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Officers, &c. hindering sheriff in passing accounts, or his being apposed in due time, or not delivering his quietus, shall make satisfaction as ordered in summary way by Exchequer.
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V. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, for preventing delays and unnecessary attendance of sheriffs in passing their accounts, That from and after the twenty fifth day of April one thousand seven hundred and twenty six if any officer, clerk, or other person concerned in or about the passing sheriffs accounts, shall wilfully retard or hinder any sheriff in the passing his accounts, or by his wilful neglect, absence, or other undue means or ways prevent any sheriff from being apposed or cast out of court in due time, or, after payment or tender of his or their due fees herein ascertained, shall refuse or neglect to inroll, make out, sign, and deliver, his quietus in due time, in every such case the person so offending shall make such satisfaction and recompence to the party aggrieved, as shall be adjudged, ordered, or decreed, by the barons of the court of Exchequer, upon complaint thereof made and exhibited before them in such short and summary way and method, as to them shall seem meet.
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