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Decrees and other documents may be delivered to the sheriff, under sheriff, or clerk at office personally, or sent by registered letter to the under sheriff's office, and not elsewhere.
Proof of delivery by letter.
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63. All decrees, certificates, or other documents in relation to any matter under this Act may be delivered to the sheriff, either by giving the same personally to the sheriff, under sheriff, or clerk in charge of the under sheriff's office, in the county of which he is under sheriff, at such office, and not elsewhere, or by sending the same through the General Post Office in a prepaid letter, duly registered, and addressed to the sheriff or under sheriff at the office of the under sheriff in the town in which such office shall be kept; and in all proceedings against any sheriff in which it shall be necessary to prove a delivery of such decree, certificate, or other document, proof that such decree, certificate, or document was duly posted in a prepaid registered letter, directed to the sheriff or under sheriff at the office of such under sheriff in the town in which such office shall be kept, shall be conclusive evidence that such decree, certificate, or document was received by the said sheriff or under sheriff at the time at which such registered letter would have been delivered at the said office in due course of the post, unless the said sheriff or under sheriff shall prove that such registered letter was not delivered at the said office, or was not delivered there until after the usual time for its delivery in due course of the post; and no delivery of any decree, certificate, or other document in any other mode than as herein-before mentioned shall be a good delivery for the purpose of charging the sheriff with receipt thereof.
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