Land Tax Act 1691

VII. Assessors to deliver Copy of Assessment to Commissioners; Commissioners to sign, &c. Two Duplicates thereof, and to deliver One to Collector, which they are to nominate, with Warrant for Collection.

Commissioners to deliver Schedule of Sums assessed to Receiver General; who is to transmit One Duplicate thereof to the Remembrancer of Exchequer, and the other to the Clerk of the Pells.

And for the compleating of the whole Summe charged as aforesaid and to the end the aforesaid. Summes charged upon the severall and respective Counties Ridings Cityes Boroughs Townes and Places may bee equally and indifferently assessed according to the true Intent of this Act and the Money duely collected and true account thereof made the said Assessors are hereby required to deliver One Copy of theire respective Assessments fairely written and subscribed by them unto the said Commissioners And the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them are hereby ordered and required to signe and seale Two Duplicates of the said Assessments and the one of them to deliver or cause to bee delivered to one or more honest and responsible Person or Persons to bee Collector or Collectors which the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to nominate and appoint for each Parish or Place with Warrant to the said Collector or Collectors to collect the same Assessment payable as aforesaid soe as the said severall Summes may bee paid in to the said Receiver Generall att the respective tymes aforesaid And the said Commissioners are hereby required to deliver or cause to bee delivered a Schedule Note or Duplicate in Parchment under theire Hands and Seales fairely written containeing the particular Summe assessed upon each Parish or Place unto the Receiver Generall of each County Rideing City Borough Towne or Place respectively who is hereby required within One Moneth after his Receipt thereof to transmitt One Duplicate of the same fairely written in Parchment under his Hand and Seale into the Kings Remembrancers Office of the Exchequer and [X1 one] other Duplicate thereof to the Office of the Clerke of the Pells there And the said Remembrancer and Clerke of the Pells respectively upon receipt of the said respective Duplicate are hereby required to give a Receipt in Writeing acknowledging the same to such Receiver Generall or any Person by him respectively deputed in that case.

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