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vice of each Assessor. And the Amount of all the Sums so paid,
shall, by the said Commissioners, be allowed to the said Collector on
Settlement of his Account as aforesaid, in which Accounts shall be
expressed the Names of the Assessors for each District, and the
Sums of Money for them respectively allowed. And the said Com-
missioners shall, after Receipt of the said Sums, for the Use of the
said Assessors, pay the same to them, or their Orders respectively,
on Demand, under the Penalty of Fifteen Pounds Current Money
to the Party grieved.
XCIII. And be it further Enacted, That every Commissioner
and Assessor, who shall take upon himself the Execution of this
Act, shall, for and during the Time he shall continue to act as
Commissioner or Assessor, be entirely exempt and free from all
Military Duty whatsoever.
XCIV. And be it further Enacted, That if any Commissioner
herein before appointed for executing such Part of this Law, as
relates to the Rates and Assessments therein mentioned, shall refuse
to serve, not having a lawful Excuse, to be proved by the Oath of
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One Witness, every Commissioner so refusing, shall forfeit the Sum
of One Hundred Pounds Current Money, to be recovered and
applied as herein after directed.
XCV. And be it further Enacted, That in Case Two of the
Persons appointed Commissioners for any of the Counties afore-
said, should die, refuse, or be otherwise rendered incapable to dis-
charge the Duties enjoined them by this Act, then the other Com-
missioner shall, and he is hereby authorised and required to execute
the Duties aforesaid; and the Transactions of such Commissioner
shall be as valid, to all Intents and Purposes, as if no such Refusal,
Death or Incapacity had happened, any Thing in this Act to the
contrary notwithstanding.
XCVI. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That if any Suit or Action shall be brought or prosecuted against
any Person or Persons, for any Thing done, or to be done, in Pur-
suance of this Act, in every such Case, the Action or Suit shall be
commenced within Six Months after the Fact committed, and not
afterwards, and the Defendant or Defendants in any such Action
or Suit, may plead the General Issue, Not Guilty, and give this
Act and the special Matter in Evidence, at the Trial to be had there-
upon, and that the same was done in Pursuance, and by Authority
of this Act; and if it shall appear so to be done, or if any such Action
or Suit shall be brought after the Time limited for bringing the
same, then the Jury shall find for the Defendant or Defendants; or
if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become Nonsuit, or suffer a Dis-
continuance of his, her or their Action or Actions, or if a Verdict
shall pass against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or upon Demurrer, Judg-
ment shall be given against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant
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