Taxation Act 1678

XVII. Treasury not to direct any Warrant for Payment of Monies other than into the Exchequer, nor for striking of any Tally of Pro or Anticipation.

Teller not to throw down any Bill, &c. till he shall have received Money.

And it is hereby further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That the Lord Treasurer [X1 or] Under Treasurer or Coo[m]mis?ers of the Treasury for the time being or any of them doe not direct any Warrant to any of the said Collectors or Receivers Generall or their Deputyes for the Payment of any part of those Moneys to any person or persons other then into the Receipt of the Exchequer as aforesaid nor shall they [X2 nor] any of them direct any Warrant to the Officers of the Exchequer for the strikeing of any Talley of Pro or Talley of Anticipation nor doe any other matter or thing whereby to divert the actuall Payment of the said Moneys into the Receipt of the Exchequer nor shall the Officers of the Exchequer direct or strike or record the strikeing of any Talley of Pro or Talley of Anticipation upon any of the said Moneys upon any Account or Warrant whatsoever nor shall any Teller throw downe [X3 any] Bill whereby to charge himselfe with any of the said Moneys untill he shall have actually received the same.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: and O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: or O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

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