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Exemption of Excise Officers from serving public Offices extended to Officers of Inland Revenue.
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XVII. ‘And whereas by an Act passed in the Session held in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of King George the Fourth, Chapter Fifty-three, Officers of Excise and Persons employed in the Collection or Management of or accounting for the Revenue of Excise are exempted from serving as Mayor or Sheriff, or in any corporate or parochial or other public Office or Employment, or on any Jury or Inquest, or in the Militia; and it is expedient to extend the same to all other Officers appointed by or under the Commissioners of Inland Revenue:’
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No Officer or Person appointed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, or employed by them or under their Authority or Direction in any way relating to any of the Duties under their Care or Management, shall, so long as he shall continue in and exercise such last-mentioned Office or Employment, be compelled to serve as Mayor or Sheriff, or in any of the Offices, Employments, or Capacities in the said Act and herein-before in that Behalf mentioned.
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