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said Commissioners shall deliver to the respective Assessors at the
Time of their Qualification, under the like Penalty for each Neglect
or Omission thereof.

LXXXVII. And be it further Enacted, That the said Commis-
sioners, or any Two of them, are hereby required to deliver to the
Sheriffs of their respective Counties, who are hereby nominated and
appointed Collectors of the Rates, Duties and Assessments afore-
said, a fair Copy of the Certificates of Assessment, which shall be
by the said Assessors delivered to them as aforesaid, within Thirty
Days after the said Delivery, under the Penalty of Fifty Pounds
Current Money for each Commissioner. And the said Collector,
shall by the last Day of February next, make Demand of the
several Sums charged in the said Certificate of Assessment, by deliv-
ering a Copy thereof, under his Hand, to each Person or Persons
therein charged, so far as it concerns him, her or them, or leaving
the same at his, her or their Habitation, or last Place of Abode,
and shall proceed after such Demand, to levy, receive and collect the
same, in the same Manner, and by the same Powers and Authorities
by which Publick and County Levies are by Law to be levied, re-
ceived and collected. Provided, That no Person or Persons shall

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be any Way compelled to the Payment thereof, until the First Day
of September following.

LXXXVIII. Provided also, 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 Counties, 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 Proprietary of this Province, in the Sum of Three Thou-
sand Pounds Current 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 faith-
fully execute and perform the several Duties required of him by
the Act of Assembly, entituled, An Act for granting a Supply of
Forty Five Thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service, and for
defraying the Expenses heretofore incurred, for the Defence and
Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, and for other
Purposes therein mentioned; and for raising the same by an equal
Assessment upon all Estates real and personal, and lucrative Offices
and Employments; and shall well and truly pay to the Commission-
ers 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 Act 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-