October, 1645
[4 October, 1645.]
All Excise Accounts to be made up to usual Quarter Days.; Control on Excise Accounts in London to begin 29 Sept. 1645.; Allowances.
Whereas it is thought most convenient, and very necessary for
the service of the Common-wealth, That the Accounts of Excise
be reduced to one and the same determination: Be it therefore
Ordained by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, That all and every the Accounts of the said Excise
or New Impost within this Realm of England, Dominion of
Wales, and Port and Town of Berwick, shall now all determine
upon the Nine and twentieth day of September, 1645. and afterwards Quarterly, upon the four usual Feasts or Terms of the
year; viz. the five and twentieth of December, the five and
twentieth of March, the four and twentieth of June, and Nine
and twentieth of September. And the Comptrol upon the Accompts of Excise, in the Office of Excise London, with the Limits
and Extents thereof, shall begin from the said Nine and twentieth
day of September, 1645. And the Wages and Allowances of the
several Officers and Ministers employed in the said Excise, shall
be apportioned according to the several and respective Times,
for and until the said Nine and twentieth day of September, 1645.
and aftewards shall be paid Quarterly upon the said several days
by equal portions.