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Gaoler to pay over all money by him received to the officer of excise authorized to receive it;
and to produce warrants of commitment for inspection of officers.
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44. Every gaoler or keeper of any gaol or prison, who shall receive any proportion of any penalty for nonpayment of which any person shall have been committed to his custody under the provisions of this Act, shall forthwith on the receipt of the same, by indorsement on the warrant of commitment, specify the amount paid, and the time when the same was paid, and the person paying the same liberated; and every such gaoler or keeper shall pay over every such sum of money so received to the collector of excise, or any person authorized by such collector to receive the same, on demand, or in default of payment shall forfeit a sum equal to double the amount so by him received; and every gaoler and keeper of any prison shall produce to the inspection of any officer of excise who may demand to see the same every warrant of commitment under which any person shall have been committed to the custody of such gaoler or keeper for nonpayment of any penalty under the authority of this Act, within twelve months preceding such demand, and shall allow and permit the officer of excise requiring the same to inspect every such warrant, and to take a copy thereof, and of any indorsement thereon, or any extract therefrom; and if any such gaoler or keeper shall refuse or neglect to produce any such warrant, when so demanded, or to allow the officer of excise demanding the same to inspect such warrant, or to take any copy thereof, or of any indorsement thereon, or any extract therefrom, every gaoler or keeper so offending shall for every such offence forfeit one hundred pounds, to be recovered in the same manner and by the same means and methods as other penalties under this Act are to be sued for, levied, and recovered.
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