Free Accesfs thereto without Fee, and to lie open at a certain Place within the Limit of Receipts; Penalty £100.
And be it enacted That every Receiver General who shall be intrusted in the Receipt of any of the Aids Taxes or Supplies granted or to be granted for the Service of the Warr in the Yeare One thousand six hundred ninety seaven shall keep faire Books of Account in Writing of all the Moneys by him received in which hee or his Deputy or Deputies shall truely enter all the Su[m]ms by him or them to be received for every such Aid Tax or Supply respectively together with the Names of each Collector and the Days when and Su[m]ms paid and how much thereof is hammered Money and how much in milled Money or in Gold and of all Bills by him paid in pursuance of this Act to which Account every Person concerned shall have free Accesse att all seasonable Times without Fee or Charge and the said Accounts shall constantly lie open att one certaine Place within the Limitts of his Receipt for that Purpose And if such Receiver shall neglect to keep such Book or to enter therein any Su[m] or Su[m]ms of Money by him or them received and paid as aforesaid by the Space of Three Days after his or their Receipt or Payment of the same or shall refuse any Person or Persons concerned to inspect such Book without Fee or Charge as aforesaid every such Receiver shall forfeit for every such Offence the Su[m]m of One; hundred Pounds to any Person or Persons who shall sue for the same and to be recovered by Action of Debt or of the Case Bill Suit or Information as aforesaid.