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Persons aggrieved by Orders of the Commissioners may appeal to the Assistant Barrister.
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XLI. Any Person liable to pay or to contribute towards the Expense of any of the Works hereinbefore mentioned, or otherwise aggrieved by any Order of the Commissioners relating thereto, may, at any Time within Seven Days next after the making of any such Order, give Notice in Writing to the Commissioners that he intends to appeal against such Order to the Assistant Barrister at the next Quarter Sessions for the Division or Place, and along with such Notice he shall give a Statement in Writing of the Grounds of the Appeal; and if within Eight Days next after giving such Notice the Party give Security by Recognizance before a Justice of the Peace, with Two sufficient Sureties, to the Satisfaction of such Justice, to abide the Order of the Assistant Barrister, and pay such Costs as may be awarded against him thereupon, the Work so appealed against shall not be begun until after the Judgment of the Assistant Barrister upon such Appeal; and a Copy of such Notice, and Statement of the Grounds of such Appeal as aforesaid, shall be lodged by the Appellant with the Clerk of the Peace on the Day before the Commencement of the Sessions at which the Appeal is to be heard; and the Assistant Barrister shall hear and determine the Matter of the Appeal, and shall make such Order thereon, either confirming, quashing, or varying such Order, Proceeding, or Matter, and shall award such Costs to either of the Parties, as the said Assistant Barrister in his Discretion thinks fit; provided, that the Appellant shall not be heard in support of such Appeal unless such Notice and Statement have been given and such Recognizance entered into as aforesaid, nor on the Hearing of such Appeal shall he go into Evidence of any other Grounds of Appeal than those set forth in such Statement as aforesaid; provided also, that if there be not an Interval of Fifteen Days between the making of such Order and the then next Sessions, then such Appeal may be made and such Notice given for the next following Sessions for the Division or Place at which the Appeal can be heard.
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