GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831

or having made such collection, to pay the same over, or

CHAP. 282.

account therefor, to appoint a trustee or trustees to make or

complete such collections, for the benefit of those concerned.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said courts, or any of

Subpoena to com-

them, shall and may cause subpoena to be issued for any

pel sheriff, collec-
tor &c, to answer.

sufcb collector or sheriff, or deputy stieriff, upon such bill

or petition; and shall and may order and compel such col-

lector or sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or his representatives, to

answer any such bill or petition, under oath, and disclose

the true and actual state of his collection.

Sect. S. And be it enacted, That the said county court

Court further

shall have power to order the delivery to said trustee or

empowered to or-
der the delivery of

trustees by any person or persons whomsoever, of all books,

bocks, papers &c.

papers, and vouchers, of, or in any wise concerning the

claims, demands, and debts, to be collected as aforesaid; and

the disclosure, on oath, by such collector, sheriff, or deputy

sheriff, their executor or administrators, of all the books,

papers, and vouchers aforesaid, and the place of deposit of

the same, and the persons having control custody or posses-

sion of the same; and to enforce the execution of such order

by attachment, or otherwise, as is practised in Chancery,

for enforcing performance of its orders; and said county

General powers.

court may, in general, pass all orders, and enforce them as

aforesaid, that may be deemed necessary for furthering and

effecting the collection aforesaid.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the trustee or trustees

Trustee authorised

shall be authorised to make the collections as aforesaid, in

to collect.

the same manner, and by the same means, lawful for any

such collector, sheriff, or deputy sheriff, in collections as

aforesaid.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That the provisions of this act

Powen extended

be, and they are hereby extended to all cases where the

to cases of death
expired terms &c

collector, sheriff, or deputy sheriff, shall have died, or the

of sheriff, collector
&c.

term aforesaid of office of such collector,or sheriff, or deputy

sheriff, shall have ended; and the security or securities, of

such collector, or sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or the executors

or administrators of the person or parties, shall make it ap-

pear to the county court as aforesaid, that they have suffer-

ed or are in danger of suffering from such liability as secu-

rity or securities; Provided however, That in such cases the

Proviso

county court shall not be empowered to grant relief as afore-

said, unless the application as aforesaid, be made within six

years after the death, or the end of the term or period of

office as aforesaid; except so far as to appoint a trustee or

trustees, as aforesaid, with power to collect the claims, de-

mands, and debts, as aforesaid, in the mode ordinarily law-

ful for recovering debts.