House of Commons (Disqualification) Act 1693

XXVIII. Money to be kept apart.

To be paid into the Exchequer weekly.

And be it enacted by Authority aforesaid that the said Commissioners and Governours for Management and Receipt of the Excise att the Head Office in London for the time being shall separate and keep a part all and every the moneys raised by the rates and duties of Excise and other Duties upon Salt hereby granted as the same shall from time to time arise or be paid into the said Office of Excise by the Receivers or Collectors of the same or by any other person whatsoever And the said Commissioners and Governors of Excise for the time being are hereby required and strictly enjoyned from time to time to pay weekely (videlicet) on Wednesday in every week if it bee not a Holiday and if it be then the next day after that is not a Holiday all and every the moneys ariseing by the rates and duties of Excise and other duties hereby granted into the receipt of their Majesties Exchequer distinct and apart from the other moneys which the said Commissioners and Governors of Excise shall receive for the use of their Majesties their Heires and Successors.