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County Levies are by Law to be levied, received and collected; the
first Payment to be made by the Tenth Day of June, in the Yeaf
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-one, and the second Pay-
ment by the Twenty-ninth Day of September then next following.
Provided always, and be it Enacted, That before the said Collectors
shall execute any Part of their Duty under this Act, they shall each
of them enter into Bond, before Two Justices of the Peace of their
respective County, or One Provincial Magistrate, with good and
sufficient Securities, such as the said Two Justices, or Provincial
Magistrate, shall approve, to the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 8
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prietary of this Province, in the Sum of Six Thousand Pounds Cur-
rent Money, with Condition to the said Bond in the following Form,
viz. The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the
above bounden shall well and faithfully execute
and perform the several Duties required of him by the Act of
Assembly, entituled, An Act for Granting a Supply of Sixty Thou-
sand Pounds for his Majesty's Service, and for defraying the Ex-
pences heretofore incurred, for the Defence and Security of the
Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned; and shall well and truly pay to the Commissioner
or Trustees for Emitting the Bills of Credit established by Act of
Assembly, the several Sums of Money, which he shall receive and
be answerable for in Virtue of the same Act, at such Times as by
the said Art is directed, according to the true Intent and Meaning
thereof, then the above Obligation to be void, else to remain in full
Force and Virtue. And the said Two Justices of the Peace, or Pro-
vincial Magistrate, shall immediately cause the said Bond to be
proved before them or him by the Witnesses thereto, and shall
forthwith indorse the Probate on the Back thereof, and transmit the
said Bond to the Clerk of the Provincial Court, who shall imme-
diately record the same Bond and Indorsement aforesaid in the
Provincial Land-Records; and after Entry thereof upon Record,
the said Clerk shall deliver the original Bond to the Register of the
Chancery Court, to be by him safely kept in the Chancery Office;
and an attested Copy of the said Bond and Probate from the said
Provincial Records, shall be as good Evidence in Law to maintain
an Action of Debt, for the Breach of the Condition thereof, to all
Intents and Purposes, as if the said Bond or Bonds were actually
produced and proved in Court.
LXXVIII. And be it further Enacted, That the said respective
Collectors shall pay to the Commissioners or Trustees, for Emitting
Bills of Credit, established by Act of Assembly, one Half of the
total Amount of the Sums charged on the said Certificates of Assess-
ment by the Tenth Day of July, in the Year of our Lord One Thou-
sand Seven Hundred and Sixty-one, and the other Half (the De-
ductions and Allowances hereafter mentioned being first made) by
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p. 253
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