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Dec Sess.
1815.
Forfeitures.
Supervisors.
Money lev-
ied east and
west of Will's
creek.
Judges of
elections—
proceedings.
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>. person, and the said commissioners shall thereupon endorse a
warrant in the nature of a fieri facias, and directed to the
bailiff of the said town, commanding him to make and levy the
several sums of money annexed to the said list, with all conve-
nient speed, and to enforce the collection thereof if necessary,
by the seizure and sale of the goods and chattels of any per-
son who shall refuse or delay to make payment of such assess-
ment; and the said bailiff within the space of ten days after re-
ceiving any such list of assessment, shall furnish every person so
chargeable with the amount of his or her assessment, and the
same shall be payable to the said bailiff by every such person
within the term of thirty days after rendering such account, and
if not then paid, it shall be lawful for the bailiff, and he is here-
by required, to proceed to the collection thereof if necessary,
by seizure and sale of the goods and chattels of every person
refusing or delaying to pay such assessment, and the said bail-
iff shall account for the amount of such assessment with the
said commissioners, at or before the end of three months after
the receipts of every such list or assessment, and pay the sums
collected under the penally of double the amount thereof.
* 11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the several penalties
and forfeitures which may be incurred by any person in virtue
of this act, shall be recovered before any justice of the peace
of the said county, upon the complaint and oath, or affirmation,
of one competent and credible witness, and shall and may be
levied by commitment of the offender in execution to the she-
riff of said county, until payment of the penalty and fees, or
by process in the nature of & fieri facias, directed to the bailiff
of the said town, for levying the same by seizure and sale of
the goods and chattels of the offender; and the Tees to the bail-
iff shall be the same as are or may be allowed by law to she-
riffs for executing a. writ of fieri facias; and the said penalties
and forfeitures, and all monies arising by virtue of this act,
shall be accounted for by the officer or person collecting or re-
ceiving the same, to the said commissioners, and be applied by
them to such purposes as may improve or concern the regula-
tions of the said town.
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commission-
ers shall have foil power and authority to appoint a supervisor
or supervisors of the streets, lanes and alleys of the said town,
and may order and direct in what manner the said streets, lanes
and alleys shall be kept up and repaired, and may allow such
supervisor such compensation for his services as they may deem
reasonable,
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all money levied on
and collected from the property on the west and east side of
Will's Creek in the said town, except so much as may be ne-
cessary to pay an equal proportion of the salary to the clerk
and bailiff, shall be laid out and expended in the improvement
of that side of the town on which it was levied and collected as
aforesaid,
14. AND BE IT ENACTED. That any justice of the
pence for the county aforesaid shall in the first instance, be the
judge of the said election, and shall return his certificate there-
of to the said commissioners on the day first appointed for their
meeting, and the same shall be filed and recorded among their
proceedings; and at every subsequent election the commis-
sioneri of the said town or a majority of them shall be judges
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