VVHereas by two severall Ordinances of the third of September, 1645. and the sixth of August, 1646. sixteene [Page 2] Moneths and seven daies Tax was Ordained to be Assessed, Collected, and payed for maintenance of the Garri­sons of the Easterne Association; And whereas a great part of the Moneys payable by vertue of the said Ordinances, is still in Arreare, and uncollected, and by meanes there­of the summes of Money still due to the said Garrisons for their Pay, du­ring the time of their continuance, and to the Inhabitants thereof, and of the Adiacent Counties for Quarters, are become very great: Now that the said Arreares may be brought in, and issued forth according to the true intent and meaning of the said Or­dinances, Be it Ordained, and it is Ordained by the Lords and Com­mons in Parliament Assembled, That the Committee of Lords and Com­mons for the Easterne Association, and the Committees of the severall [Page 3] Counties mentioned in the said Ordinances, shall have Power, and are hereby Authorized to exe­cute the said severall Ordinances according to the Powers and Au­thorities to them thereby gran­ted respectively. And the said Committees are hereby Ordered to take effectuall care for the full and speedy Assessing, Raising, Levying, and Collecting of all the said Arreares: And be it fur­ther Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Com­mittee of Lords and Commons for the Easterne Association, shall have Power to imploy and dis­pose of all the said Arreares, to the intents and purposes of the said severall Ordinances, according to the Authority to them hereby granted.