Land Tax Act 1696

II. 13d. in the Pound, at 4d. per Month, to be paid by all Servants (except Day Labourers) for Wages of £4 per Ann. and not exceeding £8 per Ann. over and above the said Duty of 4d.

and over and above the said Duty, 2s. 6d. in the Pound on Wages above £8 and not exceeding £16 per Ann; and 4s. 4d. in the Pound on Wages above £16 per Ann.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That over and above the said Duty of Four of Pence per Month every Person being a Domestick Servant Covenant Servant (other then Day Labourers). Journeyman or other Servant hired entertained or constantly employed who att the time of the Execution of this Act shall receive or is to receive Wages Yearely or otherwise amounting to Foure Pounds per Annum or more not exceeding Eight Pounds per Annum for his her or their Service shall pay unto His Majesty His Heires or Successors within the Space or Terme of One Yeare to be reckoned as aforesaid the full Su[m]m of Thirteen Pence for every Twenty. Shillings to be computed upon the whole Wages received or to be received by such Person or p[er]sons respectively by Monthly Payments (that is to say) so much as One Penny p Pound upon all the said Wages shall amount unto upon the said Two and Twentieth Day of February and from thenceforth the like Su[m]m att the end of every Eight and twenty Days or Foure Weeks as aforesaid until the said whole Su[m]m of Thirteene Pence per Pound shall be fully satisfied and paid off within the Yeare as aforesaid And that over and above the said Duty of Foure Pence per Month every Servant (other then Day Labourers) hired entertained or imployed as aforesaid who att the time of the Execution of this Act shall receive or is to receive Wages by Yearely or other Payments amounting to more then Eight Pounds per Annum and not exceeding Sixteen Pounds per Annum for his her or their Service shall pay unto His Majesty His Heires or Successors within the said Terme of One Yeare the full Su[m]m of Two Shillings & Two Pence for every Twenty Shillings to be computed upon the whole Wages as aforesaid by Monthly Payments (that is to say) so much as Two Pence per Pound upon all the said Wages shall amount unto upon the said Two and twentieth Day of February and from thenceforth the like Su[m]m att the end of every Eight and twenty Days or Foure Weeks as aforesaid until the said whole Su[m]m of Two Shillings and Two Pence per Pound shall be fully satisfied and paid And all and every Servant (other than Day Labourers) hired entertained or imployed as aforesaid who att the time of the Execution of this Act shall receive or is to receive Wages by Yearely or other Payments amounting to more than Sixteen Pounds per Annum shall (over and above the said General Duty of Foure Pence per Month) pay unto His Majesty His Heires or Successors within the said Terme of One Yeare the full Su[m]m of Foure Shillings and Four Pence for every Twenty Shillings to be computed upon the whole Wages as aforesaid by Monthly Payments (that is to say) so much as Foure Pence per Pound upon all the said Wages shall amount unto upon the said Two and Twentieth Day of February and from thenceforth the like Su[m]m att the end of every Eight and Twenty Days or Foure Weeks as aforesaid until the said whole Su[m]m of Foure Shillings and Foure Pence per Pound shall be fully satisfied and paid.