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XXXIII. And be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon or Perfons fliall be capable
f intermeddling with any Office or Imployment relating to the Excife, until he or they (hall before two r more Juftices of the Peace in the County, where his or their Imployment fhall be, or before one of
- iie Barons of the Exchequer, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, which' Oaths they hav«
ereby Pow«r to adminifter, together with this Oath following, Mutatis Mutaiidis. (2) XTOU fliall fwear to execute the Office of truly and faithfully, without Favour or The Oath..
Affe<5tion, and fhall from Time to Time true Account make and deliver to fuch Perfon and
i Perfons as his Majefty (hall appoint to receive the fame, and (hall take no Fee or Reward for the Exe- ! cutioia of the faid Office, from any other Perfon than from his Majefty, or thofe whom his Majefty (hall appoint in that Behalf.' , XXXIV. And be it further ena<5ted by the Authority aforefaid, Tliat every fuch Juftice of Peace (hall Certificates at jertify the Taking of fuch Oath to the next Quarter-Seflions, there to be recorded ; (2) and it is further Jg^c^J' ^" inafted. That all Parts of the Cities of London and TVeJimmfler, with the Borough of Southzvark, and the London.^w'eft- sverai Subiirbs thereof, and Parifhes within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, fliall be under the imme- micfier,' souji- iiate Care, Infpedlrion and Management of the faid Head Office ; (3 ) and fuch, and fo many fubordinate offi«rs t b bommillioners and Sub-Commiffioners, and other Officers and Minifters for the Execution of the Pre- appofn(ed°by*his nilTes, (hall be from Time to Time nominated and appointed by his Majefty, in. all and every other the MaJL-fty. pounties. Cities, Towns and Places within this Kingdom of England, Dominion of fVaks and Port of ferwkk, as from Time to Time his Majefty (hall think fit. (4) And it is hereby further enadled. That the "J^ ^'^"'^ aid Office of Excife in all Places where it (liall be appointed, fhall be kept open from eight of the Clock hept"^n 1 the Morning till twelve of the Clock at Noon, and from two of the Clock in the Afternoon till five of ' he Clock in the- Afternoon, for the due Execution and Performance of all and every the Matters and Things in this Adt appointed and required. (5) And it is further hereby enaded, That the faid Chief The Moniescoi. Jommiffioners of Excife, or the major Part of them, fliall from Time to Time iflue forth and pay fuch 'n^^'the Re'^* Sum and Sums of Money, as (hall from Time to Time be received, colleded or levied by Virtue of this of the Excit"' .ct, into his Majefty's Receipt of Exchequer. _ quer. XXXV. Provided always, and be it enaded. That if any Perfon or Perfons (hall at any Time be fued Perfons fued )r profecuted for any Thmg by him or them done or executed in Purfuance of this Adt, he or they (hall 5?*y piead 'he- nd may plead the General IfTue, and give this Adt in Evidence for his Defence ; (2) and if upon the ^"**'^ ^"«' Trial a Verdidt (hall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintilf or Plainti(fs be nonfuited, then Uch the Defendant or Defendants (hall have double Cofts to him or them awarded againft fuch PlaintiiF ! or Plaintiffs. .' XXXVI. Provided alfo, and be it enadted. That no Writ or Writs of Certiorari fhall fuperfede Exe- Writs of G^r- [ution or other Proceedings, upon any Order or Orders made by the Juftices aforefaid in Purfuance of f-Jj*^^,!'^^'""" jhis Adt, but that Execution and other Proceedings (hall and may be had and made thereupon, any fuch Proceedings^ pVrit or Writs or Allowance thereof notwithftanding. I XXXVII.. Provided always, and be it further enadted. That this Adl, or any Thing therein containedyprovifo for ihall not be prejudicial to Edward Bad-well Alderman of London, as to the Sum of t^venty-eight thoufand Sriw. Backwcii; [bur hundred and fifty Pounds, or any Part thereof, by him advanced upon the Credit of feveral Orders fo'"P^y'"ent«>*' >f this prefent Parliament, and by them charged on the Receipt of the Grand-Excife ; that is to fay, the* *^°" * sum of five thoufand Pounds payable to his Majefty's Surveyor General for the Repair of his Majefty's
- 3oufes, charged by Virtue Of an Order of the fixth of September one thoufand fix hundred fixty, with
intereft for the fame ; the Sum of ten thoufand Pounds advanced to her Highnefs the Princefs Royal, )eing charged with Intereft by an Order of the thirteenth of September one thoufand fix hundred fixty, the pum of ten thoufand Pounds payable to her Maje(Vy the Queen of Bohemia, being charged, together with' mtereft, by an Order of the thirteenth of September one thoufand fix hundred fixty, the Sum of three thou- jand four hundred' and fifty Pounds payable for Provifions for Dunkirk, by an Order of the twenty-fixth 4 November one thoufand fix hundred fixty; which Sum of twenty-eight thoufand four hundred and fifty Pounds, together with the Intereft for the fame, according to the Tenor of the faid Orders, after the S.ate of fix per Cent, fliall be. paid to the faid Edward Backivell or his Affiigns, out of the Grand Excife, . and the Arrears thereof in Courfe, as is by the faid Orders appointed ; and in Cafe the fame (hall fall jhort in Payment by the twenty-(ifth of December one thoufand fix hundred and fixty, that then the Re- inainder (hall continue fecured to him out of the whole Excife in Courfe as aforefaid, and that no other payments be made out of the Excife, by what is appointed by this prefent Parliament in Courfe to pre- cede the fame,, until the faid Debt due to the faid Edward Backwell be fatisfied ; and that in Cafe any Part ■pf the Monies due to Alderman Backwell, be paid out of that Part of the Excife which Ihall grow due to jhe King's Majefty, that then his Majefty fliall be reimburfed the fame out of the firft Monies that (hall fomein of the Arrears of Excife that will be due the faid twenty-fifth oi December,. [Confirmed by 13 For furtierF'ro-- bar. z, Stat. I.e. 7a l^^J^f^' ! Hcfertnci: to tbefillnuwg Chapter, C A P.
