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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debts-due-to-the-army-etc-act-1698/section-III",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/11/8",
  "legislation_title": "Debts Due to the Army, etc. Act 1698",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debts-due-to-the-army-etc-act-1698",
  "path": "section/III",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Two Commissioners, before they act, to take the Oath following;",
  "text": "And be it further enacted That Two of the said Commissioners first named in this Act before they enter upon the Execution of the same shall take an Oath before the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Master of the Rolls for the Time being which they and either of them are hereby authorized and required to administer to them the Tenour whereof shall be as followeth (that is to say)\nI A. B doe sweare that I will according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge faithfully impartially and truly demeane my selfe in the Discharge of the Trust committed unto me by an Act of Parliament intituled An Act for the appointing Commissioners to take examine and determine the Debts due to the Army Navy and for Transport-Service and alsoe an Account of the Prizes taken during the late Warr according to the Tenour and Purport of the said Act soe that neither the Publick nor any Person concerned in such Accounts may be prejudiced Soe help me God\nand the other Commissioners to take the same Oath before the said Two, to be administered by them; Commissioners to determine Accounts, &c. of what is due for Arrears of Pay, and certify to Paymaster; who is to make out Debentures; and transmit to Trustees of forfeited Estates in Ireland, a List of Debentures; Officers receiving Half Pay to have their Accounts first determined.\nAnd every other of the said Commissioners in this Act named before he enter upon the Execution of the said Act shall likewise take the same Oath before the said Two Commissioners herein first named who are hereby authorized to administer the same unto them after they shall themselves have taken the said Oath as aforesaid And the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them after they have taken the aforesaid Oath shall apply themselves with all Diligence in the first Place to the stating and determineing the Accounts of what shall appeare to be due for Arreares of Pay to the Officers who have served under His Majesty either for the Reduction of Ireland or in the Warr against France And in the stating of the said Accounts they are hereby required to distinguish what is due upon the Account of Clothing what for Poundage and what remaines due to each Officer respectively or any other Person lawfully claiming by from or under such Officer over and above all Money by him received or paid to his Use And upon determineing what is due to each Officer Ingineer and Gunner as aforesaid and for Clothing as aforesaid the said Commissioners or any Three or more of them shall certifie the same to the Pay-master of His Majesties Forces who is hereby directed and required to make out Debentures to such Officer or Officers Ingineers and Gunners as aforesaid for such Summs of Money and Debentures for such Clothing-Debt that shall be soe certified to be due as aforesaid And the Pay-master of His Majesties Forces is further required from Time to Time to transmitt under his Hand to the Trustees appointed by Act of Parliament for the Sale of forfeited Estates in Ireland a true List of all such Debentures as shall be made out as aforesaid according to the Direction of this Act And the said Commissioners and the said Pay-master respectively are hereby required in the granting Certificates and making out Debentures as aforesaid to take Care that those Officers who receive Halfe-Pay have in the First-Place their Accounts determined and Certificates and Debentures delivered to them as aforesaid",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/11/8/section/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:22:31.992218+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}