Anno
Regni
Gulielmi
&
Mariae
,
REGIS
&
REGINAE
,
Angliae
,
Scotiae
,
Franciae
&
Hiberniae
,
QUINTO
.
An
ACT
for
granting
to
King
William
and
Queen
Mary
the
Rate
of
One
Penny
per
Pound
upon
the
clear
Value
of
all
the
Real
and
Personal
Estates
,
and
Six
Shillings
per
Head
upon
such
as
are
not
otherwise
rated
by
this
Act.
To
be
imployed
by
the
Governour
of
this
Prov●nce
of
Pennsilvania
and
Territories
thereof
,
for
the
Time
being
,
towards
the
Support
of
this
Government
.
SInce
it
hath
pleased
the
King
and
Queen
to
take
the
Government
of
this
Province
and
Counties
into
Their
own
hands
,
and
supply
the
absence
of
our
Proprietor
,
by
so
worthy
a
Person
,
who
gave
us
such
great
Assurances
of
his
good
desires
to
preserve
and
confirm
us
in
our
Rights
and
Liberties
:
We
the
Representàtives
met
in
general
Assembly
,
with
humble
Submission
to
the
King
and
Queens
Pleasure
therein
,
and
with
all
dutiful
Acknowledgments
of
their
Care
and
tender
Regard
to
the
reasonable
Laws
and
Constitutions
,
as
well
as
Protections
of
this
Government
,
do
humbly
present
the
said
King
and
Queen
with
the
free
Gift
of
the
Rates
and
Assesments
herein
after-mentioned
,
which
we
desire
they
would
please
to
accept
of
,
as
a
Testimony
of
our
dutiful
Affections
towards
them
;
and
we
do
likewise
desire
that
the
King
and
Queen
would
be
pleased
to
give
and
allow
one
half
thereof
to
Benjamin
Fletcher
,
Captain
General
and
Governour
in
Chief
in
and
over
this
Province
and
Country
,
&c.
that
it
may
be
so
enacted
.
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
Representatives
convened
in
General
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
all
and
every
Person
and
Persons
within
this
Government
,
having
any
Personal
Estates
,
either
in
their
Possessions
,
or
in
the
Possessions
of
others
,
in
trust
for
them
,
over
and
beside
the
Household
Goods
and
Implements
they
use
,
and
such
Sums
of
Money
as
they
really
owe
or
ought
to
pay
,
shall
yield
and
pay
to
the
use
aforesaid
,
after
the
rate
of
One
Penny
per
Pound
.
And
to
the
end
that
this
Tax
may
be
laid
with
as
much
Equality
and
Indifferency
as
may
be
,
upon
all
Lands
within
this
Government
,
and
that
a
due
regard
may
be
had
to
the
many
Tracts
of
uncultivated
and
unprofitable
Lands
,
which
produce
rather
a
Charge
than
Profit
to
the
Owners
there●f
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Lands
,
and
other
Real
,
as
also
the
Personal
Estates
shall
be
,
and
are
hereby
charged
f●r
one
Year
only
,
and
no
longer
,
with
One
Penny
for
ever
,
Pound
clear
Value
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Free-men
within
this
Province
and
Territories
,
who
have
been
out
of
their
Servitude
by
the
Space
of
six
Months
,
and
shall
n●t
be
otherwise
Rated
by
this
Act
,
nor
worth
one
hundred
Pound
,
shall
pay
unto
the
Use
aforesaid
the
Sum
of
Six
Shillings
per
Head
.
Pr●vided
always
,
That
our
chief
Proprietary
and
his
late
Deputies
in
Government
shall
not
be
assessed
or
otherwise
chargeable
by
virtue
of
this
Act.
Provided
also
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
shall
be
taxed
by
this
Act
who
have
a
great
charge
of
Children
,
and
become
indigent
in
the
World
,
and
are
so
far
in
debt
that
the
clear
Value
of
their
Real
and
Personal
Estate
doth
not
amount
to
thirty
Pounds
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
for
the
better
assessing
,
ordering
,
levying
and
collecting
the
several
Sums
of
Money
,
so
to
be
paid
as
aforesaid
,
and
for
the
more
effectual
putting
this
Act
in
Execution
,
It
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
all
or
any
two
or
more
of
the
Members
of
this
Assembly
,
within
the
Respective
Counties
for
which
they
serve
,
to
call
to
their
assistance
three
of
the
Justices
,
or
other
substantial
Free-holders
of
the
respective
Counties
,
and
within
two
Months
after
the
publication
hereof
,
to
meet
t●gether
at
such
place
or
places
within
each
County
,
as
they
shall
respectively
agree
upon
,
in
order
to
assess
the
Rates
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
and
also
to
appoint
Receivers
or
Collectors
to
receive
or
gather
the
same
.
And
after
such
Meeting
had
,
the
said
assessors
shall
by
Warrant
from
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
proper
Country
,
cause
the
Constables
within
the
said
County
,
to
bring
in
Cirtificates
in
Writing
of
the
Names
of
every
person
residing
within
the
Limits
of
th●se
places
;
with
which
they
shall
be
charged
;
and
of
the
Substances
and
Values
of
every
of
them
,
who
are
to
be
rated
by
this
Act
;
which
said
Constables
shall
be
paid
or
allowed
by
the
Collectors
three
Pence
per
Pound
for
their
trouble
therein
.
And
the
said
assessors
are
hereby
injoyned
,
to
assertain
and
inform
themselves
,
by
all
lawfull
means
they
can
,
of
the
true
Valuation
of
the
clear
Estates
,
both
real
and
personal
,
within
those
Counties
and
Limits
,
with
which
they
shall
be
charged
respectively
.
And
being
so
thereof
ascertained
,
they
are
to
assess
themselves
,
and
others
for
and
in
respect
of
the
said
Estates
,
according
to
Rates
afore-mentioned
,
having
due
regard
to
the
ability
of
the
people
,
and
to
the
unprofitable
Land
they
hold
,
and
thereupon
to
appoint
such
and
so
many
Collectors
or
Receivers
thereof
as
they
the
said
assessors
shall
think
fit
,
within
their
respective
Limits
;
for
which
service
the
said
assessors
shall
receive
or
be
allowed
six
pence
per
Pound
out
of
the
said
assessment
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Rates
,
Assesments
and
Taxations
aforesaid
,
shall
be
made
and
ascertained
with
what
Expedition
may
be
,
so
that
the
m●iety
or
half
part
thereof
may
be
levyed
,
collected
and
paid
in
to
the
Receivers
respectively
on
or
before
the
tenth
day
of
the
ninth
Month
next
,
and
the
other
half
thereof
on
or
before
the
tenth
day
of
the
s●c●nd
Month
,
in
the
Year
1694.
at
such
places
as
the
said
assessors
shall
appoint
.
Which
said
assessments
,
with
the
Names
and
several
Values
of
their
Respective
Estates
,
together
also
with
the
real
Sums
levyed
by
this
Act
,
shall
be
returned
and
fairly
certified
by
the
said
Collectors
to
the
next
General
Assembly
,
after
the
same
is
assessed
,
as
aforesaid
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
of
the
said
assessors
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
make
such
assessments
,
as
by
this
Act
is
required
,
or
in
case
the
Collectors
,
so
as
af●resaid
chosen
,
shall
deny
,
neglect
or
refuse
to
collect
any
sum
or
sums
of
Money
,
in
form
afore-mentioned
assest
,
and
be
convicted
thereof
,
shall
be
fined
at
the
discretion
of
the
Justices
of
the
respective
County
Courts
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
within
this
Government
,
who
shall
be
assest
or
rated
any
sum
or
sums
of
Money
,
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
to
be
levyed
,
shall
deny
,
refuse
or
delay
to
pay
the
same
,
that
then
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
such
Collector
,
by
virtue
of
a
Warrant
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
for
the
County
where
such
Offender
shall
reside
,
who
by
virtue
of
this
act
are
reqnuired
&
authorized
to
grant
such
Warrants
to
levy
the
same
by
distress
and
sale
of
such
person
or
persons
Goods
and
Chattels
,
returning
the
Over-plus
,
if
any
be
,
to
the
Owners
,
after
the
sum
assessed
or
distrained
for
,
with
all
Charges
,
are
deducted
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Moneys
or
Effects
gathered
and
received
by
the
said
Collectors
within
their
respective
Limits
,
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
shall
from
time
to
time
be
duely
paid
to
such
Treasurer
or
Treasurers
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Governor
to
receive
the
same
,
whose
Receipts
shall
be
a
sufficient
Discharge
unto
such
Collectors
,
which
said
Collectors
for
gathering
the
said
particular
Sums
,
shall
retain
in
their
hands
respectively
,
for
every
Twenty
Shillings
by
them
paid
in
,
as
aforesaid
,
the
sum
of
One
Shilling
,
as
a
Reward
for
their
pains
and
service
.
Provided
always
,
That
if
any
person
or
persons
certified
,
assessed
or
rated
,
for
or
in
respect
of
any
Estate
,
for
which
by
this
Act
he
or
they
is
or
may
be
rated
,
do
find
him
or
themselves
agrieved
with
such
rating
,
and
do
within
ten
days
after
complain
to
any
three
of
the
Assessors
,
that
signed
or
allowed
his
or
their
Rate
,
who
shall
within
ten
dayes
after
such
Complaint
particularly
examine
the
person
complaining
,
or
any
other
person
,
touching
the
value
of
the
Complainants
real
and
personal
Estate
,
and
there-upon
the
said
assessors
shall
abate
,
defaulk
,
or
increase
the
said
assessments
,
according
as
Complainants
shall
appear
to
be
worth
,
either
by
the
parties
own
attest
or
proof
of
others
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
person
be
sued
for
any
thing
done
in
pursuance
of
this
Act
,
such
person
so
sued
may
plead
the
general
Issue
,
and
give
this
Act
a●●●●ecial
Matter
in
Evidence
;
and
if
the
Plantiff
or
Prosecutor
〈…〉
be
●ast
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
treble
Damages
.
〈…〉
Th●●
none
shall
be
hereby
〈…〉ed
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
for
any
neglect
or
miscarriage
in
the
Execution
thereof
,
but
within
one
year
after
such
Offence
.
Provided
also
,
and
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
several
Collectors
shall
gather
and
receive
the
respective
sums
assessed
,
as
aforesaid
,
in
currant
Money
of
this
Province
,
or
for
want
thereof
in
good
Merchantable
Country
Produce
at
the
currant
Market
price
.