An Act to repeal the Duties payable on Dwelling Houses according to the Number of Windows or Lights, and to grant in lieu thereof other Duties on Inhabited Houses according to their annual Value.
WHEREAS under and by virtue of an Act of the Forty-eighth Year of King George the Third, Chapter Fifty-five, certain Duties are now payable in England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed and in Scotland respectively upon Dwelling Houses, and are assessed and levied according to the Number of Windows or Lights therein as set forth in the Schedule marked (A.) to the said Act annexed; and it is expedient that in lieu thereof the Duties on Inhabited Dwelling Houses set forth in the Schedule to this Ac...