AN ACT FOR Granting a Supply TO HIS MAJESTY, BY Raising Money by way of a POLL. royal blazon or coat of arms DUBLIN: Printed by Andrew Crook, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, on Cork-Hill, near Copper-Alley. MDCXCVII. An ACT for Granting a supply to His Majesty, by raising Money by way of a POLL. CHAP. XXXIII. WE Your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Commons of IRELAD in Parliament Assembled, having a grateful sense of the Benefits we enjoy under the Auspicious Reign of our great Deliverer and Defender, with all Thankfulness and Humility, own Your Majesty's Goodness towards us, and Your Indefatigable Pains and Care for our Safety: And taking into our Consideration, that many Debts Contracted by Your Majesty for our Security and Preservation, remain unpaid, through a Deficiency of Your Majesty's Established and Settled Revenue to discharge the same. As a further Acknowledgement of the Sincerity and Loyalty of our Hearts, Do most humbly Present Your Majesty a Free Gift of the several Sums hereafter following, to be Levied in manner herein-after expressed; for, and towards the payment and discharge of the Debts and other Ends hereafter particularly mentioned: And do veseéch Your Majesty to accept thereof, And that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by, and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament Assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all and every person and persons of what Age, Sex, or Degreé soever, that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of executing this Act, shall pay unto His Majesty Two shillings, sterl. per ann. To commence from the Sixth day of November, in the Year of Our Lord God. One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven, except the Wives and Daughters of Day-Labourers, living with their Parents, and the Sons of Day-Labourers who have not attained their Age of Eighteéns Years; and also except Widows, who by reason of their poverty, are discharged from paying Hearth-money, and all persons living on Alms. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every person and persons, who at the time of the execution of this Act, shall be of the several Qualities, Ranks, Orders and Degreés hereafter mentioned, shall Annually pay unto His Majesty the several Sums hereafter in this Act set down and appointed, beside, and over and above their said Annual Poll of Two shillings, sterl. (That is to say) Every Archbishop of this Kingdom, shall pay the Sum of Fifty pounds, sterl. Every Bishop of this Kingdom, shall pay the Sum of Twenty pounds, sterl. Every Dean of this Kingdom, shall pay the Sum of Ten pounds, sterl. Every Archdeacon of this Kingdom, shall pay the Sum of Five pounds, sterl. Every Cannon, or Prebendary of this Kingdom shall severally pay the Sum of Fifty shillings, sterl. Every Doctor of Divinity, Law, or Physic, shall pay the Sum of Five pounds, sterl. Every Person having two or more Benefices, with Ewer of Souls, making together One hundred pounds, sterl. or upwards, shall pay Five pounds, sterl. Every person having one Benefice, with Cure of Souls, of the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds, sterl. shall pay Threé pounds, sterl. Every person having one or more Benefice or Benefices, with Cure of Souls, of the Yearly Value of Fifty pounds, sterl. and under a hundred pounds, Yearly Value, shall pay the sum of One pound, sterl. and no more. Every person having a Sine Cure, or Benefice, without Cure of Souls, of the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds, sterl. shall pay the sum of Ten pounds, sterl. and so after the Rate proportionably for any greater or lesser Sine Cure, or Benefice without Cure of Souls, being under or above the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds, sterl. Every Parson or Incumbent, having but one Benefice with Cure of Souls, and not residing thereon, or having more Benefices than one, with Cure of Souls, and not residing on any one of them, shall pay for every such Benefice of the Yearly Value of One hundred pounds, star. the sum of Ten pounds, star. and after that Rate proportionably for every greater or lesser Benefice. And every Parson, or Vicar, having any Benefice or Benefices, with Cure of Souls, under the Yearly Value of Fifty pounds stir. shall pay the sum of Ten shillings. Every Chancellor of a Diocese, or Vicar-General, shall pay Five pounds stir. Every Register of a Diocese, shall pay the sum of Two pounds ten shillings stir. Every Chancellor of a Cathedral, shall pay two pound ten shillings, star. Every Dignitary, of what nature or kind soever, shall pay Two pounds ten shillings, sterl. Every Curate having no Benefice, shall pay Ten shillings, and no more. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every person and persons, who at the time of the execution of this Act, shall be of the several Ranks and Degreés hereafter mentioned, and shall be then within this Kingdom, or that hath any Estate in Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments in the same, shall pay unto His Majesty the several Sums of Money hereafter in this Act set down and appointed. (That is to say) Every person of the Degreé of a Duke, of this Kingdom, shall pay the sum of Fifty pounds, sterl. Every person of the Degreé of a Marquis, having any Estate in this Kingdom, shall pay Forty pounds. Every person of the Degreé of an Earl, inhabiting, or resideing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act, or having any Estate in the same, shall pay the sum of Thirty pounds, sterl. Every person of the Degreé of a Viscount, that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act, or that hath any Estate in the same, shall pay the sum of Twenty five pounds, sterl. And that every person being of the Degreé of a Baron, of this Kingdom, who shall be in the same at the time of the execution of this Act, or that hath any Estate in this Kingdom, shall pay the sum of Twenty pounds, sterl. And that every person being eldest Son of such Duke, who is Charged Fifty pounds, as aforesaid, shall pay Thirty pounds, sterl. Every younger Son of such Duke, so Charged as aforesaid, shall pay the sum of Twenty five pounds, sterl. Every eldest Son of such Marquis, as is before Charged, shall pay the sum of Twenty five pounds. Every younger Son of such Marquis, shall pay the sum of Twenty pounds, sterl. Every eldest Son of such Earl, as is before Charged with Thirty pounds' sterl. shall pay the sum of Twenty pounds' sterl. Every younger son of such Earl as is Charged as aforesaid, the sum of Fifteéns pounds sterl. Every eldest son of such Viscount, Charged by this Act with the payment of Twenty five pounds sterl. shall pay the sum of Seaventeéns pounds ten shillings sterl. Every younger son of such Viscount, so Charged as aforesaid, shall pay the sum of Thirteéns pounds six shillings and eight pence. Every eldest son of such Baron, as is before Charged by this Act with the payment of the sum of Twenty pounds' sterl. shall pay the sum of Fifteéns pounds sterl. Every younger son of such Baron, so Charged as aforesaid, shall pay the sum of Twelve pounds' sterl. Every woman having the Title of a Peeress of this Kingdom, or who takes place as such by Descent, or by any Grant from His Majesty, or any of his Predecessors, having any Estate in Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or otherwise in this Kingdom, or that shall be in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act, shall pay equal with any Peér of the same Degree. Every Widow of a Noble man, though Married to a Commoner, shall pay one full third part of what her former Husband, whose Relict she was, should or ought to have paid, had he been living. Every Baronet of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or Nova Scotia, and every Knight of the Bath, residing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act, or having any Estate in Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments in this Kingdom, shall pay he sum of Fifteéns pounds sterl. Every person of the Degreé of a Knight Bachelor, shall pay Ten pounds' sterl. Every person of the Degreé of an Esquire, or so reputed, or owning, or writing himself such (other than such as are reputed Esquires for having been, or being Mayor, or Sheriffs, or Members of any Corporation) and every person that is, or hath been a Member of the House of Commons, or born, or doth bear the Office of a Sheriff, or Justice of the Peace, or Deputy Lieutenant, residing in this Kingdom at the time of the execution of this Act, or having any Estate in Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments within this Kingdom, shall pay the sum of Five pounds' sterl. Every reputed Knight, Baronet, Baron, Viscount and Earl, or who shall call or style themselves so, shall pay the same sum as they should have been liable to pay if they really were of that Quality. Every Gentleman, or reputed Gentleman, or owning himself, or writing himself such, inhabiting, or residing in this Kingdom, or having any Estate in Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments in this Kingdom, shall pay the sum of Five and twenty shillings sterl. Except Gentlemen who shall not be worth Twenty pounds' sterl. at the execution of this Act, shall pay Five shillings sterl. and no more. Every Widow respectively residing in this Kingdom, or having any Estate within the same, shall pay One third part Rated by this Act on that Degreé of which the Husband of such Widow was in his life-time. And be it further Enacted, That every Person under the Degreé of a Baron, being worth One hundred pounds in Goods, Chattels, or other Personal Estate, shall pay Five shillings; and that every Person as aforesaid, worth in Personal Estate of any kind, Two hundred pounds Sterling, shall pay Ten Shillings; and every Person worth Threé hundred pounds in Personal Estate, as aforesaid, shall pay Fifteéns Shillings; and every person worth Four hundred pounds in personal Estate as aforesaid, shall pay One pound Sterl. and every Person worth Five hundred pounds in Personal Estate as aforesaid, shall pay One pound Five shillings; every Person having in Personal Estate as aforesaid, to the Value of One thousand pounds, or upwards, shall pay the sum of Five pounds' sterl. Every Tenant, or Farmer of this Kingdom, who payeth not a greater Rent than Ten pounds' sterl. per ann. and every Shop-keéper Tradesman, or Artificer, not worth Ten pounds in Substance, shall pay for no more Children under the Age of Sixteéns years, than two. Every Tenant, or Farmer, paying above Ten pounds per ann. Rend, shall pay the sum of Two shillings and Six pence. Every Tenant, or Farmer, paying above Twenty pounds, per ann. Rend, shall pay the sum of Five shillings. Every Tenant, or Farmer, paying above Forty pounds' Rent, per ann. shall pay the sum of Ten shillings. Every Tenant, or Farmer, paying above Sixty pounds per ann. Rend, shall pay the sum of Fifteéns shillings. Every Farmer, or Tenant paying One hundred pounds per ann. Rend, or upward, shall pay the sum of One pound. Every Tradesman or Shop-keéper, that is worth Twenty pounds, or upwards, in Personal Estate, shall pay the sum of Two shillings and Six pence. Every Tradesman, or Shop-keéper worth Fifty pounds, or upwards, in Personal Estate, shall pay Five shillings. Every Shop-keéper, or Tradesman, worth One hundred pounds, or upwards, in Personal Estate, shall pay Ten shillings. Every Tradesman or Shop-keéper, worth Two hundred pounds in Personal Estate, shall pay Fifteéns shillings. Every Tradesman or Shop-keéper, worth Threé hundred pounds, shall pay One pound. Every Tradesman, or Shop-keéper, worth Four hundred pounds in Personal Estate, shall pay One pound Five shillings. Every Gray-Merchant, Merchant-Traveller, or Pedlar, who usually Travels with an Horse, shall pay One pound. Every Gray-Merchant, Merchant-Traveller, or Pedlar, who usually Travels without an Horse, shall pay Ten shillings. Every Person in Orders of the Romish Religion, shall pay Twelve shillings and Six pence. And that all and every Person, except Women, Children under the Age of Sixteéns, and such as pay Two shillings, and no more, who have not already taken the Oaths, and Subscribed the Declaration herein-after mentioned to His Majesty: And who shall not voluntarily appear before the Commissioners, or any two or more of them, and take the said Oaths, and make, and subscribe the Declaration herein-after mentioned; which Oath, any two or more of the Commissioners in this Act named, are hereby Impowered and Required to Administer, and make an Entry or Memorandum thereof, and of making and Subscribing the said Declaration in some Book, to be kept for that purpose: Every such Person who shall neglect to appear, or shall not take the Oath, and make, and Subscribe the Declaration as aforesaid, shall be charged with, and shall pay to His Majesty double the sums, which by Force or Virtue of any Clause in this Act, he should or ought to pay, or be charged with; to be Levied, Collected, Answered, Recovered and paid, in such manner, and by such ways and means, as are in this Act expressed and appointed, for, and concerning the Rates and sums hereby intended to be Doubled as aforesaid. Provided, nevertheless, That whereas certain Persons, Dissenters from the Church of England, commonly called Quakers, and now known to be such, do scruple the taking any Oath, it shall be sufficient for every such Person to make and subscribe the following Declaration. I A. B. do Sincerely Promise, and Solemnly Declare, before God and the World, That I will be True and Faithful to King WILLIAM. And I Solemnly Profess and Declare, That I do from my Heart Abhor, Detest, and Renounce, as Impious and Heretical, that Damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes Excommunicated, or Deprived by the Pope, or any Authority of the See of ROME, may be Deposed or Murdered by their Subjects, or any other person whatsoever. And I do Declare that no Foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath, or aught to have any Power, Jurisdiction, Superiority, Pre-eminence, or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm. Which Declaration, any two or more of the Commissioners appointed for the Execution of this Act, are hereby Impowered and Required to take: And such Person making, and Subscribing the Declaration, shall not be Liable to, or chargeable with any of the Double Rates aforesaid. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the several Sums of Money, so as aforesaid, Limited and Appointed to be paid, shall be Due and Payable for Two Years, Commencing the First Day of November, One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven, and be Collected Quarterly by Four equal Payments; the First Payment to be made on the Second Day of February, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven; the Second Payment to be made on the Second Day of May, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Six hundred Ninety eight; the Third Payment to be made on the Second Day of August, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Six hundred Ninety eight; and the Fourth Payment to be made on the Second Day of November, which will be in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand Six hundred and Ninety eight; the Fifth Payment to be made on the Second Day of February, which will be in the Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety eight; and Sixth Payment on the Second Day of May, in the Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety nine; the Seaventh Payment to be made on the Second Day of August, in the Year One thousand Six hundred and Ninety nine; and Eighth and Last Payment to be made on the Second Day of November, in the said Year, One thousand Six hundred and Ninety nine. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That for the better Assessing, Ordering, and Levying of the several Sums of Money, so as aforesaid Limited and Appointed to be paid, and for the more effectual putting this Act in Execution, all, and every the Persons hereafter named, shall be Commissioners of, and for the several and respective Counties, Cities, Towns, and Places, hereafter named, for putting in Execution this present Act, and the Powers therein contained, in the Counties, Cities, Towns, and Places, (That is to say) For the County of Armagh. The High-Sheriff for the time being, Sir Nicholas Acheson, Bar. Sir Henry Yichburne, Kt. Arthur Brownlow, Marmaduke Coghill, Samuel Doppin, Stephen Ludlow, Edward Reyly, William Richardson, William Mollineux, Hamlet Obins, Downham Cope, Edward Harrison, John Hamilton, Rich Chapel, William Blacker, Henry Richardson, Walter Dawson, Roger Hall, Henry Hunter, Hans Hamilton, James Maxwell, Richard Whaley, Esquires, The Sovereign of Armagh, for the time being, the Portreéve of Charlemont, for the time being, Rath Jones, Thomas Clerk of Ardress, Daniel Madden, Thomas Bond, James mc. Kean, George Maxwell, John Hamilton of Hamiltons' Bawn, Gentlemen, Captain James Manson, Francis Nevil, Esq William Scott, John Ball, Abraham Ball, Thomas Clerk of Portadown, Gentlemen, John Holtrige, Esq For the County of Antrim. Sir Arthur Longford, Bar. Captain John Chichester, Sir Robert Adaire, Arthur Upton, Hugh colvil, James mc. Cartney, Edward Harrison, Godfrey Walker, Hercules Davis, Henry Davis, Charles o Neal, Edward Stafford, Thomas Dawson, Robert Dalway, Alexander Dalway, Esquires. The Sovereign of Belfast for the time being, Robert Leasly, George mc. Cartney, Esquires, Edward Brice, Gentleman, Clothworthy Upton, Esq Arthur mc. Cartney, Edward Clements, Gent. Richard Dob, junior, Edward Ellis, William Shaw of Ganavay, John o Neal, Henry mc. Collagh, Robert Dovil, Esquires, Doctor John Peacock, Henry Shaw, William Shaw of Balligally, Gentlemen, William Laftly, Benjamin Gallant, Charles Stewart William Shaw of Bush, John Donelson, George Buttle, Esquires, William Crawford and Thomas Crawford, William Thompson, Robert Haran, James Tanas, James Johnston, Cornelius Crumble, John Pierce, John Charlton, William Close, Richard Harrisson, Thomas Cornwall, Gentlemen; John Latham, Warham Jemmet, Esquires; James Harston, Benjamin Adaire, Gentlemen; Samuel Sincly, Edmond Reynolds, John Reynolds, Esquires; James Crawford, Robert Harper, Richard Nuton, Bryan mc. Manus, Patrick Hamilton of Belfast, William Adaire, John Dobbin, William Dobin, James mc. Collagh, James Boyd, Neal Boy mc. Neal of the Henry Andrew, Hugh mc. Cullam, Henry Willoughby, Henry Sheads, Francis Andrew, Andrew mc. Calvey, William Boyd, John Delap, William Boyd, John Michall, Alexander mc. Kay, Alexander Watson, and John Walkinton, Gentlemen. For the County of the Town of Carickfergus. The Mayor of Carickfergus for the time being, the Sheriffs of the same for the time being, Hercules Davis, Henry Davis, Esquires; and Marmaduke Newton, Gentleman: For the County of Catherlaugh. The High-Sheriff for the time being, Sir Thomas Butler, John Allen, Philip Savage, Wentworth Harman, John Tench, Thomas Burdett, Richard Wolessy, Urban Vigors, Edmond Jones, John Beauchamp, John Brown, Esquires; John Dolway, John Bernard, James Cox, Archdeacon, Robert Harris, and Thomas Fox, Clerks. For the County of Cavan. The Honourable Mr. justice Coot, Sir Francis Hamilton, Baronet; Francis White, Thomas Ash, Robert Saunders, Francis Butler, John Warburton, Samuel Townly, Thomas Townly, Joseph Prat, John Maxwell, John Coin, Robert Clements, Daniel French, Arnold Cosby, Henry Palmer, Charles Hampson, Alexander Sanderson, Edward Davenport, Walter Pollard, Esquires; Dean Enoch Rider, William Handson, Robert Maxwell, Anthony lvison, Clerks; Robert Craige, Esq Brockhill Newburgh, Henry Guillyms, Thomas Hemming, Thomas Humes, George Russell, Samuel Wilson, John Robinson, John Price, and Patrick Everey, Gentlemen. For the County of Clare. Sir Henry Ingoldsby, Sir Donat o Brian, Baronet's; Francis Burton, Esq Francis Gore, and James Hamilton of Tullymore, the Honourable John o Brian, Simon Purden, Henry Bridgeman, Edmond Perry, Thomas Spaight, Esquires; John Rouen, John Cusack. Gentlemen; Mountifort Westrop, William Smith, Esquires; John Hawkins, Clerk: William Butler, Esq George Calpoys, Patrick Connel, Gentlemen; Samuel Burton, Thomas Hickman, George Stammer, David Bendon, Nicholas Westby, Esquires; Patrick Fitz-Simmons, Clerk; Henry Lee, Walter Hickman, James Mac donnel, Esquires; William Smith, Richard Lee, Henry Hickman, George Hickman of Ballickett, Gentlemen; Augustin Fitz-Gerald, Esq William Fitz-Gerald, Gentleman; Neptune Blood, Dean of Kilfenoragh, and Timothy o Brien of Smithstowne. For the City of Cork. Colonel Theobald Purcell, Allen Broderick, His Majesty's Solicitor General, Alderman Robert Rogers, Doctor ●alter Neale, Mr. Edward Sing, the Mayor and Sheriffs of Cork for the time being, Thomas Piggot, Esq Alderman Newenham, Alderman Howell, William Newstead, Esq Alderman Hore, Alderman Crofts, Alderman Crow, Alderman Charters, John Speed, Merchant, Captain William Dunscomb, Captain Epenetus Cross, and Captain John Traverse. For the County of Cork. Sir St. John Broderick, Knight, Thomas Broderick, Esquire, Allan Broderick, Esquire, His Majesty's Solicitor General; Henry boil, Robert Fitz-Gerald, Edward Southwell, James Walter, Edward Riggs, Francis Bernard, William Jepson, Laurence Clayton, Edward Denny, John Hayes, Charles boil, John Ormsby, Francis Brewster, Charles Oliver, James Barry, Robert Foulks, Piercy Freak, Brian Townsend, Thomas Beecher, Edward Richardson, Samuel Maurice, and Robert Pooly, Esquires; Sir John Mead, Knight; Francis Hodder, George Symmes, William Carr, John Davis, John Baily, junior, Thomas Crook, Edward Worth, Richard Traverse, Richard Hutchins, Daniel Beanish and John Lee, Esquires; the Mayor of Youghall, the Sovereign of Kinsale, the Provost of Bandon, the Sovereign of Middleton, and the Sovereign of Charlevill for the time being; Sir Matthew Dean, Knight, John Cook, Richard Yeats, John Luther, Edward Nicholas, and Jasper Lucas, Merchants; William Bollard, Nicholas Brumby, Richard Wakeham, William Wakeham, Peter Bettsworth, Thomas Piggott, John Traverse, John Bowles, John Wakeham, William Supple, Samuel Maynard, John Montgomery, Stephen Moor, boil Aldworth, Emanuel Moor, Henry Tonson, Joseph Jervis, Henry Beecher, Anthony Butler, Samuel Pomroy, Thomas Purdun, Arthur Hyde, Captain Elwell, Ionas Stowell, Senior, Ionas Stowell, junior, and Robert Gookin, Esquires; Arthur Keefe, Gabriel Solden, Mr. Mountiford, Thomas Burrowes, and Thomas Chidleigh, Gentlemen; William Newstead, Robert Couran, Thomas Hyde, Edward Dodsworth, and Henry Rice, Esquires; John Brailsford, Apollo's Morris, Barrachias Wallis, Walter Croker, Henry Wallis, Charles Newman, George Chinery, James Mauserge, William Babington, John Silver, Richard Bettesworth, William Thornhill, George Rogers, Francis Smith, John Watkins, and Henry Boreman, Esquires, Epenetus Cross, John Baily, Senior, John Gilman, John Wallis, and Nicholas Lysaght; Arthur Bernard, and William Warner, Esquires, and Edward House, Gentleman. For the County of the City of Dublin. The Lord Mayor, Recorder and Sheriffs for the time being. Master Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Sollicitor-General, the Commissioners of his Majesty's Revenue of Ireland for the time being, Sir William Billington, Sir Francis Brewster, Sir Humphrey Jervis, Sir John Rogerson, Adlermen John Smith, Alderman George Blackhall, Alderman William Watts, Alderman Bartholomew, Vanhumrigh Alderman Thomas Quin, Alderman Anthony Percy, Alderman Marks Ransford, Alderman Samuel Walton, Alderman John Page, Alerman Charles Thompson, Alderman Francis Stoite, Sir John Coghill, Sir Patrick Dunne, Stephen Ludlow, Marmaduke Coghill, Thomas Tilson, Standish Hartstonge, Elnathan Lumm, Edward Wingfield, Robert Molesworth, Edmund Rennell, Edward Richardson, Wentworth Harman, John Redding William Mollineux, Doctor Thomas Mollyneux, Robert Peppard, Gideon Delaune, James Mac Cartney, William Handcock the Elder, John Allen, Anderson Saunders, Robert Saunders, Roger Moor, George Warburton, John Warburton, Anthony Towers, James Tisdell, Daniel Wibrants, Benjamin Burton, Charles Delane, Edward Deane, Christopher Usher, John Usher, James Hamilton, of Tullamore and Stephen Stanley, Esquires; Colonel John Lovett, Colonel Robert Ecklin, William Connelly, Colonel Henry Cunningham, Samuel Dopping, Sir Arthur Cole, Abel Ram, Charles Cambell Sir Francis blundel, Sir Henry Ingoldsby, William Neave, Edward Reyly, Herculus Davis, St. Leger Gilbert, Esquires; Sir Patrick Dun, Knight, Robert Ormsby, John Ormsby, Richard Thompson, Charles Deering, Edward Wingfield, Thomas Brodrick, and William Robinson, Esqs William Cairnes, Ralph Gore, Faustin Cuppaidge, Thomas Twigg, Richard Cook, William Keating, Daniel Miles, Robert King, John Rotten, Gentlemen; Robert Curtis, and Joseph Budden, Esquires; and all the Members of the House of Commons in and about Dublin. For the County of Dublin. Robert Rochfort, Esq Sir Richard Bulckely, Sir Arthur Cole, Sir Richard Bellingham, and Sir Thomas Domvile, Baronet's, Sir John Coghill, Sir William Domvile and Sir Walter Plunket, Knights; Allan Broderick, Robert Mouldsworth, Edward Deane, John Redding, Thomas Ash, John Tench, Thomas Pooly, John Allen, Denny Muschamp, Richard Forster, Joseph Deane, Senr. George Wallis, Daniel Redding, Senr. John Stepny, Robert Peppard, Thomas Keightly, John South, Christopher Carlton, Marmaduke Coghil, Richard Thompson, William Neave, Henry Fernly, Joseph Deane, junr. Joseph Stepny, Richard Morris, Thomas Stepeny, Dixie Coddington, Christopher Usher, John Price, Isaac Dobson, Bernard Brown, George Warburton, Joseph Budden, and Agmundishham Vesy, Esquires; Daniel Reading junr. Gent. Henry Cooly, William Malineux, Robert Curtis, James Grace and Edward Corker, Esqs For the County of Donnegall. The High Sheriff for the time being, Sir William Gore Baronet; Colonel Gustavus Hamilton Colonel Henry Cuningham, Charles Hamilton, Andrew Knox, John Forward, John Hamilton, Hugh Hamill, John Montgomery, Francis Folliot, William Gore, William Connely, Charles Melvin, Henry Langford, Humphrey May, William Stewart, William Wray, Henry Hart, George Vaughan, Patrick Hamilton and Edward Harison, Esqs Capt. William Hamilton, Capt. William Cuningham, Capt. Francis Hamilton, Capt. Robert Baird, Ralph Gore, William Samson, Esq Thomas Mac Casland, Alexander Cunningham of Aghen; William Knox, Gentlemen, the Warden of Lifford, for the time being, the Provost of Donegall, Killeybeggs, Ballishannon, and St. Johnston, for the time being, Henry Brook, Andrew Knox, William Cairy, Robert Mortimer, James Vaughan, Michael Huetson, Robert Spence, Thomas Adkinson, Tristram Swetenham, John Cowan, Charles Colhoone, William Walker, Alexander Nisbit, James Nisbett, Andrew Lindsey, John Evans, Edward Cairy, and John Henderson, Gentlemen. For the County of the Town of Drogheda. The Mayor and Sheriffs for the time being, Charles Lord Moor, Sir Henry Tichburn, John Stoker, Edward Singelton, Richard Jackson, Thomas percival, William Elwood, Henry Nicholass, Joseph Tomlinson, William Newton, James Mead, John Graham, Richard Pitts, Aldermen; Caleb Gay, and Richard Whaly, Esquires. For the County of Downe. Sir John Trever. Sir John Maghill. Nicholas bagnol, James Hamilton, of Tallymore, Nicholas Price, Matthew Ford, William Shaw, Edward Harrison, Fredrick Porter, Robert Ecklin, Patrick Savage, James Montgomery, John Ecklin, Gowin Hamilton, William Hamilton, John Hawkins, Henry Hunter, John Norice, John Gibbons, James Bail, John Ellsmeer, John Latham, The Honourable Michael Hill, Esquire, James Hamilton, of Bangor, Francis Annesly, Hans Hamilton, James Slone, Clotworthy Upton, Charles campbel, David campbel, Francis Hall, Hugh Muntgomery, George Rosse, of Portavo, Arthur Maxwell, Samuel Warring, John Haltridge, Roger Hall, Captain Alexander Steward, Vere Ward, Thomas Knox, Richard Johnston and John Montomery, Esquires; John Latham, Francis Allen, Patrick Hamilton, Matthew Stothard, John Smith, James Hewson, John Saunders, William Catherwood, Henry Maxwell, Capt. Evan Humphries, William Neaven, Hugh Maxwell, Robert Hawkens, Philip Wilkison, James Hamilton, of Derryboy, Roger Bristo, Alexander Brown, John Blackwood, Junior, and Alexander Hamilton, and George Rosse, of Carny, Gentlemen. For the County of Fermanagh. The Sheriff of the said County for the time being, Sir Gustavus Hume, Baronet, Sir James Caldwell, Baronet, Sir Michael Cole, Knight, Colonel Abraham Creighton, Colonel James Corry, Doctor Christopher Irwin, Charles Balfour, Hugh Montgomery, of Carow, William Archdale, Charles Wallis, Hugh Montgomery, of Derrygonelly, William Balfour, Esquires; Captain James Creighton, Captain John Corry, Gilbert Eccles, David Rind, Jason Hassart, Edward Davis, Esqs The Provost of Enniskilling, for the time being, James Aghenlect, Walter Johnston, Gentlemen, Captain John Irwin, Captain Robert Clarke, Sir William Gore, Sir Tristram Berrisford, and Sir Henry Tichburne, Baronet's. For the County of Galway. Sir George St. George, Knight, John Eyre, Esquire, Sir George St. George Baronet, Colonel Richard St. George, Gilbert Ormsby, William Caulfield, Frederick Trench, Henry Peirce, John Ormsby, John Morgan, John Neyland, Richard Whaly, Robert Mason, Thomas Crossdale, Samuel Eyre, John Lopdell, Edward Eyre, Esquires; the High Sheriff for the time being, Thomas Stanton, Edward Crow, Esquire, Robert Shaw, John Carter, Oliver Carter, John Taylor, Thomas Cunys, Edward Blackney, Jeremy Morgan, Jacob Spike, Thomas Crookshanke, William Gunter, Richard Warren, John Broughton junr. Lodowick Pringle, Francis Muxley, Conn Mitchell, William Davis, and Edward Wilson, Gentlemen. For the County of the Town of galway. The Mayor and Recorder for the time being or their respective Deputy's, the Sheriffs of the said Town for the time being, Thomas Revett, Thomas Simcocks, Thomas Cartwright, Thomas Yeeden, john Gerry, Aldermen, Sir George St. George, Baronet, Sir George St. George, Knight, Colonel Richard St. George, Robert Ormsby, john Eyre, Edward Eyre, john Ormsby, john Ravett, Esquires; Robert Shaw, Robert Witherington, Gentlemen, james Rivettvigie, Merchant. For the County of Kerry. Lord Baron of Kerry, the Honourable Captain William Fitz-Maurice, the Honourable James Fitz-Maurice, Edward Denny, Senior, Esqs. the Sheriff for the time being, the Honourable Henry Petty, William Sands, John Hassett, Edward Denny, junior, Barry Denny, Samuel Maurice, James Waller, Frederick Mullins, David Crosby, Whittall Brown, Theobald Purcell, Andrew Young, Thomas Ponsenby, John Hasset of Killorglin, Samuel Raymond, Patrick Crosby, Rowland Bateman, John Bateman, William Crosby, Robert Hassett, Thomas Shortcliffe, John Walker, Richard Brown, Joseph Morris, Charles Wrenn, Henry Staughton, Timothy Euraghty, Charles Monk, Dean John Richards, Richard Burch, Lancelot Glanville, James Comor, Samuel Wilson, james Bland, Thomas Palmer, josias Kenington, Richard Orpin, john Rawlins, jasper Morris, Richard Burch, john Sands and Francis Downs. For the County of Kilkenny. Sir Christopher Wandesford, Baronet; Sir John Mead, Sir Henry Weymes, Knights; Colonel William Ponsonby, Agmundisham Cuffe, Ebenezer Warren, Arthur Bush, Blaney Sandford, Edward Worth, Christopher Huetson, Edward May, Samuel Booth, Robert Stopford, Balthazer Cramer, Arthur Webb, John Eton, Amias Bush, John Langrish, George Read, John Baker, Thomas Crawford, Edward Deane, Arthur St. George, Joseph Bradshaw, Esquires; Thomas Scurfield, Edward Brisco, Ralph Rell, Joseph Rell, Pierce Brian of Bawnemore, Paul Gore, John Warring, Richard connel, John Jones, Nathaniel Boyse and Derby Egan, Esqs Abel Butler, Charles Gore, James Agar, Jonathan Whitby, William Headen, Patrick Welsh, Joseph Wheeler, Thomas Mansell, William Deys, John Bishop, John Villers, John Barnes, Daniel Mansergh, William Hawkins and Joseph Lodge, Gentlemen. For the City of Kilkenny. The Mayor, Recorder, and Sheriffs for the time being; Sir Christopher Wandesford, Baronet; Standish Hartstongue, Esq Recorder, Ebenezer Warren, Richard Connel, Joshua Helsham, John Pape, Isaac Muckins, Esquires; Josias Haydock, Patrick connel, Albert Butler, John Garnet and John Warring, Aldermen. For the County of Kildare. The Lord Viscount Ely, the Honourable Robert Fitz-Gerald Esq Sir Francis Blundel, Sir Kildare Burrows, Baronet's; Sir John Eustace, Knight; George Fitz-Gerald, james Barry, Richard Nevil, Thomas Medlicot, john Davis, Maurice Keating, Richard Lock, Francis Weymes, Robert Graydon, Paul Davis, Robert Dixon, john Allen, Wentworth Harman, Francis Annesly, Maurice Annesly, John Annesly, Edward Stratford, Agmundisham Vezy, William Mollineux, Garret Weisely, Richard Meredith, Henry Warren, Charles Rickeseis, Dudley Cooly, Henry Cooly, Raphael Hunt, jeffery Paul, john Ailmer, james White, William Bruerton, john Aylmer, junior, Richard Wibrow, Walter White, Francis Spring, Thomas Twigg, Theobald Bourk, William Chavinor, Benjamin Fish, George Medlicot, William Harbourne, and William Southerby, Esquires, William Knight, Clerk, Alexander Graydon, William Wright, Bartholomew Rigg, and Henry Doyle, Gentlemen. The several Sovereigns for the time being, of the Naas, Kildare, Athy, and Haristown. For the King's County. Sir Francis blundel, Baronet, Sir Laurence Parsons, Baronet, Sir George Harbert, Baronet, William Parsons, Duke Gifford, John Eyre, Thomas Lestrange Richard Warburton, Senior, William Sprigg, John Weaver, John Moor, Samuel Rolls, Hector Vaughan, John Baldwin, Seinor, John Baldwin, junior, Richard Hansard, Robert Lestrange, John Wakely, Albert Nesbit, Jeffry Lions, Thomas Moor, Jonathan Derby, Samuel Moss, Martin Baldwin, Richard Warburton, junior, George Warburton, Henry Westonray, Esqs. William Nelson, Clerk, Daniel Tomlinson, Clerk, George Lowther, Clerk, Medhop Loyd, Richard Luther, John Seymer, Anthony Carol, Humphrey Minchin, William Witherill, Peter Holmes, Maurice Keating, Capt. Oliver Bingly, Philip Moor, James Sterling, Edward Baggot, Miles Baggot, Charles Wenman, Esquires; Captain Charles Steward, Francis Lambert, George Fryssel, Archibald Armstrong, Nathaniel Taylor, John Ridgway, John Tarlton, John Cradock, William, Minchin Randall Cook, Bigo Honsy, William Armstrong Francis Clerk, Philip Wenman, and William Vaughan, gentlemans. For the County of Leytrim. Sir George St. George, Sir William Gore, Sir Robert Gore, and Sir Francis Hamilton, Baronet's, John Renolds, Theophilus Jones, Gilbert King, William Lander, William Gore, Morgan Cunigam, Thomas Crafton, Robert Galbrath, John French, Arthur Cooper, John Mahon, Edward Reynell, Ralph Gore, William Smith, and William Parks, Esqs Capt. Edward Johnston, Capt. William Parsons, William Lander, junior, John Peyton, William Ellis, and John Crofton, Gentlemen, William Cuningham, and Whitelaw, Clerks, the Sovereign of James Town, and the Provost of Carrick, for the time being. For the County of Limerick. Sir Edward Crofton, Baronet, Sir Thomas Southell, Baronet, and Sir Standish Hartstonge, Baronet, Sir William King, Knight, George Evans, the Younger, Chichester Phillips, Standish Hartstonge, the Younger, Chidley Coot, Standish Hartstonge, the Elder, Charles Oliver, John Ormsby, Joseph Stephny, William Trenchard, John Piggott, George Evans. Senior▪ Ralph Wilson, John Odell, Michael Serl, Henry Widdenham, Richard Stephens, David Wilson, Robert Taylor, Thomas Monsell, William Blackney John Croker, Richard Waller, James Waller, Thomas Holmes, George King, John Parker, Henry johnson, Hugh Massey Thomas Rose, Henry Ailmer, William Rivers, John Bury, William Langford, the Younger, Esquires; Samson Cox, Edward Blenerhasett John Bayly, Edward Croker, Thomas Fitz-Gerald,, john Gabbot, Owen Cuthbert, Gentlemen, Nicholas Wesby, and Edward May, Esquires. For the City of Limerick. The Mayor for the time being, Sir Joseph Williamson, and Sir William King, Knights, Joseph Coghlan, Esquire, Recorder; Dean Ezekiel Webb, Ralph Wilson, and Edmond Perry, Esquires; William Gribble Robert Smith, George Roch, John Craven, John Ford, Edward Weight and Simon White, Aldermen. For the County of Longford. Sir Robert Newcomen, Baronet, Sir John Edgeworth, Knight, Sir Walter Plunket, Knight, The Honourable William Wolsely, Ambrose Auger, Wentworth Harman, Esquires, John Kerr, Dean of Ardagh, Charles Fox, Anthony Shepherd, Arthur Aghmooty, Senior, Arthur Newcomen, Francis Edgeworth, John percival, John Ahmooty, Theophilus Jones, Samuel Forth, Frake Sandys, Matthew Wilder, Robert Edgeworth, Arthur Aghmooty, junior, William Hid, Francis Wilson, John Kenedy, Richard Gardiner, and Thomas Handcock, Esquires; John Wilson, Clerk, John Green, Clerk, The Sovereign of Longford, for the time being, The Sovereign of Lanesburrough, for the time being, the Sovereign of St. Johnstown, for the time being, and the Sovereign of Granard, for the time being. For the City and County of . The Mayors and Recorders of and Colraine, for the time being, the Sheriffs of the City and County of , for the time being; Sir Tristram Berrisford, Sir Arthur Langford, Sir Robert Staples, Baronet's; William Jackson, David Cairnes, Bartholomew Vanhomrigh, Henry Langford and William Connelly, Esquires, William Smith, Jervis Squire, Alexander Lecky, James Lenox, Henry Long, Henry Ash, Horace Kenedy, Thomas Moncrefie, all Aldermen of the City of ; Alexander Skipton, Charles Norman, John Mogridge, John Corran and John Harvey, Gentlemen. Edward Brooks, Merchant, Hugh Rowly, William Cuningham, Thomas Dawson, and Nicholas Downing, Esquires; Hugh Rainey, Thomas Ash, Adam Downing, William Palmer, Samuel Right and John Howey, Senior, gentlemans. Edward Carey and William Gage, Esqs The Provost of Newtown for the time being; George Carey, George Church, William Bacon, Edward Bacon, Robert Bacon, Robert Dent, George Thornton and Henry Brown, Gentlemen. George Cunning and Thomas Church, Esquires. Colonel Thomas Blaire, George Canning, Charles Church, junior; John Hodgson and Dominick Heyland, Gentlemen. Tristram Beresford and William Godfrey, Esquires. Arthur Church, John Galt and Edward Barwick, Aldermen of Colerain. Michael Berrisford, Arthur Carey, Thomas Spaight and Thomas Lance, gentlemans. Nicholas Averall, John Thompson, junior, and John Galt, junior, Merchants. Richard Lynham, James Buoy, and John Oliver, gentlemans. For the County of Louth. The High Sheriff for the time being; Sir John Hanmore, Sir Henry Tichborne, Knights and Baronet's; Sir Thomas Fortescue, Knight, Thomas Bellingham, James Tisdale, John Pepper, Norman Garstin, Blaney Townley, Edward Singleton, Arthur Brownlowe, William Barton, Timothy Armitage, Brabazon Moor, Robert Always, and Kilnor Brazier, Esquires; John Ruxton, Anthony Barry, James Leigh, John Smith, Gent. Alderman John Graham, Roger Bury, Thomas Clarke, Gentlemen; Caleb Gay, Jeremiah Smith, Esquires, Philip Vincent, Senior, the Portreeves of Atherdee for the time being; the Bailiff of Dundalk for the time being; the Sovereign of Carlingford for the time being; the Sovereign of Dumleer for the time being. For the County of Mayo. Sir Henry Bingham, Sir Arthur Shane, Baronet's; John Byngham, Willam Gore, Gyles Vanderlure, William Palmer, Edward Eyre, Robert Miller, Thomas Bell, John Matthew, Thomas Burditt, Robert Miller, junior, Robert Bell, Francis Palmer, Esquires; Thomas Brown, Thomas Jones, Samuel Lindsey, Robert Ormsby, Matthew Bell, John Sheridan, Robert Ormsby, junior, and Thomas Cuffe, Gentlemen. For the County of Meath. The Right Honourable the Lord Moor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Oliver Lambert, Esquire; Sir Arthur Langford, Sir Henry Ingoldsby, Baronet's; Sir Henry Tichburne, Knight and Baronet; Sir John Dillon, Knight, Thomas Blithe, Esquire, Sir Charles Fielding, Knight; Andrew Ram, William Napper, Robert Johnson, Arthur Meredith, Francis Osburne, Thomas Taylor, Charles Meredith, Garret Wesley, James Napper, Esquires, Doctor Molineux, Edward Corker, Edward Forth, Michael Shields, Samuel Bull, Henry Langford, Robert Hopford, Lancelot Dowdall, Joseph Deane, Anthony Towers, Charles Lambert, Henry Osburne of Dardistown, Stephen Ludlow, John Warburton, Esquires, Major George Pepper, Simon Pepper, Hugh Mervyn, John Leigh, John Grimes, Edward Singleton, William Elwood, Esqs Nathaniel Elwood, Anthony Berry, Gentlemen. Charles campbel, Esquire; Richard Shinton, Henry Osbourne of Knoweth, Thomas Garret, Gentlemen. Joseph Woodward, William Williams, Samuel Jackson, Esquires, Thomas Nicholson, Gentleman, Henry Meredith, Esquire; Major John Pepper, Henry Codogan, Esquire. Alexander Kent, Joseph Dean, junior, Gentlemen. Darcy Wentworth, George Wentworth, Nathaniel Bull, John Wade, Esquires. Charles Wade of Clonebray, Gentleman, John Wood, John Wood, Robert Always, John Percival, Samuel Dopping, Thomas Loftus, Joseph Prat, Benjamin Prat, Esquires; John Prat, Gentleman. William Conelly, Richard Jones, John Jones of Fresan, Isaac Holdwright, john Hawkshaw, Esquires. Portreeve of Trim for the time being; Sovereign of Kells for the time being; Portreeve of Navan for the time being; Duke jefford, james Tisdall, Edward Swan, Esquires. Alderman james Vanbobbart, Captain William Ingoldsby, Marmaduke Coghill, Oliver Moor, Thomas Ashe, Esquires. Samuel Gwithers, Gentleman. William Palmer, Esquire. Sir john Coghill, Knight. Robert Smith, Robert Molesworth, Hugh Morgan, Richard Willet, Esquires. Samuel Gibbons, Francis Tuke, Gentlemen, james White of Moyglaire, Esquire. For the County of Monaghan. The Honourable Master justice Coote, the High Sheriff for the time being, William Barton, Henry Tenison, Robert Ecklin, Charles Deering Hugh Montgomery, John Usher, James Curry, James Moor Arthur Brownlow, James Tisdall, Edward Davys, Richard Johnston, Francis Lucas, Senior, Francis Lucas, junior, Bryan Norbury, William Wyshart, Blayney owen's, Henry Richardson, John Corry George Buchannon, Alexander Montgomery, Richard Pockrich, Gilbert Eccles, Richard Liegh, Joseph Johnston, Timothy Armitage, Walter Dawson Thomas Wildman, and Thomas Chapel, Esquires; Captain Francis Butler, Captain Robert Stephenson, Captain Hans Stephenson, John Leslie, Dean of Dromore, John Smith, Archdeacon of Clogher, William Smith, John Law, John Foster, Ralph Barloe, John Knox, Andrew Montgomery, and William Pockrick, Clerks, the Provost of Monaghan, for the time being, Charles Congreve, Robert Maxwell, John Barlow, Francis Rose, Benjamin Rose, Dudley Tenison, Henry Evet, John Forster, James Stanee, Richard Allen, John Graham, Richard Fitch, Francis Dobb, William Johnston, David Jones, Thomas Jones, Gentlemen. For the Queen's County. The High Sheriff for the time being, The Honourable Robert Fitz-Gerald, Esquire, Sir John Mead, Knight, Sir Edward Massey, Knight, John Weaver, Senior, John Weaver, junior, Robert Warneford, Walter Weldon, Thomas Pigott, St. Leger Gilbert, George Waburton, Richard Warburton Senior, Richard Warburton, junior, William Hartpole, Thomas Carr, Gilbert Rawson, Richard Hansard, John Spranger, John Barrington, Periam Pole, Richard Priar, Dudley Cosby Esquires. Andrew Nisbitt, Clerk, Abraham May, Lancelott Sands, John Stringer, Gentlemen, Richard Seager, Denny Muschampe, Thomas Ueasey, Philip Wheeler, Wentworth Harman, Esquires; Doctor Charles Crow, Robert Piggot, of Cappard, William Brereton, George Mervin, Stephen Fitz-Gerald, Oliver, Welsh, Edward Stubbers, Esquires; William Grace, Thomas Starkey, William Despard, Stanley, Starkey Roger Allen, Dennis Dugan, Josaph Partridge, Hopton Harris, Samuel Whitshedd, Gentlemen, Maurice Kannely, and Richard Hall, Clerks, Robert Finn, Lemuell Wagstaffe, William Rigway, James Wall, John Short, Gentlemen, Nicholas Carleton, William Newstead, Esquires. For the County of Roscomon. Sir Robert King, Baronet, Sir George St. George, Baronet, Sir Edward Crofton, Baronet, John King, William Caulfield Esquires, Sir Arthur Cole, Baronet, Henry Sandford, Esquire, Master Serjeant Neave, Arthur St. George, William Handcock, Gilbert King, Henry St. George, Andrew Blackburne, John Dogherty, John French, John Mahon, Robert Sandys, Esquires; George Digby, Clerk, Edward Madden, John Reynolds Theophilus Jones Esquires; Master Gilbert Gardiner, Toby Molloy, Gilbert Ormsby, Edward Ormsby, Gilbert Donellan, George Crofton, Henry Dodwell, Esquires; Master Bryan Cummin, Master Thomas Walker, Master Alexander Erwin, Master Henry Erwin, Master Humberston Westby▪ Master Lewis Hawks, Colonel Daniel Hudson, Master Robert Goldsmith, Master Dennis Delany, Master Edward Kelly, Master Dean Cope, Master Thomas Headen, Master Jeremiah Law, Clerk, Master John Drury, Master Edward Drury, the Sovereigns of Athlone, Roscomon and Tulske, for the time being; the Burgomaster of Boil for the time being. For the County of Sligoe. Sir Robert King, Baronet, Edward Wingfield, Hugh Morgan, John King, Piercy Gethin, Roger Smith, Arthur Cooper, William Griffith, Matthew Ormsby, Jeremiah Jones, Lewis Jones, Adam Ormsby, William Ormsby, George Wood, Charles Hara, Benjamin Burton, Keane Hara, Thomas Griffith, Robert Follyott, Christopher Jones, Esqs William Smith, Philip Cox, James Barrett, Stephen Ormsby, William Fibbs, James Devitt, Gentlemen. For the County Palatine of Tipperary. Sir John Meade, Knight, Lord Viscount Ikeryne, Thomas Sadler, James Harrison, John Ottway, John Bayly, Esquires; Sir Thomas Osburne, Knight, Charles Allcock, Stephen Moor, Thomas Moor, Richard Moor, Samuel Greene, john Buckworth, Robert Blenerhassit, Thomas Carter, john Perry, William Vaughan, Esquires; Robert Bredon, Patrick Hackett, Clerks; William Armstrong, John Pike, Simon Broadstreet, Robert Stopford, Anthony Cheamley, john Cook, Oliver Latham, Kingsmell Pennefather, Esquires. Andrew Roe, john Cooley, Gentlemen, William Jarvin, Thomas Clear, Senior, james Dawson, Esquires. The High-Sheriff for the time being; the Mayor of Cashell for the time being; the Mayor of clonmel for the time being; the Sovereign of Fethard for the time being. David Low and William Lane, George Burdett, Charles Laugley, John Hunt, Phan. Cook, junior, Gentlemen. George Read, Esquire. Thomas Salmon, William Latham, Charles Robinson, Joseph Tudkins, Michael Stanley, gentlemans. Admundisham Cuffe, Esq Philip Carleton, Gent. Humphrey Minchin, Hector Vaughan, Esquires. John Minchin of Annagh, John Minchin of Shangarry, Gentlemen. Thomas Batty, John White of Abbey, John White of Ardfinane, Philip Carleton of Clonmell, Richard Dennison of the same, Richard Newport of the Abbey, Robert Boreman of Nenagh, Gentlemen; Richard Whaley, Joseph Lloyd, Robert Cole of Ballymach, Esquires; Robert Minute of Gentleman; Daniel Gahan, junior, Joseph Damer, Anthony Carrol, William Worth, Richard Walter, Nicholas Southcoate, Esquires; William Minchin, Isaac Hales, and Richard Baker, Gentlemen. For the County of Tyrone. The High-Sheriff for the time being, Henry Mervin and James Hamilton, Esquires, Knights of the Shire; Thomas Knox, John Hamilton, Audley Mervin, Oliver Mc. Causland, Esquires: Sir Robert Staples, Baronet, Richard Johnston, Esquire, Sir Thomas Packenham, Knight, and David Creighton, Esquire, Burgesses of the said County, Colonel Theobald Cawlfield, Colonel John Cawlfield, Sir Tristram Beresford, Baronet, Hugh hamel, James Moor, of Anacloy, Archibald Robinson, James Murray, Patrick Hamilton, William Stewart, of Killymoon George Buchannan, Thomas Morris, John Leslie, William Hamilton, of Mayagh, William Latham, Charles Eccles, John Houston, Andrew Stewart, of Irey, James Moor, of Desertereagh, George Stewart, Francis Nevil, Esquires; Thomas Edwards, David Mac Clenaghan, of Strabane, William Maxwell, of the same William Hamilton, of Mountalony, James Hamilton, of Tilidony, William cairn's, Allen Moor, William Moor, Stewart Blacker, Robert Lowry, Charles Young, John Douglas, Thomas Cooper, William Goodlett, Gentlemen, Warham Jemmett, Nicholas Carleton, John Latham Esquires. For the City of Waterford. The Mayor and Sheriffs for the time being; Anthony Suxbury, Esquire; Recorder, Richard Christmas John Mason, Joseph Ivy, John halam, and John Head, Esquires; Alderman, William Dennis, Alderman, Abraham Smith, Alderman, Benjamin Boston, Master Samuel Frith, Merchant. For the County of Waterford. The High Sheriff for the time being, Sir Thomas Osburne, Knight, The Honourable Henry Petty, John Mason, Esquire, John Dalton, Clerk, Dean of Waterford, Richard Christmas, James Mutlow, William Dobbin, Henry Nichell, and John Otherington, Esquires; John Eccles, Clerk, Arch Dean of Lismore, William Bucknore, Edward May, Joseph Ivy, Timothy Wall, Robert Carew, John Nettles, Roger Power, William Greatracks, Andrew Bagg, William Browning, William Congreve, Edward Hibbert, and Thomas Croker, Esquires; Beverly Usher, Samuel Frith, Edward Cranwell, Ralph Greene, Michael Carew, and Richard Bagg, Gentlemen, Simon Ratcliff, Clerk, Francis Beecher, Clerk. For the County of Westmeath. Robert Rochfort, Esquire; His Majesty's Attorney General, and Speaker to the Honourable House of Commons, Oliver Lambert, Esq Sir Thomas Packenham, Knight, George Peyton, William Handcock, Charles Lambert, Esqrs' Sir John Rogerson, Knight, Walter Pollard, Thomas Smith, Thomas Handcock, John Cook, James Nugent, Robert Packenham, Henry Dodwell, Henry St. George, John Wood, junior, John adam's Barachias Low, Richard Pilkington, Lewis Meres, Senior, Lewis Meres, junior, Edward Bertles Alexander Murry, John percival, Christopher Nugent, Esquires; Arthur Judge Gentleman, Henry Humphreys, Esquire, Thomas Magan, Edmond Branchwaite, James Pollard, Gentlemen, Robert Smith ' Clerk Thomas Smith, of Killtoome, William Chapman, Gentlemen, Hugh Bowen, Caleb Gay, William Gay, Esquires; Robert Temple, Gentleman, Mungo campbel, Esquire; Dominick French, Gentleman, John Derby, Esquire. For the County of Wexford. The Right Honourable Philip Savage, Matthew Ford, Daniel Wibrants, John Harvey, Francis Annesley, Thomas Crawford, John Seymoure, Richard Barry, Esquires; Sir Richard Bulckley, Sir Nicholas Loftus, John Chichester, Abel Ram, Esqrs Robert Wolesley, Anderson Saunders, John cliff, Nathaniel Boyse, Maurice Annesley Henry Loftus, Cadwallider Edward's, John Wintworth, Thomas Dulter, Thomas Milling, Joshua Tench, Anthony cliff, Samuel Tench, Henry Jeford, Charles Bugs, Andrew Ram, William Cole, Roger Lindon, William Anslow, James Stopford, Jeremy Simms, Edward Rogers, Laurence Davys, John Grogan, James White, Henry Archer, John Shapland, Thomas Ivory, Thomas Phillipps, William Hore, Sovereign of Rosse, for the time being, Mayor of Wexford, for the time being, Sovereign of Newborrough, alias Gory, Richard Nixon, Henry Hutton, John Smith, John White, Heygate Boyd John Bunburry, Nathaniel Stephens, John Napper, John Fenn, Samuel Pitt, Henry Napper, Simon Young, John Grogan Portreeve Eniscorthy, for the time being. For the County of Wicklow. John Price, Richard Edwards, Esquires, Sir Richard Buckley, Baronet, Willam Hoey, Esquire, Senior, William Mathews, Thomas Keightly, William Robinson, Christopher Carlton, Robert Stratford, Richard Thompson, Evan Price, Owen Jones, Thomas Burrows, Christopher Collwell, William Fownes, Tichburne West, Peter Craddock, William Hoey, junior, Abram Nickson, Thomas Phillipps, Charles Ferrer, John Hackett, Esquires, Talbot Keane, Gentleman, Anthony Archer, Robert Graydon, and Richard Gardiner Esquires. And the said Commissioners, in Order to a speedy Execution of this Act, shall, and are hereby Required in their respective Counties, Cities, Buroughs, Towns, Baronies and Places, to meet together at the most usual, and common place of Meeting, within such of the said Counties, Cities, Buroughs, Towns, Baronies and Places, respectively, on the Ninth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven; and the said Commissioners, or so many of them as shall be present at the First General Meeting, or the major part of them, may by their Consents and Agreements, divide as well themselves as other the Commissioners not then present for the Execution of this Act, into Baronies, Hundreds, Wards, Towns, Villages, and other places within their Limits, Privileged or Vnpriviledged, in such Manner and Form, as to them shall seem Expedient; and shall Direct their several, or joint Precept, or Precepts, to such Inhabitants, High-Constables, Petty-Constables, Bailiffs, and other such the Officers and Ministers, and such Number of them, as they in their Discretion shall think most convenient to be Presenters and Assessors, requiring them to appear before the said Commissioners at such time and place, as they shall appoint, not exceeding Eight days, and at such their appearing, the Commissioners, or so many of them as shall be thereunto Appointed, shall openly Read, or cause to be Read unto them, the Rates in this Act mentioned, and openly Declare the Effect of their Charge unto them, and how, and in what manner they ought, and should make their Certificates according to the Rates aforesaid; and then, and there, prefix another day to the said Persons to appear before the said Commissioners, and bring in their Certificates of the Names, and Surnames, Qualities, Degrees, Titles, Estates, Professions, Employments and Trades, of all and every the Persons Dwelling, or Residing within the Limits of those places, with which they shall be Charged, and of all other things in Respect whereof any Person is, or may be Chargeable by this Act; together with the Assessments of the Respective Rates hereby Imposed on each particular Person, according to the Rules and Directions hereof, without Concealment, Love, Favour, Dread, or Malice, upon pain of Forfeiture of any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, to be Levied as by this Act is Appointed; and shall also then Return the Names of Two or more able, and sufficient Persons within the Bounds and Limits of those Parishes or Places, where they shall be Appointed Respectively, as aforesaid, to be Collectors of the Money due to His Majesty by this Act, for whose Collecting and Paying unto the Receiver, or Receivers, to be Appointed by the said Commissioners for the Respective Baronies in manner following: Such Money as they shall be Charged withal, the Parish or Place by whom they shall be Employed, shall be Answerable; which Certificate and Assessments, shall be Ascertained, and Returned unto the Commissioners, at, or before the Tenth Day of January, in the Year of Our Lord, One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven, and upon the Delivery, or Returning in of such Certificates, or Assessments, unto the said Commissioners, they or any Two or more of them, shall forthwith Issue out, and Deliver their Warrants of Estreats to such Collectors, as aforesaid, for the speedy Collecting and Levying of the said Assessments, and all Moneys and Rates due thereupon, according to the Intent and Directions of this Act, of which the said Collectors are hereby Required to make Demand of the Parties themselves, or at the places of their last Abode, within Six days after the Receipt of such Warrants or Estrates; and to Levy and Pay in at such place, as the Commissioners shall appoint unto the respective Barony Collector or Receiver, and the respective Receivers are hereby Impowered and Required to call upon, and hasten the Collectors to the said Payments; and in Default thereof, to Levy by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any Two or more of the Commissioners, upon the respective Collectors by Distress, such Sum and Sums of Money as they have Received, and as aught to have by them been paid, and are not paid, by Reason of their Failure in doing their Duty respectively, according to the Direction of this Act. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That a true Duplicate of the whole Sum charged within every Barony, Hundred, Parish, Ward, Village and place, Rated and Assessed pursuant to this Act, without naming the persons, shall under the Hands and Seals of two or more of the Commissioners thereunto appointed, be returned into His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, before the Eight and Twentieth Day of February, One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven all Appeals being first determined; and in like manner within Thirty days after each of the days of the said Quarterly Payments; and the like Duplicates be also in convenient time made out and delivered unto the Receiver-General, so as every of them may be duly Charged to answer their respective Collections and Receipts: And that the said several sums be paid in each County, to such person or persons as shall be appointed by the Chief Governor, or Governors of this Kingdom, for the time being, to that Purpose, Pursuant to this Act, of which Appointment notice is to be given in Ten Days before the payment thereof by Public Proclamation, to be Issued by such Chief Governor or Governors, and that the payment of such sums in each County, to such person or persons so to be appointed, and the Receipt under the Hands of such person or persons so Authorized by such Chief Governor, or Governors, owning the Receipt of such sum, shall be a sufficient Discharge to the County, or place from which the same is Received; and as sufficient as any Exchequer Acquittance: And upon return of any such Certificate or Assessment, the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, shall, and may (if they see cause) Examine the Presenters thereof; and if the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them within their several Limits, shall at the time of the Delivery of the said Certificates, or within Twelve days after, have knowledge, or reasonable cause of suspicion, that any person or persons who ought to be mentioned in the said Certificate, is, or are omitted, or that any person or persons in the said Certificates mentioned, is not, or are not fully and duly Charged according to the true intent of this Act, the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, shall have Power to warn such person or persons to appear before them at a day and place prefixed to be examined touching the premises or any matter which may any-wife concern the same; and if the person or persons warned to be examined, shall neglect to appear, not having a reasonable Excuse for such his Default, every person so making Default, shall pay unto His Majesty double the Sum or Rate he should, or aught to have been set at. And moreover, the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, shall have Power by any Lawful ways and Means, to Examine and Inquire into all matters and things for, or by Reason of which any persons are Chargeable by this Act, and to set such Rate or Rates upon such persons, as shall be according to the true intent and meaning of this Act. That the Collectors for each Parish, shall have Six pence in the Pound for what Money, they shall pay to the Receiver of each Barony▪ or Hundred; and that the Receiver, or Receivers for each Barony, or Hundred, shall have Four pence in the Pound for what Money he or they shall pay to the Person or persons to be appointed by the Chief Governor, or Governors, of this Kingdom, for the time being, as aforesaid. And be it further Enacted by the Authority foresaid, That the Presenters and Assessors for each Parish within this Kingdom, for their Labour and Pains, and performing their respective Duties in the due execution of this Act, shall have, and receive Six pence for every Twenty shillings Sterling, they shall Assess, and which shall be received by the Receiver, or Receivers of each Barony, for which such Assessors, or Presenters shall be respectively appointed as such in pursuance of this Act; to be paid by the several and respective Receivers of the several Baronies: Which said payment of Six pence per pound, as aforesaid, shall by the Receiver, or Receivers of the Barony, or County, be allowed unto such Collectors, respectively, as good payment for so much; and the said Collectors respectively, are hereby discharged from any Claim of His Majesty touching the said Sum of Six pence, per pound. And to the end the said Assessors, or Presenters may have the more regard to the due execution of their Office, as Assessors, or Presenters, according to the true intent and meaning of this present Act. Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners beforenamed for the execution of this Act, or any Two of them, shall, and are hereby Impowered and Required to Administer an Oath, to the respective Assessors or Presenters of the several Parishes, respectively appointed them to Assess in pursuance of this Act, That they will according to the best of their understanding, truly perform the Office of Assessors, or Presenters, to them respectively committed, without Concealment, Love, Favour, Partiality, Expectation of Reward, Dread, Hatred, or Malice, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, And the said Assessors, or Presenters are hereby Required before they enter into, or upon the execution of their Office, to take the said Oath accordingly. And for the careful Writing and Transcribing the said Warrants, Estreats and Duplicates in due time, and for making Certificates upon Appeals. Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners Clerks who shall respectively perform the same, shall by Warrant under three or more of the Commissioners Hands, have and receive from the respective Person or Persons who shall be appointed in each County, by the Chief Governor, or Governors of this Kingdom, for the time being, as aforesaid, to Receive the several Sums pursuant to this Act, three Pence in the pound, of all such moneys as they shall have received by Virtue of such Warrants and Estreats, who are hereby appointed to pay the same accordingly. And if any Person or Persons shall refuse to pay the several Sum and Sums, and proportions appointed by this Act, for such Persons to pay, within the space of Ten Days after Demand, or Notice left at the place of Residence, or Dwelling of such Persons, by the Officer or Collector of the place, according to the Precepts, or Estreats, to him Delivered by the said Commissioners; it shall be Lawful to, and for such Officer, or Collector, who is hereby thereunto Authorized and Required for Nonpayment thereof to Distrain the Goods or Chattles of such Person or Persons, and the Distress so taken, to keép by the space of Eight days, at the Costs and Charges of the Owners thereof; and if the said Owner doth not pay the Sum of Money Due by this Act, within the said Eight days, than the said Distress to be Apprai●●●●y Two or mo●e of the Inhabitants, where the said Distress ●s Taken, and the●e to be Sold by the said Officer, for payment of the said Money, and the Over-plus coming by the said Sale (if any be) over and above the Charges of Taking and Keéping the said Distress to be immediately restored to the Owner thereof; And if any Person or Persons Assessed by this Act, shall Refuse, or Neglect to pay the sum or sums so Assessed, by the space of Ten Days after Demand, as aforesaid, where no sufficient Distress can, or may be found, whereby the same may be Levied; in every such Case, Threé of the Commissiones by this Act appointed, for any such City, County, or place, are hereby Authorized by Warrants under their Hands and Seals, to commit such person or persons to the Common Goal, there to be kept without Bail or Mainprize, until payment shall be made. And if any Person certified Assessed, or Rated, find him, or herself aggrieved with such Assessing, or Rating, and do within Five Days after Demand thereof, make Complaint to the said Commissioners, they, or any Threé or more of them, (whereof two shall be of the Commissioners who Signed, or Allowed, his, or her Rate) shall, and may within Seven Days next after such Complaint, particularly Examine the Party so Complaining, upon his, or her Oath, touching the same; and upon due Examination, or Knowledge thereof, Abate, Defaulk, Increase, or Enlarge the said Assessments; and the same so Abated, Increased, or Enlarged, shall be Estreated by them into the Exchequer, in manner aforesaid. And to that end, the said Commissioners are hereby Required to Meét together, for the Determining such Complaints, and Appeals accordingly. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person to be Rated by this Act, shall be Rated at such place where he, or she, with his, or her Family shall be Resident, at the time of the Execution of this Act. And that every person not being a Housholder, nor having a certain place for Abode; and all Servants shall be Taxed at the place where they are Resident at the time of the Execution of this Act. The Tax upon such Servants to be paid by their respective Masters or Mistresses, and to be Deducted out of their Wages; which Deduction the said Master or Mistress, is hereby Impowered to make. Provided always, That if any person having several Mansion-Houses, or places of Residence, shall be double Charged, by Virtue of this Act, that upon Certificate made by Two or more of the Commissioners for the County, City, or Place, which Certificate, the said Commissioners are hereby Required to give without Delay, Feé, or Reward, of his, or her Personal Residence, under their Hands and Seals, of the Sum or Sums there charged, upon him, or them, or in what Capacity, or Respect, he or they were so Charged, and upon Oath made of such Certificate, before any justice of the Peace of the County, or place where such Certificate shall be made; which Oath the said justice of the Peace is hereby Authorized to Administer; then the Person or Persons so doubly Charged, shall for so much as shall be certified, be Discharged in every other County, City or Place. And if any Person at the time of the Assessing, shall be out of the Realm, such person shall be Rated where such person was last abiding within the Realm; And if any person that ought to be Taxed by Virtue of this Act, by changing his place of Residence, or by Fraud, or Covin, shall Escape from the Taxation, and not be Taxed, and the same be proved before the Commissioners, or any Two of them, or two justices of the Peace of the County where such person Dwelleth, or Resideth, at any time within Twelve months' next ensuing after such Taxation made; every person that shall so Escape from the said Taxation, and Payment, shall be Charged upon proof thereof, at the double Value of so much as he should, or aught to have been Taxed by this Act, the said double Value upon Certificate thereof made into the Exchequer, by the Commissioners, or justices, before whom such proof shall be made, to be Levied of the Goods, Chattles, Lands and Tenements of such persons, towards the Supply aforesaid. Provided always, That the Commissioners within any County, or place within their respective Limits, or the major part of them, shall Tax, and Assess every other Commissioner joined with them: And the Commissioners within their Division, shall Assess every Assessor within their Division; and as well all Sums upon every of the said Commissioners and Assessors, as the Assessments Made and Presented by the Presenters, as aforesaid, shall be Written, Estreated, Levied, and Gathered, as the same should, and aught to have been, if the said Commissioners had not been Named Commissioners. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Assessor, Collector, Receiver, or any other Person appointed by the Commissioners, shall wilfully neglect, or refuse to perform his Duty in the due and speédy Execution of this present Act, the said respective Commissioners, or any two or more of them, may, and shall by virtue of this Act, have Power and Authority to commit such Assessor, Collector, or Receiver to Goal, till he or they have done his, or their Duty according to this Act; or to impose on such person or persons so refusing or neglecting their Duties, any Fine not exceeding Twenty pounds for any one Offence, at their Discretion; the same to be Levied and Certified as aforesaid, into His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and Charged upon the respective Receivers amongst the rest of the rates aforesaid. And the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, may, or shall from time to time call for, and require an Account from the respective Receivers, of all the moneys received by them, of the said Collectors, and of the payment thereof, according to the direction of this Act; and in case of any failure in the premises, the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, are hereby required to cause the same to be forthwith Levied and paid according to the true intent and meaning of this Act: And in case of any Controversy arising between the said Commissioners, concerning the said Rates or Assessments, the Commissioners that shall be concerned therein, shall have no Voice, but shall withdraw during the Debate of such Controversy, until it be determined by the rest of the Commissioners; and in default thereof, that the Commissioners then present, shall have power, and are hereby required to impose such Fine or Fines, as to them shall be thought fit, upon such Commissioners so refusing to withdraw, not exceeding Twenty pounds, and to cause the same to be Levied and Paid, as other Fines to be imposed by virtue of this Act, are to be Levied and Paid; and all Questions and Differences that shall arise touching any of the said Rates, Taxes, Assessments, or Levies, and the Collecting thereof shall be heard and finally determined by Threé or more of the Commissioners, upon Complaint thereof to them made by any person or persons thereby grieved, without further Trouble or Suit in Law: And the said Receiver-General, his Deputy, or Deputies, shall give acquittances Gratis, to the said Barony-Receivers, who shall likewise give Acquittances Gratis, to the said Parish-Collectors, for all moneys of them respectively Received, in pursuance of this Act; which Acquittances, shall be a full Discharge to said Collectors respectively: And the said Collectors shall make, and deliver to the said Receivers-General, their Deputy, or Deputies, a perfect Schedule, fairly written in Parchment, under their Hands and Seals, Signed and Allowed by any two or more of the respective Commissioners, containing the Names and Surnames and places of abode, of every person within their respective Collection, that shall make default of payment of any the Sums that shall be Rated or Assessed on such person by virtue of this Act; and the Sum and Sums charged on every such person, the same to be returned by him into His Majesty's Exchequer, whereupon every such person making default of Payment, may be charged by Process of the said Court according to the Course thereof in that behalf. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Letters Patents Granted by the King, or late Queén's Majesties, or any of their Royal Predecessors, or to be Granted by His Majesty to any person or persons, Cities, Buroughs, or Towns Corporate within this Realm, or any manner of Liberties, Privileges, or Exemptions from Subsidies, Tolls, Taxes, Assessments, or Aids, shall be construed, or taken to exempt any person or persons, City, Burough, or Town Corporate, or any of the Inhabitants of the same from the Burden or Charge of any Sum or Sums of Money Granted by this Act; and all Non-Obstantes in such Letters Patents for any such purpose or intent, are declared to be void and of none effect. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Constables, Head-Buroughs, and other His Majesty's Officers, shall, and are hereby Required and Enjoined to be respectively Aiding and Assisting in the execution of this Act, and to obey and execute such Precepts, or Warrants as shall be to them Directed in that behalf, by the respective Commissioners hereby appointed, or to any two or more of them. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Action, Plaint, Suit, or Information, shall be Commenced or Prosecuted against any person or persons for what he or they shall do in pursuance, or in Execution of this Act, such person or persons so Sued in any Court whatsoever, shall, or may plead the General Issue, not Guilty, and upon any Issue joined, may give this Act, and the Special Matter in Evidence, and if the Plaintiff or Prosecutor shall become Non-Sute, or forbear further Prosecution, or suffer Discontinuance, or if a Verdict pass against him, the Defendant and Defendants shall recover Triple Costs, for which they shall have the like remedy, as in case where Costs by Law are given to the Defendant. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the respective Parents, Guardians and Tutors of every person under the age of One and twenty Years, shall upon Default of payment of such person, and upon demand pay what is due, and payable by this Act, for every such person Residing in their Family, or under their Tuition, as before herein is mentioned. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Money due, and payable by this Act, shall be paid by the particular Collectors of the respective Counties, Cities, Buroughs, Towns, Parishes and places, who shall Collect the same unto the respective Barony Receivers, who shall pay the same unto such Receiver, or Receivers as shall by their Excellencies the Lords justices, or other Chief Governor, for the time being, be appointed, as before is mentioned. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the particular Collectors for payment of any Sums by them received unto such Barony-Receiver or Receivers, shall not be obliged to Travel above Twenty Miles from the place of their Habitation. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Receiver of any Hundred, Barony, or Division, from time to time within the space of one Month next after he shall have received the full Sum that shall be Charged upon any Hundred, Barony, or Division, for each particular Quarterly Payments that is to be made to such Receiver, by Virtue of this Act, shall give the Commissioners who shall act in such Hundred, Barony, or Division, a Receipt under his Hand and Seal, acknowledging his Receipt of the full sum Charged upon such Hundred, Barony, or Division, for such particular payment; and the Receipt of such Receiver, or Receivers, as shall be appointed by the Lords justices of this Kingdom, or other Chief Governor or Governors of this Realm, for the time being, as aforesaid, to every Collector of any Barony, Hundred, or Division, for so much of the said Assessments as shall be contained in such Receipt, shall be a full Discharge to such Barony, Hundred, or Division, against His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors. And for preventing such Vexations, as might be occasioned by such Persons as shall be appointed to make Returns of such person and persons as make default of payment of the sum or sums on him, or them, Assessed by this Act. And to the intent, such person or persons may Return true Account or Accounts into His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, of such sum of Money as shall not be Received by them, and every of them, their, and every of their Deputy, and Deputies. Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any such person shall Return, or Certify into the said Court, any Sum or Sums of Money to be in Arrear, or Unpaid, after the same hath been Received; such person or persons so making such Return or Returns, or shall cause any person or persons to be Set Insuper in the said Court, for any Sum or Sums of Money that hath been so Received, that then every such person or persons making such Returns. shall forfeit to every person or persons that shall be Molested, Vexed or Damaged, by reason of such unjust Certificate, return, or setting Insuper, triple Damages that shall be thereby occasioned, the said Damages to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in which no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law shall be allowed, nor any more than one Imparlance; and shall also Forfeit unto His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, double the Sum that shall be so unjustly certified or returned, or caused to be set Insuper. Provided always, That all Penalties and Forfeitures to be incurred for any Offences against this Act, for which there is no way for Levying herein before Prescribed or Appointed, shall be Levied by Warrant of any Two or more of the respective Commissioners of the Division or place, where any such Offence was, or shall be committed, by Distress, and Sale of the Goods of the Offenders, rendering the Overplus to the Owner thereof, after Deduction of reasonable Charges for Distraining the same. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners in every County, at the General Meéting to be by them appointed, after all Appeals shall be first determined, shall cause Duplicates of the whole sums Charged within every Hundred, Barony, Ward, or place, Rated and Assessed in such County, in pursuance of this Act, without naming the persons, to be fairly Written in Parchment, and Ascertained under Threé or more of their Hands, respectively to each Duplicate; and the same so by them Subscribed, and Ascertained, shall be jointly, and together delivered to the Sheriff of such County, and be by him Transmitted to the Exchequer, at, or before the Twenty eighth Day of February, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Six hundred Ninety seven. Provided always, That no person shall be capable of Acting as a Commissioner in the Execution of this Act, before he shall take the Oaths, and Subscribe the Declaration appointed by this Act, (viz.) YOU shall Swear, That you will duly Execute the Act, Entitled, An Act for Granting a Supply to His Majesty, by Raising Money, by way of a Poll, as a Commissioner according to your best Skill and Knowledge, without Favour or Affection. So help you God. I A. B. do Sincerely Promise and Swear, That I will be Faithful, and bear True Allegiance to His Majesty King WILLIAM. So help me God. I A. B. do Swear, That I do from my Heart, Abhor, Detest, and Abjure, as Impious and Heretical, that Damnable Doctrine, and Position, that Princes Excommunicated, or Deprived by the Pope, or any Authority of the See of ROME, may be Deposed or Murdered by their Subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do Declare that no Foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath or aught to have any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Pre-eminence, or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm. So help me God. I A. B Do Solemnly and Sincerely in the presence of God, Profess, Testify and Declare, that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lords-Supper, there is not any Transubstantiation of the Elements of Bread and Wine, into the Body and Blood of Christ, at, or after the Consecration thereof, by any Person whatsoever: And that the Invocation, and Adoration of the Virgin MARY, or any other Saint, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now Used in the Church of ROME, are Superstitious and Idolatrous. And I do Solemnly in the presence of God, Profess, Testify and Declare, That I do make this Declaration, and every part thereof in the Plain and Ordinary Sense of the Words Read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any Evasion, Equivocation, or Mental Reservation whatsoever; and without any Dispensation already Granted me for this purpose, by the Pope, or any other Authority, or Person whatsoever, or without Dispensation from any Person, or Authority whatsoever, or without believing that I am, or can be Acquitted before God or Man, or Absolved of this Declaration, or any part thereof, although the Pope, or any other Person or Persons, or Power whatsoever should Dispense with, or Annul the same, or Declare that it was Null and Void from the Beginning. Which said Two last Oaths and Declarations, are the same Oaths and Declaration intended also to be Administered to, and be Made and Subscribed by such (not being Quakers) as already have not taken the said Oaths, and Subscribed the said Declaration, to Excuse them from paying double, as aforesaid: Which Oaths and Declaration, it shall, and may be Lawful for any Two, or more of the Commissioners, to Administer, and take. And they are hereby Authorized and Required to Administer, and take the same, to, and from any other Commissioner. And in Case any Person Named a Commissioner, for putting in Execution this Act, shall presume to act as a Commissioner before he shall have taken the said Oaths, and Made, and Subscribed the said Declaration, he shall Forfeit to His Majesty, the Sum of Two hundred pounds. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Housholder shall upon demand of the respective Assessors of the several Parishes, or Places, give an Account of the Names and Qualities of such persons as shall Sojourn or Lodge in their respective Houses, under the Penalty of forfeiting to His Majesty the Sum of Ten pounds to be Levied and Recovered in such manner as other Penalties in this Act mentioned, are to be Levied and Recovered. And be it further Enacted, and Declared that wherever any person or persons shall, or may be liable to be Taxed by virtue of this Act, in two or more Qualifications or Capacities, and shall also be so Taxed, that such person shall only pay in one of the said Capacities, or Qualifications, that is in such Capacity, or Qualification, which is most Beneficial for His Majesty. And be it further Enacted. That whereas there are several Sums of Money due to the People of this Kingdom, for Debts Stated and unstated, due by the Army for Quarters, before the Four and Twentieth of June, One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Two, that whatsoever Sum or Sums of Money shall be raised, Levied or Collected by virtue of this Act, over and above One Hundred Thousand Pounds, Sterling, payable in the first place unto His Majesty, shall and may be Paid and applied towards the Discharge of the said Country Debts, Stated and Unstated, in just and equal proportions, as the several Debts so due bear proportion to the whole of the said Debts. Provided always, and be it further Enacted That no Foreign Protestant Refugee, nor any person who served as a Private Soldier in , or Eneskillen, during the late Siege of , and all Common Soldiers in His Majesty's Army, and Seamen in His Majesty's Fleét, all Matrosses in the Train of Artillery, and all Protestants who shall come into this Kingdom after the Sixth Day of November, One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Seven, who have not now any Estate, or Interest in this Kingdom, shall be wholly exempt from paying any Sum whatsoever towards this present Poll. And for as much great Abuses have formerly been Committed to the prejudice of His Majesty in the execution of the former Poll Act, under pretence of appealing against Assessments made, which Appeals having been once heard, and the Commissioners not having relived the party. Appealing, but judging him not to be Reliveable within the intention of the said Act, the said parties have notwithstanding, been afterwards Relived by other Commissioners of Appeals, who have taken on them to re-examine the said Appeal formerly heard and determined. Be it further Enacted, That no Appeal being once heard and determined, shall be re-heard or Reexamined, nor any new Appeal be received for any matter, upon which, or upon any part of which the said party hath formerly Lodged his Appeal, and been heard to the same. FINIS.