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Sheriffs refusing or neglecting to take said oath, his election void, and if he shall do any act as sheriff, be fined 100l.
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VI. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any such sheriff shall refuse or neglect to take the said oath, in the manner, and at the time herein before mentioned, the election of such person shall be void; and if, after such neglect or refusal, such person shall do any act as sheriff, such person shall, for such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, to be recovered as herein before mentioned, and to be applied, one moiety thereof to the use of the informer, and the other to the use of the infirmary of such city, if such there be; and if there be no such infirmary, then to the infirmary of the county at large, in which such city is situated. [Rep., Stat. Law Rev. (I.) Act, 1879.]
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