Taxation Act 1695

1. Introductory Text

2. Grant of Rates and Assessments herein after mentioned. How and...

3. II. Public Officers (Exception)

4. III. Manors, Lands, &c. to pay 4s. in the Pound on...

5. IV. Owners, &c. of Lands, &c. charged with a Pound Rate...

6. V. Commissioners named.

7. For the County of Bedford

8. For the Towne of Bedford

9. For the County of Berks

10. For the Towne of New Windsor.

11. For the County of Bucks

12. For the Towne of Buckingham.

13. For the Borrough of Wyccombe.

14. For the County of Cambridge.

15. For the Isle of Ely.

16. For the University and Towne of Cambridge.

17. For the County of Chester.

18. For the City and County of the City of Chester.

19. For the County of Cornewall.

20. For the County of Cumberland.

21. For the County of Derby.

22. For the County of Devon.

23. For the Towne of Plymouth.

24. For the City and County of the City of Exon.

25. For the County of Dorsett.

26. For the Towne and County of Poole.

27. For the County of Durham.

28. For the West Riding of the County of York.

29. For the North Riding of the County of York.

30. For the East-Riding of the County of York.

31. For the City of York and County of the same City.

32. For the Towne and County of Kingston upon Hull.

33. For the County of Essex

34. For the Town of Malden.

35. For the Towne of Colchester.

36. For the Towne of Harwich

37. For the County of Gloucester.

38. For the City of Gloucester.

39. For the County of Hereford.

40. For the City of Hereford.

41. For the Borough of Lempster.

42. For the County of Hertford

43. For the Borough of St. Albans.

44. For the County of Huntingdon.

45. For the Towne of Huntingdon.

46. For the County of Kent.

47. For the City and County of the City of Canterbury.

48. For the Towne and Port of Dover.

49. For the Towne of Folkestone

50. For the Towne of Fordwich.

51. For the Towne of Feversham.

52. For the Towne of Tenterden.

53. For the Towne and Port of Sandwich.

54. For the Port and Towne of New Romney.

55. For the Towne of Lydd.

56. For the Towne and Port of Hythe.

57. For the County Palatine of Lancaster.

58. For the County of Leicester.

59. For the Borough of Leicester.

60. For the County of Lincolne and City of Lincolne and for the County of the said City.

61. For the City of London.

62. For Serjeants Inn in Fleetstreet.

63. For Serjeants Inn in Chancery Lane.

64. For the Inner Temple and the Inns of Chancery thereto belonging.

65. For the Middle Temple & the Inns of Chancery thereto belonging.

66. For the County of Middlesex.

67. For the Palaces of Whitehall Saint James's and Somerset-House.

68. For the City of Westminster and the Liberties thereof.

69. For the Society of Grays Inn and the Inns of Chancery [thereto belonging74.]

70. For Lincolns Inne and Inns of Chancery thereto belonging.

71. For the County of Monmouth.

72. For the County of Norffolk.

73. For the City and County of the City of Norwich.

74. For the Borough of Great Yarmouth.

75. For the Borough of Kings Lynn.

76. For the Borough of Thetford.

77. For the County of [North[amp]ton.77]

78. For the Towne of North[amp]ton.

79. For the County of Northumbland.

80. For the Towne and County of Newcastle upon Tyne.

81. For the Towne of Berwick.

82. For the County of Nottingham.

83. For the Towne and County of the Towne [of83] Nottingham.

84. For the County of Oxford.

85. For the University of Oxford.

86. For the City of Oxford.

87. For the County of Rutland.

88. For the County of Salop.

89. For the Towne of Ludlow.

90. For the County of Somersett.

91. For the City and County of the City of Bristoll.

92. For the City of Bath.

93. For the City of Wells.

94. For the Borough of Bridgwater.

95. For the County of Southampton.

96. For the Towne and County of the Towne of South[amp]ton.

97. For the County of Stafford.

98. For the City and County of the City of Lichfeild.

99. For the County of Suffolk.

100. For the Borough of Aldebourgh.

101. For the Borough of Dunwich.

102. For the Borough of Saint Edmondsbury.

103. For the Towne of Oreford.

104. For the Towne of Eye.

105. For the Towne of Ipswich.

106. For the Borough of Sudbury.

107. For the County of Surrey.

108. For the County of Sussex.

109. For the Towne and Port of Hastings.

110. For the Towne and Port of Winchelsea.

111. For the Ancient Towne of Rye.

112. For Seaford and [Pevensey.115]

113. For the County of Warwick.

114. For the City and County of the City of Coventry.

115. For the County of Westmerland.

116. For the County of Wilts.

117. For the City of New Sarum and the Close of the same.

118. For the County of Worcester.

119. For the City and County of the City of Worcester.

120. For the County of Anglesey.

121. For the County of Brecon.

122. For the Towne of Brecon.

123. For the County of Cardigan.

124. For the County of Carmarthen.

125. For the Borough of Carmarthen.

126. For the County of Carnarvon.

127. For the County of Denbigh.

128. For the County of Flint.

129. For the County of Glamorgan.

130. For the County of Merioneth.

131. For the County of Montgomery.

132. For the County of Pembrook.

133. For the Towne and County of Haverford West.

134. For the County of Radnor.

135. VI. Commissioners to meet to execute Act on the 5th March 1695, and to divide themselves;

136. VII. And to set down in Writing what Number shall act in each Division, and deliver Copy to Receiver General.

137. VIII. Commissioners to direct Precepts to a certain Number of Inhabitants, &c. to appear before them, and on their Appearance Commissioners to openly read the Rates, and instruct them how to act in the Execution of this Statute.

138. IX. Rates ascertained, and Certificates returned to Commissioners, 12th March 1695.

139. X. Commissioners to issue Warrants to Sub-collectors to collect, &c.

140. XI. Sub-Collectors to pay to Head Collectors, whose Receipt to be a Discharge.

141. XII. Fee to Commissioners Clerks for transcribing Warrants, &c,.

142. XIII. Persons neglecting, &c. to pay Assessment, Distress issued, and Proceedings thereon.

143. XIV. Tenant hereby acquitted for such Payments.

144. XV. Assessor, &c. neglecting or refusing to do his Duty Commissioners to fine not exceeding £30, nor under £15.

145. XVI. Collector not paying Money received by him;

146. XVII. Commissioners to call before them Collectors, and examine touching full Payment of Assessments;

147. XVIII. If Controversy concerning assessing Commissioners, Commissioners concerned to withdraw.

148. XIX. Proviso for Colleges, &c. in the Universities, the Colleges of Windsor, Eton, Winchester, and Westminster, &c.

149. XX. Tenants of Hospitals rated for what the Lands are worth above Rents reserved.

150. XXI. Persons dwelling in one Parish, &c. and Goods in another, to be assessed where they dwell.

151. XXII. Places assessed in the County, &c. where usually assessed.

152. XXIII. Proviso for the Hundred of West Barnfield, Kent.

153. XXIV. Proviso for Contracts between Landlord and Tenant, as to Payment of Taxes.

154. XXV. If Action for executing Act, General Issue may be pleaded.

155. XXVI. Where Lands, &c. unoccupied, and no Distress, nor Person of Owner found, the Name of Owner certified into Exchequer;

156. XXVII. Where Woodlands assessed, and no Distress, Wood may be cut and sold.

157. XXVIII. Where Rates on Tithes, &c. not paid, Officers may seize and sell, rendering Overplus.

158. XXIX. Receiver General certifying Monies to be due when the same have been paid, &c.

159. XXX. Parents and Guardians to pay Rates imposed on Infants;

160. XXXI. Persons to be rated for Offices at Places where executed, and for Personal Estates where resident.

161. XXXII. Persons having Goods, &c. in any County (other than the County wherein they live) rated in the County where Goods, &c. are.

162. XXXIII. Persons, in respect of several Places of Residence, being doubly charged for Personal Estate, upon Certificate and Oath thereof, to be discharged for so much.

163. XXXIV. Householders to give Account of Lodgers to Assessors.; Penalty £20.

164. XXXV. Commissioners within their Division to rate each other for their Personal Estates and Offices.

165. XXXVI. Shares in New River, Thames, Hyde Park, and Marylebone Waters.

166. XXXVII. Proviso for Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, and Guernsey.

167. XXXVIII. Any Two Commissioners may require Account from Receivers General, and may levy.

168. XXXIX. No Privilege of Exemption from Subsidies, &c. shall extend to Rates granted by this Act.

169. XL. Inhabitants in Cities, &c. not compellable to be Assessors, &c. out of Limits.

170. XLI. Landlords to pay on Houses where Foreign Ministers reside.

171. XLII. Proviso respecting Nomination of Assessors and Collectors in Extra-parochial and Privileged Places.

172. XLIII. Commissioners not liable to Penalties of 25 Car. II. c. 2.

173. XLIV. Commissioners to take the Oaths of 1 W. & M. Sess. 1. c. 8. which Commissioners may administer.

174. XLV. Papist of 16 and upwards, not having taken the Oaths, to pay double.

175. XLVI. Proviso where, within 10 Days after Meeting of Commissioners, he shall take the Oaths.

176. XLVII. Persons of 16 and upwards, who shall not have taken the Oaths before Execution of Act, and being summoned shall refuse to take them, or neglect to appear before Commissioners, to pay double.

177. XLVIII. Gentlemen, &c. who by 3W. & M. c. 6. paid double, or have been returned into Exchequer for Non-payment, not appearing before Commissioners to take the said Oaths,

178. XLIX. Commissioners to summon Persons suspected, to appear and take the Oaths.

179. L. Proviso fur Quakers subscribing the Declaration of Fidelity, 1 W. &M. Sess. 1. c. 18.

180. LI. No Person liable to Pound Rate whose Lands are under 20s.

181. LII. Chancery Officers within the Liberty of the Rolls to be there assessed.

182. LIII. Collectors keeping Monies collected in their Hands; or paying other than to Head Collectors or Receiver General; Penalty £10. Head Collectors so offending; Penalty £40. Receiver General or Deputy paying to any Person other than the Exchequer, or upon Tally of Pro, &c.

183. LIV. Treasurer not to direct Warrant for Payment of Monies otherwise than into Exchequer; or to the Officers of Exchequer for striking Tally of Pro, &c.

184. LV. No Non vult, &c. or other Stay of Prosecution in any Suit against Offenders.

185. LVI. Person after Assessment removing to a Place where he was not rated for Personal Estate, Commissioners to summon and rate, unless Certificate that he was assessed and had paid.

186. LVII. Proviso respecting King's Bench Prison and the Marshalsea; to be charged in the Parish of St. George in Southwark.

187. LVIII. Commissioners acting before taking the Oaths; Penalty £500.

188. LIX. Where Owners of Lands are liable to be doubly charged, as Papists or otherwise, for not taking the Oaths, Owners only charged and Tenants discharged.

189. LX. Waterworks in Southwark charged in Surrey.

190. LXI. Waterworks in Westminster to be charged in Westminster.

191. LXII. Recital that Receivers General and the King's Remembrancer and the Auditor of the Exchequer are required to make certain Returns.

192. LXIII. Auditor, &c. to make a certain Allowance to Parties paying Rents due to the Crown, &c. Penalty £10 and Loss of Office.

193. LXIV. Proviso for Rectory, &c. not exceeding £40.

194. LXV. Certain Tenants of Lands, &c. belonging to Colleges, &c. not discharged.

195. LXVI. Allowance to Commissioners Clerks not paid till Certificate from King's Remembrancer's Office.

196. LXVII. Proviso for Payment of Assessments in Clipt Silver before 4th...

197. LXVIII. Transfer of Monies lent under Stat. 6&7 W.3.,c.5.

198. LXIX. Persons may lend Money to His Majesty on this Act at £6 per Cent. per Ann.

199. LXX. Repayment of Monies how secured.

200. LXXI. Proviso where several Tallies bear Date or brought same Day.

201. LXXII. Paying subsequent Orders, if first demanded, no undue Preference, if sufficient reserved to satisfy preceding Orders.

202. LXXIII. Orders for Payment of Money lent may be assigned by Indorsement.

203. LXXIV. Out of the Monies levied under this Act.

204. LXXV. Rules, Penalties, &c. of 1 W. & M. Sess. 2. c. 1. in force and applied in Execution of this Act.

205. LXXVI. Cruisers to be appointed for Protection of Export and Import Trade.

206. LXXVII. Proviso for Jurisdiction of Admiralty in employing Cruisers.

207. LXXVIII. Admiralty to exhibit to Parliament a Certificate in Writing of Ships set out in pursunnce of this Act.