Taxation (No. 2) Act 1694

V. Commissioners and Officers of Customs to take Oath of Execution of Act.

Patent Officers and their Deputies, &c. to take the said Oaths; Neglecting, &c. to take the said Oath, Forfeiture of Office.

And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That Two of their Majesties Commissioners of the Customs first named in the Commission whereby they are now authorized to act shall respectively take their Corporal Oaths before the Chancellor or Chief Baron of the Exchequer or Master of the Rolls for the time being which they and every of them respectively are hereby authorized and required to administer to them on or before the First day of January next ensueing for the true and faithfull execution to the best of their knowledge and power of their several respective Trusts co[m]mitted to their Charge and Inspection and that they will not take or receive any Reward or Gratuity directly or indirectly other then their respective Salaries and what is or shall bee allowed them from the Crowne or the regular Fees established by Law for any Service done or to bee done in the execution of their employment in the Customs on any Account whatsoever And every other of the said Commissioners and the Patent Officers and every of their Deputies Clerks or Servants and all other Officers who have or shall have any employment in or about their Majesties Customes within the Port of London shall before the First day of February next ensueing or att their respective Admissions hereafter to their respective employments take the said Oath before any Two Commissioners of the Customes who are hereby authorized to administer the same unto them after they shall themselves have taken the said Oath as aforesaid And all and every [X1 such] other Patent Officers and every of their Deputies Clerks or Servants and all other Officers who have or shall have any employment in or about their Majesties Customs in the Out Ports or elsewhere shall before the Five and twentieth day of March next ensueing or att their respective admissions into their respective employments take the said Oath before Two Justices of the Peace in the County Towne or Place where his or their employments shall bee who are hereby authorized and required to administer the same accordingly And when any new Commission shall bee att any time hereafter made or granted for the constituteing of Commissioners of the Customes the said Oath shall bee administered and taken in like manner by the several and respective new Comissioners as is before directed And if any of the said Co[m]missioners or Officers their Deputies Clerks or Servants shall neglect or refuse to take the said Oath in such manner as is hereby directed and appointed every such person soe refuseing or neglecting shall forfeit such his Office or Employment.

Editorial Information

X1 O. omits.