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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-etc-act-1695/section-XXXVIII",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/7-8/30",
  "legislation_title": "Taxation, etc. Act 1695",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-etc-act-1695",
  "path": "section/XXXVIII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XXXVIII",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "£600 Weekly out of Post Office Duties applied Weekly in Payment of unsatisfied Tallies, with Interest at £6 per Cent. per Ann.; and then in Payment of £45,000 and Interest at £7 per Cent. per Ann; Interest upon Tallies paid every Three Months; post Master General, &c. to cause the same to be paid; Penalty.\nAnd whereas several Tallies of Pro of Assignment or other Tallies have been also levied or stricken att the Receipt of the Exchequer upon His Majesties said Revenue ariseing in the General Letter-Office or Post-Office and divers Su[m]ms of Money upon the same Tallies do now remaine unsatisfied Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That weekly and every Week from and after the Twentieth day of April One thousand six hundred ninety six the su[m]m of six hundred Pounds out of the Money or Revenue from time to time ariseing in the General Letter-Office or Post-Office before mentioned shall be separated and kept apart and shall (upon Wednesday in every Week if the same be not an Holiday and if it be then the next day after that is not an Holiday) be issued paid and applied and the same is hereby appropriated to and for the Payment and Satisfaction of the said Tallies already levied and now remaining unsatisfied on the said Revenue ariseing in the said Office and the Interest thereof not exceeding the Rate of Six Pounds per Centum per Annum until the same shall be fully satisfied and paid off And from and after the full Satisfaction thereof then the like Weekly Su[m]m of Six hundred Pounds out of the Revenue ariseing in the said General Letter-Office or Post-Office shall in like manner be separated and kept apart issued paid and applied and the same is hereby appropriated to and for the Repayment and Satisfaction of such further Su[m]m and Su[m]ms of Money not exceeding in the whole the Su[m]m of Forty five thousand Pounds as by or upon the creditt of this Act shall be borrowed or charged thereupon as part of the said Su[m]m not exceeding Five hundred and fifteen thousand Pounds intended to be raised for the several Purposes aforesaid and the Interest thereof not exceeding Seven Pounds per Centum per Annum so as that the Tallies for the Principal Su[m]ms respectively shall be paid in Course according to their respective Dates until the same shall be fully discharged and paid off And the Interest upon every such Tally shall be paid every Three Months until Satisfaction of the, Principal And His Majesties Post-Master and Post-Masters General for the time being and the Receiver General in the Post-Office for the time being are hereby authorized and strictly enjoyned and required to cause the said Weekly Su[m]m of Six hundred Pounds to be paid and applied accordingly And all Matters and Things before by this Act appointed or directed for or concerning the due and regular Payment of the said Tallies att the Excise Office by the Co[m]missioners or other Officers there shall be observed and executed in relation to the Payment of the said Tallies hereby appointed or intended to be paid att the General Letter-Office or Post-Office by the said Post-Masters or other the proper Officers there and under the like Penalties as if the Clauses in that behalfe were again repeated in this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/30/section/XXXVIII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:32.045668+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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