THe Lords and Commons in Parliament as­sembled, finding that there is for the present an urgent necessity for the speedy raising and levying a considerable summe of Money, for the providing of one or more Magazin or Ma­gazins of Armes and Ammunition, and for other necessary charges, for and concerning the raising and payment of Horse and other Military forces with­in the Hamblets of the Tower of London, and Liberties thereof, the City of Westminster, and Liberties thereof, the Borough of Southwarke and Liberties thereof, and all other parts and places of the Counties of Middlesex and Surrey within the Forts or Lines of Communication, and Parishes adjacent, mentioned in the weekely Bill of Mortality, the just defence of Religion, the Priviledges of Parliament, the Lawes and Liberties of the Sub­ject and safety of the City of London, and of the parts and places a foresaid, and consequently of the whole Kingdom, (cal­ling and requiring for their utmost aide herein.) Have hereby ordained and declared; and be it hereby ordained and declared by the said Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, and [Page 2] by the Authority of the same, that for the intents and purposes afore-mentioned the severall and respective summes of money, hereafter in this Ordinance expressed, shall be respectively char­ged, rated, taxed, and levied upon the severall Divisions, Limits, and Places hereafter mentioned, according to the Proportions and distributions in this Ordinance expressed, That is to say, upon the said Hamblets of the Tower of London and Liberties, the summe of foure thousand pounds, upon the City of West­minster and Liberties thereof, and other the Liberties, Parishes, and Places adjacent in the County of Middlesex within the Forts and Lines of Communication, and other adjacent Parishes and Places within the said County of Middlesex, and mentioned in the weekely Bill of Mortality, the summe of six thousand pounds, upon the Borough of Southwark and Liberties thereof, and all Parishes and places adjacent within the Forts or Lines of Communication, within the County of Surrey, and other Pa­rishes and places within the said County of Surrey, mentioned in the said weekly Bill of Mortality, the summe of foure thou­sand pounds.

And be it further Ordained, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, residing or inhabiting within any the places or divisions afore-mentioned, for every estate Reall or Personall, that every such person or persons, or any other, hath to his or their use in trust, or otherwise shall pay towards the said sums his and their proportionable part, and proportion of such summe or summes of Money as by vertue of this Ordinance shall be so imposed, charged, set or assessed, as aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. And that the respective Sub­committees of the respective places above mentioned, appoin­ted by the Committee of the Militia of London, according to the Ordinance of Parliament, dated the eighteenth of July last, shall have full power and authority within their severall and re­spective limits and divisions to direct their Warrants to such number of persons as they shall think fit, thereby nominating and appointing them to be Assessors within their respective limits and divisions aforesaid, which persons so nominated and appoin­ted, shall hereby have full power and authority to assesse, tax, or rate, all and every such person and persons according to the true meaning of these presents: And the said respective Sub-commit­tees shall hereby have full power and authority within their re­spective [Page 3] limits and divisions, to nominate and appoint Colle­ctors, to gather and receive the money so assessed, which Colle­ctors so nominated and appointed, shall and may collect and ga­ther the moneyes so assessed, as aforesaid, and pay the same at the severall places, where the said severall Sub-committees shall ap­point, to the respective Treasurers hereafter mentioned, viz. The Collectors for the Hamblets of the Tower of London and Liber­ties thereof; to William Mellish Esquire, who is hereby nomina­ted and appointed to be Treasurer for the same Hamblets and Li­berties: And the Collectors of the said City of Westminster, and other places above mentioned, to Iohn Honnor, Cent. who is here­by by nominated and appointed to be Treasurer of the same division. And the Collectors for the said Borough of Southwarke and places above mentioned in the said County of Surrey to Joseph Collier Grocer, who is hereby nominated and appointed Trea­surer for the same Division, which said respective Treasurers are hereby authorized to issue out the said monies so gathered and received, according to such Warrants or Directions as shall be given by the said respective Sub-committees; provided al­wayes, That no monies be issued out by the said Treasurer for the Hamblets of the Tower of London, and Liberties thereof, but by order, made at the usuall place and time of meeting of the said Committee, by a full Committee consisting of seven persons at the least, whereof Foulke Wormelaiton, [...] Loton, Ed­ward Lole, [...] or any two of them, to be then and there perso­nally present and subscribing thereunto: And that no monies be issued out by the said Treasurer for the said City of Westmin­ster, and other places adjacent before mentioned, by order made at the usuall place of meeting of the said Committee, by a full Committee consisting of seven persons at the least, whereof M. William Ball, M. Josias Barners, M. Lawrence Swetnam, M. Edward Carter, M. William Haberfield, M. William Hooper, and M. William Dashwood, or any two of them to be then and there personally present and subscribing thereunto. And that no monies be issued out by the said Treasurer for the said Borough of Southwarke and places afore mentioned, but by order made at the usuall place and time of meeting of the said Committee, by a full Committee consisting of seven persons at the least, [Page 4] whereof M. Richard Wright, M. Cornelius Cooke, M. George Snelling, M. Edmund Austin, M. William Hickox, M. Richard Walker, M. Sammuel Lynne, and M. Robert Terry, or any two of them, to be then and there personally present and subscribing thereunto.

And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby further or­daine and declare, That every such person or persons so Rated and Assessed, by vertue hereof shall pay to the said respective Collectors two parts in three parts to be divided of all and every such summe or summes of money, so to be rated or assessed on him or them as aforesaid within three dayes next after notice or demand made by the persons to be appointed for the collecting and receiving thereof, and the other third part thereof within the space of one moneth next after the publication hereof.

And whereas divers summes of money be paid weekly, and other summes of money for the making and erecting of Fortifi­cations, Posts and Chaines, and Courts of Guards, within the respective Divisions afore mentioned are collected and not ac­counted for, and other parts thereof remain arreate not yet colle­cted. The said Lords and Commons doe hereby Ordaine and Declare. That all such persons who have collected any of the said monies, shall immediately upon demand make their ac­counts and payments thereof to the Sub-Committees of that Division wherein such collection hath been made; which Sub­committee hath hereby power to appoint Collectors to gather the said arreares, and the said Committee to dispose thereof to such uses and purposes as such Assessements have beene made for: and if any person or persons having received monies for the use above mentioned, and shall refuse to accompt for and pay the same in manner before expressed: or if any person or persons Assessed or to be Assessed for the raising of the severall summes of money herein mentioned shall faile in the payment thereof, that then it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Collectors, and every of them respectively (calling to their assi­stance any of the Trayned Bands, Constables or others) to le­vie double the summe or summes so Assessed, or to be Assessed by way of distresse upon his or their goods and chattels, and shall and may sell the same distresse or distresses for the services afore­said, and the overplus to be returned to the owner of the distresse taken. And in case no sufficient distresses can be found within [Page 5] the respective Divisions aforesaid; then upon certificate to be made in that behalfe, by the respective Sub-committees of the said Divisions, unto the Committee of the House of Commons, for examinations, sitting at Westminster: or to the Committee of the Militia of London, or any three of them; the said Com­mittee for Examinations or Committee for the Militia, or any three of them, shall and may commit such person or persons to safe custody, without baile or mainprize, wheresoever he or they shall be found; whether within the said respective Divis­ions, or without. And the estate or estates of him or them, shall and may be sequestred by the Committee of Sequestrations of such City, County, or Place, where the same estate or estates shall be found, to be imployed within the respective Divisions, where such assessements on him or them as aforesaid was made, for the services and purposes afore-mentioned, untill the summe or summes so assessed shall be fully satisfied. And the said Lords and Commons do hereby further ordaine and declare. That no person or persons so assessed, or to be assessed as aforesaid, shall remove his or their goods from any place or places within any the Divisions aforesaid, to any other place or places without the aforesaid Forts, or lines of Communication; by colour of any license or pretence whatsoever; unlesse the same person or per­sons doe produce and deliver unto the Officer or Officers of the severall Courts of guard for the time being, atrue Schedule of the goods so to be removed; together with a Certificate in writing under the hands of the Sub-Committee of that Division from whence the same goods shall be removed; mentioning that the owner of the said goods hath fully satisfied and answered all impositions, rated, imposed, or set upon him. And if any per­son or persons shall endeavour to do the contrary, shall be estee­med as a party disaffected to the Common-wealth; and forfeit the goods so to be removed. And it shall and may be law full to and for any person or persons whatsoever, to seaze the same; and to certifie the same unto the said respective Sub-Committees of the said severall Divisions.

And be it by the said Lords and Commons further ordained; That all Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments of all and every per­son and persons whatsoever, of what degree or quality whatso­ever; or in whose possession the same are, within the Divisions aforesaid, shall be rated, charged, and chargeable for, and towards [Page 4] [...] [Page 5] [...] [Page 6] the raising and payment of the said summe or summes of money set and charged by this Ordinance: Yet neverthelesse with this limitation and provision, that if the land be let or set, to, or neere the yeerly value thereof, in the possession of any Tennant for life, lives, or years, or at will; such person, or persons, to whom the rent thereof belongeth, to be solely charged therewith. But if the same be let at any easie or small rent, or under value, then the summe taxed, to be apportioned betweene the party or par­ties, to whom the rent belongeth, and the Tennant or Occupier of the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as the Taxers of As­sessors shall thinke meet. And if any such Tennant or Occupier of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall or may be cha [...]ged with any summe of money; that it shall and may be lawfull, to and for such Tennants or Occupier, to detaine the same, from, or out of his rent, due or next payable for the same land. And for the better encouragement of the said respective Collectors and Treasurers, it is ordained, That three pence in the pound shall be allowed for every summe of money which shall be collected and paid to the said Treasurers according to this Ordinance; whereof two pence shall be to the Collectors, and one penny to the Treasurer. And be it by the said Lords and Commons fur­ther ordained, That if any Assessor or Collector shall refuse the said service, or prove negligent or faulty therein; the said Sub-Committee for the respective Divisions or Limits, where such Assessor or Collector shall refuse, or be so negligent or faulty, shall have power to commit such Assessors or Collectors to pri­son: or to set such fine upon him or them as they shall think fit, not exceeding the summe of twenty pounds upon the Assessor, or five pounds upon the Collector; the same to belevied by di­stresse and sale of such offendors goods to the uses herein mentio­ned, in such sort as is herein before appointed.

And be it lastly, by the said Lords and Commons further or­dained, that all and every the respective Committees, Assessors, and Collectors of the respective Divisions aforesaid, and all that shall assist them in the premises, shall be protected by both Hou­ses of Parliament: Provided that this Ordinance, or any thing therein contained, shall not extend to the Peers or Members of either house, or the assistants of the House of Peers, or necessary attendants of either House.