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Section XXXIV Papist of 16 and upwards, not having taken the Oaths, to pay double.

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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Papist or reputed Papist being of the Age of Sixteene Yeares or upwards who shall not have taken the Oathes menc[i]oned and required to be taken by the said last menc[i]oned Act shall yield and pay unto Theire Majesties double the Su[m]mes and Rates which by force or virtue of any clause in this Act before menc[i]oned or contained he or she should or ought to pay or be charged with (that is to say) For every Hundred Pounds of ready money & Debts and for every Hundred Pounds worth of Goods Wares Merchandizes Chattells or Personall Estate the Su[m]me of Eight and Forty Shillings and soe after that rate for every greater or lesser Quantity. And for every Twenty Shillings of the full yearely Value of any Mannors Messuages or other Hereditaments or p[re]misses charged by this Act which he or she shall have or hold the su[m]me of Eight Shillings to be assessed levyed and collected answered recovered and paid in such manner by such waies and according to such Rules and Direcc[i]ons and under such Penalties and Forfeitures as are before in this Act expressed or appointed for and concerneing the above-menc[i]oned Rates and Su[m]mes which are hereby intended to be doubled as aforesaid:-