Receipt of Exchequer Act 1696

VIII. Auditor to enrol all Letters Patents, &c., draw Orders; for issuing Money, and keep Entries thereof;

and take and certify Tellers Accounts weekly, make out imprest Certificates, and transmit to the Treasury Declaration of Receipts, &c; Clerk of the Pells to enrol Letters Patent for issuing Money, &c.; Officers of the Receipt, Clerks, &c. to demean themselves according to their Duties.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Auditor of the Receipt for the time being shall from time to time (for his just and lawfull Fees) duely enter or inroll all Letters Patents and Letters of Privy Seale for issuing of the Kings Treasure and shall draw the Orders or make the Debentures for the issuing thereof as hee shall be from time to time required by the Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or the Treasurer of the Exchequer for the time being and shall keep Entries thereof in Books to be provided and fairely written for that purpose and shall weekly take the Tellers Accounts and make Certificate to the said Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or the Treasurer for the time being of all Receipts Issues and Remaines of the Kings Money there and shall make out the Imprest Certificates from time to time of all Moneys there issued upon Account or by way of Imprest and shall transmitt the ordinary Imp[re]st Rolls halfe-yearely to the Kings Remembrancer in order to the chargeing or prosecuting of Accountants and shall halfe-yearely (to witt) att Easter and Michaelmas make out and transmitt to the said Co[m]missioners of the Treasury of the Treasurer for the time being the Declaration of the Receipts Issues and Remaines att the Excheq[uer] for every halfe Yeare successively all which Matters and Things and all other Matters and Things belonging to the Office or Duty of the said Auditor of the Receipt shall be faithfully and carefully done & performed by the Auditor of the Receipt for the time being in such manner as hath been anciently accustomed and that the said Clerk of the Pells for the time being shall also from time to time (for his just and lawfull Fees) duely enroll or record all Letters Patents and Letters of Privy Seale for issuing of the Kings Treasure & truely and fairely enter & record all Receipts and Issues att the said Exchequer & shall also take the Tellers weekly Accounts and make Certificates to the said Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or Treasurer for the time being weekly of the Receipts Issues & Remaines of the Kings Money there and shall carefully examine all the Imprest Certificates & Imprest Rolls and make out and transmitt to the said Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or the Treasurer for the time being Declarations of the Receipts Issues and Remains within every halfe Yeare and shall therein & in all other Matters and Things apptaining to the Office of the Clerk of the Pells faithfully and carefully observe and cause to be observed the ancient Course and Method of the said Receipt and that they the said Auditor of the Receipt and Clerk of the Pells and all other Officers and Ministers of the said Receipt and their Deputies Clerks and Substitutes respectively shall in the Matters aforesaid and in all other Matters and Things concerning their Offices demeane themselves according to their respective Duties and be answerable for the same as well to our Sovereigne Lord the King as to any Person or P[er]sons who may suffer or be injured by any neglect or failure therein.