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Appeal to Quarter Sessions where Parties think themselves aggrieved.
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CXLIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for all Persons who shall think themselves aggrieved by any thing done by virtue of this Act, except in Causes herein-before provided for, to appeal to the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace which shall be held in the Division of the County wherein the Matter of Complaint may arise, or any Adjournment thereof, within Six Calendar Months next after the Cause of Complaint shall have arisen, first giving or causing to be given Twenty-eight Days Notice thereof, in Writing, to the Commissioners or Trustees, or One of them, and to the Parties intended to be appealed against; and the Justices at their said Quarter Sessions, or any Adjournment thereof, are hereby authorized and required to hear and determine the Matter of such Appeal, and to make such Order respecting same, and to award such Costs, as to them in their Discretion shall seem meet, and by their Warrant to levy the Costs awarded by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Parties respectively adjudged to pay the same, and rendering the Overplus (if any) to the respective Owners of such Goods and Chattels, after deducting the reasonable Charges of such Distress and Sale; and in case such Appeal shall appear to the said Justices to be frivolous, vexatious, or without Foundation, then the said Justice shall award such Costs to be paid by the Appellant or Appellants as to them in their Discretion shall seem reasonable, and to be levied in manner aforesaid.
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