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Whereas in and by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the ninth year of
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the Reign of his present and Majesty King George the third Intitled "An Act for granting an
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"And to his Majesty by a Land tan to be raised in Great Britain for service of the year one
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"Thomas Seven hundred & Sixty nine "His among other things Enacted and declared as follows (that
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is to say) That if any Collector or Collectors that should by Virtue of that Act by appointed for the Receipt
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of any Sum or Sums of money thereby to be assigned in
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Wales or
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should refuse or neglect to pay arms Sum or Sums of money which should be by him or them
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received as before in the said Act mentioned and to pay the same as in the said Act is directed or shall
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detain in his or their hands any money received by him or them or any of them and not pay the same
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as by the said Act is directed the Commissioners (for putting the said Act in Execution) of each County City
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Riding or Town respectively or any two or more of them in their respective Divisions are thereby
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Authorized and Impowered to Imprison the person and seize and Secure the Estate as well Freehold as
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Copyhold and all other Estate both real and personal of such Collector to him belonging or which should
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descend or come into the hands or possession of his Heirs Executors or Administrators wheresoever the
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same can be discovered or found and the said Commissioner who should so seize or secure the
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Estate of any Collector or Collectors should be and an thereby Impowered to appoint a time for a
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General meeting of the said Commissioners for such County Riding City Town or place and there
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to cause publick Notice to be given of the place where such meeting should be appointe Six
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days at least before such General meeting and the Commissioners Present at such General
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meeting or the major part of them in case the money detained by any such Collector or
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Collectors should not be paid and Satisfied as it ought to be according to the Directions of the
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said Act should be and are hereby Impowered and required to sell and Dispose of all such Estates
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which should be for the Cause aforesaid seized or secured or any part of them to Satisfy and pay into
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the hands of he Receive General or two Deputy for such County Riding or place the Sum which
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should be detained in the hands of such Collector or Collector their theirs Executors or Administrators
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respectively And Whereas
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was on the fourteenth day of June which was in the
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year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty nine duty appointed one of the
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Collectors of the Land Tax in and for the Parish of
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Saint Matthew Bethnall Green
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in the Division
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and County aforesaid And whereas it appeareth unto us whose hands and Seals are hereunto
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Subscribed and set Commissioners of the Land tax Acting in and for the said Division that the said
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in pursuance of such Appointment hath received several Sums of Money of the several
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persons named in the Assessment of which he was so appointed Collector amounting in the whole to
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the Sum of Four hundred & fifty eight pounds Six Shillings & ten pences
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and that he the said
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leath only thereout paid to his Majesty's Receiver General of the
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wild tax for the said County the Sum of Two hundred & forty five Pounds eighteen Shillings & nine
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pence farthingand that there remains in the hands of the said
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of the Monies
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so Collected and received by him as aforesaid the Sum of Two hundred & twelve Pounds eight
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Shillings & three farthingsWhich the said
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now detaine in his hands
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and hath refused or neglected to pay the same as by the said Act is directed Notwithstanding
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repeated Notices to him given for that purpose
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These are therefore in his Majesty's NameStrictly to enjoin and Command you to Imprison
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the person and Seize and secure the Estate as well Freehold as Copy hold and all other Estate both
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real and Personal of the said John Beales which belonging or which shall descend or
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come into the hands or Possession of his their Executor or Administrators whereon the
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same can be discovered refound and what you shall so do in the premises you an to
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return to us and other the Commissioners Acting for the said Divisions at the Angel and
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Gown Tavorn in Whitechapel on Wednesday the Twelfth day of September next evening at
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Ten o' Clock in the forenoon and for so doing this shall be your Sufficient Warrant Given
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under our hands and Seals this Twenty Ninth day of August 1770
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