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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-tax-act-1698/section-XCIV",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/10/9",
  "legislation_title": "Land Tax Act 1698",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-tax-act-1698",
  "path": "section/XCIV",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XCIV",
  "heading": "Commissioners to take an Account of the Grants of the Irish Forfeitures appointed for Six Months, from 10th May 1699.",
  "text": "Commissioners to take Account of Names of Persons who have been outlawed, attainted, &c. since the 13th Feb. 1688, and of the Baronies, &c. of which such Persons were seised or possessed at the Time of Treason committed, &c; and for this Purpose the said Commissioners enabled to meet as herein mentioned; who may issue their Precepts for Attendance of Persons, and Production of Books, &c; Sheriffs, &c. to execute such Precepts, &c.\nOath to be taken by some One of the said Commissioners; who is to administer the same to the other Commissioners; Commissioners to account, under Hand and Seal of Four, to the King and Parliament.\nAnd to the Intent the late forfeited Estates in Ireland may be hereafter applied in ease of His Majesties good Subjects of this Realme Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Persons herein after named or any Four or more of them shall be and are hereby constituted Commissioners for the Space of Six Months to be accounted from the Tenth Day of May One thousand six hundred ninety nine and no longer for inquiring into and takeing an Account of all such Estates both Reall and Personall within the Kingdom of Ireland which have been forfeited for High Treason by any Person or Persons whatsoever during the late Rebellion within that Kingdom And to the Intent that His Majesty and this Kingdom may be truly informed and satisfied of the Value thereof the said Commissioners or any Four or more of them are hereby impowered and required to take a true and just Account of the Names of all and every Person and Persons whatsoever who have been outlawed convicted or attainted of High Treason within the said Kingdom of Ireland since the Thirteenth Day of February One thousand six hundred eighty eight and of the respective Baronies Mannors Messuages Rents Tythes Woods Lands Tenements Hereditaments Goods and Chattells and all Reall and Personall Estates and Interests whatsoever forfeited by reason of any such Outlawry Conviction Attainder or High Treason whereof every such Person was respectively seized or possessed either in Possession Reversion Remainder or Expectancy or was any other waies intituled unto or interested in either in Law or Equity at the time of such Treason committed or at any time afterwards and of the Quantity Quality Nature and true Value thereof and within what Barony Place and Places within each County each such Estate is scituated and of what Grants Dispositions or Reversalls of Outlawries have been at any time made or procured and by or to whom of any and which of the said Forfeitures and upon what Consideration since the said Thirteenth Day of February One thousand six hundred eighty eight And for the better enabling the said Commissioners or any Four or more of them to take the said Accounts the said Commissioners or any Four or more of them are hereby enabled from time to time to meete at any Place or Places within the said Kingdom of Ireland where they shall think fitt with or without Adjournment and to send their Precept or Precepts for any Person or Persons within the said Kingdom and for such Books Papers Writings and Records as they shall judge necessary for their Information in all things relateing to the said Accounts and Matters aforesaid and to administer an Oath for the better discovery of the Truth of the Enquiries and Accounts by them to be made to any Person or Persons therein concerned And all Sheriffs Constables and other. His Majesties Officers within the said Kingdom are hereby required to obey and execute such Orders and Precepts as shall be sent to them or any of them by the said Commissioners or any Four or more of them touching the said Premisses And to the Intent the Powers hereby given to the said Commissioners may be faithfully and impartially executed some one of the said Commissioners shall take an Oath before the Chief Baron or any other of the Barons of His Majesties Court of Exchequer in Ireland who is or are hereby impowered to administer the same impartially truly and faithfully s to demeane himselfe in examineing and takeing the said Accounts and executing the Powers by this Act given to the said Commissioners And every other of the said Commissioners before he enters upon the Execution of the Powers hereby given to him shall likewise take the same Oath before the Commissioner sworne before the said Chief Baron or any other Baron which said Commissioner is hereby authorized to administer such Oath to every other of the said Commissioners after he himselfe shall have taken the said Oath as aforesaid And the said Commissioners shall from time to time being thereunto required give an Account in Writing under any Four or more of their Hands and Seales to the Kings Majesty and both Houses of Parliament within this Kingdom of their Proceedings in Execution of this Act.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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