JB/150/688/001

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Inserenda Police Revenue Bill

Inserenda
Observations
III. Regulations
Lodging House
Letters of Lodgings
to give an account
of their Lodgers

Precedents.

1. By In the annual Land Tax Acts as least by that printed in
Ruffhead's edition of the Statutes 4 Geo. 3. c. 2. §. 53, it is thus provided.
"And for the better discovery of personal estates intended to be charged
"by this Act Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that every
"Householder in England Wales or Berwick upon Tweed shall upon
"demand of the Assessors of the respective Parishes or Places give an
"give an account of the names and qualities of such Persons as shall
"sojourn or lodge in their respective Houses under the Penalty of
"forfeiting to His Majesty the Sum of five Pounds to be levied and
"recovered in such manner as any other Penalty in this Act
"mentioned shall and may be levied and recovered." -

2. By the Act imposing Duties on Horses and Carriages 25 G. 3. c. 47. §. 24
it is thus provided.
And whereas difficulties may sometimes arise in discovering
lodgers or Inmates in any House liable to pay the said recited
Duties on carriages and horses be it therefore further enacted that the Inhabitant
householder of any house in which there shall be any lodger or inmate keeping
any Carriage or horse liable to the said Duties shall within a week after
a requisition by notice in writing left at any such house from or by
any Assessor Surveyors or inspector of the said Duties on carriages and horses
deliver to or leave for such Assessor a List in writing of every lodger or
inmate in such house who shall at the time of delivering or leaving
such list keep any carriage or horse liable to the said Duties or shall
have kept any such carriage or Horse from the tenth day of October
one thousand seven hundred and eighty four on the first Assessment
under this Act and from the fifth day of April in each preceding
year on every future Assessment which List shall express the christian
or Surname of every such lodger or inmate and shall contain an
account of every such carriage with such description as in hereinbefore
required and of every horse liable to the said duty to the best of the
knowledge and information of such inhabitant householder and if
any inhabitant householder shall refuse to deliver any such list
as hereinbefore mentioned or shall wilfully omit or misrepresent
any description which ought to be contained therein he or she
so offending shall for every offence forfeit ten pound.

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Identifier: | JB/150/688/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
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Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	688	Info in main headings field	inserenda police revenue bill
Image	001	Titles	precedents
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
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