Coin Act 1666

IX. [X1 IX. Money raised to be applied to Coinage, &c.

No Monies to be issued out of Exchequer but by Warrant from Treasury.; Contents of such Warrants.

And it is hereby further enacted That noe moneyes levyable and payable by this Act shall be applyed or converted to any use or uses whatsoever other then to the defraying the charge [X2 and expence] of the Mint or Mints and of the, assaying melting downe Waste and Coynage of Gold and Silver and the encouragement of X3 bringing in of Gold and Silver into the said Mint or Mints there to be coyned into the current Coynes of this Kingdome, Nor shall any of the said moneyes be issued out of the Exchequer but by Order or Warrant of the Lord Treasurer or Under Treasurer or Coo[m]mis[sion]ers of the Treasury for the time being to the Master and Worker or Masters and Workers of Your Majesties Mint or Mints for the time being and mentioning that they are for the use and service aforesaid to be kepte in His Majestyes Office of Receipte in the said Mint or Mints under the usuall Keyes of the Warden Master and Worker and Comptroller for the time being and issued out thence from time to time according to the manner and course of the said Mint or Mints respectively.]

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.

X2 interlined on the Roll.

X3 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: the O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]