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 A.D.I542-3* Anno xxxivcc xxwll r. n rici VIII. C.-&4. ccfl-'i atutc, Ordinance, or other mean, and by the fame Collector, pai r, or any of them rri ii d r gathered, truly content, deliver, and pay the fame to th fuch Place "i Placi, and to fu h Perfon oi P rfons, asbi 01 . (i) upon Pain to forfeit to the King, liis Heirs and ami al ni d, ki pt, 01 lai I oui foi < lain, in I not pi id within three M< I i t. for every Month thai the farm I all be lo retained, kept, or I iforcfaid, and (hall alio lofc and forfeit his or their faid Office concerning the f; Pro- fits thereunto btlonging : (5) And that the King (hall be lai or general Receiver, upon his 01 their Accompts, with the Pen elfc at his Plcafurc demand, afk, and recover the fame by . 01 Suit of Di the fame Collecloi 01 Collectors, particular or general I' 1 r, thci or Admini in which Action, Bill, Plaint or Suit, no Protection, Efl'oin, or Wager of Law fiiall be allowed nor admitted. II. Provided alway, That if any of the faid Collectors, particular or general Receivers, tender Payment of all lin.li Money by them received to the King's Ufe within the faid three Months, in fuch Place, and° rRe ^ fuch Perfon and Pcrfons as be or fhall be chare ;d v. ith the Receipt of the fame, and Jo as much as in. himorthemis, or then (hall be, for to make true Payment tl . cannot be thereunto admitted, by c ient,thl Reafon of importunate Buftncfs, or other lawful Impediment or Caufe in him or them that fhouIJ accept or be not it vt the lame ; that in every fuch Cafe the fame Collector, particular or general Receiver or Receivt, as fliall fo make Tender of all fuch Money by him or them received or gathered to the King's Lie, as is aforefaid, and cannot be thereunto admitted for any the Caufes abovefaid, fliall not be charged with, or incur any Danger and Penalty contained in this Act; this Act or any Thing therein contained to the con- trary notwithstanding. III. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Heir or Heirs of any Col- How fir the lector or Receiver aforefaid fliall not be charged or chargeable by Reafon of this Act, but only for and in Colleflor'i or _ fuch Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, which the laid Heir or Heirs have or fhall have by Defcent in w*f? cr h s Hc 7 Fee-fimple, or Fee-tail, or by Gift, or elfe by any other Afturanec had or made to any fuch Heir or Heirs, Hob. 45^ " SC only by Covin from the faid Collector or Receiver, or any of them, or any their Affigns. (2) And that in all and every fuch Cafe and Cafes, the Kind's Majefty, his Heirs and Succcfl'ors, to have Execution only of and in fuch Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments defcended, given, or otherwife allured, as is aforefaid, until Inch Tunc as his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, be fully fatisfied and paid oft" all and every fuch Sum and Sums cif Money due or to be due by any fuch Collector or Receiver. IV. And it is further enacted, That the Executor or Executors, Adminiftrator or Adminiftrators of every How far !,,e fuch Collector or Receiver, fliall not be otherwife charged or chargeable by this Act, but as Executors and ":*," Adminiftrators be or fhould be charged and chargeable by the Order of the common Laws of this Realm, in at a "^"'; Actions of Debt ufed and commenced againft them as Executors or Adminiftrators. Receiver (hall V. Provided alio, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That where the Heir and Heirs of be ch any of the King's Receivers, or Collectors, or Debtors, is or fliall be charged of and for his Father's or Thc He " b{in S Anceftors Debts or Duties, whofe Heir he is, whereby the Lands defcended or given to him by Covin, to de- ?" B r fraud the King's Execution of fuch Land unto him or them from the faid lather or Anceftor, is put in JJrinftthe * Execution, that then fuch Heir or Heirs fliall and may have his or their Action of Debt againft the Execu- Executors. tors or Adminiftrators of his faid Father or Anceftor, and fliall have Execution of the Goods and Cattels of the faid Father or Anceftor, being in the Hands of the faid Executors or Adminiftrators at the Time of the laid Action brought ; in which faid Actions no Eflbin, Protection or Wager of Law fliall be admitted or allowed. VI. Provided alway, That this Act fliall not extend to the Collectors of the King's Cuftom, and of the T ? : ; ' Subfidy of Tonnage and Poundage, which be accomptable yearly in the King's Majcily's Exchequer. ]leton VII. Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing therein contained, fhall not extend or be prejudicial ^, fL) ;>- c . to any the faid general or particular Receiver or Receivers, to or for the Payment of any Pcnfions, Fees, NortoR . Annuities, Rents or other Allowances, by them or any of them pnid or to be paid to any Perfon or Pcrfons, P> ir -E Penfions^ according to fuch Allowance, Order or Decree, as be or hereafter fhall be allowed, ordered or decreed in any £'* ; ' of the laid Courts ; any Thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. C.I. 1EI.C.4. 13 El. c. 4, l^E/ix.c.j. 27 Elix. e. 3. zo Car. 2. c. 2. I Geo. 1. r. 36. Jeff, 4. 3 Co. i.e. 4. andy Co. 1. ..-- C A P. III. Of whatMeafurc, Affife and Scantling, Coals, Talwood, Faggots and Billets fliall be, and the Forfeiture REP. ? Ed, j. and Penalty of them that fliall not perform the fame. c - 7« C A P. IV. An A£t againft fuch Perfons as do make Bankrupt. ' XT 7 HERE divers and fund ry Perfons, craftily obtaining into their Hands great Subftance of o:! 1 ' VV Mens Goods, do fuddenly flee to Parts unknown, or jjeep their Houfes, not minding to pay or u ' Subftance obtained by Credit of other Men, for their own Pleafure and delicate Living, againft all Rea- -1 1 -■ i.e 19. ' fon, Equity and good Confcience :' Be it therefore enacted by Authority of this prefent Parliament, That ■ ' ■■'■■'■■ : -' ; - the Lord Chancellor of England, or Keeper of the Great Seal, the Lord Treasurer, the Lord Prefid Lord Privy Seal, and other of the King's molt honourable Privy Counfel, the chief Juftices of either Dench U u z for
 * (We to any their Creditors, their Debts and Duties, but at their own Wills and Pleafures confume the r ].... i.e. ».-.