Bank of England Act 1696

LIX. Officers in the Exchequer, Excise, and Post Office to attend daily for registering Assignments, and administering the Oaths; without Fee;

Penalty.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Auditor of the Receipt and the Clerk of the Pells or one of them and some one or more of the said Co[m]missioners of Excise Post-Masters General or other Chief Officers in the said publick Offices respectively or their respective Deputies shall from and after the said Tenth Day of June One thousand six hundred ninety seaven attend dayly and every Day from the Houre of Nine to the Houre of Twelve in the Forenoon (Sundays and such Holydays as are usually observed onely excepted) for registring or causing to be registred the said Assignments and for administring the said Oaths and shall duely register & administer the same and shall upon the registring of every such Assignment and administring the said Affidavitt relating thereunto make a Memorandum as well in their respective Books as upon the respective Writings of Assignment [X1 as] aforesaid importing that such Affidavit was duely administred according to this Act all which they shall do and performe or cause to be done and performed without Fee or Charge under the paine of forfeiting treble Damages besides Costs of Suit to the Party grieved and to be recovered by Action of Debt or of the Case as aforesaid.

Editorial Information

X1 O. omits.