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XIX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in case any Person shall think himself or herself aggrieved by reason of any Act or Thing to be done in consequence of any Certificate as aforesaid, or in pursuance of any Warrant of any Sheriffs or Sheriff under this Act; or in case the major Part of the Inhabitants of any Parish in Vestry assembled shall be of Opinion that the Money advanced by the Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits, on the Faith of any Assessments on the said Parish, has not been bonâ fide expended, it shall be lawful for any Person so aggrieved, or for the major Part of the said Inhabitants in Vestry assembled, to petition the said Court of Exchequer on the Revenue Side thereof for Relief, and it shall be lawful for such Court to make such Order on every such Petition as shall be fit; and in case the proper Officers of the said Court of Exchequer or any such Sheriff, Constable or Collector or other Person as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect duly to perform any Act, Matter or Thing, which he or they is or are by this Act required to do and perform as aforesaid; or if any such Constable or Collector or other Person as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect, by the Space of Ten Days next after the Receipt of any Sum or Sums of Money so to be applotted or collected, amounting to Ten Pounds Sterling or upwards, to pay the same to the Sheriff or Sheriffs under whose Warrant the same shall be levied or received; or if any such Sheriff or Sheriffs, having received any such Sum or Sums of Money, shall omit or neglect to pay the same (after retaining such Fees as before mentioned thereupon) at or before the Expiration of his or their Office, or within Ten Days afterwards, to the Treasurer of the Trustees and Commissioners of the First Fruits, it shall be lawful for the said Court of Exchequer, on any Complaint to such Court, to make such summary Order for and in respect of every such Neglect, and to compel the Performance of any and every such Act, Payment or Duty, and to enforce the same by Attachment and Fine or otherwise, as may be thought fit, against the Party or Parties disobeying such Order, and to award the Costs attendant on or occasioned by such Nonpayment or Neglect or Breach of Duty, and of obtaining and enforcing such Order as shall be fit; and such Order and Orders as aforesaid shall be final and conclusive to all Intents and Purposes; and if the said Court of Exchequer shall not be sitting when any such Complaint shall be made, it shall be lawful for the Lord Chief Baron, or in his Illness or Absence, for any One of the Barons of the said Court, to hear and determine the Matter of every such Complaint, and to make such Order as aforesaid; and such Order of the Lord Chief Baron or Baron, as the Case may be, in the Premises, shall be of the same Force and Validity, and shall be enforced in like Manner to all Intents and Purposes, as any Order made by the said Court of Exchequer, and shall be deemed and taken to be the Order of the said Court.
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