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 A. D.i 5 53* Anno feptimo E D w a r d i VI. C. i. [ II. Be it therefore enacted by the King our Sovereign Lord, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, i Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflemblcd, and by the Authority <>f the fame, That every 'J and general and particular Receiver, Collector and BailifF, and other Minifter Accomptant, which n charged or chargeable with or for the Receipt of any of the King's Majcfty's Money, K whatfoevcr, not being bound with Surety 01 Sureties by Obligation, Rccognifance or otherwise, to our late true An . ii Lord the King, or to our Sovcrci] n Lord the King that now is, for or concerning tin " Offices before the xx. Day of December next coming, or at any Time or Times before the (sun xx. D.ty of ■7, if they or any of them be rcafonably required, fhall upon Pain of Forfeiture of his Office be- bound to the King's Majcfty by fufficient Writing obligatory in reafonable bum or Sums of Monty ; (z) The fame Writing obligatory to be made with or upon Condition, tb.it the Perfon which fhall be fo bound- in, his Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, Deputy or Deputies, or one of them, from Time toTimcfliill -j icld a perfect and true Accompt of all Sums of Money, and oilier Things that the fame Trcafurcr and I .mil particular Receiver, Collector, BailifF or other Minifter Accomptant, fhall, may, or rcafonably might be charged with, concerning or by reafon of his or their Office or Offices : (3) And alfo fhall make Payments of the lame Sums of Money al inch Days and Times, and in fuch Manner and Form, as here- after in this Act is cxprelTed and declared. III. And be it further enacted. That all and every Perfon and Perfons hereafter to be named, affigtied E ■■■; Offiorts tinted to be Trcafurer or general or particular Receiver, Collector or Bailiff, or Minifter Accompt: nt the King k- of our f.iiil Sovereign Lord the King, fhall before any their Entry, Executing, Uling or Excrcifing of ' "'- or their Office or Offices whereunto he or they fhall be fo nominated or appointed, together with Surety or ln c"(h"ii b"" Sureties, acknowledge and make fufficient and lawful Bond or Ponds to the King's Majcfly, in fuch Court bound withSure. of Record where the fame Officer or Officers is or fhall be accomptable and chargeable, that they, their ti :>x. Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, Affigns or Deputies, fhall truly accompt and pay all fuch Sums of AIo- Account and ney as fhall come to their Hands, or fhall, may, or reafonably might be charged with concerning hi., or •0' n ' cn " their Office or Offices to the King's Ufe, within the Circuits of their feveral Receipts and Collections, at fuch or like Days and Times, and in fuch Manner and Form as is abovefaid, to be contained in the Con- ditions of every of the (aid Bonds, upon Fain of Lofs and Forfeiture of his or their Office or Offices, and of his and their Letters Patents of the lame Office or Offices. IV. Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Receiver of the King's Majcfty's Ho- R nours, Manors, Lands, Pofleffions, Rents and Revenues for the Time being, or his Deputy or Deputies,. «P IS ""to Ac- fhall yearly make his feveral Precepts to all and fingular the Collectors, Minifters and Bailiffs Accomptant C0 ™P" n,! t0 within the Circuit of his Office, charging and commanding them on the King's Majcfty's Behalf, by the Jf^'i, coijec- fame Precept, to appear before them perfonally, or by their fufficient Deputy or D puties, for whom they tions due to the will anfwer, within the County where the fame Offices, Bailiwicks, Receipts or Collections do lie, at a King at Eifter, certain Day and Place in the fame Precept to be limited, and to pay to the King's Majefty's Ufe fuch Sums of Money as they ought to do by Rea r on of any of their faid Offices, being due to our faid Sovereign Lord the King at or before the Feaft of Eafler, which they have or may by any lawful or due Mean levy or receive within or by Reafon of their faid Offices or Collections: (2) And that the fame Precepts fhall be fe- verally delivered to every of the faid Officers, Minifters and Bailiffs Accomptant, or to their Deputy or Deputies, or elfc be left at their Dwelling-houfcs, or at the Manor, Lordfhip or Place where their Receipt or Collection is or ought to be, twelve Days at the leaft before the Day of Appearance to them given and prefixed in the fame Precept or Precepts. V. And if any of the faid Minifters, Collectors or Bailiffs Accomptant, upon or after any fuch Precept The Penalty or Precepts at any Time hereafter made by any fuch Receiver, and being delivered and left in Form afore- "here an Ac- comstant ma- keth Default of pcarancc or jment. be anfwered, fhall for the firft Offence Iofe and forfeit to the King our Sovereign Lord his whole Fee for that Year wherein he fhall fo make Default, or the Value thereof ; (2) and for Non-payment of the faid Money due and payable at or before the faid Feaft of E after unto our faid Sovereign Lord the King, within or by reafon of his faid Office, Collection or Bailiwick, fhall lofe and forfeit for the firft Offence of Non- payment vi. d. of the Pound, in the Name of a Pain, for every Month after the faid Day of Appearance, until the fame Money fhall be by him or his Deputy paid to the Hands of the faid Receiver, to the King's Majefty's Ufe. Vi. And after the firft Default of Appearance made by any of the faid Officers, and another like Precept The Per-.': by the faid Receiver be made and delivered or left in Form aforefaid, then the faid Officer or Officers making ' hc fc ^ T ^ W- again Default, and being thereof lawfully convicted as is aforefaid, for the fecond Default and Offence for cnce " I^on-appcarance fhall lofe and forfeit to the King our Sovereign Lord his Office and Fee: (2) And for the faid fecond Offence in the Non-payment of the faid Money due and payable within and by Reafon of his Office, Collection or Bailiwick, at or before the faid Feaft of Eajier, fhall lofe and forfeit xii.d. of every Pound, in the Name of a Pain, for every Month after the faid laft Day of Appearance and Default made as : is aforefaid, until the fame Money fhall be by him or his Deputy paid to the Hands of the faid Receiver, to the Ufe of our Sovereign Lord the King. VII. And further be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Auditor and Auditors of The Auditors our faid Sovereign Lord the King, of his Majefty's Honours, Manors, Lands, Poffeffions, Rents and Re- Preceptsto Ac- venues, for theTime being, or his or their fufficient Deputy or Deputies, fhall have full Power and Au- "^.'"p." t0 _. thovity by Virtue of this Act yearly to make their Precept or Precepts to all Minifters, Collectors and Bai- f theirjColke- liffs Accomptant, commanding them on the Behalf of our faid Sovereign Lord the King to appear and tions due at accompt before him or them perfonally, or elfe by their fufficient Deputy or Deputies, at a Place certain Miduelmaj. within the County where the fame Lands and Pofleffions do lie, at the King's Majefty's Audit, to be nclden 4. tLeie ccpts, that then the fame Collector, Minifter or Bailiff Accomptant fo making Default, and not appearing A e _ as is aforefaid, and being thereof duly and lawfully convicted in the Court where the Revenue is or fhall Paym