Taxation (No. 3) Act 1696

XV. Tanner, &c. every Three Months to account with Officer for Hides, &c. taken out of Wooze, &c. and for Entries, and discharge such Account in Manner herein mentioned;

Penalty £20; Officers upon taking such Account to inform themselves of the Truth thereof; Tanner, &c. defrauding the Crown; Penalty.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Tanner Tawer Currier Maker or Dresser of Leather shall once in every Three Months att the least make an Account with the proper Officer of every Division or District respectively of and for all the Hides and Skins & Pieces of the Hides and Skins which such Tanner Tawer Currier Maker or Dresser by himselfe or any other within the time of every such Account shall have taken out of the Wooze Mill Liquor or Ingredients used for tanning tawing steeping or dressing the same and of his Entries thereof with the Officer and shall att the same time discharge the said Account either by Leather Sold for which the Duty shall have been paid as aforesaid or else by Leather remaining in his Possession not carried to any Faire or Markett or by Leather carried by Permission to a Faire or Markett & there remaining unsold which Account (if demanded) every such Tanner Tawer Currier Maker or Dresser of Leather shall truely & faithfully make from time to time under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds to witt One third Part thereof to the King and the other Two thirds to him or them that will sue for the same to be recovered as aforesaid and that all and every such Officer upon the taking of such Accounts shall informe themselves concerning the Truth or Falshood thereof to the end and purpose that if such Tanner Tawer Currier Maker or Dresser shall have unlawfully conveyed away any ? the said Leather wherewith hee shall be chargeable or shall have defrauded His Majesty of any Part of the Duties hereby payable for the same he may be proceeded against in such Manner and Forme and for such Penalties or Forfeitures as are by this Act prescribed for such Offence.