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Presentment for expences of suing officers, sureties, contractors, &c.
Proviso.
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51. It shall be lawful for the grand jury of the said county to present, to be levied off such county at large, without previous application at presentment sessions, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary, or shall have been expended under the direction of the judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, or any grand jury or any finance committee, for or in suing any treasurer, high constable, or collector of any public money, or any of their sureties, executors, or administrators, for any misconduct, breach of duty, or nonpayment, or for recovering any public money from any treasurer, high constable or collector, or their sureties, executors, or administrators, or for suing any contractor under this Act, or under any Act in force in Ireland at the time of the passing of this Act, his sureties, executors, or administrators, for any breach of contract, or any other necessary costs attending grand jury business: Provided always, that no such presentment shall be made unless there shall have been laid before such grand jury a bill, duly taxed and certified by the proper taxing officer, of the costs incurred for any of the purposes aforesaid for which such presentment shall be required, nor unless it shall be proved that such costs could not be received from the person sued, or any other person liable to pay the same, and that the proceeding was instituted by the direction of the judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench, or a grand jury at some previous presenting term, or the finance committee.
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