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Inspector General to ascertain the Sums chargeable to each County, and certify the same to the Grand Jury.
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XXXVII. And be it enacted, That the Inspector General to be appointed under this Act shall, with the Assistance of the Receiver, in sufficient Time before each Assizes and Presenting Term, ascertain the Amount of the Monies chargeable under the Provisions of this Act on each County, County of a City, of a Town, or any Part of any County, and shall make out a Certificate thereof under his Hand, specifying the Force or Service in respect whereof such Charge may have been incurred, and transmit the same, when approved and certified by the Chief or Under Secretary of the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, to the Secretary of the Grand Jury for such County, County of a City, and County of a Town, One Week before said Assizes and Presenting Term, who shall lay the same before the Grand Jury; and thereupon it shall be lawful for such Grand Jury, and they are hereby required, to make a Presentment for the Amount stated in such Certificate or in any previous Certificate, the Amount whereof shall not have been already presented, to be raised from off the County at large, County of a City, or County of a Town, or City and County respectively, in the same Manner as any Presentment for Constables may by Law be now raised therefrom; and it shall not be lawful for the Court at any Assizes or Presenting Term to fiat any Presentment for raising any other Money until such Presentment for such Expences be first made and allowed; and whenever the Amount stated in such Certificate shall be levied, the same shall be paid to such Bank or Person and in such Manner as the Lords of the Treasury or the Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, shall from Time to Time think fit to direct and appoint; and thereupon, but not before, as to all Sums mentioned in such Certificate as aforesaid, such County shall be deemed to be discharged.
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