for such particular payment and the Receipt of such Receiver or Receivers as shall be appointed by the Lords Iustices of this Kingdom or other Chief Governour or Governours of this Realm for the time being as aforesaid to every Collector of any Barony Hundred or Division for so much of the said Assessments as shall be contained in such Receipt shall be a full Discharge to such Barony Hundred or Division against His Majesty His Heirs and Successors And for preventing such Vexations as might be occasioned by such Persons as shall be appointed to make Returns of such person and persons as make default of payment of the summ or summs on him or them Assessed by this Act. And to the intent such person or persons may Return true Account or Accounts into His Majesty's Court of Exchequer of such summ of Money as shall not be Received by them and every of them their and every of their Deputy and Deputies Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any such person shall Return or Certifie into the said Court any Summ or Summs of Money to be in Arrear or Vnpaid after the same hath been Received such person or persons so making such Return or Returns or shall cause any person or persons to be Set Insuper in the said Court for any Summ or Summs of Money that hath beén so Received that then every such person or persons making such Returns shall forfeit to every person or persons that shall be Molested Vexed or Damaged by reason of such unjust Certificate return or setting Insuper treble Damages that shall be thereby occasioned the said Damages to be recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in which no Essoin Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed nor any more then one Imparlance and shall also Forfeit unto His Majesty His Heirs and Successors double the Summ that shall be so unjustly certified or returned or caused to be set Insuper Provided always That all Penalties and Forfeitures to be incurred for any Offences against this Act for which there is no way for Levying herein before Prescribed or Appointed shall be Levyed by Warrant of any Two or more of the respective Commissioners of the Division or place where any such Offence was or shall be committed by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the Offenders rendering the Overplus to the Owner thereof after Deduction of reasonable Charges for Distraining the same And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissioners in every County at the General Meéting to be by them appointed after all Appeals shall be first determined shall cause Duplicates of the whole summs Charged within every Hundred Barony Ward or place Rated and Assessed in such County in pursuance of this Act without naming the persons to be fairly Written in Parchment and Assertained under Threé or more of their Hands respectively to each Duplicate and the same so by them Subscribed and Assertained shall be jointly and together delivered to the Sheriff of such County and be by him Transmitted to the Exchequer at or before the Twenty eighth Day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred Ninety seaven Provided always That no person shall be capable of Acting as a Commissioner in the Execution of this Act before he shall take the Oaths and Subscribe the Declaration appointed by this Act viz. YOU shall Swear That you will duly Execute the Act Intituled An Act for Granting a Supply to His Majesty by Raising Money by way of a Poll as a Commissioner according to your best Skill and Knowledge without Favour or Affection So help you God I A. B. do Sincerely Promise and Swear That I will be Faithful and bear True Allegiance to His Majesty King WILLIAM So help me God I A. B. do Swear That I do from my Heart Abhor Detest and Abjure as Impious and Heretical that Damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of ROME may be Deposed or Murdered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I do Declare that no Foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm So help me God I A. B Do Solemnly and Sincerely in the presence of God Profess Testifie and Declare that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper there is not any Transubstantiation of the Elements of Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Christ at or after the Consecration thereof by any Person whatsoever And that the Invocation and Adoration of the Virgin MARY or any other Saint and the Sacrifice of the Mass as they are now Used in the Church of ROME are Superstitious and Idolatrous And I do Solemnly in the presence of God Profess Testifie and Declare That I do make this Declaration and every part thereof in the Plain and Ordinary Sense of the Words Read unto me as they are commonly understood by Protestants without any Evasion Equivocation or Mental Reservation whatsoever and without any Dispensation already Granted me for this purpose by the Pope or any other Authority or Person whatsoever or without Dispensation from any Person or Authority whatsoever or without believing that I am or can be Acquitted before God or Man or Absolved of this Declaration or any part thereof although the Pope or any other Person or Persons or Power whatsoever should Dispence with or Annul the same or Declare that it was Null and Void from the Beginning Which said Two last Oaths and Declarations are the same Oaths and Declaration intended also to be Administred to and be Made and Subscribed by such not being Quakers as already have not taken the said Oaths and Subscribed the said Declaration to Excuse them from paying double as aforesaid Which Oaths and Declaration it shall and may be Lawful for any Two or more of the Commissioners to Administer and take And they are hereby Authorized and Required to Administer and take the same to and from any other Commissioner And in Case any Person Named a Commissioner for putting in Execution this Act shall presume to act as a Commissioner before he shall have taken the said Oaths and Made and Subscribed the said Declaration he shall Forfeit to His Majesty the Summ of Two hundred pounds And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Housholder shall upon demand of the respective Assessors of the several Parishes or Places give an Account of the Names and Qualities of such persons as shall Sojourne or Lodge in their respective Houses under the Penalty of forfeiting to His Majesty the Summ of Ten pounds to be Levyed and Recovered in such manner as other Penalties in this Act mentioned are to be Levyed and Recovered And be it further Enacted and Declared that wherever any person or persons shall or may be liable to be Taxed by vertue of this Act in two or more Qualifications or Capacities and shall also be so Taxed that such person shall only pay in one of the said Capacities or Qualifications that is in such Capacity or Qualification which is most Beneficial for His Majesty And be it further Enacted That whereas there are several Summs of Money due to the People of this Kingdom for Debts Stated and unstated due by the Army for Quarters before the Four and Twentieth of June One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Two that whatsoever Summ or Summs of Money shall be raised Levyed or Collected by vertue of this Act over and above One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling payable in the first place unto His Majesty shall and may be Paid and applied towards the Discharge of the said Country Debts Stated and Vnstated in just and equal proportions as the several Debts so due bear proportion to the whole of the said Debts Provided alwaies and be it further Enacted That no Foreign Protestant Refugee nor any person who served as a Private Soldier in London-derry or Eneskillen during the late Seige of London-derry and all Common Soldiers in His Majesty's Army and Seamen in His Majesty's Fleét all Matrosses in the Train of Artillery and all Protestants who shall come into this Kingdom after the Sixth Day of November One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Seaven who have not now any Estate or Interest in this Kingdom shall be wholy exempt from paying any Summ whatsoever towards this present Poll. And for as much great Abuses have formerly beén Committed to the prejudice of His Majesty in the execution of the former Poll Act under pretence of appealing against Assessments made which Appeals having been once heard and the Commissioners not having relived the party Appealing but judging him not to be Reliveable within the intention of the said Act the said parties have notwithstanding beén afterwards Relived by other Commissioners of Appeals who have taken on them to re-examine the said Appeal formerly heard and determined Be it further Enacted That no Appeal being once heard and determined shall be re-heard or Re-examined nor any new Appeal be received for any matter upon which or upon any part of which the said party hath formerly Lodged his Appeal and beén heard to the same FINIS
hath or ought to have any Power Jurisdiction Superiority Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm Which Declaration any two or more of the Commissioners appointed for the Execution of this Act are hereby Impowered and Required to take And such Person making and Subscribing the Declaration shall not be Lyable to or chargable with any of the Double Rates aforesaid And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the several Summs of Money so as aforesaid Limitted and Appointed to be paid shall be Due and Payable for Two Years Commencing the First Day of November One thousand Six hundred Ninety seaven and be Collected Quarterly by Four equal Payments the First Payment to be made on the Second Day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred Ninety seaven the Second Payment to be made on the Second Day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred Ninety eight the Third Payment to be made on the Second Day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand Six hundred Ninety eight and the Fourth Payment to be made on the Second Day of November which will be in the Year of our Lord God One thousand Six hundred and Ninety eight the Fifth Payment to be made on the Second Day of February which will be in the Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety eight and Sixth Payment on the Second Day of May in the Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety nine the Seaventh Payment to be made on the Second Day of August in the Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety nine and Eighth and Last Payment to be made on the Second Day of November in the said Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety nine And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for the better Assessing Ordering and Levying of the several Summs of Money so as aforesaid Limitted and Appointed to be paid and for the more effectual puting this Act in Execution all and every the Persons hereafter named shall be Commissioners of and for the several and respective Counties Cities Towns and Places hereafter named for putting in Execution this present Act and the Powers therein contained in the Counties Cities Towns and Places That is to say For the County of Armagh The High-Sheriff for the time being Sir Nicholas Acheson Bar. Sir Henry Yichburne Kt. Arthur Brownlow Marmaduke Coghill Samuel Doppin Stephen Ludlow Edward Reyly William Richardson William Mollineux Hamlet Obins Downham Cope Edward Harrison John Hamilton Rich Chappell William Blacker Henry Richardson Walter Dawson Roger Hall Henry Hunter Hans Hamilton James Maxwell Richard Whaley Esquires The Soveraign of Armagh for the time being the Portreéve of Charlemont for the time being Rath Jones Thomas Clarck of Ardress Daniel Madden Thomas Bond James mc. Kean George Maxwell John Hamilton of Hamiltons Bawn Gentlemen Captain James Manson Francis Nevill Esq William Scott John Ball Abraham Ball Thomas Clarck of Portadown Gentlemen John Holtrige Esq For the County of Antrim Sir Arthur Longford Bar. Captain John Chichester Sir Robert Adaire Arthur Upton Hugh Colvill James mc. Cartney Edward Harrison Godfrey Walker Hercules Davis Henry Davis Charles ô Neal Edward Stafford Thomas Dawson Robert Dalway Alexander Dalway Esquires The Soveraign of Belfast for the time being Robert Leasly George mc. Cartney Esquires Edward Brice Gentleman Clothworthy Upton Esq Arthur mc. Cartney Edward Clements Gent. Richard Dob Iunior Edward Ellis William Shaw of Ganavay John ô Neal Henry mc. Collagh Robert Dovil Esquires Doctor John Peacock Henry Shaw William Shaw of Balligally Gentlemen William Laftly Benjamin Gallant Charles Stewart William Shaw of Bush John Donelson George Buttle Esquires William Crawford and Thomas Crawford William Thompson Robert Haran James Tanas James Johnston Cornelius Crumble John Pierse John Charlton William Close Richard Harrisson Thomas Cornwall Gentlemen John Latham Warham Jemmet Esquires James Harston Benjamin Adaire Gentlemen Samuel Sincly Edmond Reynolds John Reynolds Esquires James Crawford Robert Harper Richard Nuton Bryan mc. Manus Patrick Hamilton of Belfast William Adaire John Dobbin William Dobin James mc. Collagh James Boyd Neal Boy mc. Neal of the Henry Andrew Hugh mc. Cullam Henry Willoughby Henry Sheads Francis Andrew Andrew mc. Calvey William Boyd John Delap William Boyd John Michall Alexander mc. Kay Alexander Watson and John Walkinton Gentlemen For the County of the Town of Carickfergus The Mayor of Carickfergus for the time being the Sheriffs of the same for the time being Hercules Davis Henry Davis Esquires and Marmaduke Newton Gentleman For the County of Catherlaugh The High-Sheriff for the time being Sir Thomas Butler John Allen Philip Savage Wentworth Harman John Tench Thomas Burdett Richard Wolessy Urban Vigors Edmond Jones John Beauchamp John Brown Esquires John Dolway John Bernard James Cox Arch-Deacon Robert Harris and Thomas Fox Clerks For the County of Cavan The Honourable Mr. Iustice Coot Sir Francis Hamilton Baronet Francis White Thomas Ash Robert Saunders Francis Butler John Warburton Samuel Townly Thomas Townly Joseph Pratt John Maxwell John Coyne Robert Clements Daniel French Arnold Cosby Henry Palmer Charles Hampson Alexander Sanderson Edward Davenport Walter Pollard Esquires Dean Enoch Rider William Handson Robert Maxwell Anthony lvison Clerks Robert Craige Esq Brockhill Newburgh Henry Guillyms Thomas Hemming Thomas Humes George Russell Samuel Wilson John Robinson John Price and Patrick Everey Gentlemen For the County of Clare Sir Henry Ingoldsby Sir Donat ô Brian Baronets Francis Burton Esq Francis Gore and James Hamilton of Tullymore the Honourable John ô Brian Simon Purden Henry Bridgeman Edmond Perry Thomas Spaight Esquires John Roan John Cusack Gentlemen Mountifort Westrop William Smith Esquires John Hawkins Clerk William Butler Esq George Calpoys Patrick Connel Gentlemen Samuel Burton Thomas Hickman George Stammer David Bendon Nicholas Westby Esquires Patrick Fitz-Simmons Clerk Henry Lee Walter Hickman James Mac Donnell Esquires William Smith Richard Lee Henry Hickman George Hickman of Ballickett Gentlemen Augustin Fitz-Gerald Esq William Fitz-Gerald Gentleman Neptune Blood Dean of Kilfenoragh and Timothy ô Brien of Smithstowne For the City of Cork Colonel Theobald Purcell Allen Broderick His Majesty's Sollicitor General Alderman Robert Rogers Doctor â—alter Neale Mr. Edward Synge the Mayor and Sheriffs of Cork for the time being Thomas Piggot Esq Alderman Newenham Alderman Howell William Newstead Esq Alderman Hore Alderman Crofts Alderman Crow Alderman Charters John Speed Merchant Captain William Dunscomb Captain Epenetus Cross and Captain John Traverse For the County of Cork Sir St. John Broderick Knight Thomas Broderick Esquire Allan Broderick Esquire His Majesty's Sollicitor General Henry Boyle Robert Fitz-Gerald Edward Southwell James Walter Edward Riggs Francis Bernard William Jepson Laurence Clayton Edward Denny John Hayes Charles Boyle John Ormsby Francis Brewster Charles Oliver James Barry Robert Foulks Piercy Freake Brian Townsend Thomas Beecher Edward Richardson Samuel Maurice and Robert Pooly Esquires Sir John Mead Knight Francis Hodder George Symmes William Carr John Davis
as is before Charged by this Act with the payment of the summ of Twenty pounds sterl shall pay the summ of Fifteén pounds sterl Every younger son of such Baron so Charged as aforesaid shall pay the summ of Twelve pounds sterl Every woman having the Title of a Peeress of this Kingdom or who takes place as such by Descent or by any Grant from His Majesty or any of his Predecessors having any Estate in Lands Tenements Hereditaments or otherwise in this Kingdom or that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act shall pay equal with any Peér of the same Degree Every Widow of a Noble man though Marryed to a Commoner shall pay one full third part of what her former Husband whose Relict she was should or ought to have paid had he been living Every Baronet of England Scotland or Ireland or Nova Scotia and every Knight of the Bath residing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act or having any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in this Kingdom shall pay he summ of Fifteén pounds sterl Every person of the Degreé of a Knight Batchellor shall pay Ten pounds sterl Every person of the Degreé of an Esquire or so reputed or owning or writing himself such other then such as are reputed Esquires for having beén or being Mayor or Sheriffs or Members of any Corporation and every person that is or hath beén a Member of the House of Commons or born or doth bear the Office of a Sheriff or Justice of the Peace or Deputy Lievtenant residing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act or having any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments within this Kingdom shall pay the summ of Five pounds sterl Every reputed Knight Baronet Baron Viscount and Earl or who shall call or stile themselves so shall pay the same summ as they should have beén lyable to pay if they really were of that Quality Every Gentleman or reputed Gentleman or owning himself or writing himself such inhabiting or residing in this Kingdom or having any Estate in Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in this Kingdom shall pay the summ of Five and twenty shillings sterl Except Gentlemen who shall not be worth Twenty pounds sterl at the execution of this Act shall pay Five shillings sterl and no more Every Widow respectively residing in this Kingdom or having any Estate within the same shall pay One third part Rated by this Act on that Degreé of which the Husband of such Widow was in his life-time And be it further Enacted That every Person under the Degreé of a Baron being worth One hundred pounds in Goods Chattels or other Personal Estate shall pay Five shillings and that every Person as aforesaid worth in Personal Estate of any kind Two hundred pounds Sterling shall pay Ten Shillings and every Person worth Threé hundred pounds in Personal Estate as aforesaid shall pay Fifteén Shillings and every person worth Four hundred pounds in personal Estate as aforesaid shall pay One pound Sterl and every Person worth Five hundred pounds in Personal Estate as aforesaid shall pay One pound Five shillings every Person having in Personal Estate as aforesaid to the Value of One thousand pounds or upwards shall pay the summ of Five pounds sterl Every Tenant or Farmer of this Kingdom who payeth not a greater Rent then Ten pounds sterl per ann and every Shop-keéper Trades-man or Artificer not worth Ten pounds in Substance shall pay for no more Children under the Age of Sixteén years then two Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Ten pounds per ann Rent shall pay the summ of Two shillings and Six pence Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Twenty pounds per ann Rent shall pay the summ of Five shillings Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Forty pounds Rent per ann shall pay the summ of Ten shillings Every Tenant or Farmer paying above Sixty pounds per ann Rent shall pay the summ of Fifteén shillings Every Farmer or Tenant paying One hundred pounds per ann Rent or upward shall pay the summ of One pound Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper that is worth Twenty pounds or upwards in Personal Estate shall pay the summ of Two shillings and Six pence Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Fifty pounds or upwards in Personal Estate shall pay Five shillings Every Shop-keéper or Trades-man worth One hundred pounds or upwards in Personal Estate shall pay Ten shillings Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Two hundred pounds in Personal Estate shall pay Fifteén shillings Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Threé hundred pounds shall pay One pound Every Trades-man or Shop-keéper worth Four hundred pounds in Personal Estate shall pay One pound Five shillings Every Gray-Merchant Merchant-Traveller or Pedler who usually Travels with an Horse shall pay One pound Every Gray-Merchant Merchant-Traveller or Pedler who usually Travels without an Horse shall pay Ten shillings Every Person in Orders of the Romish Religion shall pay Twelve shillings and Six pence And that all and every Person except Women Children under the Age of Sixteén and such as pay Two shillings and no more who have not already taken the Oaths and Subscribed the Declaration herein-after mentioned to His Majesty And who shall not voluntarily appear before the Commissioners or any two or more of them and take the said Oaths and make and subscribe the Declaration herein-after mentioned which Oath any two or more of the Commissioners in this Act named are hereby Impowered and Required to Administer and make an Entry or Memorandum thereof and of making and Subscribing the said Declaration in some Book to be kept for that purpose Every such Person who shall neglect to appear or shall not take the Oath and make and Subscribe the Declaration as aforesaid shall be charged with and shall pay to His Majesty double the summs which by Force or Vertue of any Clause in this Act he should or ought to pay or be charged with to be Levyed Collected Answered Recovered and paid in such manner and by such ways and means as are in this Act expressed and appointed for and concerning the Rates and summs hereby intended to be Doubled as aforesaid Provided nevertheless That whereas certain Persons Dissenters from the Church of England commonly called Quakers and now known to be such do scruple the taking any Oath it shall be sufficient for every such Person to make and subscribe the following Declaration I A. B. do Sincerely Promise and Solemnly Declare before God and the World That I will be True and Faithful to King WILLIAM And I Solemnly Profess and Declare That I do from my Heart Abhor Detest and Renounce as Impious and Heretical that Damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of ROME may be Deposed or Murdered by their Subjects or any other person whatsoever And I do Declare that no Foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate