconvenient, and hinder the orderly taking of the &s;aid Accompts by the &s;aid Committee.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That the &s;aid Committee or any five or more of them, &s;hall have power and authority to determine the Accompts by them taken, to give di&s;charges in writings under the hands of any five or more of them, and to receive and keep all Vouchers which concern the &s;ame; And that all and every Subcommittees, appointed or to be appointed by vertue of the &s;aid Ordi|nance, &s;hall pur&s;ue &s;uch directions as they &s;hall from time to time receive from the &s;aid Co~mittee of Accompts,
<PB N="5" REF="3"> for the better ordering and expediting of their Accompts, and likewi&s;e to re|turn unto them all and &s;ingular Ac|compts which &s;hall be taken by them before the &s;ame &s;hall be finally deter|mined. And becau&s;e a true Accompt cannot be taken, of &s;uch Monies as are payed unto the Armies Officers, and Souldiers in the &s;everall Garri|&s;ons, Cities and Counties of the Kingdom, except exact Mu&s;ters be duly made and kept of the &s;aid Forces, and accompts taken of the Arms and Hor&s;e in the &s;everall Counties afore|&s;aid; It is hereby further Ordained, That the &s;everall Committees of Parliament, or &s;uch or &s;o many of them as have power to execute the &s;e|verall Ordinances in the &s;aid Coun|ties, Cities and Garri&s;ons, &s;hall from time to time hereafter, every moneth at the lea&s;t, or oftner if they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, take particular Mu&s;ters, and keep true Mu&s;ter Rolls of all the Officers and Souldiers by
<PB N="6" REF="4"> name now being, or hereafter to be rai&s;ed within the &s;aid &s;everall Coun|ties, Cities and Garri&s;ons where they are authori&s;ed as Committees of Parliament; and that all Colonells, Captaines, and Officers within the &s;aid Armies, Counties, Cities, and Garri&s;ons rai&s;ed or to be rai&s;ed, &s;hall from time to time make good all Hor|&s;es and Armes under their &s;everall Commands, unto the &s;aid &s;everall Committees of Parliament, in the &s;aid &s;everall Counties, Cities, and Garri&s;ons afore&s;aid, unle&s;&s;e the &s;ame were lo&s;t in actuall &s;ervice; and the &s;aid &s;everall Committees of Par|liament &s;hall returne the &s;aid Mu&s;ter Rolls, or true notes of all the Mu&s;ters afore&s;aid, and certifie all the defects therein, and of Armes and Hor&s;e afore&s;aid unto the Commit|tee for the accompts of the Kingdom, or unto the &s;everal Sub-Committees of accompts in the &s;everall Counties of the Kingdom, which the &s;ame Sub-Committees
<PB N="7" REF="4"> &s;hall return up unto the &s;aid Committee of accompts in man|ner and form afore&s;aid, to the end that &s;atisfaction may be made unto the Co~mon-wealth for &s;uch lo&s;&s;e of Hor&s;e and Armes out of the &s;aid Officers pay. And that all Fines to be impo&s;ed by vertue of the &s;aid Ordinance of Ac|compts, and all &s;uch &s;ummes of mony as the &s;aid Committee of Accompts, or any two of them &s;hall certifie to be due, and owing by any Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons upon their &s;aid accompts deter|mined by them, &s;hall be payed into the Chamber of <HI>London,</HI> and &s;hall not be i&s;&s;ued out but by Orders of both Hou|&s;es; which Orders &s;hal be fir&s;t entred with the &s;aid Committee of accompts before any money be payed upon the &s;ame, other then <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">s of &s;uch mo|nies as by particular Acts of Parlia|ment, and Ordinances, are limited to particular Trea&s;urers, nominated in the &s;aid Acts of Parliament, and Ordinances which &s;hall be payed into
<PB N="8" REF="5"> the &s;aid Trea&s;urers. And be it further Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, that &s;uch &s;umme and &s;ummes of mo|ney as the &s;aid Committee, or any five of them &s;hall find nece&s;&s;ary for the pay|ing and &s;atisfying of the Regi&s;ters, Accomptants, Clerkes, Agents, and Mini&s;ters imployed by them or other|wi&s;e, for defraying any Charges for taking the &s;aid Accompts, &s;hall be payed out of the Chamber of <HI>London</HI> a|fore&s;aid, when&s;oever the &s;aid Com|mittee or any five of them &s;hall require the &s;ame, for which they &s;hall keep and give a true and perfect accompt under their Hands in writing, and that ac|cording to an Order of the thirteenth of March, two hundred pound &s;hall be forthwith payed unto the &s;aid Com|mittee for Accompts.</P>
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