December, 1646
[10 December, 1646.]
Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained, by the Lords and
Commons now assembled in Parliament, That whereas Alderman
Gibbs, of the City of London, and the rest of the Treasurers for
the Sale of Bishops Lands, have received from several Persons,
upon the Security of the Ordinance of Parliament in that Behalf,
the Sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds; that the said
Alderman Gibbs and the rest of the said Treasurers shall cause
the said Two Hundred Thousand Pounds to be forthwith sent to
the City of Yorke, there to be told, and from thence to such
Place or Places, and to be issued and paid out unto such Person
or Persons, as shall be appointed by Ordinance of both Houses
of Parliament; which Ordinance, with the Receipt or Receipts
of the Party or Parties to whom the Monies is appointed to be
paid, shall be a good and sufficient Discharge to the said
Treasurers, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and
every of them: And it is also Ordained, by the Authority aforesaid, That whatsoever Casualty shall happen to the said Two
Hundred Thousand Pounds, or any Part thereof, upon the
Carriage, and conveying thereof unto Yorke, or to any other
Place of Payment to be appointed by the Two Houses of Parliament, shall be borne by the Public, and that no Damage shall
thereby accrue unto the said Treasurers; and that the whole
Charge of conveying the said Two Hundred Thousand Pounds
from London unto Yorke, and to any the Places to be appointed
as aforesaid, and of the telling, issuing, and paying out the same,
shall be likewise borne by the Public: And it is lastly Ordained,
by the Authority aforesaid, That the Lord Mayor of Yorke, and
all other the Magistrates and Governors of that City, shall be
aiding and assisting to the said Treasurers, and every One of
them, for the safe keeping of the said Two Hundred Thousand
Pounds, during such Time as the same shall remain in the said
City, and to appoint and permit or suffer the said Treasurers, and
every One of them, their Ministers, Agents, and Servants, to have
and possess themselves of any convenient House or Place,
Houses or Places in the said City, for the safe keeping and
telling the said Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, as to the said
Treasurers, or any One of them, shall seem meet and expedient,
during the Time of their said Stay and Abode there, with the
said Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, or any Part thereof.