Die Martis, 5 Martii, 1649.
Prayers.
Fee-farm Rents.
MR. Attorney General reports Amendments to the
Bill for settling the Fee-farm Rents belonging to
the Commonwealth of England, formerly payable to the
Crown of England, Duchy of Lancaster, and Duchy of
Cornwall: Which were this Day read the First and Second
time.
And the Question being propounded, that the Contractors and Trustees for Sale of the Lands of the late
King, Queen, and Prince, shall be both Contractors and
Trustees in the Sale of the Fee-farm Rents; and that the
Treasurers, Register, and Comptroller, for Sale of the
said Lands, shall be in the same respective Offices and
Employments for Sale of these Fee-farm Rents;
And the Question being put, that this Question be now
put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
It was Resolved, That the Contractors and Trustees
for Sale of the Lands of the late King, Queen, and Prince,
shall be both Contractors and Trustees in the Sale of
the Fee-farm Rents; and that the Treasurers, Register,
and Comptroller, for Sale of the said Lands, shall be in
the same respective Offices and Employments for Sale of
these Fee-farm Rents.
The Question being propounded, That the Salary for
all the Officers employed in Sale of the Fee-farm Rents
shall be Three-pence in the Pound.
And the Question being put, That the Question be now
put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
It was Resolved, That the Salary for all the Officers
employed in the Sale of Fee-farm Rents, shall be Threepence in the Pound.
Resolved, That the Debate upon the Amendments to
the Act for Sale of the Fee-farm Rents be adjourned until
Thursday Morning next.