Commiffioners concerned to withdraw in default to be fined, not above 201. No privileged place or perfon exempt from this tax. Fee-farm rents, &c. to be taxed. Tenants to pay the rates. Colleges, &c. in the universities, &c. not chargeable: nor the houfes or lands, which before the 25th of March 1693. did belong to Chrift's-hofpital, &c. nor corporation of clergymen's fons, Bromley college, or any other hofpital or almshouse. No tenants of hofpitals, &c. to claim any exemption. Such tenants not difcharged, who by leafes are obliged to pay taxes. Commiffioners to determine how far lands, &c. belonging to hofpitals, &c. not exempted by name, ought to be charged. All hofpital lands &c. affeffed by 4 W. and M. liable to this aid, and no other.- Receivers of fee-farm rents, &c. to allow 4 s. per pound to the parties, without fee, on penalty of 20l. Auditors, &c. fetting tenants infuper for what ought to be allowed, or refufing allowance, to forfeit 100l. Such fee-farm rents only to have an allowance of 4 s. per pound, as are anfwerable to the crown, or were purchased according to 22 and 23 Car. ii. The owners to allow the fame to the party paying. Lifts of penfions &c. to be delivered gratis to the affeffors. Taxes on penfions, &c. not paid, to be stopt in the Exchequer. A true account to be kept of the money stopt. Perfons to be taxed in the parish where they dwell. No provifo to leffen the full fum by this act to be levied.. Contracts between landlord and tenant, touching taxes, not to be avoided. All places to pay, where usually affeffed.. Weft Barnfield to be affeffed in the lathe of Skray, Com. Kent, Northmore, Com Oxon, in Brampton. Charlbury, &c. in Chadlington, Leeds, com' Ebor. in Skyrac. Ombersley, &c. com Worcefter in Ofwaldflow hundred. Parish of Yardley, in Halfbire hundred. Forest of Chute, where the first 4s. aid was affeffed. Upton, in Perfbore hundred. Calder and Ayre, at Wakefield and Leeds. Inhabitants of appartments, &c. in Somerset houfe, to be affeffed in the fame proportion with thofe in Lancaster liberty. General issue. Treble cofts. Where lands &c. are unoccupied, and no distress found, collectors may diftrain at any time after. Wood may be cut down, and fold for díftrefs (Timber-trees excepted) Tithes, tolls, &c. not paid within fix days after demand, &c. may be feized and fold. - Receiver general returning perfons, who have paid the tax, to be in arrear, forfeits treble damages to the party grieved, and to his Majefty double the fum fo returned.. Commiffioners to affefs the affeffors. None compelled to be affeffors out of the limits of the city, &c.. Affeffments on foreign minifters houses to be paid by the landlords. In places extraparochial commiffioners to nominate affeffors and collectors, &c.- -No commiffioner, &c. liable to any other penalties than fuch as are inflicted by this act. Commiffioners not to act without taking the oaths by 1 Geo. i. &c. -acting before oaths taken forfeit 2001. Officers to pay, where employed, &c. Officers in chancery to be affeffed in the rolls liberty. Annuities where rated. Penfions, where payable. Perfonal estates, where perfons refident, &c. Perfons not householders, where refident. Abfent perfons to be rated where they were laft refident. ·Goods, &c. to be affeffed where they shall be. Perfons doubly rated, discharged on certificate. Not to extend to Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, or Guernsey. Perfons avoiding the tax, charged treble. Householders to give an account of their lodgers, on forfeiture of 51.Shares in the New river, &c. to pay 4 s. per pound. Shares in the Fire offices, and in the lights, and the King's printing-houfe to pay 4s. per pound. Merchants, bank of England, poft office, &c. to be paid by the governors. Governors, &c. of the river-waters, and water-works refuling to pay, the collectors impowered to levy the fum by distress and fale. Papifts 18 years of age not taking the oaths 1 W. and M. to pay double: unless taken within ten days after the commiffioners first meeting. Perfons of 18 years of age refusing the oath, to pay double. Commiffioners to fummon suspected perfons, &c.-Quakers to fubfcribe the declaration 1 W. and M. Commiffioners to double affefs papifts, where affeffors omit. - Tenants difcharged from double rates. King's bench, Marthalfea prison, &c. to be affeffed in St. George's parish, &c. Officers of the Marthalfea - court -- court refufing to pay, &c. collectors by warrant from commiffioners may diftrain. If no goods fufficient, officers to be imprifoned. Fleet prison to be affeffed in St. Bride's. - Officers at Stoke Damrel, near Plymouth, to be affeffed within the town of Plymouth, &c. Officers of the hospital at Eaft Stoneboufe, to be affefled alfo within the town of Plymouth. 201. to be paid out of the fum affeffed on the faid officers, in aid of the affeffment on Eaft Stoneboufe. Water-works in Southwark to be affeffed in Surrey. Water-works in Weflminfier to be affeffed there. Offices, &c. in Whitehall and St. James's to be there affeffed. - Collectors of the water works in Colcheter chargeable. Collectors for the water-works in New Windfor, chargeable. Patent officers to bishopricks to pay where affeffed in 1693. Commiffioners appointed to act, without fubdividing the parish of St. Andrew Holborn, in Middlefex. The parish of St. George Hanover-fquare to be charged with diftinct Quota from the parish of St. Martin's in the fields. Debates arifing concerning the joint Quota, the commiffioners who are inhabitants of either parish to withdraw, or to be fined a fum not exceeding 201. The parishes of St. John, St. Peter, and Berchington, to be charged in Dover liberty, according to the affeffment 4 W. and M. Lands not worth 20s. per annum not chargeable. Collectors keeping monies in their hands, to forfeit 401. ceiver-general misapplying the monies to forfeit 500l.- Commiffioners of the treasury, &c. not to divert the payments into the Exchequer. ➡ No Noli profequi, &c. in any suit against this act. - Commiffioners to abate, where lands are over charged, and to re-affefs, &c. or raise it on perfons undercharged. Receiver-general anfwerable for deputies. Sub collector not to travel above ten miles, &c. Receivers not nominating deputies, &c. to forfeit 100l. may act for any city, &c, ers fpecially appointed. Re -Commiffioners for the county at large Mayors, bailiffs &c. to act as commiffion-Members of parliament to be taxed at their manfion-houses. First meeting for the Weft riding of York at Pontefra; North riding, at Thirk; East riding at Beverley. No com miffioner capable to act in any county at large, unless rated at rool. per annum (Merioneth, Cardigan, &c. excepted) Commiffioners for Anglejea, &c. to act, if rated at 60l. per annum. Commiflioners, may act for the taxes. .ColHer Majesty any city, being inhabitants, or inns of court, &c. Attornies &c. not to be commiffioners, without poffeffing 100l. per annum. No commiffioner of the city of London, or liberty of St. Martin le grand to act, unless rated at 20 L. per annum of his own eftate, &c. No commiffioner of the city, &c. of Wefiminfier to act, unless rated at zol. per annum of his own eftate. Perfons difabled prefuming to act, to forfeit sol. lectors of the new water-works in Exon, chargeable. the Queen not chargeable; nor her royal Highness the Princess dowager of Wales; nor his royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, nor the princels Amelia, Superannuated fea-officers not to pay, &c. nor poor knights of Windsor. — Residentiaries, in what cafes not chargeable: nor 100l. per annum to the poor clergy of the isle of Man: nor pages of honour. Receivers-general to give notice of failures in payment of Commiffioners for Lincoln to act in Lincoln-close; and, for the county, in St. Marțin in Stamford baron. Auditor to keep a regifter, &c. Deputies to pay for principals, and on nonpayment Receiver-general to give a list of money received by him, at the time and place appointed. On refufal to forfeit any fum not exceeding zol. Collectors may keep so much money as any two commiffioners judge reasonable.No receiver to return an infuper upon any county, &. after three years for monies in arrear; but the fame to be a debt on him and his fecurities. Sheriff, on writs of diftringas, to return iffues after the rate of 51. per cent. of the fum fet an infuper and process to iffue thereupon, &c.- Water-works in Shrewsbury chargeWho shall have the benefit only of overplus fums uncharged. Claufe for the eafe of proteftants, to whom lands, &c. have come, which have been doubly taxed. Where lands doubly taxed are liable only to a fingle affeffment; commiffioners on complaint to examine into the truth thereof, and to certify the fame to the barons of the Exchequer, be liable to diftrefs. able. fore fore 29th September, 1764; who are to discharge the overplus before the last day of November 1764. Certificates of the fums difcharged to be produced to the commiflioners at their next meeting. Commiffioners may fummon collectors, who have converted land tax monies to their own use, or their heirs, &c. and on examination may iffue their warrants for paying fuch monies to his Majefty's ufe. The payments made according to the commiffioners warrants, &c. fhall be difcharges to the collectors, or their heirs, &c. Collectors not paying, may be imprisoned, and their eftates feized and fold. - Arrears of former land-taxes to be levied by the prefent commiffioners.- No receiver-general, or his agents, may fue the county for a robbery, uniefs the perfons carrying the money be in company, and three at least in number. Tolls or du Com ties on turnpikes, not chargeable by this or any former act. 47,9541. 15. 2 d. to be raised in Scotland, by an 8 months cefs of 5,9941. No undue -Orders affignable. Commiffioners of the treasury impowered to prepare any number of Exchequer bills of one common fum, or different fums, in the principal monies. Bills to bear interest at 41. per cent. per annum. Thefe bills to be numbered arithmetically. -Treafury to direct the courfe of payment for loans or Exchequer bills, and to appoint cheques, &c. Land tax. The bills to be placed as cafh in the Exchequer. Claufes in the malt tax act relating to Exchequer bills extended to this. How the monies arifing by this act fhall be applied. - Treasury on the 29 Sept. 1765, to take an account of all monies raifed and difcharged. Unfatisfied monies to be paid out of the next aid, or out of the finking fund. The monies to be replaced out of the firft fupplies. Deficiency of the land tax 2 Geo. iii, how to be fupplied. CAP. III. An alt for punishing mutiny and defertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. Preamble. W HEREAS the raising or keeping a flanding army within this kingdom, in time of peace, unless it be with confent of par parliament, is against law: and whereas it is judged neceffary by his Majefty, and this prefent parliament, that a body of forces should be continued for the fafety of this kingdom, the defence of the poffeffions of the crown of Great Britain, and the prefervation of the balance of power in Europe; and that the whole number of fuch forces Number of fould confift of feventeen thousand five hundred and thirty two effec- forces, 17,532, tive men, including two thousand feven hundred and thirty nine inva- including lids: and whereas, during the late just and neceffary war in which his 2,739 invalids. Majefty has been engaged against France and Spain, fome part of his Majefty's forces, exceeding the number aforefaid, has been employed in diftant parts beyond the feas, which must render the time when fuch forces may return home uncertain; fome of which are intended to be broke, and others reduced, as foon after fuch arrival as conveniently may be and whereas no man can be fore-judged of life or limb, or fubjected in time of peace to any kind of punishment within this realm, by martial law, or in any other manner than by the judgment of his peers, and according to the known and established laws of this realm; yet nevertheless, it being requifite for the retaining all the before-mentioned forces in their duty, that an exact difcipline be cbferved, and that foldiers who fhall mutiny, or ftir up fedition, or fball defert his Majesty's fervice within this realm, or the kingdom of Ireland, Jerfey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, or the islands thereto belonging, be brought to a more exemplary and speedy punishment than the ufual forms of the law will allow; be it therefore enacted by the King's moft excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame,That from and After 24 March 1764, during the continuance of this act, every officer and private man, who fhall mutiny or defert, &c. or lift in any other regiment, &c. or fhall be found fleeping on, or fhall defert his poft, or hold illegal correfpondence with the enemies of his Majefty, or shall strike, or difobey, his fuperior officer; fhall fuffer death, or such punishment as a court-martial fhall inflict. The King may grant commiffion to hold a court-martial, &c.Court-martial may inflict corporal punishment for immoralities, &c.. General court-martial not to confift of less than 13; and the prefident to be a field officer, or officer next in feniority, not under the degree of a captain. May adminifter an oath to witneffes. Officers to be fworn. The oaths. The judge-advocate to be fworn. The oath. -In fentences of death, nine officers to concur, &c. Hours of trial. The party tried, intitled to a copy of the fentence and proceedings of the court-martial. Original proceedings, &c. of courts-martial to be tranfmitted to the judge-advocate general in London, &c. None to be tried a fecond time for the fame offence, except in cafe of appeal.This act not to exempt foldiers from ordinary process. -Penalty on falfe certificates to excufe foldiers from mufters. Penalty on officers making false musters, &c.-Fictitious names allowed by his Majesty's order upon the mufter-rolls for the maintenance of officers widows, not to be conftrued a falfe mufter. Muter-master to give notice of muster to a mayor, &c. Penalty on neglect. Mufter-rolls to be figned by the mayor, &c.- Penalty on perfons offering themselves to be falfly mustered.- Horfes falfly mustered, to be forfeited, &c. Forfeiture how to be levied. -Officer embezzelling, &c. military ftores, to be cashiered, and forfeit rool. and the damage to be made good by fale of his goods and chattels; for want of diftrefs the perfon to be committed. Application of the forfeiture. Mufter-mafter taking a mufter, to make oath. The oath. - Muster-rolls though tranfmitted B 4 without without the oath indorsed to the pay-masters general, to be good vouchers to the auditor. -Penalty on agents, &c. detaining officers or foldiers pay. Weekly rates. Penalty on agents difobeying orders. Surgeon, &c. within ten miles of London, &c. to certify who are fick; and commanding officers, who are employed in raising recruits.-Penalty on officers mustering perfons by wrong names. -Conftables, &c. to quarter officers and men in inns, alehouses, &c. but in no diftillers houses, or shopkeepers, or in any private houses. Penalty on conftables, &c. quartering foldiers in private houses, &c. and on officers quartering foldiers contrary to this act, &c. Perfons aggrieved by being quartered on, may complain to any juftices and be relieved. -No justice having any military office, to be concerned in billeting his foldiers.- -Officers and foldiers to pay rates for their provifions. What inn-holders may allow men quartered on them instead of meat.-Penalty on officers taking money to excufe the quartering. Dragoons, &c. and their horfes to be billeted in the faine house.. Manner of changing men and horses. Clause relating to a foldier's fettlement for his wife and children. - Officers, &c. to be quartered in Scotland, as the laws in force at the union direct. No pay-mafter, &c. to make deductions out of officers or foldiers pay.— Exceptions.- -Treasury may iffue out the money due for clothing every two months. Pay-mafters to deduct the off-reckonings. Officers to give notice to inn-keepers of fubfiftence-money in their hands. Rates of fubfiftence to be paid to inn-keepers, &c. for foldiers quarters. Penalty on officers not paying fubfiftence-money.. On non-payment of quarters the officer to make up accounts, &c. - -No muster in Westminster, &c. but in the prefence of two or more juftices. Conftables, &c. may billet foldiers in Wefminfter, &c. Petty conftables, &c. to quarter foldiers in their respective divifions. Constables, &c. to deliver lifts at quarter feffions, on oath, of inhabitants, and foldiers quartered in their respective divifions; to be inspected without fee. Copies of fuch lifts to be wrote by the clerk at 2d. per fheet, containing 150 words. Penalty on default. Penalty on giving defective lifts. How to be levied,This act to extend to Ferfey, &c. Mufter-rolls to be closed on day of mufter, and returned to the pay-mafter of the forces, &c. Penalty. Juftices may order conftables to provide carriages. Rates for carriages. Penalty on officers forcing waggons to travel more than one day's journey, &c.-Penalty on conftables, &c. neglect.. Treasurers of the county to repay the conftables extraordinary charges. The money for thofe purposes how to be raised. No waggon, &c. to carry above 30 hundred weight. — Carriages in Scotland how to be provided.. Soldiers wives, &c. not to be quartered without confent. Penalty. Penalty on officers or foldiers destroying the game. How the account of every regiment shall be kept. Penalty on pay-master, &c. Penalty on colonels. Non-commiffion officer embezzelling the foldiers pay, &c. to be reduced, &c. - Juftices may commit deferters. Reward for taking-up deferters. Penalty on perfons concealing deferters, or buying their arms, clothes, &c. Penalty on officer breaking open house without warrant. His Majefty empowered to make articles of war. None to be adjudged of life or limb, but for crimes expreffed to be fo punishable by this act. -Deferters beyond fea, &c. may be tried here or in Ireland. This act to extend to deferters, &c. in Ireland, &c. Perfons acquitted by the civil magiftrate may only be cafhiered by a court-martial. Perfons accused of capital crimes, &c. to be delivered over to the civil magiftrate, &c. -Pay-mafters, &c. to account with executors.Perfons fued may plead the general iffue. Treble costs. All fuits to be brought in fome of the courts of record at Wefiminfler, or Dublin, or the court of feffion in Scotland. Continuance of this act.-Penalties against the act 1 Geo. i. where to be fued for. I No volunteer liable to procefs, unless for fome criminal matter, or unless for a real debt of the value of rol. Oath of the debt to be made before a judge, and marked on the back of the process. Plaintiff may file a common appearance. Penalty on taking money to excufe any perfon from quartering; or victuallers retuting to quarter foldiers. Juftices may order conftables to give an account of the number of foldiers quartered, &c. --- How troops -- - |