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shall be charged and payable over and
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above and by way of Addition to the several Duties Amounting
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to 10s. P Ann Chargeable upon houses thereby Virtue of
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the Former Act or Acts of Parliament made in England
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in that behalf.
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And it is hereby Enacted that the said several Duties
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and Sums of Money hereby Granted for and upon such Houses
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as aforesaid within and throughout the whole Kingdom of
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Great Britain shall be paid Yearly and every Year during
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the said Term of 32 years upon the 25th. day of March and
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the 29th day of Septr. by even and equal portions, the first
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payment thereof to be made upon the 25th. day of March
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which shall be in the year of our Lord 1711 And that the
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payments and Duties hereby granted for and upon such
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Houses as aforesaid shall be Charged only upon the
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Inhabitants or Occupiers for the time being of such
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respective Dwelling Houses his or their Executors or
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Administrators respectively and not on the Landlord who
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Let or Demised the same his heirs Execrs Admrs or Assigns.
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The Houses in and about London and other Cities and Towns
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being often Let from Quarter to Quarter and for Terms Expiring
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at Midsor. and Christmas the persons who quit their Houses at the
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said last mention'd Seasons insist that they are not subject or
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liable to pay any part of the said Taxes upon the Houses so by
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them quitted from the Christmas or Michas next before their so
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quitting the same, and the persons who enter upon House at
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Midsor: and Christmas insist that they are not at the Michas or
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Lady day then next following subject or liable to pay any
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part of the said Taxes because at such times they have not
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been in possession of their respective Houses a full half
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year, and by these means the Duties upon Houses are
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greatly Diminished, Therefore
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21st.
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Whether are the persons who quit their Houses at Midsor: or
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Christmas liable to the payment of any and what proportion of
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the said Taxes from the Lady day or Michas next before they so
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quit the same:
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" These Duties being expressly made payable by both the
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Acts of Parliament at Michas and Lady day only I am of
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Opinion that persons who quit their Houses at Midsor. or
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Christmas are not liable to pay any part of these Duties
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for the then current half year, the several half yearly
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