# Taxation Act 1695, Section XXX: Parents and Guardians to pay Rates imposed on Infants;


and upon Neglect &c. to be proceeded against as other Defaulters. Sums paid allowed upon their Account.
And bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any Person or Persons chargeable with any Rates or Assessm[en]ts by this Act imposed shall bee under the Age of One and twenty Yeares in every such Case the Parents Guardians and Tutors of such Infants respectively upon Default of Payment by such Infants shall bee and are hereby made liable to and charged with the Payments which such Infants ought to have made And if such Parents Guardians or Tutors shall neglect or refuse to pay as aforesaid itt shall and may bee lawfull to proceed against them in like manner as against any other Person or Persons making default of Payment as herein is mentioned And all Parents Guardians and Tutors making Payment as aforesaid shall bee allowed all and every the Su[m]ms paid for such Infants upon his or their Accounts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/5/section/XXX (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1695/section-XXX
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