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Commissioners and others may call for any Parish Books to be Produced under Penalty.
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LIII. And be it enacted, That for the better Information, of the Commissioners appointed to carry this Act into Execution, and the Persons to be appointed Assessors as aforesaid, and also Surveyors, and Inspectors, and the better to enable them to perform their Duty, the said Commissioners, or any Two or more of them, and Assessors, Surveyors, and Inspectors herein mentioned, or any One or more of them, or any Person or Persons authorized by them or any of them throughout England, Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed, shall have Liberty, from time to Time, and at all seasonable Times to inspect and take Copies of, or Extracts from, any Book or Books kept by any Parish Officers or other Person or Persons, of or concerning the Rates made for the Relief of the Poor, or any others publick Taxes, Rates, or Assessments, in any Place within the Limits for which they shall be appointed; and if any Person or Persons in whole Custody or Power any of the said Books shall be, shall refuse or neglect to permit the said Inspection, or the Copies or Extracts to be made as aforesaid, or to attend the said C commissioners with their Books, when required so to do in pursuance of this Act , then and in every such Case, every Person who shall so reuses or neglect, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, nor less than Five Pounds.
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