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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	pay_v	say_a	treasurer_n	832	5	12.1707	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83277	An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament: for the speedy raising of foure hundred and fifty pounds weekely in the county of Hertfordshire, over and above their former assessement, for the fortification and defence of the said county, against all incursions of enemies, and for the prevention of all rapines, plunderings, and other mischievous actions, both Houses being credibly informed, that great forces are now marching from Oxford, towards Buckingham, Bedford, and the counties adiacent, to the great terror and amazement of his Maiesties good subiects in those parts. Die Veneris, 31 Martii, 1643. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance shall bee forthwith printed and published. John Browne Cler. Parliamentor.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1643 (1643)	Wing E2055; Thomason E94_26; ESTC R11498	6,632	12

respectively as aforesaid with any person or persons by whom the said Rents Tithes Goods Debts or other things due unto the said person respectively as aforesaid As also to give full discharge for the money by them so received upon composition or otherwise which discharge shall be good and effectuall to all intents and purposes And be it further Ordained that if any person or persons shal finde 〈◊〉 themselves aggrieved that he or they is or are over-rated such person or persons at any time before distresse taken of his or their Goods except it be such persons as have not at all contributed to the propositions of both Houses of Parliament and these shall pay their tax or rate so that it doth not exceed the twentieth part of their Estates yet never the lesse no man shall be taxed or leavied at or above the sum of ten pounds by the week may complain to the Committée who have executed this Ordinance which said Committée or any two of them shall have power upon examination to relieve such person or persons as they shall see cause And for the better encouragement of the Collectors in this said Service It is Ordained that three pence in the pound shall be allowed for every sum of money which shall be collected and paid to such Treasurers and Receivers as shall be nominated by the Committee or any five of them Two pence whereof shall be allowed to the Collectors and the residue to such other persons as shall be imployed in the said service according to the discretion of the Committee or any two of them And to the end that all the moneys may be duely collected Be it ordayned that the severall assessors within the said County shall within one weeke next after their assessements made returne their said severall Assessements unto the Committees aforesaid who or any two of them are hereby required within ten dayes after the returne of such severall Assessements to deliver a Copy thereof subscribed with their or any two of their hands to the severall Collectors within their said divisions or limits and also within the like ten dayes to send an other Copy thereof to the Treasurers appointed to the end the said Treasurers may thereby know what they are to receive of every Parish or place within the said County And if any assessors or collectors shal refuse the said Service or prove negligent or faulty therein the said Committee or any two of them shall have power to commit such Assessors or Collectors to prison or to set such a fine upon him or them as they shall thinke fit not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds upon the Assessors or the sum of five pounds upon the Collectors The same to be levied by distresse and sale of such Offenders Goods to the uses herein mentioned in such sort as is herein before appointed for such as refuse to pay the rates assessed upon him and them And shall also certifie the said Offence to the Lords and Commons in Parliament and shall have power to nominate other Assessors and Collectors And if any person or persons so Assessed and Rated as aforesaid shall conceale or convey away his ur their Goods so that no distresse can be taken or that the said sum or sums so Assessed upon him or them cannot be had or levied by any of the wayes or mean●s in the Ordinance mentioned Then the said Collectors shall respectively certifie the same in case bee he under the degrée of a Peere of the Realme to the Committee of the Commons House of Parliament for examinations which said Committée shall hereby have power to send for such person and persons as Delinquents and to commit him or them to such place or places within this Kingdome and for so long time as the Committée for examinations shal think fit And it is Ordained that all and every the Assessors and Collectors aforesaid and all that shall assist them in the premisles shall be protected by both Houses of Parliament from all damage that may come to them or any of them by this Service and shall further receive such Allowances for their charges and obedience in execution of this Ordinance as shall be thought fit upon examination by the Committée of the said County or any three of them And further it is Ordered that the Treasurers appointted by the said Committee for the County in the manner aforesaid shall keepe a Register Booke of the severall sums re●erved and paid out by them that so they may give a good account of the receipts and disbursements of all the sums of money collected in the said County by vertue of this Ordinance unto the Committée of the County when thereunto they shall be required by the Parliament And lastly it is Ordained that the Treasurers of the County as before appointed shall issue out no sum or sums of Money which by vertue of this Ordinance is brought into their hands to any person or persons or for any the foresaid use or uses but as they shall receive Order under the Committées hands appointed by this Ordidance for the County of Hereford or any thrée of them FINIS