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Constables dismissed to lose their Powers, and deliver up the Arms, &c.
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XX. And be it enacted, That when any Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable shall be dismissed from or shall cease to hold and exercise his Office, all Powers and Authorities vested in him as a Constable shall immediately cease and determine to all Intents and Purposes whatever; and if any Constable or Sub-Constable shall not, within One Week after he shall be dismissed from or shall cease to hold and exercise his Office, deliver over all and every the Arms, Ammunition, and Accoutrements, Horse, Saddle, Bridle, Clothing, and other Appointments whatsoever, which may have been supplied to him for the Execution of such Office, to the Paymaster for the County, or to such Person and at such Time and Place as shall be directed by the said Paymaster, every Person making default herein shall, upon Conviction for such Offence before any Two or more Magistrates upon Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, or upon his own Confession, be subject and liable to Imprisonment in the Common Gaol or House of Correction for any such Period not exceeding the Term of Two Calendar Months, and kept to hard Labour as such Magistrates shall think proper to direct; and it shall be lawful for such Magistrates, and they are hereby authorized and required, to commit every such Offender accordingly, and to issue their Warrant to search for and seize, to the Use of His Majesty, all and every the Arms, Ammunition, Accoutrements, Horses, Saddles, Bridles, Clothing, and other Appointments whatsoever which shall not be so delivered over, wherever the same shall be found.
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