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<HEAD><HI>PROPOSALS,</HI> Humbly Offered to the Honourable <HI>Hou&s;e of Commons,</HI> for the Rai&s;ing a <HI>Fund</HI> for the better Enabling <HI>Their Maje&s;ties</HI> towards the Carrying on a Vigorous War again&s;t <HI>France.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THAT it be Enacted, that a Supply of the &s;everal &s;orts and &s;izes of Parchment and Paper, for the Ends, In|tents and Purpo&s;es herein after-mentioned, be from time to time provided, during the Continuance of this propo&s;ed Act, at the proper Co&s;t and Charges of Their Maje&s;ties, Their Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, having and bearing &s;uch different Impre&s;&s;ions, Seals and Stamps thereon, as Their Maje&s;ties in Their Great Wi&s;dom &s;hall E&s;teem mo&s;t meet and convenient, to the End that &s;uch Parchment and Papers, and no other, &s;hall or may from time to time, during the Continuance of this Act, be made u&s;e of or employed by Their Maje&s;ties Subjects, in &s;uch manner, and at, for and under, and upon &s;uch Rates and Prizes for the &s;ame, as are and be herein after particularly mentioned.</P>
<P>That for the more ea&s;ie Collection of the &s;aid Rates and Prizes, &s;o to be &s;ettled or rated, by this Honourable Hou&s;e, &s;ome convenient place in or about the City of <HI>London</HI> or <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> be cho&s;en or erected by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as Their Maje&s;ties &s;hall thereunto Commi&s;&s;ionate, Nominate or Appoint; from whence a General di&s;tribution of the &s;aid Parchments and Papers may be made throughout Their Maje&s;ties Kingdom and Dominion.</P>
<P>That for the Encouragement of <HI>Stationers,</HI> and all other per&s;ons what&s;oever, to di&s;tribute the &s;aid Parchment and Papers, it be Enacted, That a Profit of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>per cent.</HI> be allowed to every Retailer of the &s;ame.&punc;</P>
<P>That for the more ea&s;ie &s;upply of the &s;mall Towns and Country-Villages, the Collectors or Receivers of Their Ma|je&s;ties Cu&s;toms or Exci&s;e, or other Their Maje&s;ties Revenues, &s;hall and be &s;upplied with &s;uch quantities of Parchment and Papers as from time to time they can vend or di&s;po&s;e of, giving an account every Month of the &s;everal &s;orts and &s;izes by them &s;o &s;old or di&s;po&s;ed of.</P>
<P>That all and every In&s;tallments, or Creation to Dignities; All Advancements in Quality; All Promotions either in Church or State; All gradual Advancements in Univer&s;ities, Colledges or Free-Schools; All Preferments, Eccle&s;ia&s;ti|cal, Military or Civil, &s;hall be wrote or printed thereon, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Pardons, Reprieves, or Relaxation from pecuniary Fines or Corporal Puni&s;hments be written thereon, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Petitions to Their Maje&s;ties, or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any of Their Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council, or other Their Maje&s;ties Mini&s;ters or Officers, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, Military or Civil, &s;hall be wrote thereon, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all poor and indigent Per&s;ons, who receive the Alms of the Pari&s;h, or are allowed to Sue or Plead in <HI>Forma pau|peris,</HI> &s;hall have &s;uch inferior Paper as &s;hall be thereunto appointed, at the fir&s;t or prime co&s;t thereof.</P>
<P>That all Corporations, Companies, Univer&s;ities, Colledges, Bodies Politique, or other publique Communities or Socie|ties, enjoying the benefit of His Maje&s;ties Charters, &s;hall not receive or grant any Petition, or di&s;po&s;e of any Places of Benefit or Profit, but what &s;hall be wrote on the &s;aid Paper, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That no per&s;on deliver any Bills or Accounts exceeding the Summ of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> relating to their Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Hou&s;hold, Stables, Store-hou&s;es, Magazins, or other Offices or Places belonging to Their Maje&s;ties but what is wrote on the &s;aid Paper, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Trade&s;mens Quarterly or Annual Bills, for any Goods or Commodities delivered to and for the u&s;e of their Maje&s;ties, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, be wrote on the &s;aid Paper, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Commi&s;&s;ions, Warrants, Grants, Charters, Briefs, Certificates, Citations, Licences for Wine, Ale and Beer, and all other Licen&s;es what&s;oever, grantable by their Maje&s;ties or any of their Mini&s;ters or other Officers, either Eccle&s;i|a&s;tical, Military or Civil, within their Maje&s;ties Kingdom and Dominions, be wrote or printed on the &s;aid Parchment or Paper, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Bonds, Contracts, Agreements, Lea&s;es, Deeds, Relea&s;es, Awards, Arbitration-Bonds, Charter-parties, Pol|licies of In&s;urance, Prote&s;ts, Bills of Sales, Letters of Atturney, or other obligatory In&s;truments what&s;oever, be wrote on the &s;aid Parchment or Paper, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Proce&s;&s;es at Law in all and every their Maje&s;ties Courts, all Writs, Affidavits, Interrogatories, Depo&s;itions, or other proceedings in Law or Equity, or any other inferiour or other Court, be wrote on the &s;aid Paper or Parchment, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Copies of Records, Judgments, Decrees, Sentences, Awards, Orders, or any other proceedings in any of their Maje&s;ties Courts, be wrote the fir&s;t Sheet thereof on the &s;aid Paper, and to be continued by one Sheet in for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Indentures, Lea&s;es, Deeds, Indented or Poll, Wills, Admini&s;trations, Naturalizations, Dennizations, Free|doms, and all other the like Deeds or In&s;truments what&s;oever, &s;hall be wrote on the &s;aid Paper or Parchment, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That all Ptinted Bonds, Relea&s;es, Pollicies of In&s;urance, Letters of Atturney, Charter-parties, and other obligatory In&s;truments what&s;oever, be printed on the &s;aid Paper or Parchment, for which &s;hall be paid</P>
<P>That it be provided if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall pre&s;ume to Counterfeit the &s;aid Impre&s;&s;ion, Seal or Stamp, &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;hall be puni&s;hed as in Ca&s;es of High Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>That all and every the aforementioned Grants or Deeds, or other Writings or In&s;truments what&s;oever, mentioned to be wrote or printed on the &s;aid Parchment or Paper, not being wrote or printed thereon, &s;hall be void and of no effect to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame had never been made or executed.</P>
<P>And to the end that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, may pretend Ignorance of the &s;everal Ends, Intents or Purpo&s;es, to which the &s;aid Parchment or Paper ought or &s;hould be u&s;ed or employed, As al&s;o to prevent an Impo&s;ition of greater Rates and Prizes, on their Maje&s;ties Subjects, by the Retailers of the &s;aid Parchment and Papers, <HI>Be it Enacted,</HI> That the Seals, Impre&s;&s;ion or Stamps, &s;o to be &s;ixed, on the &s;everal &s;orts and &s;izes of Paper and Parchments, do particularly mention the price and u&s;e to which the &s;ame &s;hould and ought to be applied.</P>
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