seal of the Commonwealth of England  
AN ORDER AND DECLARATION OF His Highness and His Council, FOR Continuing the Committee for the ARMY.  
WHereas in pursuance of the seven and twentieth Article of the Government, His Highness the Lord Protector and Council, did by their Order and Declaration, (Entitled, An Order and Declaration of His Highness and the Council for an Assessment of Threescore thousand pounds by the Month for Six Months, from the 24. day of June, 1656. to the 25. of December following, and published in print the Fifth day of February 1655.) appoint an Assessment for Six Months, after the rate of Threescore thousand pounds by the Month, to commence from the 24. day of June as aforesaid; And in the said Order and Declaration, did enjoin and require the several and respective Commissioners, Receivers-General, Collectors, subcollectors, who are or shall be entrusted or employed in the assessing, levying, collecting, or receiving of the said Six Month's Assessments, or any part thereof, to observe such Orders and Directions as shall from time to time be made and given forth by the Commissioners for the Treasury, or by the Committee or Commissioners for the Army, or any three of them: Now for the more effectual putting in execution of the said Order and Declaration, It is Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, by and with the advice and consent of his Council, That the several and respective persons, or any three or more of them, named and appointed to be a Committee for the Army in an Ordinance, Entitled, An Ordinance appointing a Committee for the Army and Treasurers at War, published the 28. of January 1653. shall be, and are hereby continued and authorized to be a Committee for the Army; which said Committee for the Army, are hereby enjoined and required to put the said Order and Declaration in execution accordingly.  
And it is further Ordered, That all and every the Powers and Authorities, Rules and Directions, which were by the last recited Ordinance, or by any Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, expressed to be given to the said Committee for the Army, for the bringing in, receiving, disposing, and issuing forth of the Assessments, and Moneys in that Ordinance mentioned, shall be, and are hereby given and continued to the Committee for the Army, for the bringing in, receiving, disposing, and issuing forth of the said Six Month's Assessment, commencing the 24. of June 1656. to all intents and purposes, and of all other Moneys, that are, or before the 25. of December, 1656. shall be appointed for, or towards the maintenance of the Armies of this Commonwealth: And the Treasurers at War, and also the several and respective Commissioners, Receivers-General, Collectors, subcollectors, and all other persons, who are, or shall be entrusted or employed in the Assessing, Levying, Collecting, and Payment of the said Six Month's Assessment, or any part thereof, shall observe such Orders and Directions, as shall from time to time be made and given forth by the said Committee for the Army, or any three or more of them, in the due execution of the Powers and Trust hereby continued and committed unto them.   

Thursday 10. of July, 1656.  
ORdered by His Highness the Lord Protector and the Council, That this Order and Declaration be forthwith Printed and Published.  
Hen: Scobell, Clerk of the Council.   

London, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1656.