Land Tax Act 1696

CII. Proviso for Prince George and the Princess Anne of Denmark.

Provided always and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That this Act nor any thing therein contained shall charge or be construed to charge his Royal Highnesse Prince George Hereditary of Denmark and Her Royal Highnesse the Princesse Anne of Denmark or either of them or their Trustees with the above mentioned Duty or Payment of Foure Shillings and Foure Pence for every Twenty Shillings by the Yeare for or in respect of the Yearely Su[m]ms of Thirty thousand Pounds and Twenty thousand Pounds by the Yeare granted to several Persons in trust for their Royal Highnesses by several Letters Patents under the Greate Seale of England bearing Date on or about the Twentieth Day of February One thousand six hundred eighty & five and the Three and twentieth Day of May One thousand six hundred and ninety but that the said Anuities? or Yearely Su[m]ms and their Royal Highnesses and their Trustees in respect of the same shall by virtue hereof be acquitted and dischardged of from and against the said. Duty of Foure Shillings and Foure Pence for every Twenty Shillings by the Yeare and all Paym[en]ts whatsoever which might be charged by this Act for or in respect of the said Yearely Su[m]ms of Thirty thousand Pounds and Twenty thousand Pounds by the Yeare as if this Act had never been made Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.