Land Tax Act 1696

XIX. Head Collectors Receipt, a Discharge to Sub-Collector.

Allowance to Sub-Collectors; Head Collector nominated by Receiver General, who is to be answerable; and to pay into Exchequer; Allowance to Receiver General.

And it is further enacted and declared by the Authority aforesaid That the Moneys received by the Subcollectors within their respective Divisions or Hundreds shall from time to time be duely paid to the Head Collectors whose Receipt shall be a sufficient Discharge unto every such Subcollector which Subcollector for gathering the said particular Su[m]ms shall retaine in his Hands for every Twenty Shillings by him so paid Foure Pence for a Reward for his Pains and Service And the said Head Collector shall accordingly pay over the said Moneys unto the Receiver General of each County City or Place respectively in manner aforesaid (which Head Collector or Collectors shall be nominated and appointed by the Receiver General of the respective Counties) which said Receiver General shall be answerable for all such Su[m]ms of Money as shall be by him or them so collected or received And that no Subcollector shall be forced to travel above the Space of Ten Miles for the Payment of the said Moneys that shall be by him so collected or received And the said Receiver Generals Acquittance shall be a sufficient Discharge unto every such Head Collector And the Receiver General shall pay the whole Su[m]m by him received into the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer in such manner and att or before such Days and Times as are herein before limitted And shall have an Allowance of Two Pence in the Pound for all Moneys which shall be by him paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer upon or before the Times prefixt in this Act.