July, 1648
[20 July, 1648.]
The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, taking
into their serious Consideration and great Care, Pains, and
Charges, that will necessarily be undergone, by Henry Broade,
Richard Wilcox, Nicholas Bond, James Prince, and Thomas
Richardson, a Committee constituted and appointed, by Ordinance of the 20th Day of July, 1648, in taking, stating, and
determining, the Accompts of all Officers and Soldiers who have
served under the Command of the Parliament in the late Wars
(except as in the said Ordinance is excepted), have thought fit
(for their Encouragement to the due Execution of so great a
Service) to order and ordain, and be it Ordained by the Lords
and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Salary, or
Allowance, of Three Hundred Pounds per Annum be, and is
hereby, allowed and given to every One of the said several Persons respectively, in Recompence and Satisfaction of their Care
and Pains to be taken in the said Service; which said Yearly
Allowances, or Salaries, hereby given and granted, shall begin
from the Date of this present Ordinance, and continue for and
during the Time of their respective Employments in the said
Service, and be Quarterly paid to the said several
Persons, out of the Receipts of the Grand Excise and
Impost; and the same to be put to the Accompt of Charges, by
the Commissioners of the said Grand Excise and Impost for
the Time being, who are hereby authorized and required to pay
the same accordingly to the said respective Persons; whose
Acquittances, together with this present Ordinance, shall be to the
said Commissioners, and to every of them, a good and sufficient
Warrant and Discharge in that Behalf: And be it further
Ordained, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Allowance of
One Hundred Pounds per Annum more be, and is hereby,
given and granted to the said Committee, for Payment of Clerks
and other Officers to be employed, and for Provision of
Books, Paper, Fire, Candle, and other Necessaries, in the said
Service; which said Allowance shall be also Quarterly paid, out
of the said Receipts of the Grand Excise and new Impost, by
the Commissioners of the same, who are hereby likewise authorized and required to pay accordingly to the said Committee, or
any Two of them; whose Receipt, or Receipts, together with
this Ordinance, shall likewise be to the said Commissioners of
Excise and new Impost, and to every of them, a good and sufficient Warrant and Discharge: Provided, That this Ordinance,
and the Powers and Salaries herein contained and expressed,
continue and be in Force for One whole Year, from the First of
August, 1648, and no longer, unless the Parliament shall otherwise order and appoint: Provided, That neither they the said
Auditors hereby constituted, their Clerks and Officers employed
by them, shall receive or take, directly or indirectly, by themselves or any other, to their Use, any Fee, Reward, or Gratuity
whatsoever, from any Person or Persons concerned as Accomptants, by this Ordinance, or by their or any of their Direction,
nor any Profit or Advantage whatsoever, other than the Salary
Appointed in and by this present Ordinance.