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County Inspectors, &c. to be exempt from Tolls.
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XXII. And be it enacted, That all County Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Chief and other Constables and Sub-Constabels, appointed and acting under this Act, being on actual Duty, and in proper Dress or Undress as such, and all Prisoners under their Charge, and all Carriages and Horses exclusively employed in carrying or conveying such Persons or their Prisoners or Baggage, or returning therefrom, and not otherwise engaged or employed, shall be exempted from Payment of any Duties and Tolls on passing Turnpike Roads or Bridges, otherwise demandable by virtue of any Act already made or to be made; and any Toll Collector who shall demand and receive any Duty or Toll contrary to this Act shall forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for every such Offence, to be recovered by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of such Person so offending, on Conviction in a summary Way before a Justice of the Peace, the same to be paid to the Person from whom such Duty or Toll shall have been received, and to be applied as any Penalties payable to any Chief or other Constable are directed by this Act to be applied.
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