Marriage Duty Act 1694

XIII. Duplicate of Assessment delivered to Receivers General, who are to pay into Exchequer Half-yearly, or oftener if required by Treasury.

On Return of Certificates, Three Commissioners may examine Presenters; If Commissioners suspect the Value, or that Persons, &c. are omitted, they may summon Party; Persons summonednot appearing; Penalty; Power to Commissioners to examine into the Degrees of Persons charged; Allowance to Receiver General.

And bee it further enacted That a true duplicate of the said Assessments bee in convenient time made out and delivered unto the respective Receivers General so as every of them may bee duely charged to answer their respective collections and receipts And that the respective Receivers General shall pay the several sums of money by them received by virtue of this Act into His Majesties Exchequer by Halfe yearely payments att the two most usual feasts of the yeare (that is to say) the feast of Saint Michael the Arch-Angel and the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary or sooner or oftner if thereunto required by the Commissioners of His Majesties Tresury or by the High Tresurer or Commissioners of the Tresury for the time being And upon the returne of any such certificate the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them shall and may if they see cause examine the presenters thereof And if the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them within their several limitts shall att the time of the returne of the certificates or within Twenty days after have certaine knowledge or vehemently suspect that any person or persons who ought to bee mentioned in the said certificates is or are omitted or that any person or persons in the said certificate mentioned is or are of a higher degree or quality or of a greater estate then in the said certificate is mentioned or is otherwise undercharged or not duely charged according to the direction of this Act the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them shall have power to summon such person or persons to appeare before them att a day and place prefixed to bee examined touching the rates and duties aforesaid or touching other matters which may any way concerne the premisses And if any person or persons summoned to bee soe examined shall neglect to appeare having not a reasonable excuse for such his default every person soe making default shall pay unto his Majestie double the sum of the rate hee should or ought to have been sett att And moreover the said Commissioners or any Two or more of them shall have power by all lawfull ways and meanes to examine and enquire into the degrees ranks qualifications and estates of such persons as are charged by this Act and to sett such rate or rates upon every such person or persons as shall bee according to the true intent and meaning of this Act And the said Receiver General shall have an allowance of Two pence in the pound for all moneys which shall bee by him paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer And that every Collector shall have Three pence in the pound for what money hee shall pay to the Receiver General his deputie or deputies.