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Outgoing Sheriff to give a List of Prisoners, Writs, &c. to his Successor.
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VI. And be it further enacted, That every Sheriff of any County, City, Liberty, Division, Town Corporate, or Place shall at the Expiration of his Office make out and deliver to the new or incoming Sheriff a true and correct List and Account under his Hand of all Prisoners in his Custody, and of all Writs and other Process in his Hands not wholly executed by him, with all such Particulars as shall be necessary to explain to the said incoming Sheriff the several Matters intended to be transferred to him, and shall thereupon turn over and transfer to the Care and Custody of the said incoming Sheriff all such Prisoners, Writs, and Process, and all Records, Books, and Matters appertaining to the said Office of Sheriff; and the said incoming Sheriff shall thereupon sign and give a Duplicate of such List and Account to the Sheriff going out of Office, to whom the same shall be a good and sufficient Discharge of and from all the Prisoners therein mentioned and transferred to the said incoming Sheriff, and the further Charge of the Execution of the Writs, Process, and other Matters therein contained, without any Writ of Discharge or other Writ whatsoever; and the said incoming Sheriff shall thereupon stand and be charged with the said Prisoners, and also with the Execution and Care of the said Writs, Process, and other Matters contained in the said List and Account, as fully and effectually as if the same Writs and Process had been turned over by Indenture and Schedule; and in case any Sheriff shall refuse or neglect at the Expiration of his Office to make out, sign, and deliver such List and Account as aforesaid, or shall make out an untrue or incorrect List or Account, or shall refuse or neglect to turn over the Process aforesaid in manner aforesaid, every such Sheriff so neglecting or refusing shall be liable to make such Satisfaction by Damages and Costs to the Party aggrieved as he, she, or they shall sustain by such Neglect or Refusal.
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