Taxation: Members of Parliament Act 1700

XCVII [X1 XCVII Officers of the King's Bench Prison refusing, &c. to pay Arrears, Two Commissioners for Surrey to certify to Commissioners executing this Act.

Two of whom may thereupon issue Warrant for Distress; If such Arrears are not paid within Four Days, Distress appraised and sold; and Monies arising thereby, paid to Collectors of St. George's in the Borough of Southwark If no Distress; Officers may be apprehended and committed to the County Gaol till Payment of Arrears and Costs.

And whereas some of the Officers belonging to the Kings Bench Prison in the Parish of S^t George the Martyr in Southwarke in the County of Surrey are considerably in Arreares of their Taxes assessed upon them for the Three Yeares last past which they refuse to pay and haveing no Residence within the said County no Provision hath been made by the said late Acts for Recovery of such Arrears For Remedie whereof Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any Officer or Officers belonging to the said Prison shall neglect or refuse to pay the said Arrears or any Sume or Summs of Money which shall be rated [X2 and] assessed upon them or any of them by virtue of this Act any Two or more of the Commisioners appointed by this Act for the said County of Surrey shall and may certifie (by Writing under their Hands and Seals) such Neglect or Refusall and the Summe paiable for such Arreares and by virtue of this Act to the Commissioners for executeing this Act in the County or Place where such Officer or Officers reside and any Two or more of such Commissioners are hereby authorized and required upon Receipt of such Certificate by Warrant under their Hands and Seals to authorise and impower the respective Collectors for the Parish or Place where such Officer or Officers reside to distreine the Goods or Chattells of such Officers or Officers and the Distresse or Distresses so made to detaine and keep by the Space of Four Daies And if such Officer or Officers do not pay the said Arrears Sum and Sums of Money for which Distresse shall be made as aforesaid within the said Space of Four Daies that then the said Goods and Chattells so destrained as aforesaid shall and may be appraised and sold by Two [X3 such] honest and sufficient Persons as the said Commissioners who shall signe the said Warrant shall nominate and appoint and the Moneys ariseing thereby shall be paid to the Collectors of the said Parish of S^t George for and towards Satisfaction of the said Arreares Sum or Sums of Money and the Surplus (if any be) shall be returned to the Owner of the said Goods after the Charges of the said Distresse and Sale shall be deducted But in case noe Goods or Chattells of any such Officer or Officers shall be found sufficient to make good the Su[m]me or Sums of Money so assessed or to be assessed upon him or them as aforesaid that then it shall and may be lawfull for any Two or more of the said Commissioners by Warrant under their Hands and Seals to the respective Collectors or such other Person or Persons as they shall thinke fitt to cause the Person or Persons of such respective Officer or Officers of the said Prison neglecting or refuseing to pay as aforesaid to be apprehended and taken whereever hee or they can or may be found and to be committed to the County Goal where he or they shall happen to be taken there to remaine without Baile or Mainprize till Paiment shall be made as aforesaid of the Arrears or Su[m]me or Su[m]ms of Money so charged and assessed upon them as aforesaid with the Charges of such p[er]secucion as aforesaid to be allowed by the said Commissioners or any Two of them Any thing in this or in the said [X3 late] Acts conteyned to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.]

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.

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 interlined on the Roll.