# Taxation: Members of Parliament Act 1700, Section LXV: LXV. Commissioners empowered to abate, on Proof that Lands are overcharged above 3s. in the Pound; and the Money abated to be reassessed, as they shall judge most equal.


Provided alwaies That if any Person or Persons who shall be charged or assessed by this Act to or with a Pound Rate upon his or their Mannors Lands Tenements Hereditaments or other the Premisses shall upon Complaint made to the Comissioners in such Manner and within such Time as are herein directed in Cases of Appeale make it appear to the said Comissioners or any Three or more of them by Proofe upon Oath that such Assessement doth exceed Three Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the full Yearly Value in such Case upon every such Proof and due Examination thereof the said Comissioners are hereby impowered to abate and lessen the said Assessements so much as the same shall exceed Three Shillings for every Twenty Shillings of the true Yearly Value and noe more And shall cause the Money so abated to be reassessed surcharged and levied in such Manner as they or any Three or more of them in their Judgements and Discretions shall judge most equall just and reasonable within the whole Hundred Lathe Wapentake or other Division where such Overcharge or Charges do happen altho the Pound Rate of Three Shillings in the Pound be thereby exceeded or if any particular Part or Parts of the same or any Person therein shall appeare to them to be undercharged then the Moneys so abated shall and may be raised upon such particular Part or Person so undercharged so that the whole Su[m]me payable to His Majestie for such Hundred Lathe Wapentake or other Division shall be fully and duly answered and paid without being diminished by reason of any such particuler Abatement Any thing herein conteined to the contrary notwithstanding

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/12-13/10/section/LXV (the official version)
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