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No office pertaining to sheriffs shall be sold or farmed.
Penalty 500l. to the King and prosecutor:
Prosecution in two years.
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VII. And whereas the office of sub-sheriff or under-sheriff, and other offices and places in the disposal of the high-sheriff, have of late years been frequently sold and lett to farm, whereby many great inconveniencies have happened to the subjects of this kingdom by the oppressions and exactions of sub-sheriffs or under-sheriffs, bailiffs, and other officers concerned in the execution of the King's process: for remedy whereof be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty six it shall not be lawful to or for any person or persons whomsoever to buy, sell, lett, or take to farm, the office of sub-sheriff or under-sheriff, deputy-sheriff, seal-keeper, county-clerk, shire-clerk, goaler, bailiff, or any other office or place pertaining to the office of high sheriff of any counties or shires of this kingdom, or to contract for, promise, or grant, for money, or other reward or benefit, the said offices or places, or any of them, or to give, take, promise, or receive any other consideration whatsoever for the said offices, or any of them directly or indirectly by themselves, or any person in trust for them, or for their use; and whosoever shall offend therein, shall forfeit the sum of five hundred pounds; a moiety whereof to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety thereof to such person or persons as shall sue for the same; [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1878.] to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Dublin; in which no essoign, protection, or wager of law, shall be allowed, nor any more than one imparlance: [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1878.] provided that such suit be commenced within two years after such offence committed, and not otherwise.
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