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and in what Manner they ought to make their said Assessments, and
in what Form their Certificates are to be returned, and how they
ought to proceed in the Execution of this Act, according to the true
Meaning of the same : And after such Charge given as aforesaid, the
said Commissioners shall also appoint and prefix a certain Day and
Place, not less than Seven Weeks, or more than Two Months next
after such Charge given, for the said Assessors to appear before them,
and bring in their Assessments in Writing; and the said Assessors
are hereby required and enjoined to inform themselves, by all lawful
Ways and Means, of the Names and Sir-Names of every Person
dwelling or residing in the District or Division with which they are
respectively charged, and of the ready Money, Goods, Chattels, and
Personal Estate (Debts excepted) of every of them, and of the
Names and Sir-Names of every Person dwelling in the said District
or Division, practising Law or Physic, Trading, Merchandizing, or
using Commerce, as Factor or Agent for any Person or Persons,
and of what they respectively make in One Year by their said Practice
or Factorage; and of the Public Offices, Benefits and Employments,
and of the Annuities and Pensions of them and every of them, and
of the yearly Value of all Messuages, Lands, and Tenements, Mines
of Tin, Lead, Iron and other Mines, Furnaces, Forges and other
Iron- Works, Tolls, or other Hereditaments, of what Nature or Kind
soever, situate, lying and being within the said District or Division,
with which they are charged, to be settled and ascertained as herein
before directed; and being so thereof ascertained, they are to assess
all and every the said Persons, dwelling and residing in the said
District or Division with which they are charged, For every One
Hundred Pounds of such ready Money, and for every One Hundred
Pounds Worth of such Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, or other
Chattels or Personal Estate (Debts excepted) the Sum of Five Shil-
lings in Bills of Credit, and so after that Rate for every greater or
lesser Sum, or Quantity; and also for every such Public Office,
Benefice or Employment of Profit, within this Province, the Sum of
One Shilling for every Twenty Shillings, or the Value thereof in
and other Specie or Commodity, which he or they do receive in One
Year, by Virtue of any Salaries, Gratuities, Rewards, Fees, Profits,
Perquisites and Advantages whatsoever, to him or them accruing, by
Reason or Occasion of such their several Offices, Benefices or Em-
ployments; and also for every such Annuity, Pension, Stipend or
other yearly Payment, payable or secured to be paid by any Person
whatsoever within this Province (not being or issuing out of any
Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or chargeable upon the same)
the Sum of One Shilling for every Twenty Shillings by the Year, for
every such Annuity, Pension, Stipend or yearly Payment respectively ;
and also for all and every such Messuages, Manors, Lands and
Tenements; and also for all such Mines of Lead, Copper, Iron and
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