BE it Enacted by this present Parliament, and the Authority of the same, That all and every person and persons, employed the two and twentieth day of April, last past, as Receivers General of the Publique Re­venue arising out of the Estates of Delinquents and Popish Recusants, shall and are hereby ratified and confirmed in the several Offices of Receivers General, to exercise the same within the respective Counties, Limits, and Places where­in they were so employed as Receivers, the said two and twentieth day of April, one thousand six hundred fifty nine, until further Order shall be taken by the Parliament or Council of State, and the said Receivers are hereby impowered enabled, and required, within their respective Counties, Limits, and Divisions, to Collect, Ga­ther, Receive, Demand, and Levie, as well the Arrears of the said Publique Revenues arising out of the Estates of Delinquents and Popish Recusants already incurred, as also the said growing Revenues; And all other Rents, Re­venues, Duties, sum and sums of Money, which [Page 4] to them, have or shall from time to time respective­ly be given in charge by the respective Auditors of the Exchequer. And it is hereby Enacted, That they the said Receivers, for the better get­ting in, and Levying the said Duties and Re­venues, are and shall be enabled and impowred to distrein for the same within their respective Limits and Counties, and to use all other law­ful means and wayes for the getting the same in, as fully to all intents and purposes as any Re­ceivers of the Revenue of the late King were en­abled to do by any Law, Statute, or usage of this Common-wealth. And the Auditors before whom the said Revenue was in charge the said two and twentieth day of April, One thousand six hundred fifty nine last past, or at any time since, are hereby authorized and required to proceed in the execution of their several Offices, till the Par­liament or Council of State shall take further Order therein.