Land Tax Act 1696

XLIX. Shares in New River, Thames, Hyde Park, Marylebone, and Hampsted Waters.

Interest in the King's Printing House; assessed by Commissioners appointed for London; and the Sums paid by the Treasurers, &c. of the said Waterworks, &c.

And be it further enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Person and Persons having any Share or Shares or Interest in any Fresh Stream or Running Water brought to the North Parts of London co[m]monly called the New River or in the Thames Waterworks or in the Hyde-Parke Marybone or Hampsted Waters or any Rents or Profitts arising thereby and all and every Person and Persons having any Share or Interest in any Office or Stock for insuring of Houses in cases of Fire or in the Convex or other Lights or in the Stock or Stocks of Printing of Books in or belonging to the House co[m]monly called the Kings Printing house shall pay for the same the Su[m]m of Three Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the full yearely Value thereof And they and all Companies of Merchants in London charged by this Act shall be assessed by the Co[m]missioners to be nominated and appointed for the said City or any Three or more of them for their respective Shares and Interests aforesaid and the aforesaid Joynt Stock or Stocks And the same shall be paid by the Governors and respective Treasurers or Receivers of the said River-Waters and Water-Works and of the said Offices and Stocks respectively and be deducted att and out of their next Dividend.