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by the respective Collectors, the aforesaid Commissioners or Trus-
tees shall, and they are hereby strictly enjoined and required, imme-
diately to put in Suit the Bond of the respective Collector, so failing
in his Payment.
XC. And be it further Enacted, That all the Certificates of Assess-
ment, which shall by the said Assessors be delivered to the said
Commissioners, and all the Books of Proceedings of the said Com-
missioners, and the Accounts by them settled with the several Col-
lectors, and all the Lists given in to the Assessors, by the Persons
herein before mentioned, shall remain in the Hands of the said
Commissioners Six Months after all the said Accounts are settled,
subject to the Inspection of any reputable Inhabitant who shall desire
to see the same, under the Penalty of Fifty Shillings for every Re-
fusal of the Commissioner in whose Hands the same may happen
to be at the Time of the Request made to inspect the same; and the
said Commissioners shall within Five Days after the Expiration of
the said Six Months, under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds Current
Money, inclose and deliver the said Certificates, Books, Proceedings,
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Accounts and Lists, to the Sheriff of such respective County, safely
inclosed and indorsed, For his Lordship's Service, directed to the
Commissioners or Trustees for Emitting the Bills of Credit estab-
lished by Act of Assembly, to be by the said Sheriff forwarded as
publick Letters are by the Laws of this Province directed to be
forwarded, and under the like Penalty, to be recovered and applied
as herein after directed. And the said Commissioners or Trustees,
shall safely keep the said Certificates, Books, Proceedings, Accounts
and Lists, in their Office until the next Meeting of the Assembly, and
shall on the Second Day thereof, lay them before the Lower House
of Assembly.
XCI. And be it Enacted, That if any of the Days prefixed by this
Act, for Performance of any of the Duties hereby enjoined or
required, should happen to be on a Sunday, then such Duties shall
be performed on the Day following, any Thing herein to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
XCII. And be it further Enacted, That the Collector of each
respective County, shall at the Time of Settlement of his Accounts
as aforesaid, pay to each of the said Commissioners, who shall serve
in the Execution of this Act, as a Salary for the full and faithful
Performance of their Duty therein, Eight Shillings for each Day
they shall necessarily attend in the Performance of the several Ser-
vices required of them by this Act, and no more: And shall also pay
to the said Commissioners, for the Use of the said Assessors, for
the full and faithful Performance of their Duty under this Act,
any Sum not under Four Pounds, nor exceeding Eight Pounds Cur-
rent Money, for each Assessor, which the said Commissioners, or
any Two of them, shall adjudge an adequate Reward, for the Ser-
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