Taxation (No. 3) Act 1694

XXIX. Receiver General setting Insuper, &c. on Persons who have paid;

Penalty to Party; how recovered; Penalty to the King; 1 W. & M. Sess. 2. c. 2.

And for the better p[re]venting of such unjust vexac[i]ons as might be occasioned by such persons as shall be appointed Receivers Generall of any of the su[m]mes of money granted by this Act; And to the intent that the said Receivers Generall may returne a true account into his Majesties Court of Exchequer of such su[m]mes of money as shall be received by them and every of them theire and every of theire Deputy and Deputyes Bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any such Receiver Generall returne or certifie into the said Court any su[m]me or su[m]mes of money to be in arreare or unpaid after the same have beene received either by such Receiver Generall or by his Deputye or Deputyes or any of them or shall cause any person or persons to be sett insuper in the said Courte for any su[m]me or su[m]mes of money that hath beene soe received, That then every such Receiver Generall shall be lyable to pay to every such person and persons that shall be molested vexed or damaged by reason of such unjust certificate returne or setting insuper treble [X1 the] damages that shall be thereby occasioned the said damages to be recovered by acc[i]on of debt bill plaint or informac[i]on in which noe essoigne protecc[i]on or wager of lawe shall be allowed nor any more then one imparlance and shall alsoe forfeite to his Majestie his heires and successors to the Crowne of England according to the limittac[i]on and succession thereof specified and contained in an Act passed in the First yeare of King William and Queene Mary intituled An Act declareing the rights and liberties of the subject and settleing the succession of the Crowne double the su[m]me that shall be soe unjustly certified or returned or caused to be set insuper:-

Editorial Information

X1 interlined on the Roll.