Die Lunae quinto Maii 1645.  
At the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed by Ordinance the 28 of March last, for securing Eighty thousand pounds, And for a further provision for the raising and maintaining of the Forces under the Command of Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX.  
WHEREAS of the ten months' Assessments charged upon several Counties of this kingdom, by the Ordinance of the Fifteenth of February last past, for raising and maintaining of the said Forces, Three whole months' assessments are become due, and aught to have been collected and paid to the Treasurers at wars at Guildhall London, according to the said Ordinances; But through the negligence of the several Assessors, Head-collectors, Sub-collectors, and others that are trusted and employed therein by the Parliament, most of the Counties have not paid in any Money at all; And such Counties as have paid in any, the sums are so inconsiderable, as that the Army can thereby in no sort be supplied; And unless some speedy and effectual course be taken for the Collecting of those Moneys, and such other assessments as shall incur, manifold mischiefs will inevitably and suddenly ensue, to the exceeding great prejudice of the commonwealth: It is therefore Ordered, that the Agents appointed by the Parliament to solicit the bringing in of those Moneys, shall forthwith repair into the several Counties to them assigned, Who are hereby authorized to call before them, or any of them the Assessors, Head-collectors, and Sub-collectors, appointed for the Assessing and collecting of the said assessments, and to take an account of them what they have collected and paid, and to whom, and what remains in their hands, and what is, and shall be from time to time in Arrears in the several Divisions of the Counties, and to cause such sums of Money as are now due, to be forthwith collected and paid to the Treasurers at wars at Guildhall London; And whatsoever person or persons the said Agents, or any of them, shall find in the said Counties to have neglected their duties in assessing, collecting, paying, distraining, or otherwise for the three months past, or shall neglect their duty for the time to come, to take them into safe custody, and forthwith to bring, or to send them to the Committee or Committees in the several Divisions of the Counties, or before this Committee, to be forthwith proceeded against, as the said Ordinances of Parliament direct, And the said Committee or Committees in the several Counties aforesaid are hereby desired, and required forthwith upon the complaints of the said Agents, or any of them, to proceed accordingly. And it is further Ordered, that all Justices of Peace, High Constables, Constables, captains, and other Officers and soldiers, or any of the Trained Bands of the several Counties, and all other his majesty's Subjects shall be aiding, and assisting to the said Agents, or any of them, for the apprehending and conducting of the said offenders to the aforesaid respective Committees. And it is lastly ordered, That this service which so much concerns the public, may effectually be carried on, That in each of the Counties of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Sussex London, Middlesex and Surrey, there shall be an Agent employed to attend this service, and one Agent for the Counties of Hartford and Bedford, and another for the County of Cambridge, with the Isle of Ely, and the County of Huntington, Which several Agents are constantly to remain in the Counties, and are every six days to return an account of their proceedings herein unto this Committee, and likewise of the proceedings of the Committee or Committees in the several Counties in this business; And this shall be a sufficient Warrant, not only to the said Agents, but likewise to the said Justices of Peace, High Constables, Constables, captains, other Officers and soldiers, and other his majesty's Subjects that shall be employed in the service aforesaid.  


Pembroke & Mountgom.  
Salisbury.  
Vis. Say & seal.  
Wharton.  
Arthur Heslerige.  
William Masham.  
John Potts.  
John Evelyn.  
Tho. Hodges.  
John Venn.  
Robert Scawen.  
Valentine Wauton.     

12. Die Maii 1645. At the Committee above mentioned.  
ORdered that M. Thomas Walker. M. Jeremiah Whitworth. M. Edward West. and M. John Walker. or any one of them, shall have power to execute the Directions above mentioned As Agents employed by Order of the House of Commons.  
Rob. Scawen.   

London Printed for ED. HUSBAND. 1645.