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the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all fuch hammered Silver Money, clipped or unclipped, Hammered Silas fhall be brought by any Perfon at any Time after the fourth Day of November, One thousand fix hundred ninety fix, and be fore the first Day of July, One thousand fix hundred ninety feven, unto any of His Majelty's Mints, fhall be there received be received at the Officers of His Majefty's Mints, at the Rate of five. Shil- 5% 4d. per lings and Four pence per Ounce for every Ounce Troy of all Ounce.

fuch hammered Silver.

Mints before

for Taxes on

Loans, &c.

II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Hammered That all and fingular His Majefty's Receivers, Collectors, and Coin to be taken other Officers, concerned in the Receipt or Collection of any of His Majefty's Aids, Taxes or other Revenues, or of any Loans to be made to His Majefty, fhall, and they and every of them are hereby impowered and required to take and receive in Payment, from any of His Majefty's Subjects, all fuch hammered Silver Coin as fhall be by them tendred to fuch Receiver, Collector, or other Officer, for or in Discharge of any Aids, Taxes or other Revenue, or upon any Loans at any Time between the fourteenth Day of November, One thousand fix hundred ninety fix, and the refpective Times hereinafter mentioned; that is to fay, the firft Day of February then next enfuing, as to Loans and all Arrears of Aids, Taxes or Revenues due before the faid first Day of February, and the firft Day of June then next enfuing, as to all future Aids and Taxes, and all other Revenues and Duties whatsoever, at the Rate of five Shillings and Eight pence #: 55. 8d. an for every Ounce of such hammered Silver Coin fo tendred or Ounce. lent, and the Tender, Payment or Loan of every Ounce of fuch hammered Silver Coin fhall be as good a Difcharge to the Person tendring, paying or lending the fame, his Heirs, Executors or Adminiftrators, for the Sum of five Shillings and Eight pence, as though the faid Sum of five Shillings and Eight pence had been tendred, paid or lent in the lawful current Coin of this Kingdom.

III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, No hamThat from and after the firft Day of December, One thousand mered Silver fix hundred ninety fix, no hammered Silver Coin of this Kingdom Coin to be current, except by, fhall be current in any Payment whatsoever, except only fuch as Weight. are hereinbefore mentioned, otherwise than by Weight only, after the Rate of five Shillings and Two pence for every Ounce of Sterling Silver. [By 9 W. 7. 3. c. 2. § 1. no hammered Silver Coin

fball be current.]

IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Broad hammerThat all fuch hammered Money, confifting only of Pieces hav- ed Money reing both the Rings or the greatest Part of the Letters remain- ceived before 18 Nov. 1696, ing on them, or being Six pences of Sterling Silver, not clipt by Tale for within the innermoft Ring, as have been before the eighteenth Taxes, &c. Day of November, One thioufand fix hundred ninety fix, actually received or collected by any Commiffioners, Receiver General or other Receiver or Collector, or the Deputies of any of them, by Tale for any publick Tax, Aid, Impofition or Revenue whatfoever, fhall and may in like Manner be paid by, and received from them upon their respective Accounts by way of Tale and not by Weight, within the Times, and in fuch Manner as are hereafter, limited

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limited and appointed and not otherwife; that is to fay, every Collector, &c. on particular Receiver or Collector, who by Law is to make his Oath may pay the fame by Tale Payments to any Commiffioners, Receiver General or Head

till 18 Decem.

1696.

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Commiffioners, &. to have tilf 10 Jan. 1696, to pay the faid

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Collector, fhall have Time for doing thereof till the eighteenth Day of December, One thousand fix hundred ninety fix, making Oath (when he tenders fuch Payment before fuch Commiffioners, Receiver General or Head Collector or their refpective Deputies, who have hereby power to adminifter the fame) that the hammered Money then bought or tendred by fuch particular Receiver or Collector, was actually and bona fide received by him by Tale, before the faid eighteenth Day of November, One thoufand fix hundred ninety fix, for the refpective Tax and Impofition or Revenue, upon which he offers to pay the fame, and that he hatl not directly nor indirectly made any Profit thereby, other than what is allowed by Act of Parliament; which Oath fhall be taken in Writing and brought, together with the Money to which it relates into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as is hereinafter mentioned; and the refpective Commiffioners, Receivers General, or Head Collectors of any the faid Taxes, Aids, Impofitions or Revenues, fhall have Time until the tenth Day of January, One thousand fix hundred ninety fix (a), for paying the faid hammered Monies, confifting of fuch Pieces as aforefaid, into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, fo as they refpectively or their refpective Deputies, or Perfons intrufted in their Receipts, do at the fame Time of making fuch Payments make Oath before the Auditor of the Receipt or Clerk of the Pells in the faid Exchequer, who have hereby Power to adminifter the fame, that the Money fo by them tendred or brought to the faid Receipt, was actually and bona fide received by them by Tale refpectively before the faid eighteenth Day of December, One thousand fix hundred ninety fix, on Account of fuch Tax, Aid, Impofition or Revenue as aforefaid, or was brought to them by fnch particular Receivers or Collectors as aforefaid, within the Time limited, and that they have not directly nor indirectly made any Profit thereby, other than what is allowed by Act of Parlament, and fo as the faid Commiffioners, Receiver General or Head Collectors, or their Deputies or Perfons intraited in their Receipts as aforefaid, do produce the faid Affidavits of particular Receivers or Affidavits to be Collectors with their Money; all which faid Oaths or Affidavits fled. in Writing fhall be duly filed in the faid Receipt of Exchequer by the faid Clerk of the Pells.

nies into the Exchequer, &c. (a) [Sie Rut.]

V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That as well all the hammered Money, confifting of Pieces described as aforefaid, fo to be brought into the Receipt of the Exehequer by Tale as aforefaid, as alfo all hammered Monies likewife confifting only of Pieces having both the Rings, or the greatest part of the Letters remaining on them, or being Six pences of Sterling Silver not clipt within the innermott Ring, actually being and remaining in the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer on the eighteenth Day of November, One thoufand fix hundred ninety fix, having been bona fide received there by the respective Tellers (they the refpective Tellers or their Clerks making Oath as aforefaid) for any Tax, Aid, Impofition or other Revenue whatfoever, shall from Time to Time, by the Direction of the Commiflioners of His Majesty's Treafury, or any one or

more

&c.

more of them now being, or the High Treasurer, or any one or
more of the Commiflioners of the Treasury for the Time being
(who have hereby full Power and Authority given them in that
Behalf) be melted down and caft into Ingots, and be delivered Hammered
into His Majefty's Mint or Mints, by Indentures with the Mafter Money to be
and Worker of the Mints, to be there reduced to Sterling, and melted down,
coined by the Mill and Press into the lawful Coins of this Realm;
and that all the new Money proceeding from fuch Ingots (except New Money to
the neceffary Charge of making the new Money, and of melting be brought back
the Silver) fhall from Time to Time be brought back into the into Exchequer,
Receipt of His Majefty's Exchequer, and be there placed to the
refpective Accounts of the faid particular Revenues, Taxes, Loans
or other Branches, to which the faid hammered Monies refpec-
tively did belong; and fhall be iffued, paid out and difpofed ac-
cordingly, fo far as the fame will extend, in fuch and the like
Course or Manner as ought to be observed in case the said ham-
mered Monies were not taken away to be recoined, and so as
that in all Cafes where any of the faid hammered Monies were
appropriated by any A&t or Acts of Parliament for Repayment
of Loans or for Satisfaction of Intereft Money, or for Payment
of Annuities or other Ufes, the new Monies coming instead there-
of (fo far as the fame will extend) fhall be appropriated, iffued and appropriate
and applied to the fame refpective Ufes, and in the fame Courfe for Repayment
and Order, as are prescribed by such Acts, without being diverted of Loans, &c.
or divertible to any other Ufe, or being mifapplied under the

Penalty of incurring the fame Forfeitures and Difabilities by the Penalty.
Officers and other Perfons concerned therein, as they would
have incurred for diverting or misapplying the Money of fuch
Taxes, Revenues, Loans or other Branches, in cafe the fame,
were not recoined.

VI. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Money that shall be brought in upon the Account of Taxes or Revenues, or Loans, at five Shillings and Eight pence per Ounce, according to this Act, fhall be by the refpective Officers of the Exchequer, Receivers General or Collectors, carried to the next adjacent Mint, in order to be recoined; and that the faid Taxes and Revenues fhall not be brought into His Majesty's Exchequer till recoined; any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding.

"Collectors of the Toll for making navigable the Rivers Wye "and Lugg, may, before firft June 1697, receive the same in ham"mered Money at five Shillings and Eight pence au Ounce, * &c. §7.

CA P. III.
CAP.

Money for

Taxes at 56. 8d. an Ounce to be

recoined, &c.

c. 30,

An Act to explain that Part of the Act paffed laft Seffion EXP. of Parliament, for laying feveral Duties on Low Wines 7 & 8 W. 3. and Spirits of the first Extraction, and for preventing the Frauds and Abufes of Brewers, Distillers and other Perfons chargeable with the Duties of Excife, which relates to the Payment of Tallies and the Intereft thereof.

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CAP. IV.

An Act to attaint Sir John Fenwick, Baronet, of High

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An Act to attaint fuch of the Perfons concerned in the late horrid Confpiracy to affaffinate His Majefty's Royal Perfon, who are fled from Juftice, unless they render themselves to Juftice, and for continuing feveral others of the faid Confpirators in Cuftody.

CA P. VI.

An Act for granting to His Majefty, as well by a Land Tax, as by feveral Subfidies and other Duties, payable for one Year.

[Here the Roll is indorfed, Second Part 8&9 W. 3. and goes to Cap. 12. inclufive.]

CA P. VII.

An Act for granting to His Majesty several Duties upon Paper, Vellum and Parchment, to encourage the bringing of Plate and hammered Money into the Mints to be coined.

CA P. VIII.

An Act for encouraging the bringing in wrought Plate to be coined.

"Perfons bringing wrought Plate to the Mints to be coined, be"tween first January 1696 and fourth November 1697, to receive "for the fame five Shillings Four pence an Ounce of the Master, "&c. of the Mints. § 1. Mafter, &c. of the Mints, before they "intermeddle by virtue of this Act, to take the Oath following:

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A. B. do folemnly promise and declare, That in all Cafes where (in pursuance of the Act of Parliament in this Behalf) I am to determine or declare the Quantity of fterling Silver contained in any wrought Plate that fhall be brought to me, I will faithfully and impartially declare and determine the fame, and the Allowance which is to be made for fuch Plate, by virtue of the faid Act, according to the beft of my Skill and Judgment, without any Covin or Malice, and without any Favour or Affection; and that in my Accounts, and in all other Matters and Things to be done and performed by me in relation to the faid Act of Parliament, I will faithfully and honestly perform the Truft in me reposed.

So help me God.' § 2.

"Commiffioners, &c. may adminifter the Oath. 3. Officers "of the Mints to enter the Owners Names, Weight and Value "of the Plate fo brought in within seven Days. New Monies,

" &c.

&c. to pay for Plate fo brought in. § 4. Plate brought in to "be paid for out of the Monies imprefted for that Service. § 5. "Matter of every Mint, &c. once in fourteen Days to affix in "fome publick Place a particular Account of Plate brought in

to be coined, &c. Penalty. § 6. No Deduction for Soader, "unlefs in any hollow Part of the Plate. 7. Commiffioners of "the Treafury may advance 50,000l. out of unappropriated "Monies, which is to be Part of the Sum of 125,000l. $8.

Regulations for

the Fineness of

Silver Plate

IX. And whereas it may reasonably be fufpected, that Part "of the Silver Coins of this Realm hath been, by Perfons regarding their own private Gain more than the publick Good, molten and converted into Veffels of Silver or other manufac<tured Plate, which Crime hath been the more easily perpetrated by them, in regard the Goldsmiths or others, Workers of Plate, by the former Laws and Statutes of this Realm, are not obliged to make their Plate of Finer Silver than the Sterling or Standard ordained for the Monies of this Realm;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the five and twentieth Day of March One thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, no Goldfmith, Silversmith or other Perfon whatsoever, fhall work or make, or cause to be wrought or made, any Silver Veffel, Plate or Manufacture of Silver, lefs in Finenefs than that of eleven Ounces and ten Penny Weight of fine Silver in every Pound Troy (a), nor put to Sale, exchange or fell, any Silver Veffels, Plate or Manufacture of Silver made after the faid ve and twentieth Day of March (unless it be Silver Wire, or fuch Things as in refpect of their Smallness are not capable of receiving a Mark) until fuch Time as fuch Veffel, Plate or manufactured Silver fhall be marked as followeth (that is to fay) with the Worker's Mark, to be expreffed by the two first Let- Plate, how to be ters of his Surname, the Marks of the Mystery or Craft of the marked. Goldsmiths, which, instead of the Leopard's Head and the Lion, fhall for this Plate be the Figure of a Lion's Head erased and the Figure of a Woman, commonly called Britannia, and a diftinct variable Mark to be used by the Warden of the said Myf. tery, to denote the Year in which such Plate is made; upon Pain that all fuch Silver Veffels, Plate or other manufactured Silver, which fhall be made, expofed to Sale, fold or exchanged, contrary to this Act, or the Value thereof, fhall be forfeited, the Penalty. one Half thereof to the King, and the other Half thereof to Luch Perfon or Perfons that will feize or fue for the fame, to be recovered by Action, Bill, Suit or Information, in any Court of Record, wherein no Effoin, Protection, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance shall be admitted: And if any Silversmith, Wardens and Goldsmith or other Perfon, fhall, after the faid five and twentieth Mafters allowDay of March, make any Silver Veffels, Plate or manufactured ing Plate for Silver, contrary to this Act, and the fame fhall be touched, marked or allowed for good by the Wardens or Masters of the faid Mystery, or those authorized or employed by them for the effaying and marking of Plate, and if in the fame there shall be found any Falfhood or Deceit; then the Wardens and Corporation of that Myftery for the Time being, fhall forfeit and pay Penalty. the Value of the Plate fo deceitfully marked, the one Half there. of to the King, and the other Half to any Perfon or Persons that fall buy the fame and be grieved thereby, to be recovered as aforefaid;

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