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Appointment of a Comptroller.; Accounts of Salt, and Excise kept apart.; Access to Books without Fee.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Head Office of Excise which is now established within the City of London shall be continued and be within the said City or Ten miles thereof and a sufficient number of Commissioners therein from time to time shall bee continued or appointed by their Majesties their Heires and Successors to governe and manage the receipt of Excise and to performe and execute the several matters and things hereby enjoyned to be done and executed by such Commissioners until the same shall be fully performed and complyed with according to the true intent and meaning of this Act And that in like manner there shall be continued and be within the said City or Tenne miles thereof by the appointment of their Majesties their Heires and Successors a Comptroller of Excise until such time as all matters and things which by this Act such Comptroller is enjoyned to doe and performe shall be fully performed and accomplished which [X1said] Comptroller for the time being is hereby alsoe required and co[m]manded to keep a perfect and distinct account in Books fairely written of all the moneys which shall arise by the said duties upon Salt and the [X1said] duties of Excise by this Act granted as the same respectively shall from time to time arise come or be brought into the said Office of Excise To which Books all persons concerned shall have free access att all seasonable times without Fee or charge And that the said Commissioners and Comptroller shall execute their respective Offices in the performance of all things enjoyned by this Act without any other Salary Fee or Reward then what they now have or enjoy.
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