A DECLARATION OF The COMMONS assembled in PARLIAMENT; That the aid and Assistance OF The Lord general, Lord FAIRFAX, and Sir WILLIAM WALLER, Shall especially and respectively be recommended to the Committee of the Militia in London; and who so shall do any thing herein, it shall be taken as an Acceptable service. With an Order enabling the Majors, or other chief Officers of several Cities, and Towns Corporate, within the counties of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire, to receive the several sums of Money, Horse, or Plate, already subscribed, or to be subscribed. Also, another Order concerning Collectors. ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parl. That this Declaration and Order be forthwith printed and published: H. elsing, clear. Parl. D. come. London, Printed for Edw. Husbands. July 18. 1643. A DECLARATION OF The Commons assembled in Parliament, That the Aid and Assistance of the Lord general, Lord Fairfax, and Sir William Waller, &c. Die Sabbathi, 15 Julii, 1643. IT is this day Ordered upon the question, by the Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Aid and Assistance of my Lord general, Sir William Waller, and my Lord Fairfax, shall be especially and respectively recommended to the Committee of the Militia in London; And the House doth declare, that it is and shalbe held an acceptable service in any Man that will give any Assistance in Men, Moneys, Horse, or Ammunition, to my Lord general, Sir William Waller, my Lord Fairfax, or either of them respectively; And this House doth engage the public Faith for re-payment; And the House doth further declare, That it shall be held an Acceptable service in all such as have, or shall encourage others to a cheerful assistance to the persons aforesaid, or any of them. And it is further Ordered, That the respective Majors, or other chief Officers of the several Cities, and Towns corporate, within the counties of Kent, and Sussex, and Hampshire, and Surrey, shall have power to receive the several sums of Money, Plate, and Horses, already subscribed, or hereafter to be subscribed as abovesaid; and to apprise the said Horses, and to give Acquittances and Receipts for the same, which Receipts shall be presented to the Treasurers at Guild-Hall, London, to be by the said Treasurers received and entred, in as full and beneficial a manner, as if the several Subscribers had actually paid in the several sums subscribed, unto the said Treasurers at Guild-Hall, London, whereby the several Contributors may have the security of the public Faith for their re-payment, as was upon the former Propositions for the Subscriptions of Money, Horse, and Plate, &c. The which Money, Plate, and Horse, the said Majors shall discharge themselves of, by Order from His excellency, my Lord Fairfax, or Sir William Waller, or either of them, according to their several Subscriptions, and the intents of the Subscribers therein. H: elsing, clear. Parlâ–ª D. come. Die Jovis, 13. Julii. 1643. IT is this day ordered by the House of Commons, That all and every Collector, Receivor, or other persons( unto whose hands any moneys, Plate, or other goods are appointed to be paid, sold, or disposed of by any Act or Ordinance of Parliament) shall pay and deliver the same unto the several and respective Treasurers, authorized by the several and respective Acts and Ordinances of Parliament to receive the same. And if any such Collector, Receivor, or other person, shall otherwise dispose, pay, or employ the same, that then he or they shall be liable not onely to make payment of such moneys so by him or them received, and not paid unto the Treasurers authorized to receive the same as aforesaid; but also to such further punishment as this House shall think fit to inflict upon them, for his or their neglect and contempt. LEt this Order be forthwith printed and published, That all persons may take notice thereof. Hen: elsing, clear. Parl. D. come. FINIS.