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Avowry.
Treble costs.
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151. If any person shall be sued, molested, or troubled for putting into execution any of the powers contained in this Act, or for doing any act, matter, or thing pursuant thereto, such person may avow the taking of any distress on the acting finance committee and justice’s warrant merely, without going into other title or authority; and if the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be nonsuited, and judgment given against him, her, or them, or a verdict pass for the defendant or defendants, or a dismiss upon a civil bill, such defendant or defendants shall have his, her, or their treble costs, to be recovered by such method and manner whereby law costs are given to defendants; . . .
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