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Poll Tax Act 1689

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II.Public Officers (Exceptions) to pay is. for every 20s. of the Profits of their Offices.

And bee it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Person and Persons Commissioner or Commissioners haveing useing or exerciseing any Office Place or Publick Employment whatsoever (such Persons who are or shall be in Muster and Pay at Land or Sea for or in respect of such their Pay onely excepted) and all and every their Deputyes Agents Clerks Secondaries Substitutes and other their inferior Ministers and Servants whatsoever shall pay unto Their Majestyes the Summe of One shilling for every Twenty shillings which he or they doe receive in one Yeare by vertue of any Fees Profits Perquisites or other Advantages to him or them accrueing for or by reason or occasion of their severall Offices Agencies and Employments to be Assessed Imposed Levyed and Collected in such manner as herein after is mentioned

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