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Taxation Act 1691
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XI.Recital that Officers of Excise have meddled in Elections for Parliament.
Any such Officer, either by Letter or otherwise, so meddling; Penalty £100.; Disability.
And forasmuch as the Collectors Sup[er]visors Gaugers and other Officers of the said Excise and Officers concerned therein by reason of the greatness of the said Duty and the extraordinary Powers they have given them in charging or raising the same being resident in most parts of the Kingdom where Elections of Members to serve in Parliament are made have very frequently either by threats or p[ro]mises soe p[re]vailed upon severall Electors that they have absolutely been debarred of the freedom of giving their Votes which according to the knowne constitutions of this Kingdom every p[er]son ought to have and enjoy when hee is to choose his representative For remedy of which mischief Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the Second day of February One thousand six hundred ninety one every Collector Sup[er]visor Gauger or other Officer concerned in the charging collecting or managing the said Duty of Excise that shall either by letter or message or word of mouth endeavor to pswade any Elector to give or disswade any Elector from giving his Vote for any p[er]son or p[er]sons that shall be put in nomination to be elected a Member or Members of Parliament shall for soe doing forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds one moiety thereof to the Informer and the other [X1moiety ] to the Poor of the Parish where such offence shall be com[m]itted to be recovered in any of their Majesties Courts of Record by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Informac[i]on wherein no Wager of Law p[ro]tection or Essoign or more then one imparlance shall be allowed And further That every p[er]son or p[er]sons that shall be convicted in any such Action Bill Plaint or Informac[i]on of the said Offence shall immediately from and after such conviction be disabled and incapable of ever after executing any Office or Place concerning the said Duty of Excise
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