Land Tax Act 1693

XI. Head Collector's Receipt a discharge to Sub-collector.

Sub-collector to have Threepence in the Pound.; Head Collector to pay to and be appointed by Receiver General.; Sub-collector travelling.; Receiver General's Acquittance a Discharge, who is to pay into Exchequer.; Allowance to Receiver General.

And it is further enacted and declared by the authority aforesaid That the Monies received by the Subcollectors within their respective Divisions or Hundreds shall from time be duely paid to the Head Collectors whose Receipt shall be a sufficient discharge unto every such Subcollector which Subcollector for gathering the said particular su[m]ms shall retaine in his Hands for every Twenty shillings by him soe paid Three pence as a reward for his pains and service And the said Head Collectors shall accordingly pay over the said monies unto the Receiver General of each County City or Place respectively in manner aforesaid which Head Collector or Collectors shall be nominated and appointed by the Receiver General of the respective Counties which said Receiver General shall be answerable for all such sums of money as shall be by him or them [X1 received or collected] And that noe Subcollector shall be forced to travel above the space of Ten miles for the payment of the said monies that shall be by him collected or received And the said Receiver Generals Acquittance shall be a sufficient discharge unto every such Head Collector And the Receiver General shall pay the whole sum by him received into the Receipt of their Majesties Exchequer in such manner and att or before such days and times as are herein before limitted and shall have an allowance of Two pence in the pound for all monies which shall be by him paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer upon or before the times prefixt in this Act.

Editorial Information

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