Tuesday, the 5th of December, 1654.
Prayers.
Assessment.
THE House, according to former Order, did this
Day take into Debate the Assessment for Scotland
and Ireland.
The Question being propounded, That the Sum to be
assessed upon Scotland, for the next Three Months, shall
be the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds by the Month;
And the Question being put, That this Question be
now put;
It passed in the Negative.
The Question being propounded, That the Sum to be
assessed upon Scotland, for the next Three Months, shall
be the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds by the Month;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed in the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put; It was
Resolved, by the Parliament, That the Sum to be assessed upon Scotland, for the next Three Months, shall be
the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds by the Month.
Post Meridiem.
Assessment.
RESOLVED, That the Proportion of the Assessments upon the City and County of the City of
Gloucester, for the next Three Months, and so for the future, shall be divided into Seventeen Parts; and that the
County of the said City shall bear Thirteen Parts of the
said Seventeen; and the City of Gloucester, excepting
those Hamlets which were most usually rated by the High
Constables of the Hundreds of the said County of the
said City, namely, Tuffley, Wooton, Barton-street, Longford, Twigworth, Kingsholme, and Lanthony, shall bear
the remaining Four Parts; and no other Proportion to be
borne by the said City, without Order of Parliament:
And that the last Three Months Assessment shall be paid
and borne according to this Proportion.
Resolved, That the Persons hereafter shall be
Commissioners for the City and County of the City of
Glocester; and that their Names be inserted into the Bill;
for the next Three Months Assessments; viz. William
Cook, Wm. Selwin, Edward Nurse, William Lawrence,
Wm. Hinson, Esquires; Wm. Caple, John Maddox, Henry
Cugley, Aldermen; John Gise, Francis Wheeler, Anthony
Freeman, Richard Guinett, and Robert Theyre, Gentlemen.
The Question being propounded, That the Sum to be
assessed upon Ireland, for the next Three Months, shall
be the Sum of Ten thousand Pounds by the Month;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Negative.
The Question being propounded, That the Sum to be
assessed upon Ireland, for the next Three Months, shall
be the Sum of Nine thousand Pounds by the Month;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Negative.
The Question being propounded, That the Sum to be
assessed upon Ireland, for the next Three Months, shall
be the Sum of Eight thousand Pounds by the Month;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put; It was
Resolved, That the Sum to be assessed upon Ireland,
for the next Three Months, be the Sum of Eight thousand
Pounds by the Month.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee for
Ireland, to bring in a Bill for the said Assessment,
accordingly.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee for
Scotland, to bring in a Bill for settling of the said Assessment for Scotland.
Ordered, That Candles be brought in.
Resolved, That the House be resolved into a Grand
Committee, To-morrow Sevennight, to take into Consideration the best Way, how the Proportions of Assessments may be most equally laid for the future: And that
Mr. Speaker do then forbear to take the Chair.
Settling the Government.
The House this Day resumed the Debate upon the
Report of the Committee of the whole House, upon the
Government.
Resolved, That the Number of the Persons who shall
be of the Council, shall be, and not exceed, One-and-twenty.
The Question being propounded, That Nine of them
shall be a Council, and not under;
And the Question being put, That, instead of the Word
"Nine," in this Question, the Word "Eleven" be
inserted;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Colonel Birch, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
60. |
| Colonel Rous, |
With the Yeas, |
| Colonel Morley, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
40. |
| Colonel Fitz-James, |
With the Noes, |
So it passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put; It was
Resolved, That Eleven of them shall be a Council, and
not under.
Resolved, That no Person shall continue to be of the
Council longer than Forty Days after the Meeting of
each succeeding Parliament, without a new Approbation
by the Parliament.
Resolved, That the standing Forces of this Commonwealth, both by Sea and Land, during the Life of the
now Lord Protector, shall be no more in Number, than
shall be agreed upon, from time to time, by the said Lord
Protector and the Parliament.
The Proviso to that Vote in the Report being read;
And the Question being put, That the Debate of this
Proviso be adjourned till To-morrow Morning;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth:
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Colonel Morley, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
61. |
| Sir Rich. Onslow, |
With the Noes, |
| Lord Broghill, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
45. |
| Mr. Maidstone, |
With the Yeas, |
So it passed in the Negative.