Quo Warranto Act, 1798

Prosecutor may reply to such pleas.

II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in every such case, the prosecutor of such information may reply to such plea any forfeiture, surrender, or avoidance, by the defendant of such office or franchise, happening within six years before the exhibition of such information, whereon the defendant may take issue, and shall be entitled to costs in manner aforesaid.