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Stamps Act 1697
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XVIII.Proclamation for altering the Stamps to be sent to the Mayor, &c. of every Corporation, &c; who shall cause the same to be published, &c. Penalty £200.
Provided always and be it further enacted That as often as His Majesty His Heires or Successors shall think fit to alter the said Stamps or any of them that the Proclamation which is hereby intended to be made for giving [X1to] all Persons due Notice thereof shall within Twenty Days after the Date thereof be sent to the Mayor Chief Magistrate or other Head Officer of every City Corporation Burough and Market Town throughout the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed which Officers respectively shall cause the same to be be published to the Inhabitants of such City Corporation or Town either on the next Market Day or next Sunday in the Church immediately after the [X1Time ] of Divine Service upon pain of forfeiting the Sum of Two hundred Pounds to be sued for by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any Court of Record at Westminster wherein no Essoign Protection Wager of Law Priviledg nor more than One Imparlance shall be granted or allowed the One Moiety of which Forfeiture to be to His Majesty the other Moiety to such Person who shall sue for the same.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: the O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
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