Land Tax Act 1692

XIX. If Controversy concerning assessing Commissioners, Commissioners concerned to withdraw;

in default Commissioners present may fine, not exceeding £20; All Questions determined by Commissioners; Receivers General to give Head Collectors Receipts gratis; Head Collectors to give Receipts gratis to Subcollectors; Subcollectors to deliver a Schedule to Head Collectors of Defaulters where there is no Distress; which Schedule is to be delivered to Receivers General and returned by him into the Exchequer.

And it is hereby Enacted and Declared That in case any Controversie arise concerneing the said Assessments or the divideing apporc[i]oning or payment thereof which concernes any the Co[m]missioners by this Act appointed that the Co[m]missioners soe concerned in the said Controversie shall have noe voyce but shall withdrawe att the time of the debate of any such Controversie untill it be determined by the rest of the Co[m]missioners: And in defaulte thereof that the Co[m]missioners then present shall have power and are hereby required to impose such Fyne or Fynes as to them shall be thought fitt upon such Co[m]missioners soe refuseing to withdrawe not exceedeing the Su[m]me of Twenty pounds and to cause the same to be levyed and paid as other Fynes to be imposed by virtue of this Act are to be levyed and paid. And all Questions and Differences that shall arise touching any of the said Rates Taxes Assessements or Levyes shall be heard and fynally determined by the Co[m]missioners in such manner as by this Act is directed upon complainte thereof to them made by any Person or Persons thereby [X1 agreived] without further trouble or Suite in the Lawe. And the said Receivers Generall shall give Acquittances (gratis) to the said Head Collectors for all moneyes of them received. And the said Head Collectors shall alsoe give Acquittances (gratis) to the Sub-collectors for all such moneyes as shall be paid them in pursuance of this Act. And the said Subcollectors shall make and deliver to the said Head Collectors a perfect Schedule fairely written in Parchment under theire Hands and Seales signed and allowed by any Two or more of the respective Co[m]missioners containeing the Names Sirnames and Places of Abode of every Person within theire respective Collecc[i]ons that shall make defaulte of payment of any of the su[m]mes that shall be rated or assessed on such Person by virtue of this Act where noe sufficient Distresse is to be found and not otherwise and the su[m]me and su[m]mes charged on every such Person the same Schedule to be delivered by the Head Collector to the Receiver Generall of the County City or Place respectively to be by him returned into Theire Majesties Court of Exchequer whereupon every Person soe makeing defaulte of Payment may be charged by Processe of the said Courte according to the course of the Courte of Exchequer in such Cases:-

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: grieved O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]