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Power to enforce Payment of Tolls, &c.
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6. It shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, in Cases in which such Tolls, Rates, or Charges shall not be leased or let, and for the Lessees or Lessee of such Tolls or Rates if leased or let, from Time to Time to appoint sufficient Collectors and Officers or Agents for the Purpose of receiving the Tolls and Rates payable under this Act; and in case any Person liable to pay such Tolls or Rates shall refuse or neglect to pay the same, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, or for the Lessees or Lessee of the said Tolls and Rates, or their Officer or Agent, or other Person to whom such Toll or Rate ought to have been paid, to seize the Vessel, Goods, Articles, and Things in respect of which such Tolls or Rates ought to have been paid wherever the same may be found, and to detain the same until such Tolls or Rates, together with the reasonable Costs and Expenses of such Seizure and Detention, shall be paid; and if such Vessels, Goods, Articles, and Things shall not be redeemed within Twenty-one Days after the Seizure thereof, the same shall be appraised and sold, and after deducting the Costs of such Seizure, Detention, and Sale all such Sums as shall be due in respect of such Toll or Rates shall be satisfied thereout, and the Overplus paid to the Owner in like Manner as the Law directs in Cases of Distress for Rent in arrear.
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