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nearly as he can judge, of the Quantities of Acres of all Manors,
or Parts of Manors, laid out, and Lands leased out, for his Lordship's
own private Use, which lie in the said respective Counties, and to
whom and in what Quantities the same are leased out, on Pain of
forfeiting Two Hundred Pounds Current Money, to be recovered
and applied as hereafter is directed. All which several Lists and
Accounts the said Commissioners shall, and they are hereby required
forthwith to deliver to the respective Assessors, to be elected or
appointed in Virtue of this Act, for the several Districts of their
respective Counties, on Pain of forfeiting, for every Neglect or
Omission thereof, the Sum of Fifty Pounds Current Money, to be
recovered and applied as hereafter is directed.
LXXXIII. And the said Commissioners, or any Two of them,
are hereby required to deliver to the Sheriffs of their respective
County, who are hereby nominated and appointed Collectors of the
Rates, Duties and Assessments aforesaid, a fair Copy of the Certifi-
cates of Assessment, which shall be by the said Assessors delivered
to them as aforesaid, within Ten Days after the said Delivery, under
the Penalty of Fifty Pounds Current Money for each Commissioner.
And the said Sheriff shall, within Thirty Days after such Delivery,
make Demand of the several Sums charged in the said Certificate
of Assessment, by delivering an exact 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 forthwith, after such Demand,
to levy, receive and collect the same by Two equal Payments, in the
same Manner, and by the same Powers and Authorities the Public
and County Levies are by Law to be levied, received and collected;
the First Payment to be made by the Tenth Day of June next, and
the Second Payment by the Twenty-ninth Day of September next.
Provided always, and be it Enacted, That before the said Collectors
shall execute any Part of the said Office, they shall each of them enter
into Bond, before Two Justices of the Peace of their respective
County, or One Provincial Magistrate, with good and sufficient
Securities, such as the said Two Justices of the Peace, or Provincial
Magistrate, shall approve, to the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province, in the Sum of Two Thousand 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 faithfully execute
and perform the several Duties required of him by the Act of As-
sembly, entituled, An Act for Granting a Supply of Twenty Thousand
Pounds for his Majesty's Service, and the more immediate Defence
and Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province; and Emit-
ting Ten Thousand Pounds thereof in Bills of Credit; and Raising a
Fund for Sinking and Replacing the Whole, by an equal Assessment
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