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 A. D. 1716. Anno tertio Georgii Regis, C. 15. 14.9 and treble the Sum by him taken over and above tht ju ft Fees mentioned in the faid Sth.dulc, together tn Forfeiture of with his treble Coils ; all which fhall be oroered, aw; rded and given to the Party aggrieved, by (he Court ', 1. and n of Exchequer upon Complaint and Proof of fall Offence made and exhibited before the Barons o: u ■ _' ' iiimuken, faid Court, in fuch fhort and fummary Way and Method as to them fnall Rem meet. t0 be ' '■' ' ' " Cora plaint, by llie Exchequer in a fummary W.y. ' II. And whereas the Profers payable by the Sheriff's of the feyeral Counties of England, into the Re- ' ceipt of the Exchequer at Ea/l,r and Michaelmas yearly, remain the fame at this Day that they anci- ' ently were, although many of the Rents and Certainties out of which the faid Payments arife, have of ' hue Years been alienated from the Crown :' Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That theThcLord-trea- Lord High Treafurer of Gre t Britain, or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, the Chan- ,mrr > & <- may cellor and chief Baron of his Majefty 's Court of Exchequer^ and the reft of the Borons of that Court, prfj^r CleUw »od: any two or more of them, (hall and may, from Time to Time, at the requeft of any Sheriff or Shejiffs^iExcht! or as often as they fhall think fit, call before them the Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, com- monly called the Treafurer'.'. Remembrancer, and the Clerk of the Pipe, or their Deputies, Secondaries, 10, 8'"= inapac- anJ lueh other Officers as they {hall think fit, and {hall caufe the faid Officers, or fome of them, to bring ' ic "'',' ofJ ' before them an Account or Particular of all the Rents and Certainties written out yearly in Procefles to and Ce f r ". ,n *j ■■ the Sheriff of each refpeftive County in England to levy for the Crown ; and upon due Examination andcefsto Confideration thereof had, arc hereby impowered and required, from Time to Time, to alter, diminifh, and reduce arid reduce or eftablifh the fcveral Sums wherewith the faid Sheriffs ftand or fhall ftand chargeable on the Rolls tcttie the Umc > of Piofers in the faid Court of Exchequer, to fuch reafonable and moderate Sums as to, them fhall feem juft and reafonable, with regard to the Amount or Value of the Rents in each County refpeclively •, and v/ith reg'a'rd to that Orders of the Court of Exchequer be drawn up purfuant thereunto, and entered upon Record in the the Rents ; and- feveral Offices of his Majefty's Remembrancer, the Lord Treafurer's or the Cot miffioners of the Treafu- °' dc| s to be eu. ry's Remembrancer, and Clerk of the Pipe, fome Time before the laft Day of Michaelmas-term then next terr, cd on Rc ~ following; andth.it, from Time to Time, the Sum and Sums of Money fo reduced, afcertairie'd'apiTfet- and 4e Rents ft tied, fhall be deemed and taken to be the Profers of each refpective County, and the Rolls of Profers, fettled to be '■:..'■ from Time to Time, {hall be made conformable thereunto ; and the faid Sum and Sums fo reduced, afcer- Gofers ofcach tained and fettled, as aforefaid, and no other, fhall be paid by the faid refpective Sheriffs for their Piofers, p oum. v > payable; at the Days and Times, and in the Manner formerly life'd for Profers. y tlle sherlti - HI. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the ninth Day of July in the Sheriffs levying • Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, all Sheriffs who fhall levy any Debts, Du- Debts, &c. (ex- ties or Sums of Money whatfoever, except Poft-fines, due or h reafter to become due to the King's Ma- CC P C P°ft-fin«). jetty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by Procefs to them directed upon the Summons of the Pipe or Green Wax, or by Levari Facias, out of the Court of Exchequer, fhall from Time to Time, for their Care, Pains and Charges, and for their Encouragement therein, have an Allowance upon their Accounts of twelve Pence to have rs pet- out of every twenty Shillings for any Sum not exceeding one hundred Pounds fo by them levied or col- Pound for the lected ; and the Sum of fix Pence only for every twenty Shilling.; over and above the firft one hundred ,ft ,ocl - an<J Pounds ; and for all Debts, Duties and Sums of Money, except Port-fines due or to become due to his 6d ' io ! cveiy Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, by Procefs on Fieri faciis, and Ext-"' ■ ; Extent, uTuing out of any of the Offices of sum ;
 * e out of every twenty Shillings, for anv an j '

the Court of Exchequer, the Sum of one Shilling and ft' Pence e,„ Sum not exceeding one hundred Pounds fo by them levied or collected ; and the Sum of twelve Pence by Fi. fa; a "d" only for every twenty Shillings over and above the firft- one hundred Pounds : Provided always fuch Sheriff-Extent, to have {hall duly anfwer the .fame upon this Account by the general fealing Day of fuch Term in which he ou^ht *'*• 6d ; P er to be difiniffed the Court, or in fuch Time to which he fhall have a Day granted to finifii lis faid Accounts, p ™ nA for ,he by Warrant iigned by the Lord Chief Baron, or one of the Barons of the Coif of the laid Court for the is. 1 ™ Pound Time being, and not otherwife. above. Provided he anfwer the fame on his Account. ' IV. And whereas by Virtue of an Act made in the fourth and fifth Years of the Reign of their late a & c W. & M. ' Majefties King William and Queen Mary, for encouraging tSe apprehending of Highwaymen 5 and of c - 8. ' one other Act made in the fixth and feventh Years of his faid late Majefty King William the Third to 6 i w ' prevent counterfeiting and clipping the Coin of this Kingdom ; and of one other Act made in the fifth c. 1-. ' Year of her late Majefty Queen Anne, for encouraging the : pprehending of Houfe-breakers, the refpec- 5 Ann, c. 31,, ' tive Sheriffs of England and Wales are obliged to pay the fev ral Rewards of forty Pounds, as in thofe ' Acts is directed upon the Convictions of Highwaymen, Clippers, Coiners, or Houfe-breakers, to fuch Per- '• fon or Perfons who fhall bring to fuch Sheriff a Cert'iicate under the Hand of the Judge or Juftic;s be- ' fore whom fuch Offenders were convicted, directing Payment thereof, under the Penalty of forfeiting to ' the Party entitled thereunto double the Sum fo certified, with treble Cofts of Suit; which faid Reward ' of forty Pounds being fo paid, as aforefaid, is by the faid Several Acts ordered to be allowed to fuch She- 4 riff upon his Account ; and if there fhould not be remaining in the Hands of fuch Sherifi', Monies' fuf- ' ficient for that Purpofe, and in fuch Cafe the Surplufage occafioned thereby, fhould be repaid to fuch ' Sheriff by the Lord High Treafurer, or the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time beihp-, out of 'the Revenue of the Crown, upon Certificate thereof from the Clerk of the Pipe, or by the Auditor of ' Wales, as by the faid refpedtive Acts may more at large appear: And whereas- fince the makin» of the Al " ter 9 J^'y ' faid Acts it hath been found, that many Sheriffs have "been put under great Difficulties and Inconverien- 1?17 > shenff " t cies " ot ° Wl£ed t0