Taxation (Wine and Vinegar) Act 1685

II. Importer to pay Duties before landing, or to be bound for Payment at Three equal Payments.

Sureties for Duties taken at Discretion of Commissioners.

And for the better and more sure Collecting and Receiving of all and singular the Dutyes hereby Imposed Bee it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That if any Person or Persons within the Time aforesaid shall Import or cause to bee Imported by way of Merchandize or otherwise any of the Liquors such Importer shall upon the Entry made of such Liquors and before the Landing thereof Pay downe the Dutyes hereby imposed in ready Money deducting the Allowance hereafter mentioned or otherwise become Bound unto His Majestie with Two or more sufficient Sureties or procure Three other Persons to become Bound to His Majestie to Answere and Pay unto His Majestie the whole Rates and Duties hereby Imposed by Three severall and equall Payments The First Payment thereof to be made within Three Months after the Date of the said Obligation The Second Payment to be made within Six Months after the Date of the said Obligation And the Third and last Payment to be made within Nine Months after the Date of the said Obligation The takeing which Bonds and the approbation of the Sureties therein to be named is hereby left to the Discretion of such Farmers or other Commissioners for the Time being as shall be intrusted with the Receipt and Management of His Majestyes Customes and Subsidies of Tonnage and Poundage or their Deputy Collectors in the severall Ports or such other person or persons as His Majestie shall Authorize and Appoint to Collect the Dutyes ariseing by this Act.