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Remedy against Persons quitting before Payment of Rates.
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LXXIII. And be it enacted, That if any Person quit or be about to quit any rateable Property before, he has paid the Rates then payable by him in respect thereof, and do not pay the same to the Collector General or his Collector, on Demand, any Justice having Jurisdiction where such Person resides or his Goods are found may summon such Person to appear before him at a Time mentioned in the Summons, to show Cause why the Rates should not be paid, and if no sufficient Cause for the Nonpayment of such Rates be shown accordingly the same shall be levied by Distress, and such Justice shall issue his Warrant accordingly.
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