Debts Due to the Army, etc. Act 1701

II. Two Commissioners, before they act, to take the Oath following.

And be it further enacted That Two of the said Commissioners first named in this Act before they enter upon the Execution of the same shall take an Oath before the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Master of the Rolls for the Time being which they or either of them are hereby authorized and required to administer to them the Tenor whereof shall be as followeth (that is to say)

I A: B: do swear That I will according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge faithfully impartially and truly demean my self in Discharge of the Trust committed unto me by an Act of Parliament intituled An Act for reviving and continuing an Act intituled An Act for the appointing Commissioners to take examine and determine the Debts due to the Army Navy and for Transport Service and also an Account of the Prizes taken during the late War according to the Tenor and Purport of the said Act so as neither the Publick or any Person concerned in such Accounts may be prejudiced So help me God

Which Oath is to be taken by the other Commissioners before they act, before the said Two Commissioners; Commissioners to apply themselves to the Execution of this Act, and to certify what they shall find due to Officers, &c. to the Paymaster of the Forces; Paymaster of the Forces, before 1st Oct. 1702, to make out Debentures for the same, and to transmit List of Debentures to Trustees under Stat. 11 W. III. c.2.

And every other of the said Commissioners in this Act named before he enters upon the Execution thereof shall likewise take the same Oath before the said Two Commissioners herein first named who are hereby authorized to administer the same to them after they shall have themselves taken the said Oath as aforesaid And the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them after they shall have taken the [X1 afore] said Oath shall apply themselves with all Diligence to the examining taking stating ballancing and determining of all and every the several Persons Debts Matters and Things aforesaid in such Manner as the same might and ought to have been examined taken stated ballanced and determined by vertue of the said Act by the Commissioners therein named And whatsoever the said Commissioners hereby named or any Three or more of them shall upon any such Examination as aforesaid determine to be due to each Commission Officer Ingineer and Gunner or to any Person or Persons lawfully claiming by from or under any such Officer Ingineer or Gunner or upon the Account of Clothing the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them shall before the First Day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and two certify the same to the Pay Master of His Majesties Forces who is hereby required before the First Day of October One thousand seven hundred and two to make out Debentures to such Officer or Officers Ingineers and Gunners and other Person or Persons claiming by from or under them or any of them as aforesaid and for such Clothing Debt which shall be so certified as aforesaid And the Pay Master of His Majesties Forces is hereby further required from time to time to transmitt under his Hand to the Trustees appointed by Act of Parliament for the Sale of forfeited Estates in Ireland a true List of all such Debentures which shall be made out as aforesaid according to the Directions of this Act all and every which Certificates and Debentures shall be made in such Form as Certificates and Debentures were made in pursuance of the said Act

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.