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that then every Vestry-Man so refusing, or Neglecting as aforesaid,
shall forfeit and pay the Quantity of One Thousand Pounds of
Tobacco; and the two Vestry-Men mentioned by the said Act, to
be Annually left out, shall, and are hereby directed to be the two
eldest Vestry-Men; and which said two Vestry-Men so left out as
aforesaid, or either of them, shall not be liable to be chosen, or
obliged to serve as a Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men, for the Space of
Three Years ensuing the Time of their being left out, as aforesaid.
And it is hereby further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That it shall and may be lawful, to and for the Vestry or Vestries,
and they are hereby impowered and directed to proceed to the Choice
and Election of some other Person or Persons to be Vestry-Man or
Vestry-Men, in the Place or Stead of such Person or Persons so
chosen Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men, and refuseing or neglecting as
aforesaid: And the former Choice of such Person or Persons as
Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men refuseing or neglecting, shall be void,
and of none Effect.
And it is hereby further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That the Minister, Rector, and Incumbent of each Parish, in this
Province, shall, for his or their Neglect to meet, and Non-Attend-
ance at the Vestry or Vestries hereafter to be held, in his or their
Parish or Parishes, without a reasonable Excuse, be liable to, and
incur the same Penalties and Forfeitures as a Vestry-Man or Vestry-
Men are liable to, by Virtue of the aforesaid recited Act, for his or
their Non-Attendance, or Neglect to meet at his or their Vestry or
Vestries; to be recovered in the same Manner as such Penalties and
Forfeitures are to be recovered by Virtue of this Act.
And whereas, by the aforesaid recited Art, no Method of Prose-
cution is directed for the Recovery of the Fines and Penalties by
the said Act imposed on a Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men, Church-
Warden or Church- Wardens, Register or Registers, and every Per-
son refuseing or neglecting to register any Birth, Marriage or
Burial, Be it therefore hereby Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That the Fines and Penalties, in the aforesaid recited Act, men-
tioned to be imposed on a Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men, Register or
Registers or any Person refuseing or neglecting to Register any
Birth, Marriage or Burial, shall and may be recovered before any
one Justice of the Peace for the said County, where such Offence
shall be committed.
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And it is hereby further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That the Fine or Fines, by this Act imposed on the Vestry-Men so
refuseing or neglecting as aforesaid, and on the Register as afore-
said, and by the aforesaid recited Act, on the Church Wardens, shall
and may be sued for and recovered, by Information, in the Court
of the County where such Offence shall be committed; wherein no
Essoyn, Protection, or Wager of Law shall be allowed: The same
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