Sheriffs Act, 1712

Penalty 500l. (as before) for acting without recognisance and taking said oath.

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any such under-sheriff, sheriffs-clerk, or county-clerk, or any other person shall execute such office or duty, or any way officiate therein, before he shall have entered into such recognizance, and taken such oath as aforesaid, such under-sheriff, sheriffs-clerk, and county-clerk, or other person officiating as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of five hundred pounds,