Land Tax Act 1692

XVI. Shares in New River, Thames, Hyde Park, or Marybone Waters;

Interest in the King's Printing House; assessed by Commissioners appointed for London; and the Sums paid by the Treasurers, &c. of the said Water Works.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Person and Persons haveing any Share or Shares or Interests in any fresh streame of running waters brought to the North Parts of London co[m]monly called The New River or in any Thames Water-workes or in the Hyde-Parke or Marybone Waters or in any Rents or Profitts ariseing thereby and all and every Person and Persons haveing any Share or Interest in the Stock or Stocks for printing of Bookes in or belonging to the House co[m]monly called The Kings Printing House shall pay for the same the su[m]me of Four shillings for every Twenty shillings of the full yearely value thereof. And all and every Person and Persons haveing any Share or Shares or Interest in the River Water brought to the North parts of London or in any [X1 Thames] Water-workes or the Hyde Park or Marybone Waters or in any Rents or Profits ariseing thereby charged by this Act and alsoe the said Stock and Shares for printing as aforesaid shall be assessed for the same by the Co[m]missioners nominated and appointed for the City of London or any Three of them after the Rates herein conteined. And the same shall be paid to such Person or Persons as the said Co[m]missioners shall appointe by [X1 the] Treasurers or Receivers of the said River Waters and Water-workes and Stock for printing and to be deducted att and out of theire next Dividend:-

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]