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Ground inclosed in dead wall, void spaces, a security for arrears of rate, when owner not found,
owner or occupier sued in treasurer’s name.
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XXXIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that when it shall so happen, that the owner or owners, or proprietor or proprietors, of any dead walls or void spaces of ground shall not be known or cannot be found, so as that the rates and assessments, which the commissioners by virtue of the said act shall rate and asses, may be recovered and received, that then and in every such case the ground, inclosed in such dead wall or such void space of ground, shall remain and be a security to said commissioners for all arrears of such rates and assessments; and the said commissioners or any nine or more of them may, if they think proper, sue in the name or names of their treasurer or treasurers the owner, proprietor, or occupier of such dead walls, or void spaces, for all or any of the rates, which shall be by them made by virtue of the said recited act, and all arrears due thereupon and unpaid; in which action no effoign, protection, or wager of law, or more than one imparlance shall be allowed.
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