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 f67^ C;. 28* Anno o6lavo & nono Gu LIE LMi III. A. D. 1697. No Teller to If. And be it enatEled and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twentieth charge himfclf Day of Jpnl one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, no Teller in the faid Receipt of Exchequer fhall charge Moniet"but'° himfelf by his Bill with the Receipt of any Monies in the Exchequer, but at fuch Times as the Officers of when Offirers of the Talley Court, their Deputies, or SubiHtutes, fhall be there prefcnt, to levy aTalley or Tallies for the ■ the Tallry Court fame ; nor fhall any Teller, or other Perfon employed by him, throw down, or caufe to be thrown down .are prefcnt, nor jnfo the faid Court, any Bill or Bills, owning or purporting the Receipt of any Sum or Sums of Money throw dovvn a fiof,-, j^,-,y Lender of Money, Receiver, or any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, upon which Bill or,Bill3 ,j^'(j^"j5j.^^,j.''y^^ a Talley or Tallies are to be levied, according to the Courfe of the faid Receipt, unlefs fuch Teller re- ■ til the Money fpe£lively, or his Clerks, or Perfons employed by him, fhall have a£lually received, and have then in his ■ Ve aftualiy re- OfHce the very Money which fhall be fpeciiied in ilich Bill or Bills refpeiStively, except in fuch Cafes where iceived. Tallies are or fhall be levied by the fpecial Warrants or Directions of the Commiflioners of the Treafury, ■10 & '• W- 3- ,,or fo many of them as fnall be appointed to be a ^.orum for the time being, or of the Treafurer of the •Exceptitn! tExchequer for the time being, or where the Perfon for whom any Talley or Tallies fhall be levied, or to ■whom fuch Money fliall be direiSted to be ilTued, fliall at the fame Time, or on the fame Day cf throwing down the faid Bill or Bills, give a Difcharge according to the Courfe of the Exchequer, upon fome Order or Debenture for the Money for which fuch Bill fliall be fo thrown down, purfuant to the like Warrant or VPenaUy on Tel- Direflions to be had and received for that Purpofe ; upon Pain that any Teller who fhall oifend agaitifl this Jcr or Deputy AcSt, by charging himfelf by his Bill at fuch Times as the Officers of the i alley Court, their Deputies or .cffending, Subftitutes, fhall not be there prefent as aforefaid, or by throwing down his Bill or Bills, without firfl re- ceiving and having the Money therein fpecifled in his Office as aforefaid (except in fuch Cafes as are be- fore excepted) fhall for fuch Oifence incur the like Forfeiture of Office and Difability as are before men- tioned, and for every fuch Offence fliall forfeit and lofe double the Sum fo unduly charged by him (to wit) one Moiety thereof to the King, and the other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons as will inform and fue for T'"crk"Z'^'" *^s fame ; and if fuch Offence fhall be committed by any Clerk or Subflitute of fuch Teller, then fuch " ' ' ■ Clerk or Subflitute, for every fuch Offence, fhall forfeit double the Sum fo unduly charged, in like Manner, ■and fliall be removed and expelled from the faid Receipt, III. And to the end that none of His Majefly's Treafure, which fhall be charged in the Receipt of the Ex' ichcxjuer, and ought to be there remaining, may be made ufe of or tlifpofed without fufficient and lawful Authority in that Behalf, it is hereby alfo enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That no Teller in the faid Receipt of Exchequer, or any Clerk or Subfiitute of fuch Teller, after the Bill or Bills of fuch 'Wo Teller, &c. Teller fliall be thrown down into the faid Talley-Court, to charge him with any Sum or Sums of Money by the Auditor of the faid Receipt ; the Auditor of time being, and recorded by the Clerk of the Pells for the time being, and taking a Receipt to difcharge the Receipt, &c, the King, according to the ancient Courfe and Praftice of the faid Receipt, under the like Forfeitures, Difability, and Penalties to be incurred by fuch Tellers, their Clerks, and Subflitutes refpe£tively, for fo •doing, as are by this Aft provided and to be infliiSled for unduly charging any Money before it is actually .received and in- the Office, as aforefaid. IV. And that the King's Service, or the Bufinefs of particular Perfons, to be tranfafted at the faid Re- ceipt from time to time, may not be delayed or prejudiced. Be it further enafied and declared by the Autho« •'Officers of the j-jty aforefaid. That from and after the faid twentieth Day of y^firil one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, •a^ienddJi'iv" '° *^" Chamberlains or Deputy Chamberlains, and fuch other Officers, Miniflers, Clerks, and Deputies, as Sun'da-s and' ^'^ belong to the Talley Court, and are neceflary for the levying of Tallies, fhall daily, except upon Suii- Holidays ex- cldys, and fuch Other fiolidays as have been commonly obferved at the Receipt of Exchequer, conftantly at- cepted; and in tend there in their ("everal Places, at leafl: from eight of the Clock in the Forenoon, till one of the Clock cafe of Sicknefs, .j^j j-jjg Afternoon in every Year from Lady-day to Michaelmas, and from nine of the Clock in the Forenoon fuparedT ° ^ ■*■'" ""^ '^^ '^^^ Clock in the Afternoon in every Year from Michaelmas to Lady-day, without abfenting them- felves from the fame, iinlefs they refpedtively be fick, or have Leave of Ablence, to be obtained from the Comir.iffioneis of the Treafury, or the Treafurer or Under Treafurer of the Exchequer for the time being j fJenahyon-CF- in which Cafes of Sickncfs, or I^cave of Abfence, the Rocm or Place of fuch Perfon fick, or having Leave ficCTabfentms jq -(jg abfcnt, fhall be fuiFicicntly fupplied in the mean Time as hath been accuftonied ; upon Pain that any w.tiout eave. fuch Ofllcer, h'linifler, Clerk, or Deputy, abfenting himfelf contrary to this Adt, whereby the Bufinefs of the King, or of any others m the faid Receipt, fliall be delayed or obflructed, fhall be liable to anfwer and make go^d, as well to the King as to the Party that fhall fufFerany Lofs or Damage by fuch Delay or Ob- Pcnalty on Of- ftrutSlion, double Damages, befides full Coflrs of Suit ; and that the Auditor of fne. faid Receipt, and Wri- fiiers of Exche- ter of the Tallies and Cciintcr Tallies, the Clerk of the Pells, the four Tellers, and other the Officers and qaer not giving Miniffcers of the faid Receipt for the time being, fliall feverallv by themfelves, at all Times when their own ue .tten ance. pgrfonal Attendance is ncceffary and required by the ancient Practice and Ufage there, and by themfelves, or their refpeftive Deputies, Clerks, or Subflitutes, at fuch i imes, and for fuch Matters, wherein they or any of them may aft by a Deputy, Clerk, or Subfiitute, give fuch due and cojifcant Attendance in their rc- fpeftive Places, as that His Majefty, His Heirs or SuccefTors, or any other Perfon or Perfons, who are to re- ■ceive Money, or have other lawful Occafions there, may not be delayed or prejudiced, for want of the due Aittendance of fuch Officers, Miniflers, Deputies, Clerks, or Subflitutes refpeftively, under the like Pe- nally of anfvcring double Damages, befides full Cods of Suit, as aforefu'd. 51 H. 3. ft. 5. ' V. And in Regard the Biifmef's of the faid Receipt is very much increafed of late Years, and that a con- Auditorsfirft ' f"^'^;!'-^''" Truft is repofed in the Chief Clerks there;' It is hereby further enafted by the Authority afore- Cierk, Clerk, of f^''^' That the firfl- Clerk in the Offices of the Auditor of the Receipt, the Clerk of the Pells, and of the the p':il.5, and four Tellers aforefaid, and every of them (who are and fhall be appointed by thofe Officers refpeftively. Tellers Officers, with the Approbation of the CoinmiiSaners of the Treafury, or the Treafurer of the Bxchiqutr for the «• wl;j an Oath. time