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Decree to be executed within two months; and if not executed, to be returned on demand, with a statement of the reasons for its non-execution.
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16. The sheriff shall, unless where otherwise directed in writing by the party delivering the same, execute every decree delivered to him as aforesaid, and pay over the proceeds thereof to the party on whose behalf execution shall be demanded, or his attorney thereto lawfully authorized, with all expedition, and at the latest within two calendar months after the said decree shall be delivered to him for execution; and if the sheriff shall within the said period of two months be unable, from sufficient legal causes, to execute the said decree, he shall, at the expiration of the said period, if required so to do by the party who shall have delivered the same to him for execution, or his attorney thereto lawfully authorized, return the decree to such party or to his attorney, and state in writing on the back thereof the cause of the non-execution of such decree, by which statement the sheriff shall be bound in any proceeding taken against him for neglect of duty: Provided, that if the sheriff shall execute any decree before the expiration of the said period of two months, nothing herein contained shall authorize him to retain the proceeds so levied until the expiration of such period; and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the sheriff from executing any decree after the expiration of two months from its delivery to him for execution so long as the said decree shall be in force.
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