60+ C. 16—18. Anno feptimo 6c odavo Gulielmi III. A, D. i6g6^ iiAM and Queen Mary, intituled, An ASl declaring the Rights and Liberties of the SubjeSi, and fettling the Succejpon of the Crown:' And if the faid Parliament (hall be fo prorogued, then it fhall meet and fit on and upon the Day unto which it fliall be prorogued, and continue for the Refidue of the faid Time of fix Months, unlefs fooner prorogued or diflblved as aforefaid. In cafe of no jj. 7 d it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe there {hall be no Parlia- kft r""" I '"^"'- "^ s'"g' ^' s Time of the Death or Demife of His Majefty, or any of His Heirs and Succeflbrs, aft.^'"* "^ ° then the laft preceding Parliament fhall immediately convene and fit, and is hereby impowered and re- quired to adl as aforefaid, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid Parliament had never been dif- folved. Aft not to a- III. Provided always, and it is hereby declared. That nothing in this Kdi contained fhall extend or be bridge theKing's conftrued to extend to alter or abridge the Power of the King, His Heirs and SuccefTors, to prorogue or
- '°*"or°diffol've ^^'^o've Parliaments, nor to repeal or make void one Adtof Parliament made in the fixth and feyenth Years.
Parliaments! ^' of the Reign of His prefent Majefty King William, intituled, An AB for the frequent Meeting and Call- «& 7 W. 3.C.2. ing of Parliaments, but that the faid Adt fliall continue in Force in every Thing that is not contrary to, or inconfiftent with, the Diredions of this Aft. See Poji. Ch. zi^. And for farther Proviftons relating to Par- liament, fee 10 f? II W. 3. f. 7. II £a' 12 IF. 3. f. 2. 12 £5' 13 W. 3. r. 3 cf 10. 2^3 Ann. c. 18. 6 Ann. c.-j^ZT,. qAnn.c.^. 10 Ann. c. ig ^ ZT,. 1 Gw. i. f. 38 & 56. 2 G^ij. 2. f. 24. GGeo.z.c.z^. SGea. 2. c. 30. g Geo, 2. c. 38. II Geo, 2. c. 24. 13 Geo. 2. c. 20., 15 Geo, 2. c. 22. 19 Geo. 2. c. 28. 31 Geo, 2, c, 14. and i^ Geo. 2. c, 20. CAP. XVI. <)■ "EXP. An A^ for raifing the Militia of this Kingdom for the Year one thoufand fix hundred ninety- fix, although 13 & 14 Car. I, jjjg Month's Pay formerly advanced be not repaid, e. 3. CAP. XVII. , An AG: to continue four former Ads for preventing Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Bor- ders of England. 73 & 14 Car. 2. ' "^T WHEREAS an Aft was made in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of our late c. II. ' VV Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second, intituled. An AB for preventing of Theft and Rapine igCar. 2.C. 3. ' upon the Northern Borders sf JLng.nd: And whereas alfo another Adl was made in the eighteenth Year «.? ^° *" ' °*^ '^^ ^'"'^ King, intituled. An Aif to continue a former Aii to prevent Theft and Rapine upon the Northern ' Borders of England : Both which Adts were continued by another Adt made in the twenty-ninth and ' thirtieth Years of the Reign of the faid late King, intituled. An ASi for Continuance of two former A£h for preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders 0/" England, for and during the Space and ' Time of feven Years, and alfo from thence until the End of the firfl Seffion of the then next Parlia- ' ment : And whereas the three afore-mentioned Adls were continued by another Adt made in the firfl Year I'Jac. i. c. 14. ' of the Reign of the late King James the Second, intituled. An ASi for Continuance of three former ASts for preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of England, for and during the Space and ' Term of eleven Years, and alfo from thence unto the End of the firft SefEon of this prefent Parliament ; The Powers m ' which Laws have been found very necelTary for the Prefervation of thofe Places from that great Num- ^• !?'r^^"' ' ^^'^ '^^ ^-^<^, diforderly and lawlefs Perfons, that ufually infefted and frequented thofe Parts :' Be it there- tinued for =""' %^ enadted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- Years. ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the Continued fur- fame. That the laid four former Adts, and all and every of them, and every Matter, Claufe and Claufes therforji therein contained, and all and every the Powers and Authorities thereby given, fhall be, continue and re- Years by la & main in full Force from henceforth, for and during the Space and Term of five Years, and alfo from thence Vg1.11. 11]. ""^° '^^ ^""^ of' the firfl SefTion of the next Parliament. 17 Geo. 2, c. r^ 4<'- . C A P. XVIII. Rep. aoGeo. 2. An Adt for granting to His Majefty feveral Rates or Duties upon Houfes, for making good the Deficiency «• 3- of the clipped Money. From 25 March 1696, for feven Years, every Dwelling Houfe inhabited to pa7 zs. Houfe with ten Windows to pay 45-. /i^r yf«««7n, above the 2 x. Twenty Windov^s, 2, s . per Annum. to be paid Half-yearly. For the Increafe and Continuance, i^c. of thefe Duties fee 9 & 10 W. 3. c. 20. I Annas, flat. i. c. 13. j Annae, c. 13. 7 Annse, c. 7. 8 Annae, c. 4. 3 Geo. i. c. 8. §. 18. 5 Geo. I. c. 3. §. 22. and c. 19. 6 Geo. i. c. 21. §.6i. Duties to be charged on the Inhabitants. Commiflio- ners for the Land Tax 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 5. to execute this for the firfl Year, and meet before 7 May 1696, and divide themfelves into Hundreds, and diredt their Precepts to Afleffors to appear in ttn Days. Af- fefibrs to certify the inhabited Houfes, and Number of Windows, with the Names of the Inhabitants, and what they ought to pay. Two Peilbns to be CoUedtors in each Parifh, for whom the Pariih to be anfwerable. Affeffors to take the Oaths by i W. & M. fT. i.e. 8. Certificates of Rates to be returned before 4 ^'"w 1656. Commiflioners to ilfue their Warrants for colledting the Duties. Money colledted to be paid to the Receiver General in twenty Days after Receipt. In Default of Payment to be levied by-. Diflrefs. The Receiver General to pay the Money into the Exchequer Half-yearly. Commiflioners fuf- pedling any Houfe not duly charged or omitted, may examine the Inhabitant, who negledling to appear js to pay Double. Receiver General to have zd. and Collcdtor 3^. in the Pound. Clerks allowed d. in the Pound. Appeals may be made in ten Days, and CommilTioners may abate or iacreafe the Aflefl^ ment.
