WHEREAS the said Commissioners are informed , That many Officers and Souldiers who have faithfully served the Common-wealth in IRELAND are seduced ( by the insinuations of covetous minded Persons who ( for lucre sake ) lye in wait to purchase the poor Souldiers dearly earned wages ) to make Sale of their Debenturs , for very small and inconsiderable Sums of present Money , Whereby they deprive themselves of a future comfortable subsistance , and wholy frustrate the bountiful intentions of those that are in Authority towards them , who ( to the end the Souldiers being Disbanded might have a comfortable livelihood ) have Ordered Lands for their Arrears at very low Rates , which they would not have done at the said Rates but in tenderness , and respect to the Souldiery , and in Order to Plant the Countrey with those poor creatures whom the Lord hath preserved in hardships and dangers , that they might enjoy the fruits of their Labour . And having had experience of the great wrongs and prejudice , which the Common-wealth & the Souldiers suffered in England by Sale of Debenturs , whereby many Souldiers by their impatience to stay for satisfaction in Land were impoverished , whilst others in the same condition with them , having patience to tarry , had due satisfaction in Lands , whereby they now support themselves & Families . And it being in the intention of the said Commissioners , to put the Souldiers into Possession of the Lands due unto them for their Arrears with all possible expedition , and in the mean time to make the best provision they can for their present subsistance . And forasmuch as Debts and Claims of that nature , are not by Law transferrible without a special Act to Warrant the same , The said Commissioners therefore ( by the advice and at the desire of the Councel of Officers on the behalf of the Souldiers ) do hereby Order , That no Person or Persons who have served the Common-wealth in Ireland , and have or shall hereafter have their Accompts Stated , and Debenturs given them by the Commissioners appointed by Parliament for Stating the Accompts of the Souldiers in Ireland , for such Arrears as shall appear upon such Accompts , or by Composition to be due unto them ; shall from and after the Date hereof make Sale of , or Assign over his or their Debenturs , or any part thereof until the Parliament shall signifie their pleasure touching the same . And if any Person or Persons shall from and after the date hereof buy any of the said Debenturs ( the Parliaments pleasure being not signified as aforesaid ) the said sale & bargains are hereby Declared to be Nul and void , and the Debenturs so bought not to be valid to charge the Common-wealth , or purchase Lands in Ireland with the same ; And whereas the said Commissioners are informed , That several Debenturs that have been given out by the said Commissioners for Stating the said Accompts , have been of late sold at very low and inconsiderable Rates , to the impoverishing and abuse of the poor Souldiers that sold them , and disparagement of the Publick security , and satisfaction appointed the Soldiers for their faithful Service ; But in regard the said Sales were made before any Publick warning , or Declaration was held forth to prohibit Sales : It is hereby further Ordered , That the said Debenturs so bought with the Assignments of the same , together with the respective Rates or Considerations given for them , shall within Twenty days after Publication hereof , be Registred upon Oath with the Commissioners of the Revenue of the Precinct wherein the Persons that bought the same respectively reside ; ( which Oath the said Commissioners of the Revenue , or any two or more of them have hereby power to Administer ) which Debenturs so sold , and Registred as aforesaid , shall be held valid for so much onely as hath been really , and without fraud given for the same , and no more ; And in case any collusion or fraud shall be used in making Entrie of false Rates or vallues paid for such Debenturs , such Debenturs shall be forfeited to the Common-wealth , the one Moyetie for the use of the Person that shall discover the said false Entry , and the other Moyetie for the relief of maimed Souldiers , and the poor Widdows and Orphans of Souldiers . And the Commissioners of the Revenue in every respective Precinct , are hereby required , to return all such Entries which shall be made with them as aforesaid unto Thomas Herbert Esquire Register of Debenturs at his Office at Dublin , within fifteen days after the said Entrie is so made . And the Commander in cheif , and Commissioners of the Revenue in every respective Precinct are to cause this Declaration to be forthwith Published .