Taxation (No. 2) Act 1697

LXII. Collectors keeping Monies collected in their Hands, or paying other than to Receiver General, &c.

Penalty £20. Receiver General or Deputy paying to any Person other than the Exchequer, or paying upon Tally of Pro, &c.; Penalty £500.

And be it further enacted That if any Collector of any Parish or Place shall keep in his hands any part of the Money by him collected for any longer time than is by this Act directed (other than the Allowance made unto him by this Act) or shall pay any part thereof to any Person or Persons other than to the Receiver General of such County or Place or his respective Deputy that every such Collector shall forfeit for every such Offence the Su[m]m of Twenty Pounds And in case any Receiver General or his Deputy shall pay any part of the Moneys paid to him or them by any Collector by virtue of this Act to any Person or Persons whatsoever other than to the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer and att or within the respective times limitted by this Act or in case such Receiver General or his Deputy shall pay any part of the said Moneys by any Warrant of the Co[m]missioners of the Treasury or Lord Treasurer Under-Treasurer or Co[m]missioners of the Treasury for the time being or upon any Tally of Pro or Talley of Anticipation or other way or device whatsoever whereby to divert or hinder the actual Payment thereof into the Receipt of Exchequer as aforesaid that then such Receiver General shall for every such Offence of himself or his Deputy forfeit the Su[m]m of Five hundred Pounds to him or them that shall sue for the same in any Court of Record by Bill Plaint or other Information wherein no Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law is to be allowed.