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 /Ifii-fTmcnts on Houfcs wh-.-re fo- re ^n Mirriftcrs fl)all be rcfidcnr, {h: be pa:d by the Landlord or Owner. In all cxtraparochia] and privllefcd Places, thi; Commifijoocrs, or any two, are required to nominate two Ptrfons in or near the faid Plucci and to appoint o/ie or ir.ore CoUcC'^ tors. Nothing in this Aft to m.ilce void Contry£ls hetween Landlord orTe- nant or others, touching Payment of Taxes, touching Popiih Recufants, NoComminioncrs ihall be capable to aft before he have taken the Oaths n the A6t x vV. & M. for abro- A. D. 1692. Anno quartoGuLiELMi & Marine. C. i. 493 XXXII. Pyovided always and be it enacted, That every Rate, Tax, or AnciTmcnt which (hall be made or impofed by virtue of this AQ, in refpeiS of any Houfc or Tene- ment which an AmbalTador, Refident, Agent, or other publiclc Miniftcr of any foreign Prince or State, now doth or fliall hereafter inhabit or occupy, fliail be paid by the Land- lord or Owner of the faid Houfes or Tenements refpeftively. XXXIII. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That in al! privilcgecl and other Places, being ex raparochial or not, within any the Conftablewicks or Prccincls of the rcfpeflive AffeiFors, to be appointed by virtue of this Aft, (although in any Monthly or othet Tax they have not been aflcfled or rated heretofore) the faid Commilfioners or any 'o i": Aiiciiurs, two or more of them, fhall and are hereby required to nominate and appoint two fit Per- fons living in or near the faid privileged or other Places, as aforeiaid, to be Affeffors for the faid Places, and to make and return their AiTeflrnents, in like Manner as by this Aft is appointed, in any Parifh, Tything, or Place ; and alfo to appoint one or more CoUcftors, who are hereby required to colleft and pay the fame according to the Riites appointed by this Aft for the coUefting and paying all Sums of Money payable by this Aft. XXXIV. Provided always, That nothing in this Aft contained, ftiall be conllrued to alter, change, determine, or make void any Contrafts, Covenants, or Agreements what- foever between Landlord and Tenant, or others touching the Payment of Taxes or AfieH- mcnts ; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithllanding. XXXV. Provided always, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no No Commiflioncrs (liall be liable lo Commiffioner or Commiffioners who fhall be employed in the Execution of this Aft, fhall the Penalties in the^AftofasCar, be liable for or by reafon of fuch Execution, to any of the Penalties mentioned in the Aft made in the five and twentieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for the preventing of Dangers which may happen from Popilh Recufants. XXXVI. Provided always, and be it enafted. That no Perfon fliall be capable of afting as a Commiffioner in the Execution of this Aft before he fhall have taken the Oaths ap- „. ^,.^,.^^, „_ ^^ ^.,. pointed by an Aft of Parliament made in the fitft Year of their Majefties Reign, intituled, gatVngthVoathVorAifegianceand jfn AB for abrogating of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance^ and appointing other Oaths ; Supremacy, &c. which Oaths it fhall be lawful for any two or more Commiffioners to adminifter, and are Wh-ch Oaths any two or more of hereby required to adminifter to any other Commiffioner. Idmi^nX™'"'"""' "' '"'""'"' '" XXXVII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Papift, or ^ ™r'y Pap^ of the Age of 1.6 or reputed Papift being of the Age of fixteen Years or upwards, who fhall not have taken the upwards, not having taken :ii= Oaths mentioned, and required to be taken by the faidlaft mentioned Aft, {hall yield and pay Oaths in the laft ir.cnticned A3., unto their Majefties double the Sums and Rates which by Force or Virtue of any Claule (^;"j;;',';^l°",!'^f/-" ""*'^'^ • in this Aft before mentioned, or contained, he or fhe ftiould or ought to pay or be charged  ' '"' ' with (that is to fay) For every hundred Pounds of ready Money and Debts, and for every j hundred Pounds worth of Goods, Wares, Merchandifes, Chattels, or perfonal Eftrate, tlis ' Sum of eight and forty Shillings ; and fo after that Rate for every greater or leffer Qiianti- ty ; and for every twenty Shillings of the full yearly Value of any Manors, Meffuages, or other Hereditaments or Premifl'es charged by this Ail, which he or fhe ftiall have or hold, the Sum of eight Shillings to be aflcfled, levied and collefted, anfwered, recovered, an.d.: paid in fuch Manner, by fuch Ways and Means, and according to fuch Rules and Direc- tions, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are before in this Aft exprelTed or ap*- pointed for and concerning the above mentioned Rates and Sums, which are hereby intend-- ed to be doubled, as aforefaid. XXXVIII. Provided neverthelefs. That if any fuch Papift or reputed Papift within ■ Unkfs witUln ten Days nk:-: ih; ten Days after the firft Meeting of the faid Commiffioners in the refpeftive Counties or Mveting of the Commiffionirs, u Places, where he or fhe ought to be taxed or afl"effed, according to the Intent of this pre- I'ail tak* the Oaths^ fent Aft, fhall take the faia Oaths, before two or more of the faid Commiffioners (v/hich Oaths the faid Commiffioners are hereby impowered to adminifter) That in fuch cafe lie or Ihe ftiall not be liable to be doubly afleffed, as aforefaid. XXXIX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon being Evjry Perfon .of 16 Ycars^of Ajfj . of the Age of fixteen Years, or upwards, and bein| within this Realm at the Time of the ^^tcTe TleEhc"xeau?onof : Execution of this Aft, who fhall not before that 1 ime have taken th? faid Oaths mention- the Afl being fiimmoned, cd and required to be taken by the faid Aft, intituled, /In A£i for the abngating cfthe Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and appointing other Oaths ; and upon Summons by vVarrant un^ der the Hand and Seal of one or more of the Commiffioners appointed by this Aft, fhall (hall ;refufe '•- take the Osths, refufe to take the faid Oaths at the Time appointed in the faid Warrant, or ftiall negleft to "f "^g'^«- -^ .^^"^Zl^YJZL Ihl' appear at fuch Times before the Commiffioners in. order to take the laid Uatns, (wnicn c_^;j ^^^l^^^ Oaths the faid Commiffioners, or any two or more of them are hereby impowered and re-- quired to adminifter) ftiall yield and pay unto their Majefties double the Sums and Rates «^^1 pay double the Ra«5 he a. which by force or virtue of any Claufe in this Aft before mentioned or contained he or ^ "W'so"Sa • ftie fhould or ought to pay, or be charged with, ed touching Papifts or reputed Papifts, in manner as is before in this Aft appoint- XL.