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A80963 An ordinance for continuing the excise England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); England and Wales. Council of State. 1653 (1653) Wing C7128A; Thomason E1063_1; ESTC R209526 1,042 5

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AN ORDINANCE for continuing the EXCISE WHereas the time for receiving the Duty of Excise and New Impost is neer expiration and it being necessary for the peace and safety of this Common-wealth that the same be continued both for the satisfaction of the publick Debts charged upon the said Grand Receipt as also for carrying on the weighty Affairs of this Commonwealth His Highness the Lord Protector with the Advice and Consent of his Council doth Ordain and be it Ordained That all and every the Acts Ordinances and Orders of Parliament touching the Excise and every Clause Sentence and Article in them or any of them contained and now in force aswel for the collecting gathering and receiving as concerning the Government and Ordering of the Excise and New Impost be continued and the Duty of Excise and New Impost according to the several Rates in them or any of them expressed be recived collected and paid in and through England and Wales and Town and Port of Barwick upon Tweed untill the five and twentyeth day of March next comming And that Luke Hodges Thomas Bulstrode William Parker or any two or more of them be and are hereby constituted and appointed Commissioners of the Grand Excise and New Impost and are hereby impowred and authorized to exercise and put in execution all and every the Powers and Authorities given or granted by or contained in all or any the said Acts Ordinances or Orders of Parliament touching the Excise and New Impost as well for the collecting and receiving the Several Rates aforesaid as concerning the Government Ordering of the said Excise and New Impost as fully and amply as any Commissioners for Excise at the time of the making of this present Ordinance may or ought to have done and shall observe such further Orders and Directions as they shall from time to time receive from His Highness the Lord Protector and his Council touching the same And for their Care Paines and Service therein they shall have one penny in every twenty shillings raised and levyed for Excise and New Impost Provided nevertheless and it is hereby declared that from and after the nine and twentyth day of December 1653. The Commissioners afore-named shall not let to farm or admit any person or persons to farm the Excise of any Goods Merchandizes and Manufactures that are exciseable by any Act Ordinance or Order of Parliament without the Order and Direction of such Persons as shall be appointed thereunto by His Highnesse the Lord Protector and his Council But the said Commissioners or any two or more of them shall mannage and carry on the same according to the best of their Iudgements by such good Wayes and Means as may be most for the Ease of the People and Advantage of the Common-wealth Saturday the 24. of December 1653. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector and his Council That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published HEN. SCOBEL Clerk of the Council London Printed by Henry Hills Printer to His Highness the Lord Protector 1653.