House of Commons (Disqualification) Act 1693

LIX. No Members of the Commons, except Commissioners of Treasury, Customs, Excise, and Land Tax, to be Farmers.

c. 1. ante.; Proviso respecting Thomas Neale.

Provided always and bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid That noe member of the House of Co[m]mons shall att any time bee concerned directly or indirectly or any other in trust for him in the farmeing collecting or manageing any of the su[m]ms of Money Duties or other Aids granted to their Majesties by this Act or that hereafter shall bee granted by any other Act of Parliament (except the Commissioners of the Tresury and the Officers and Commissioners for manageing the Customs and Excise not exceeding the present number in each Office and those appointed to bee Commissioners for putting in execuc[i]on an Act intituled An Act for granting to their Majesties an aid of Four shillings in the pound for one yeare for carrying on a vigorous Warr against France as to their executing onely the Authority of the said Act by which they are appointed Co[m]missioners. Provided always That Thomas Neale Esq[uire] may bee employed by their Majesties as they shall think fitt in the ordering or manageing the several recompences and advantages hereby given to the contributors upon this Act Any thing in this Act contained to the contrarie notwithstanding.