Land Tax Act 1696

XXIX. Creditors to deliver to Commissioners a Specification of Debts due to them as herein mentioned.

And it is hereby enacted That all and every the said respective Person and Persons intituled to such Debts att Interest as aforesaid shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Two or more of the Co[m]missioners for the County Hundred or other Place respectively where such Debts are to be charged before such time as the said Co[m]missioners respectively shall deliver their Estreats to the Subcollectors for the demanding or receiving the Su[m]ms to be assessed in such Place a Specification or Particular in Writing signed by themselves or some others by their Co[m]mand or Appointment of all and every such Debts so owing to them respectively att Interest upon Mortgages Statutes Merchant or of the Staple Recognizances Judgements Bonds Specialties Bills or Notes or any other Securities for Money att Interest as aforesaid mentioning therein the principal Su[m]ms so owing att Interest and also specifying att the Election of the Person so intituled either the Persons or some of them who borrowed or are lyable to the Payment of such Debts or some Estate Matter or Thing engaged for the same or the Nature of the Securities the said respective Su[m]ms are owing upon whether Mortgage Statute Recognizance Judgment Bond Specialty Bill Note or other Security together with the respective Dates thereof and the Names of the Witnesses thereunto that so the said Co[m]missioners upon examining the Certificates or Assessments brought in by the said Assessors may fully charge such Persons with the Taxes or Duties by this Act intended.