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L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 8
p. 230
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collected, in Manner herein after mentioned; and that all and every
Person or Persons, and all and every Commissioner or Commis-
sioners within this Province, having, using or exercising any Public
Office, Benefice, or Employment of Profit, within this Province,
and all and every of their Clerks, Agents, Substitutes, Deputies, and
other inferior Ministers whatsoever (hired Clerks who do not act by
Commission, in respect of the Wages they receive for their Hire
only, and such Military Officers who shall be in Pay in his Majesty's
Army, or in the Pay of this Province, in respect of such Officers
only, excepted) shall yield and pay, for two Years successively, to
the respective Collectors aforesaid, the Sum of Two Shillings for
every Twenty Shillings, or the Value thereof in any Species or Com-
modities whatsoever, which he or they do receive in one Year, by
Virtue of any .Salaries, Gratuities, Rewards, Fe.es, Profits, Per-
quisites, and Advantages whatsoever, to him or them accruing, for
or by Reason or Occasion of such their several Offices, Benefices,
or Employments; and all and every Person or Persons within this
Province, having any Annuity, Pension, Stipend, or other yearly
Payment, payable or secured to be paid by any Person or Persons
whatsoever in this Province (not being or issuing out of any Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, or chargeable upon the same, touch-
ing which other Directions are given by this Act) shall yield and pay,
for two Years successively, unto the respective Collectors aforesaid,
the Sum of Two Shillings for every Twenty Shillings, or the Value
thereof in any Species or Commodities whatsoever, which he, she,
or they, do receive in one Year, by Virtue of every such Annuity,
Pension, Stipend, or yearly Payment respectively; the said several
Rates and Sums of Money, to be assessed, imposed, levied and
collected, in such Manner as hereafter is mentioned. And that every
Person practising Law or Physic, every hired Clerk acting without
Commission, and all and every Factor, Agent, or Manager, trading
or using Commerce within this Province, shall yield and pay, for
two Years successively, unto the respective Collectors aforesaid, the
Sum of Eighteen Pence in every Twenty Shillings, or the Value
thereof in any Species or Commodities whatsoever, which he or they
do receive in one Year, by Virtue of his or their Practice, or by
any Wages, Rewards, Fees, Profits, Commissions, or Advantages
whatssoever, to him or them accruing, for or by Reason or Occasion
of their several Professions, Clerkships, Employments, or Factorage,
for one Year; to be assessed, levied, and collected, in such Manner
as hereafter is mentioned.
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