WHereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled have thought fit to continue the severall Rates and Charges of Excise or New-Impost already setled and established by Au­thority of both Houses. Be it hereby Ordained by the said Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That all and every the Ordinances touching the Excise or New-Impost, and every Clause, Sentence, Article, and other thing and things in them and every of them contained and expressed and now in force, aswell for the Governing and Ordering of the Excise, as for the setling, laying, and imposing severall Rates and Charges upon sundry and di­vers Commodities, shall, next after their and every of their particular and respective Expirations, be, and hereby are continued, prolonged, and to be received in and tho­rowout the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick, untill the first day of April, One thousand six hundred fourty six. And it is further Ordained and Declared by Authority aforesaid, That John Towse, Thomas Foot, John Kendrick, Thomas Cullum, and Simon Edmonds, Esquires, and Aldermen of the City of London; John Lamott and Edward Claxton of the same, Esquires, the present Commissioners of Excise or New-Impost, shall remain and be the chief Commissioners and Gover­nours of the whole Office and Receipts of the Excise and New-Impost in and thorow the whole Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick; and shall and may do and execute all and every the said Ordinances, Clauses, Articles, and o­ther thing and things in all and every the said Ordinances contained, mentioned, and expressed, in the same Manner and Form, and to the same Intents and Purposes, for, during and untill the said first day of April, One thousand six hundred fourty six, with the like Allowance of Six pence upon every Twenty shillings that shall come in upon the Receipts of the Excise or New-Impost. And it is further Ordained, That the said Commissioners, and their Sub-Commissioners, shall make and deliver up their respe­ctive Accompts in such manner as is directed and prescribed by the Ordinance of the One and thirtieth of August last past. And it is likewise Ordained, That aswell all and every the said Commissioners, their Sub-Commissioners and Officers, as all and every other person and persons whatsoever, who shall do, or cause any thing to be done in pursuance of this Ordinance, shall be protected, saved harmlesse and indempnified, by Authority of both Houses of Parliament.

ORdered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Ordi­nance concerning the Receipts and Commissioners of Excise, passed both Houses on Wednesday last the Nine and twentieth of January, One thousand six hundred four­ty four, shall be enlarged, and continue in force in the same manner it now is, untill the Eleventh of September which shall be in the yeer of our Lord One thousand six hundred fourty six.