GASR_Colonial_Bills_176005_20

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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesd
That if any Sheriff who hath undertaken the Collection of
Parish taxes as aforesaid shall happen to be removed from
his office of Sheriff or his Time of Service therein expire before
he shall have compleated the same his Power of Collecting such
Parish Taxes and making distress for the same shall con
=tinue as fully and amply as if he had not been removed or
his said office of Sheriff had not expired And where any
such Sheriff or other Collector shall happen to die before he
hath finished his collection, the Vestry shall have full Power
and are hereby directed to appoint another Collector to fi
=nish the same who having given Bond and Security for the
discharge of his office shall be and is hereby invested with
the like Power and authority for that Purpose as the Sheriff
or other Collector so dying, [crossed out word illegible] had or might
have exercised.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid
That ^(if) any Sheriff or other Parish Collector [crossed out word illegible] shall neglect
or refuse to Account for and Pay the several Parish Taxes
that have been or hereafter shall be assessed on the Taxable
Persons of the Parish whereof he is Collector and wherewith he
shall be chargeable according to the directions of this Act
after deducting the Commissions allowed him and the
several Sums chargeable to Persons who have no Visable Es
=tate in such Parish, it shall and may be Lawful for the
Superior Court of the district wherein such Sheriff or Collector
shall live ^(either before or at any Time [crossed out word illegible] after the expiration of his said office) on Motion of the Church Wardens to give judgment
against Such Sheriff or Collector for all the Money wherewith
he shall or may be chargeable to such Parish with Costs and
thereupon ^(to) award execution against the Goods and Chattels
Lands and Tenements of Such Sheriff or Collector, Provided,
that he have ten Days Previous Notice of such Motion.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid
That all such Taxes shall be collected and accounted for by
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