FOr the better securing of the Eighty thousand pounds, under­taken to be lent by divers per­sons, aswell Aldermen as Mer­chants and others, and for the more orderly receiving and issuing out of the Moneys appointed to be Taxed and Lea­vied by the Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, made the fifteenth of February last; for the raising, and maintaining the Forces under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax: Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parlia­ment assembled; That Sir John Wollaston Knight, Thomas Adams, John Warner, and Thomas Andrews, Aldermen of the City of London; Abraham, Chamberlaine, George Witham, [Page] Francis Allen, and John Dethicke of London, Merchants; shall be Treasurers at War during the ten Moneths mentioned in the said former Ordinance of the fifteenth of February last: And be it likewise Ordained, That the said Treasurers at War shall re­ceive from the severall Lenders of the said Money, the Sum of Eighty thousand pounds, and from the severall Collectors of all other the Moneys to be Taxed, Lea­vied, and paid by vertue of the said former Ordinance of the fifteenth of February last, the said Sums to be Leavied, Taxed, and paid; which severall Sums of Money shall be by them paid to the said Treasurers, and issued forth for the raising and maintaining of the said Forces, and the charges incident to the same; And for the re-imbursing and repayment of the said Lenders, the said Sum of Eighty thousand pounds, with the interest thereof, after the Rate of Eight pounds per Cent. from the time of the len­ding thereof, to the time of the re-payment thereof, to the severall Lenders of the same, their Executors and Administrators, or such other person or persons, to whom the said Lenders, their Executors or Admi­nistrators [Page] shal under their respective hands in writing, appoint the same or any part thereof to be paid, and the said Treasurers or any two of them (one of them being an Alderman, the other a Commoner) shall have power, and are hereby authorized, in­joyned and required to re-pay the said Eighty thousand pounds unto the said Len­ders, their Executors or Assignes, or such person or persons their Assignees as afore­said, in manner and forme following: viz. Twenty six thousand, six hundred, sixty six pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence; with such interest thereof at one entire pay­ment out of the moneys to be Taxed, Lea­vied and paid for the Collection of the fifth moneth; by vertue of the said former Ordi­nances; Twenty six thousand, six hundred, sixty six pounds, thirteene shillings four pence, with the interest thereof, at one en­tire payment out of the moneys to be Taxed, Leavied, and paid for the sixt mo­neths Collection, by vertue of the said for­mer Ordinance: And twenty six thousand, six hundred, sixty six pounds, thirteen shil­lings, four pence, with interest after the same Rate, at one entire payment out of [Page] the moneys to be Taxed, Leavied, and paid for the seventh moneths Collection, by force of the said Ordinance of the fifteenth of Fe­bruary: The said severall sums of Twenty six thousand, six hundred, sixty six pounds, thirteen shillings four pence, with interest thereof, to be paid out of the first moneys to be received in, or for the said seve­rall and respective fifth, sixth, and se­venth Moneths Collection, by force of the said recited Ordinance, and of this present Ordinance. And in case there be not sufficient raised out of the fifth, sixth and seventh moneths Leavy, tax or receipt, That then the said Treasurers, or any two of them, (one of them being an Al­derman the other of them a Commoner) shall have power, and they are hereby au­thorized, injoyned and required to pay the said Eighty thousand pounds, with interest as aforesaid, or the remainder thereof, to the said Lenders, their Executors, or Assignes as aforesaid, out of such sums of money as shall be Taxed, Leavied, and paid, by virtue of the said Ordinance of the fif­teenth of February last, and this present Ordinance, for the eighth, ninth, and [Page] tenth moneths in the said recited Ordi­nance mentioned; The same to be paid proportionably to each Lender, his Execu­tors, or Assignes as aforesaid, according to the sum by him or them advanced by way of Loan, upon his demand thereof from the said Treasurers or any two of them, the one of them being an Alder­man, the other a Commoner. And if there shall be a failer of the payment of the said Eighty Thousand Pounds, and the interest thereof at such rate as a­foresaid, or any part of the same out of the said monethly Collections hereby appoint­ed for the payment thereof: It is hereby ordained, That so much thereof as shall be unpaid, shall be paid out of such other re­ceipts as are hereafter mentioned, or as shall be in the power of both Houses of Parliament to dispose of, or by some other wayes or meanes to be provided for by both Houses of Parliament, who undertake the provision thereof accordingly: And that every County, City, Burrough and other place may be fully assessed according to the Rate by the said Ordinance, intended to be Taxed and Assessed upon them, in case there should be default in any of the Com­mittees [Page] appointed by the said Ordinance, in the making of the said Assessment, or in any County, City, Burrough, or other place, in paying of the sums Assessed, or any negligence or default in any Collector to be appointed by virtue of the said former Ordinance, for raising and maintaining the said Forces, or Collecting of the same, or otherwise; Be it Ordained, That the Earl of Northumberland, the Earl of Kent, the Earl of Rutland, the Earl of Pembrook, the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Bullingbrook, the Lord Viscount Say and Seal, the Lord Wharton, the Lord Howard, Master Sollicitor, Sir Henry Vane Iunior, Mr. Crew, Mr. Pierrepont, Mr. Stroad, Mr. Recorder, Sir John Evelyn, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Reynolds, Colonell Ven, Sir Thomas Soame, Mr. Jennour, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Pury, Mr. Pride­aux, Mr. Benningfield; Mr. Bond, Sir Arthur Ha­slerig, Mr. Scawen, and Sir Gilbert Gerard, Members of the Commons House of Par­liament, and the said eight Treasurers, or any four of them, (whereof two to be Al­dermen, and two to be Commoners) calling unto them such of the Lenders as they or the greater number of them shall thinke fit, shall have full power [Page] and they are hereby authorized to take and set towne such order as they shall thinke meete and fit for the full assessing, and the due collecting of the said severall summes of Money to be taxed, leaviod, and paid, and leavying the Arrears hereafter in this present Ordi­nance mentioned, and all incident Charges touching the same. And such order shall bee obeyed by every person and persons in such manner and forme as shall be by the Persons before named, or any eight of them ( [...]oure of them at the least being Members of the Commons House of Parliament) directed and prescri­bed, The same power not to exceed that already given to the respective Committees by the said recited Ordi­nance of the fifteenth of February last.

And be it further Ordained, that the said Treasu­rers at Warres, or any two of them (whereof one of them to be an Alderman, and the other a Commoner) shall subscribe every receipt to such person or persons, as shall advance by way of Loane any summe or sums of Money towards the said eighty thousand pounds undertaken to be Advanced, and such receipt shall inte­rest and intitle every person or persons, to whom the same shall be given their & his Executors, Administra­tours [Page] and Assignes, as aforesaid, into the security and benefit of this present Ordinance for the repayment of the said eighty thousand pounds, with such interest thereof as aforesaid.

And be it further Ordained, that the Receipt of the said Treasurers, or any two of them, (the one of them being an Alderman, and the other a Commoner) shall be a suf­ficient discharge to every Collector, or other person that shall pay in any Money, that shall be taxed, leavied, and paid by vertue of the said Ordinance of the fifteenth of February last, or this present Ordinance. And that the said Members of the House of Commons, or any five of them shall have Power, and are hereby Autho­rized to bee a Committee to give Warrants to the said Treasurers at Warre, or any two of them, for the issuing forth of the said eighty thousand pounds ad­vanced by way of loane, and all other the Moneys that they shall receive by vertue of the said former, and of this present Ordinance, and in the same Warrant it shall bee expressed for what purpose the Money con­tained in the same is to be issued, and the said War­rants with a receipt thereupon under the hand of the party to whom the same is directed to be paid, or his [Page] Assignee or Assignees, shall be a sufficient discharge to the said Treasurers, and every of them, for so much as they shall thereupon issue forth, Except for the seve­rall summes of twenty six thousand, six hundred sixty six pounds thirteene shillings and foure pence, with in­terest thereof, as aforesaid; Which summes are to bee paid to the persons advancing the said eighty thousand pounds as aforesaid, and not otherwise employed.

And it is also Ordained, that the said eighty thousand pounds advanced by the said Lenders, and all Moneys to bee raised by vertue of the said Ordinance of the fifteenth of February last, shall bee employed onely for she purposes, uses, and intents in this Ordinance and the forementioned Ordinance of the fifteenth of February expressed, and no otherwise, and no War­rants shall bee made from the said Committee or any other, or if issued, shall bee obeyed, but onely for the purposes aforesaid.

And it is also further Ordained, that the said Trea­surers at Warre for their paines in receiving, and issu­ing forth of the said eighty thousand pounds; and the Moneys to be raised and received by vertue of the laid recited Ordinance, and this present Ordinance, and in [Page] Consideration they shall execute the imployment of the Treasurer at Warres shall have three pence for every pound, they shall receive and issue forth of the Mo­neys to bee taxed, levyed and paid by vertue of the said recited Ordinance; And shall also have three pounds five shillings foure pence per diem to bee disposed of as they shall thinke fit for the payment of such persons as they shall thinke meete to make use of, for the better execution of the said employment of Treasurer at Warres, and all other charges allowed to Sir Gilbert Gerrard, as Treasurer at Warres, and shall issue the Moneys without any further or other allowance, the said allowances to bee paid monethly.

And bee it further Ordained, that all arrears which are or shall be due upon the Ordinance of the fifteenth of February, and all arrearages of Weekly Assesse­ments due upon any Ordinance from any of the Inha­bitants within the Cities of London and Westminster, or the County of Middlesex. And all Moneys that shall bee due from any Accomptant or Accomptants, Collectors or Treasurers by vertue of any Ordinance for taking of the Accompts of the whole Kingdom shall [Page] bee employed, towards the raising and maintaining of the Forces under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, and other the purposes in this Ordinance mentioned.

Provided, That all such Moneys that by any Or­dinance of both Houses of Parliament, or Order of the Commons House of Parliament, before the passing hereof, are to be paid out of the said Arrears or Mo­neys that shall be due from any Accomptant or Ac­comptants, Collectors or Treasurers shall bee first paid, notwithstanding this Ordinance, or any thing herein contained to the Contrary.

Provided also, that this Ordinance, shall not extend to the Raising or Leavying of the last Moneths Tax or Assessement upon the County of Kent, but that the same shall and may be employed for the Garrison of Plymouth.

Provided, and it is Ordained, that the tax and As­sessement on the severall Counties and places in the said Ordinance of the fifteenth of February mentioned, and all power for Collecting, Raising, Leavying and receiving the same, shall be in force, and stand in being, and put in execution untill the summe of eighty thou­sand pounds with interest as aforesaid bee repaid, al­though this present Warre continue not so long.

[Page] Provided that, Whereas by the said former Ordi­nance; It is appointed that the summes therein men­tioned shall be taxed, levyed, and paid from the first day of February last, till the first day of December next, which comprehendeth more then ten Moneths recken­ing, eight and twenty dayes to the moneth, Whereupon some doubt hath arisen, touching the Computation of the said Moneths; for clearing whereof, It is here­by Declared and Ordained, that the said Monethly Taxe be made according to the Callender, and not otherwise.

And whereas by the said former Ordinance, the se­verall Committees, or any two of them are Authori­sed, and required to allow the severall allowances of one penny, and one halfe penny therein mentioned: And it is necessary that the severall summes of Money Collected be paid to the said Treasurers in the Guild-Hall London.

It is Ordained, that the said summes bee paid at the Guild-Hall London aforesaid, according to the in­tent of this Ordinance by the said Collectors, And upon payment thereof the said Treasurers or any two of them (the one of them being an Alderman, and the other a Commoner) shall give allowance of the said one penny, and one halfe penny to the said Collectors, and to free the said Committees from trouble therin. It is also Ordained that the said power, as to the allow­ing of the said one penny, and one halfe penny, by the said Committees be hereby discharged the former Or­dinance notwithstanding.