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own Possession, or that of any other Person, for him, her, or them,
shall, on Demand, give a full Account to the Assessor or Assessors
of the District or Division where he, she or they shall reside, of the
Weight of all such Plate, and the Sum or Sums of all such ready
Money, under the Penalty of Double the Value of the Money or
Plate so concealed, to be recovered and applied as herein after
directed.

LXIV. And be it further Enacted, That if any Person or Persons
shall, upon Demand, refuse or delay to discover, or make known, to
any Assessor, any of the Matters or Things for which by this Act
such Person or Persons are directed to be assessed, then and in such
Case, such Assessor shall assess such Person or Persons for such
Matters or Things in such Manner as, in his Opinion and Belief,
shall be just, upon the best Information such Assessor shall be able
to procure, relative thereto.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 8

LXV. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That the said County Commissioners, or any Two of them, shall
tax and assess every Assessor within their respective Counties, for
all and singular the Matters and Things, for which, by this Act, he
ought to be taxed and assessed, and all Sums assessed upon every
the said Assessors, and the Assessments made and set upon the
Assessors aforesaid, shall be written, levied and collected, according
to the true Intent, Meaning and Directions of this Act, as to Assess-
ments made by the said Assessors. Provided always, That no Person
shall be compelled to be an Assessor of any Part of the Rates and
Assessments hereby granted, in any Place or Places out of the Limits
of the District or Division in which he resides. Provided likewise,
and be it Enacted, That no Person shall be capable of acting as a
County Commissioner or Assessor, in the Execution of this Act, or
executing any of the Powers therein contained, (unless it be the
Power hereby given to the said Commisioners of administering
Oaths) until such Time as he shall have taken the Oaths directed and
appointed to be taken to the Government by Act of Assembly of this
Province, subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, and repeated and
subscribed the Test, or if a Quaker affirmed to the Effect thereof,
and subscribed as aforesaid; which Oaths or Affirmation, it shall
and may be lawful for any One or more of the said Commissioners
to administer, and he or they are hereby required to administer the
same to any other of the said Commissioners, and to the said Assess-
ors. Provided also, That all Annuities, Stipends and Pensions, pay-
able to any Officers, in respect of their Offices, shall be taxed
and assessed where such Officers are rated and assessed for their
Offices, and not elsewhere: And that all Pensions, Stipends and
Annuities, within this Province, not charged upon Lands, shall be
charged and assessed in the District or Division where they are
payable. And every Person who is or shall be rated for or in respect
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