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Court may order Fine to be immediately levied.
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IX. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Judge, Assistant Barrister, or Recorder presiding at any Court of Assize, Gaol Delivery, Sessions, or other Court as aforesaid, immediately on any Recognizance being estreated, or any Juror or Witness fined, to forthwith order the Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other Officer of such Court, to issue his Warrant to the Sheriff or Sheriffs of any County or County of a Town or County of a City, commanding him or them forthwith to levy the Amount for which such Recognizance shall be estreated or Fine imposed on the Body and Goods of the Person or Persons against whom such Warrant shall issue, as is usual in the Recovery of forfeited Recognizances; and that the Sum so to be levied shall, after deducting thereout the Sum of Sixpence per Pound, and no more, on the Money actually levied and received by such Sheriff or Sheriffs, be forthwith paid to the Treasurer or other Officer of the Infirmary of the County, County of a City, Town, or Place wherein such Court shall be held, for the Use of such Infirmary, in case there shall be any such Infirmary established within or for such County, County of a City, Town, or Place, and in case there shall be no such Infirmary, then to the Treasurer or other proper Officer of such other public Charity within such County, City, Town, or Place, as such Court shall by its Order for that Purpose direct; and every such Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other Officer of such Court shall keep an Account, in a Book to be provided for that Purpose, of the Amount of every such forfeited Recognizance and Fine, specifying the Place and Time and Order whereby such Recognizance was forfeited or Fine imposed, and the Name or Names of the Person or Persons on whom such Forfeiture or Fine was imposed, and shall, within Fourteen Days next after such Recognizance shall be forfeited or Fine imposed, transmit an Abstract from said Book to the Treasurer or other proper Officer of the Infirmary of the County, City, Town, or Place, or to the Treasurer or other Officer of any public Charity within such County, City, Town, or Place where there shall not be such Infirmary; and that every such Book shall at all seasonable Times be open to the Inspection of such Treasurer or other Officer, for the Purpose of ascertaining what Sums of Money may be due and payable under this Act; and that such Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other Officer shall, at each Spring and Summer Assizes in every Year, post and affix on the Door of the Court House or Place in which the Assizes shall be holden, a true Copy of so much of such Book as contains all the Recognizances or Fines forfeited and imposed since the first Day of the preceding Assizes, to be then and there kept, posted, and affixed during the whole of such Assizes, and shall, within Fourteen Days after the Conclusion of such Assizes, cause a true Abstract to be inserted in some one public Newspaper published or circulated within such County, City, or Town; and if any Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other Officer shall omit or neglect to keep such Account as aforesaid, or to post or publish the same in manner required by this Act, or if any such Account or Abstract shall in any Particular be untrue or deficient, or if any Sheriff or Sheriffs shall neglect or omit to pay over to such Treasurer or other proper Officer the Amount levied by him or them within Ten Days after he shall levy the same, every such Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other Officer, or Sheriff or Sheriffs, shall for every such Offence, Neglect, or Omission forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recovered, with full Costs of Suit, by any Person who will sue for the same in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Record in Ireland, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in which no Protection or Essoign or Wager of Law, nor more than One Imparlance, shall be allowed.
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