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Sheriff to transmit Accounts to the Remembrancer.
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VIII. And be it further enacted, That every the Person and Persons who now is or are or who here-after shall be Sheriff or Sheriffs of any County, City, or Town within Ireland, or his or their Representatives, shall within Two Calendar Months next after the Expiration of his or their Office, or, in case of the Death of any Sheriff or Sheriffs, the Under Sheriff by him or them appointed, or the Representative of such Sheriff or Sheriffs, shall within Two Calendar Months next after the Death of such Sheriff or Sheriffs, make out and transmit to the said Remembrancer a just and true Account under his or their Hand or Hands of all Sums received by such Sheriff or Sheriffs to or for the Use of His Majesty, or with which he was or is chargeable, and of all Sums paid or claimed by him or them, or on his or their Behalf, with all such Particulars as shall be needful to explain the same: Provided always, that such Under Sheriff shall not be personally responsible for any Sum or Sums received by such deceased Sheriff, but that the same shall be answered by the Representatives of the said deceased Sheriff, or otherwise in due Course of Law.
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