|
|
Service of notice.
|
3. Every notice to be given to any relieving officer under this Act shall be given by delivering the same to such relieving officer, or by leaving the same, directed to such relieving officer, at his dwelling house or office, or by letter sent by the post, directed to the relieving officer at such dwelling house or office; and in case the same shall be so sent by the post, such notice shall be delivered directed, open and in duplicate, to the postmaster of any post office, and the postmaster shall compare the notice and the duplicate, and on being satisfied that they are alike shall forward one of them to its address by the post, and shall return the other to the party bringing the same, stamped with the stamp of the said post office; and such postmaster shall be entitled to have and receive from the person delivering such letter the rate of postage payable for the same, and the sum of sixpence and no more; and such stamped duplicate shall be evidence of the notice having been given on the day on which such notice would in the ordinary course of post have been delivered at such dwelling house or office of the relieving officer.
|
