Land Tax Act 1688

VIII. Monies received by Subcollectors to be from Time to Time paid to Head Collectors.

Allowance to Subcollector. Head Collectors to pay over to Receiver General. Head Collector nominated by the Receiver General. Receiver General how far answerable. How far Subcollector to travel in Collection. Receiver General's Acquittance a Discharge to Head Collector.; Allowance to Head Collector. Receiver General to pay into the Exchequer. Allowance to Receiver General.

And it is further Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid That the Moneys Received by the Subcollectors within the respective Divisions or Hundreds shall from time to time be duely paid to the Head Collector whose Receipt shall be a sufficient Discharge unto every such Subcollector which Subcollector for Gathering the said particular Summs shall retaine in his Hands for every Twenty shillings by him soe paid Three pence as a Reward for his Paines and Service And the Head Collector shall accordingly pay over the said Moneys unto the Receiver Generall of each County City or Place respectively in manner aforesaid which Head Collector or Collectors shall be nominated and appointed by the Receivers Generall of the respective Countyes which said Receivers Generall shall be answerable for all such Sums of Money as shall be by him or them Collected or Received And that noe Subcollector shall be enforced to travell above the space of Ten miles for the payment of the said Moneys that shall be by him Collected or Received And the said Receiver Generalls Acquittance shall be a sufficient Discharge unto every such Head Collector who shall retaine in his Hands for every Twenty shillings soe by him paid One peny as a Reward for his Pains and Service And the Receiver Generall shall pay the whole Sums by him Received into the Receipt of Their Majesties Exchequer in such Manner and at or before such Dayes and Times as are herein before limitted and shall have an Allowance of Two pence in the pound for all Moneys which shall be by him paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer upon or before the time prefixed in this Act.