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 S3 C 2. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. Commiflfonersto upon Tweed, the fcveral and refpective Commiflloners, or any two or more of them, within their Divifion examine whether or Hundred, fhall and are hereby required to call before them the Collectors within each refpective Divifion brdul'y'coneftcd or Hundred, Parifli or Place, and to examine and affure themfelves of the full and whole Payment of the & Cl ' particular Sum and Sums of Money charged upon the fame Divifion or Hundred, and every Parifh and Place therein, and of the due Return of the fame into the Hands of the refpective Receivers General, their Deputy or Deputies, of the faid Counties, Ridings, Cities, Towns arfd Places refpectivejy, and by fuch Receivers General into the Receipt of his Majcfty's Exchequer; to the End there may be no Failure in the Payment of any Part of the Affeflment by virtue of this A£t to be affeffed and paid, nor any Arrears re- maining chargeable upon any of the faid Counties, Ridings, Cities, Towns and Places reflectively; and in cafe of any Failure in the PremifTes, the faid Commiflloners, or any two or more of them, are hereby authorized and required to caufe the fame to be forthwith levied and paid, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act. In care of Con- XX. And it is hereby enacted and declared, That in cafe any Controverfy fliall arife concerning the faid troyerfies in af- Affeflments, or the dividing, apportioning, or Payment thereof, which concerns any of the Commiflioners floncrs, theCom- before by this Act appointeJ, the Commiflioners fo concerned in the faid Controverfy, in their own Right, miffioners con- or in the Right of any other Perfon for whom they fliall act as Steward, Agent, Attorney or Solicitor, fhall cerned to with- have no Voice, but fhall withdraw at the Time of the Debate of fuch Controverfy, until it be determined draw * by the reft of the Commiflioners; and in default thereof the Commiflioners then prefent fhall have Power, in Default to be and are hereby required to impofe fuch Fine or Fines, as to them fhall be thought fit, upon fuch Commif- fined, not above f] on er fo refufing to withdraw, not exceeding twenty Pounds, and to caufe the fame to be levied and paid, ' as other Fines to be impofed by virtue of this Act are to be levied and paid; and all Queftions and Diffe- rences which fliall arife touching any of the faid Rates, Duties and Affeffments in England, J Vales, and Ber- wick upon Tiveed, or the collecting thereof, fliall be heard and finally determined by the faid Commiflioners, in fuch manner as by this Aft is directed, upon Complaint thereof made to them by any Perfon or Perfons thereby grieved, without further Trouble, or Suit in Law, in his Majefty's Court of King's Bench, or any . other Court whatfoever. Piace F or V perfon XXL And be k further c n a #ed and declared, That no privileged Place or Perfon, Body Politick or Cor- exempt from this porate, within the Counties, Ridings, Cities and Towns aforefaid, in England, Wales, and Berwick upon Tax. Tweed, fliall be exempted from the faid Afieflment and Taxes; but that they and every of them, and alfo Fee-.farm Rents, all Fee-farm Rents, and all other Rents, Payments, Sum and Sums of Money, and Annuities, iffuing out &t. to be taxed. f or payable for any Lands, fliall be liable towards the Payment of every Sum by this Act to be taxed and- Tenants to pay levied; and all fuch Tenants are hereby directed and authorized to pay them proportionably, according to ths Rates. the Rates and Affeffments by this Act directed and appointed; and all fuch Tenants fliall be hereby faved and kept harmlefs, by the Authority of this Act, from any further Payment of any fuch Proportion of fuch Rent, Rents, Sums of Money or Annuities, to any Perfon or Perfons to whom any fuch Rent, Rents, .Sums of Money or Annuities, as aforefaid, fhould or ought to be paid, to all Intents and Purpofes what- foever, as fully and amply as if they had paid the fame to any Perfon or Perfons, to whom the fame is or are referved, or become due. 'Colleges, &c. in XXII. Provided, That nothing in this Act: contained fliall extend to charge any College or Hall in either &c^Tchtr'e- of the twoUniverfities of Oxford or Cambridge, or the Colleges of Wind/or, Eaton, TVinton or TVeJlminJler, able" Clar ^ e " or the Corporation of the Governors of the "Charity for the Relief of the poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, or the College of Bromley, or any Hofpital in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, for or in refpect of the Sites of the faid Colleges, Halls or Hofpitals, or any of the Buildings within the Walls or Limits of the faid Colleges, Halls or Hofpitals; or any Mafter, Fellow, or Scholar or Exhibitioner of any fuch College or Hall, or any Reader, Officer, or Maiter of the faid Univerfities, Colleges or Halls, or any Mailers or Ufhers of any Schools in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, for or in refpect of any Stipend, Wages, Rents, Profits or Exhibitions whatfoever, arifing or growing due to them, in refpect of Nor the Houses the faid- fcveral Places or Employments in the faid Univerfities, Colleges or Schools; or to charge any of or Lands which tfle Houfes or Lands, which 'on or before the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand fix hundred of March" 69-, and ninety-three did belong to the Sites of any College or Hall in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, did belong to ' or to Chrijl's Hofpital, Saint Bartholomew, Bridewell, Saint Thomas, _ and Bethlehem Hfpitals, in the Citv of Chrifl's Hofpi- London and Borough of Southwark, or any of them; or to the faid Corporation of the Governors of the tal, &c. Charity for the Relief of the poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, or the College of Bromley; or Nor Corporation fa z ] exte nd to charge any other Hofpitals or Alms-houfes in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tiveed, for Sons'^B^rnle 5 or in re fp e & ° nl y of any Rents or Revenues, which on or before the faid five and twentieth Day of March 'coul'-e r ° r a e n y y one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-three were payable to the faid Hofpitals or Alms-houfes, being to be other 'Hofpital.' received and difburfed for the immediate Ufe and Relief of the Poor of the faid Hofpitals and Alms-houfes onlv. No Tenants of XXIII. Provided, That no Tenants, that hold and enjoy any Lands or Houfes by jueafe or other Grant Hofpitals, &c. from the kjjj Corporation, or any of the faid Hofpitals or Alms-houfes, do claim or enjoy any Freedom, Exemption? 7 Exemption or Advantage by this Aft; but that all the Houfes and Lands, which they fo hold, fliall be rated and affeffed for fo much as they are yearly worth, over and above the Rents referved and payable to the faid Corporation, or to the faid Hofpitals or Alms-houfes, to be received and difburfed for the imme- diate Support and Relief of the Poor of the faid Hofpitals and Alms-houfes. Snch Tenants XXIV. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained fhall be conftrued or taken to difcharge wh d 'b Le?cs an y Tcnant of " anv . the Houfes or Lands belonging; to the faid Colleges, Halls or Hofpitals, Alms-houfes or rre°obf!ged ea to S Schools., or any cf them, who by their Leafes, or other Contracts, are and do ftand obliged to pay and jay Taxes. difcharge all Rates, Taxes and Impofitions whatfoever; but that they, and every of them, fhall be rated, and