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XV. And be it further enacted, That if any such Instalment shall be in the whole or in part in arrear and unpaid, and shall not have been duly raised, paid and satisfied within the Space of Twenty one Days next after the First Day of July in any Year whereon the same shall be due and ought to be paid to the Trustees and Commissioners of the First Fruits, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the said hereinbefore recited Act of the Forty ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, for making Provision for the building and rebuilding of Churches, Chapels and Glebe Houses in Ireland, as amended by this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Archbishop or Bishop of the Diocese, wherein the Parish or Place is or shall be situate in which it has been or shall be proposed and intended that any such Church or Chapel shall be erected, repaired or rebuilt, or in which such Church or Chapel shall have been or shall be erected, rebuilt or repaired, within Twenty one Days after the First Day of July, and so from time to time immediately after the Expiration of Twenty one Days next after the First Day of July in any Year, whenever any such Instalment or Instalments, which ought to be paid pursuant to the Provisions of the said last recited Act or of this Act within Twenty one Days after the said First Day of July, shall not have been paid and satisfied, pursuant to the said recited Act and of this Act, before the Expiration of Twenty one Days next after the First Day of July in any Year, and such Archbishop or Bishop is hereby authorized and required to certify, from time to time, under his Hand and Archiepiscopal or Episcopal Seal, the Amount of the Sum or Instalment, Sums or Instalments, so then in arrear and unpaid, and to cause such Certificate to be forthwith lodged with the proper Officer in the Office of the Treasurer’s Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, there to remain of Record: and such Officer, within the First Three Days of the Michaelmas Term next after the Receipt of such Certificate, shall and he is hereby required to deliver or cause to be delivered a true Copy of such Certificate, attested by such Officer, together with an Order of the said Court of Exchequer (which Order the said Court is hereby authorized and required to make, on Production to the said Court of such Certificate as aforesaid by the said Officer), to be directed to the Sheriff or Sheriffs of the County, County of a City, or County of a Town or Town Corporate, in which the Church or Chapel erected, or rebuilt or repaired, or proposed to be erected, or rebuilt or repaired, is or shall be situate, or is or shall be proposed to be situated, for the Collection of the Sum and Sums so to be certified (and for which Entry, Order and Copy, there shall be paid to the said Officer the Fee of Twenty Shillings and no more,) together with the Stamp Duty by Law payable thereon; and every such Sheriff and Sheriffs shall, and he and they is and are hereby required forthwith on Receipt of such Order to issue his or their Warrant, under his or their Hand and Seal of Office, to some known Constable or Constables, or at the Discretion of such Sheriff or Sheriffs, to any Person or Persons who shall then be empowered to collect any Monies under any Presentment made by the Grand Jury of the County, or County of a City, or County of a Town or Town Corporate, in which such Church or Chapel is or shall be situate, or is or shall be proposed to be situate, authorizing by such Warrant such Constable or Constables, or Collector or Collectors, or other Person or Persons, to collect, applot and levy, on and from the Inhabitants or Landholders of the Parish or Place wherein such Church or Chapel is or shall be situate, or wherein it has been or shall be proposed and intended that such Church or Chapel should or shall be situate, the Sum and Sums appearing by such Certificate or Certificates respectively, of such Archbishop or Bishop, to be due or in arrear as aforesaid, together with Interest for the same at the Rate of Six Pounds by the Hundred by the Year, to be computed from the Date of every such Certificate, together with the abovementioned Fee, and also the Sheriffs and Receivers Fees, at the Rate of One Shilling for every Pound Sterling of the Sum or Sums so certified; One Moiety of such Sheriffs or Receivers Fees to be to and for the Use of the Sheriff or Sheriffs, and the other Moiety thereof to be retained by such Constable or Constables, Collector or Collectors, or other Person or Persons respectively, as and for a Recompence for his and their Pains and Trouble in levying, collecting and receiving such Sums and Instalments respectively; and such Poundage and Allowance shall be in lieu of all Sheriffs and Collectors Fees or Poundage.
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