Section XXXIII Recital that by 18 & 19 Car. II. c.8. §34. (19 C. II. c. 3. §36.) an Imposition on Seacoals, and all other Coals, should be paid to the Mayor, &c. and employed for enlarging the Streets, and other public Works, from the 24th June 1667 to 24th June 1677. but that greater Sums are required.
A Duty to be paid on all such Coals imported from 1st May 1670 to 29th Sept. 1687.; Rules and Authorities of 18 & 19 C. II. c.8. § 34. (19 C. II. c.3. §36.) and other Powers in force for collecting the said Duty.; Duties paid into the Chamber of London, and then issued for the Purposes of Act.
And whereas for the further enableing of the said Maior and Commonalty and Citizens of the said City of London and their Successors to performe and accomplish the workes in the said Act for rebuilding the said City mentioned It was thereby enacted That for all sortes of Coles, which from and after the Twenty fourth day of June One thousand six hundred sixtie seaven, and before the Twenty fourth day of June One thousand six hundred seaventy seaven should be brought into the Port of London or River of Thames within the Liberties of the said City upon the same River to be sould there should be paid by way of Imposition thereupon for every Chauldron or Tunn of Coles the summe of Twelve pence to be answered to the said Maior and Commonaltie & Citizens and their Deputyes and Assignes and to be applyed and disposed unto and for the satisfaction of such persons whose Grounds should by vertue X1and in pursuance of the said Act be taken and imployed for the inlargeing of the Streets and narrow Passages within the said City and other uses and purposes in the said Act mentioned But forasmuch as it doth and will require farr greater summes of money to give satisfaction for the Ground to be taken and employed for the enlargeing of the Streetes by this and the aforesaid Act appointed to be enlarged, and for publique Market places and other the publique uses and purposes in this Act mentioned then at the time of the passing of the said Act was or could be foreseene, Therefore for the further enableing of the said Maior, Commonaltie and Citizens of the said City and their Successors to performe the Workes in this, and the said Act for rebuilding mentioned, And alsoe for the rebuilding of the respective Parish Churches by this Act appoynted. to be rebuilt, Bee it enacted by the authorise aforesaid That for all sortes of Coles which. (from and after the First day of May One thousand six hundred and seaventy, and before the Twenty ninth day of September which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred eighty seaven) shall be imported and brought into the said Port of the City of London, or the River of Thames within the Liberties of the said City upon. the same River there shall be paid by way of Imposition thereupon according to the Rates hereafter mentioned (that is to say) for all such Coles as shall be there imported and brought in from and after the said First, day of May One thousand six hundred and seaventy and before the Twenty fourth day of June One thousand six hundred seaventy seaven there shall be paid for every Chauldron or Tunn thereof Two shillings over and beside the aforesaid Imposition of Twelve pence the Chauldron or Tunn by the said Act for the rebuilding the City of London appointed to be paid, And for all such Coles which shall be there imported and brought in from and after the said Fower and twentyeth day of June One thousand six hundred seaventy seaven and before the X2said Twenty ninth day of September One thousand six hundred eighty seaven, there shall be paid for every Chaldron or Tunn thereof Three shillings and the same shall by vertue of this Act be collected leavyed and paid in such sort and manner in all and every respect as in and by the said Act is limitted and appointed for the collecting and leavying the Duty of Twelve pence the Chauldron or Tunn of Coles imposed by the said Act, and all and every the powers, authorities, directions and provisions in, or by the said Act mentioned or provided for the leavying and collecting thereof, or for the ordering or regulateing the payment of the said Cole-meters, or others in the discharge of their respective Offices and Dutyes, or for the preventing of Fraude and Covin, and discovery of the just Quantityes of all sortes of Coles to be imported as aforesaid, and all other things relateing thereunto shall remaine and be in force and by vertue of this present Act shall and may be exercised and putt in ure for the collecting and leavying the severall Dutyes aforesaid and of either of them respectively according to the purport and effect of the aforesaid Act in all and every respect: and that for and dureing all the time by this Act limitted and appointed for the payment of the said Impositions or either of them respectively, as if the same were expressely mentioned in this present Act with reference to the said Impositions thereby imposed; all which moneyes soe to be received upon accompt of the said respective Impositions or either of them shall from time to time be paid into the Receipt of the Chamber of the City of London, and from thence shall be issued and paid according to the direction and appointment of this present Act and not otherwise; And the said Chamber of the City of London shall stand and be charged with all the residue of the said moneyes there paid in, which shall not be issued out and paid accordingly.
Annotations
Editorial notes
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interlined on the Roll.
- X2
Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Aldermen O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]