Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of
such Commissioners for the time being, shall, from Time to time, nomi-
nate or appoint, the Monies respectively raised, levied, and received, by
such Officers under the Authority of this Act, at such Times, and in
such Manner, as they shall be respectively required by the said High
Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury; or if any such Officers
shall divert, detain, or misapply, all or any Part of the said Monies so by
them respectively raised, levied, and received, or shall knowingly return
any Person or Persons insuper for any Monies or other Things duly an-
swered, paid, or accounted for, by such Person or Persons, whereby he
or they shall sustain any Damage or Prejudice; in every such Case, every
such Officer shall be liable to pay Treble the Value of all and every Sum
or Sums of Money so diverted or misapplied; and shall also be liable
to pay Treble Damages to the Party grieved, by returning him insuper.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Com-
missioners, Receiver or Receivers General, or other Person or Persons,
who shall be respectively employed in Great-Britain, in the directing,
receiving, or paying, the Monies arising by the Duties hereby granted,
shall, and are hereby required, between the Tenth Day of October
and the Fifth Day January following, and so from Year to Year, yearly,
at those Times to exhibit their respective Accounts thereof to His Ma-
jesty's Auditors of the Imprest in England for the time being, or One
of them, to be declared before the High Treasurer or Commissioners
of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being,
according to the Course of the Exchequer.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if the said
Commissioners for managing the said Duties, or the said Receiver or
Receivers General, shall neglect or refuse to pay into the Exchequer all
or any of the said Monies, in such Manner as they are required by this
Act to pay the same, or shall divert or misapply any Part thereof, then
they, and every of them so offending, shall be liable to pay Double the
Value of all and every Sum or Sums of Money so diverted or mis-
applied.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Comptroller or Comptrollers for the time being of the Duties hereby
imposed, shall keep perfect and distinct Accounts in Books fairly written
of all the Monies arising by the said Duties; and if any such Comp-
troller or Comptrollers shall neglect his or their Duty therein, then he
or they, for every such Offence, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred
Pounds.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all the
Monies which shall arise by the several Rates and Duties hereby granted
(except the necessary Charges of raising, collecting, recovering, answer-
ing paying,and accounting for the same, and the necessary Charges from
time to time incurred in relation to this Act, and the Execution thereof)
shall be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, and shall be
entered seperate and apart from all other Monies, and shall be there re-
served to be from time to time disposed of by Parliament, towards fur-
ther defraying the necessary Expences of defending, protecting, and
securing, the said Colonies and Plantations.

And whereas, it is proper that some Provision should be made for Pay-
ment of the necessary Expences which have been, and shall be incurred
in relation to this Act, and the Executioo thereof; and of the Orders
and Rules to be established under the Authority of the same, before the
said Duties shall take Effect, or the Monies arising thereby shall be suffi-