Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1698

LXX. Collectors to demand, &c. Rates at last Place of Abode.

Collectors to pay to Receiver General, &c. as Commissioners shall appoint.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Persons soe appointed to be Collectors, as aforesaid, shall levy and collect all and every the Rates or Taxes soe assessed or charged, according to the Intent and Direction of this Act: Which said Collectors are hereby required to demand all and every [X1 the] Summe and Summs of Money which shall be soe taxed and assessed, of the Parties themselves, as the same shall become due, if they can be found or else att the Place of their last Abode, or upon the Premisses charged with the Assessment: And the said severall Collectors shall collect and levy the said Moneys soe charged for His Majesties Use; And are hereby required and enjoyned to pay unto the respective Receivers Generall or their Deputies, all and every the said Rates and Assessments by them respectively collected or received, att such Time or Times, Place or Places as the Commissioners, or any Two or more of them shall appoint, and soe as the whole Summe due for each Quarterly Payment shall be paid or answered by the Collectors to the Receivers Generall or their Deputies respectively, upon the Daies, and att the Times by this Act appointed for the Payment thereof.

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