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Rates to be recovered by Distress.
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LXX. And be it enacted, That if any Person rated to any of the Rates or Rents to be levied under the Authority of this Act fail to pay any of the said Rates due from him for the Space of Fourteen Days after Demand thereof in Writing by the Collector General or his Collector, any such Justice, on the Application of the Collector General or his Collector, may summon such Person to appear before him at a Time to be mentioned in the Summons, to show Cause why the Rates due from him should not be paid; and in case no sufficient Cause for the Non-payment of such Rate be shown, the same shall be levied by Distress, and such Justice shall issue his Warrant accordingly, or the Collector General may recover the same by Action of Debt or by Civil Bill; provided that if no sufficient Distress whereon to levy the Amount due in respect of such Rates can be found within the Jurisdiction of the said Justice, then, upon Oath thereof made before any Justice of any other County or Jurisdiction in which, any Goods or Chattels of the Person not paying the said Rates may be found, such Justice shall certify the said Oath, by endorsing the said Warrant, and thereupon the Amount due in respect of the said Rates, and unpaid, by the said Person, may be levied by Distress of the Goods and Chattels of such Person as assessed in the last-mentioned County or Jurisdiction.
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