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Treasurer to deliver Copy of Applotment to Collectors of County Cess, who shall pay Collections to County Treasurers.
In Actions as to Assessments, Applotment Book, &c. to be Evidence.
Copies of Applotment Book to be furnished when required.
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IV. The Treasurer of each County in which the Grand Jury Assessments shall have been applotted under this Act shall, within Two Months after he shall have received from the Clerk of the Crown the Copies of the Presentments of the preceding Assizes, make out and deliver to each Collector a fair Copy of so much of such Applotment as shall relate to the Barony, Division, or other District within which such Collector shall be authorized to collect Grand Jury or County Cess, and shall annex thereto under the Hand and Seal of such Treasurer a Warrant authorizing such Collector to collect and levy the respective Sums in such Copy mentioned, and upon Receipt thereof such Collector shall and may proceed to collect, levy, and enforce Payment thereof, and shall lodge the Amount collected from Time to Time in the County Bank to the Credit of the Treasurer of the County, and shall not at any Time retain in his Hands more than One hundred Pounds, but shall lodge the same in the County Bank with all convenient Expedition; and in all Actions and Proceedings for Recovery of or in relation to any Assessment made or applotted under the Provisions of this Act the original Applotment Book, or the Copy of so much thereof as shall be delivered by any Treasurer to any Collector of Grand Jury or County Cess, shall be received and taken, without further Proof or Oath, as prim[html] facie Evidence of the due making of the Assessment and Applotment therein mentioned, and of the several other Matters and Statements therein respectively contained and set forth; and in the Absence of such Applotment or collecting Book a Copy of such Applotment Book, or of so much thereof as shall relate to the Assessment in question, certified by the Treasurer, shall be in like Manner received and taken as prim[html] facie Evidence of the several Matters aforesaid; and each Treasurer with whom such Applotment Book shall be deposited shall furnish certified Copies thereof or Extracts therefrom to any Person requiring the same, upon being paid One Shilling for the first Seventy-two Words, and Three Halfpence for every succeeding Seventy-two Words contained in such Copy or Extract.
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