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Salaries of county surveyors.
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41. The salary of each surveyor now appointed or hereafter to be appointed as aforesaid shall not exceed three hundred pounds per annum; and such salary shall, except as herein-after provided, be inclusive of all charges and expenses which each such surveyor shall incur, or to which he shall be liable, in performance of the several duties to him prescribed under the provisions of this Act; and each grand jury is hereby authorized and required to fix the amount of such salary for its own proper county, not exceeding the sum herein-before mentioned, and at each assizes to present a moiety of the salary or salaries of each surveyor or surveyors for such county for the half year last past, and payment of the same shall be made accordingly: Provided nevertheless, that in case the grand jury at any assizes shall be of opinion that any surveyor has been guilty of neglect of his duty, or other misconduct, such grand jury shall have authority to direct the salary of the surveyor so neglecting his duty or misconducting himself to be withheld, and shall report such neglect or misconduct to the said lord lieutenant; and if the said surveyor shall be, upon such report, or at any time in any other manner or for any other reason, dismissed from his office, he shall forfeit, at the discretion of the lord lieutenant, the whole or any part of the arrears of salary due to him, and the same shall be applicable to the general purposes of the county, in like manner as other monies from time to time levied off such county and arising in the hands of the treasurer.
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