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Commissioners to appoint Clerk, Assessors, and Collectors from the Officers in their Departments
Assessors to have Access to Documents, and may require Returns.
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CLXXI. And be it further enacted, That the several Commissioners authorized to act in the Execution of this Act, in relation to the Duties on Offices or Employments of Profit, and on Annuities, Pensions, or Stipends, as soon after their respective Appointments as conveniently can be done, in their respective Departments, shall meet at some convenient Place in order to qualify themselves by their taking the Oaths prescribed by this Act, and shall have Power to elect a Clerk, and an Assessor or Assessors, and a Collector or Collectors of the said Duties to be assessed by them, from and amongst the Officers in their respective Departments, and in the respective Departments under their Cognizance, which Assessors shall, within a Time to be fixed by the respective Commissioners, deliver to them their Certificates of Assessment in Writing under their Hands, to be verified upon their Oaths or solemn Affirmations, and not otherwise, of the full And just annual Value of all Offices and Employments of Profit chargeable under this Act, in the Department for which they shall be appointed Assessors, and of all Pensions, Annuities, and Stipends, estimated according to this Act, (after deducting the Sum and Sums payable thereout respectively by virtue of any former Act or Acts, Where the same have been really and bon[html] fide paid borne by the Party to be charged) with the Names and Surnames of the several Officers and Persons entitled to Pensions, Annuities, or Stipends, and the several Sums of Money they ought to pay by virtue of this Act at the Rate of One Shilling for every Twenty Shillings of such Value, without Abatement or Deduction, and without Concealment or Favour, upon Pain of Forfeiture for every Neglect in the Premises of any Sum not exceeding One hundred Pounds nor less than Twenty Pounds, which said Assessors are hereby strictly enjoined and required with all Care and Diligence to charge and assess themselves, and all other Officers, Clerks, and Persons employed in their respective Departments of Office, and with respect to the Duty on Pensions to charge and assess all Persons entitled unto any such Pensions, and respectively to make their Assessments according to the Provisions of this Act; and every such Assessor shall have free Access to all Documents and Papers whatever in their respective Offices, touching the Salaries, Fees, Wages, Perquisites, and Profits of any Officer, Clerk, or Person aforesaid, belonging to their respective Offices, and touching the Amount of the respective Pensions, and shall be at liberty, whenever the same may be necessary, to require Returns from the Parties themselves according to the Provisions of this Act, that they may be enabled to make a true Assessment in pursuance thereof.
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