Land Tax Act 1696

LXXXV. Receivers General to keep apart the said Duty of 38. in the Pound upon Manors, &c.

Receiver General paying otherwise than into the Exchequer (unless in hammered Money as herein mentioned) or otherwise unduly paying Monies, &c; Penalty £500.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Receiver General to be appointed by His Majesty as aforesaid his Deputy or Deputies shall in his Receipts Payments and Accounts separate and keep apart all the Moneys by him or them to be received for or upon the said Duty of Three Shillings in the Pound by this Act charged upon Manors Messuages Lands Rents Tenements Hereditaments and other the Premisses chargeable with the said Tax or Pound Rate of Three Shillings in the Pound so that the same shall be distinct from his or their Receipts Payments & Accounts of or for all other the Duties or Moneys by this Act granted And in case any such Receiver General or his Deputy or Deputies shall pay any part of the Moneys paid to him or them by any Collector or Head Collector by virtue of this Act for the said Pound Rate or Tax of Three Shillings in the Pound to any Person or Persons whatsoever other than into the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer and att or within the respective times limitted by this Act unlesse it be hammered Money to be first carried to the next Minits and after recoined to be brought to the Exchequer or in case any such Receiver General his Deputy or Deputies shall pay any Part of the said Moneys arising by the said Pound Rate or Tax of Three Shillings in. the Pound by any Warrant of the Co[m]missioners of the Tresury or the Lord Treasurer Under Treasurer or Co[m]missioners of the Treasury for the time being or upon any Tally of Pro or Tally of Anticipation or other Way or Device whatsoever whereby to divert or hinder the actual Payment thereof into the Receipt of the Excheq[ure] as aforesaid That then such Receiver General shall for every such Offence of himselfe or his Deputy forfeit the Su[m]m of Five hundred Pounds to him or them that will sue for the same in any Court of Record by Bill Plaint or other Information wherein no Essoign Protection or Wager of Law is to be allowed.