Taxation Act 1701

III. All the said Duties to be under the Commissioners of;

Excise upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors; and the Officers for the Duties upon Beer, &c. to be Officers for the Duties under this Act. Power to Commissioners to dismiss, &c. such Officers

And for the better ascertaining charging levying and collecting of all the said several and respective Duties hereby granted Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the said Duties and Impositions by this Act granted or imposed as well upon Malt as upon Mum Cyder and Perry shall from time to time during the Continuance of this Act be within the Receipt Management and Government of the Chief Commissioners and Governors of the Receipt of Excise upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for the Time being and that all Inferior Officers whether they be Subcommissioners Collectors Supervisors Gaugers or others that are or shall be constituted or appointed for levying receiving collecting or answering of His Majesties Duties of Excise upon Beer Ale and other Liquors shall within the respective Limits or Districts or in the several Places or Stations to which they are or shall be appointed bee also the Subcommissioners Collectors Supervisors Gaugers or other Officers respectively for the several Duties by this Act granted Nevertheless under the [X1 Government] and Direction of the said Chief Commissioners of Excise for the Time being or the major Part of them who have hereby Power to dismiss or alter them or any of them and to make and constitute from time to time such and so many inferior Officers for the said Duties hereby granted and every or any of them as to the said Chief Commissioners for the Time being or the major Part of them shall seem meet

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