456 Assembly Proceedings, October 4-November 26, 1763.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

Excellency the Governor to be Inspectors are by this Act before
directed to signify their Refusal to Accept of such Office
And to Prevent the Inconvenience that may arise from the Sale
of the Office of Inspector Be it further enacted that if any Person

[Inspectors
after being
appointed,
not to be
hired to
refuse that
office]

or Persons Nominated and Appointed by the Vestry or Commis-
sioned by the Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being
to be an Inspector or Inspectors within this Province shall take or
receive any sums of Money or Tobacco or any other thing or any
Reward or Gratuity to the intent that he or they shall refuse to Act
under such Nomination Appointment or Commission such Person

[Penalty]

so taking and Receiving anything to the intent aforesaid shall forfeit
and pay Double the Value of the sum of Money or Tobacco or other
thing so taken and Received to be recovered by Indictment or In-
formation in the County Court of the County where the Offence

[And on the
Persons
offering to
hire them to
decline]

shall happen and be Applied towards defraying the expence of the
Execution of this Act in such County and the Person or Persons
paying gving or delivering or Offering to pay give or deliver any
sum or sums of Money or Tobacco or other thing to the Intent
aforesaid shall forfeit and pay Double the Value of the sum of
Money or Tobacco or other thing so given or delivered or Offered
to be given or Delivered to be recovered and Applied in Manner
aforesaid and shall forever be disabled to be an Inspector within
this Province

[In case of
the Death,
&c. of an
Inspector]

And be it further enacted That in Case of the Death refusal or
removal of any Inspector or Inspectors the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief for the Time being shall and may Nominate and
Appoint any other Person or Persons mentioned in the last Recom-

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mendation to be sent him from such Vestrymen and Church War-
dens for any Inspection where a vacancy shall or may happen as
aforesaid to Succeed any Inspector or Inspectors as aforesaid re-
fusing removed or Dead But should it so happen that by Deaths
refusal or Removals there should not be Persons enough left in the
Nominations of the Respective Vestrymen and Church Wardens
so as aforesaid to be transmitted for the Appointment of the Gov-
ernor or Commander in Chief then and in such Cases the Vestrymen
and Church Wardens of any Parish or Parishes where this shall
happen to be the Case shall Immediately meet as aforesaid and elect
four or two as the Case shall require for Inspector or Inspectors and
as before Transmit Certificates of such Nomination and Recom-
mendation to the Sheriff of the said County who shall forthwith
Transmit the same to the Clerk of the Council to be as before laid
by him before the Governor or Commander in Chief shall Appoint
a Sufficient Number According to the true intent and Meaning of
this Act to serve as Inspector or Inspectors respectively according
and in Pursuance of the Recommendation aforesaid from the re-
spective Vestrymen and Churchwardens