Section IX Duty to be paid for Stock in Hand on 1st March 1696.

And whereas several Merchants Stationers Wholesale Sellers Retailers Paper-Makers and other Persons Bodies Politick or Corporate have or may have on the First Day of March One thousand six hundred ninety six several Stocks or Quantities of Paper Pastboards Vellum & Parchment to be sold Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every such Merchaunts Stationers Wholesale Sellers Retailers Paper-Makers & other Persons. Bodies Politick or Corporate on the said First Day of March having in his her or their Custody or Possession or in the Custody or Possession of any other Person or Persons for his her or their Use Benefitt or Account any Stock or Quantity of Paper Parchment Vellum or Pastboard within the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwick upon Tween being for Sale shall yeild & pay unto His Majesty for the same a Duty after the Rate of Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings to be computed upon every One hundred Pounds of the true and real Value of all such Paper Pastboard Vellum and Parchment as the same shall be worth to be sold by them respectively on the said First Day of March which said Duty of Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings per Cents upon the Value as aforesaid shall be answered and paid to His Majesty by the respective Merchants Stationers Wholesale Sellers Retailers Paper Makers and other the Persons or Bodies Politicks or Corporate aforesaid within Ten Days after the said First Day of March One thousand six hundred ninety six.