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 342 C. I4» Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii II. A. D. 1758. Receiver and Sureties U- of the Court of Exchequer, there to be filed and remain on Record; and fuch Receiver, and his faidi able in the Penalty of Sureties, fliall in all Cafes be refpedtively liable to the amount of fuch penal Sum, to make Satif- the Recognizance, to the faflion to cach refpective Sheriff, and alfo to the refpedive Lords of Liberties, Proprietors, or GranJ tiesrProp°neto?I, or ' ^ccs, for all and every Poft Fine and Pcft Fines which firall be received by fuch Receiver his De- Grantees, for the Foft puty or Agent, on any Fine levied of any Lands, l^nements, Rents, or Hereditaments, within Fines received, their refpcc^Hve Sheriffwicks or Liberties; and in cafe of the Death or Infolvency of any of the faid On the Death, fcc. of a Sureties, at any Time after the entering into fuch Recognizance as aforefaid, then one or more Surety, a new one to be Surety or Sureties in the Room or Place of him, her or them, fo dying or becoming infolvent, as Moxi'h'^ '^"'^'"°"^ ^^°^^^^> ^^' within the Space of one Month then next, enter into fuch Recognizance as the faid Surety or Sureties fo dying or becoming infolvent had entered into, and jultify himfelf, her- felf or themfelves, in like Planner as is before dire6ted in this A61; in Default of which the faid Office (hall imm.ediately ceafe, determine, and be utterly void. Time of Receiver's At- VII. And be it further cna6^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firft Day tendance at Office, and- oT 'Trinity Term, every fuch Receiver, his Clerk or Agent, fhall daily {Sundays and Holidays except- Delivery of the Writs, gd) attend at the faid Alienation Office from nine of the Clock in the Morning till one of the Clock in the Afternoon, and (hall deliver back every fuch Writ of Covenant as aforefaid, when the fame fhall be called for at the faid Alienation OfHce, during the Office Hours herein before appointed for fuch Receiver's Attendance at the faid Office, within two Days after every fuch Pofl Fine fhall be paid t'liereon refpeitively, unlefs the lafl of the faid two Days iliall happen to be a Sunday or Holiday and then on the next fuccecding Day. Receiver to p»y the Poft VIII. And b:." it enacled by the Authority aforefaid, That every fuch Receiver as aforefaid fiiall Fines to the Sheriff, en pay ui'to every Sheriff of any of the Counties, Cities, or Towns of England, his Under Sheriff" or produang his Quietus, ia^.},i Attorney, on his producing his ^lietus, the feveral and refped^ive Sums of Money in the faid ^ietui mentioned to have been by him accounted for in the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer .on the pafuag of his Accounts as and for Poit Fines of his Majeity's Court of Common Pleas at JVe/i- ber^ilo%^ Lords of Li- ^riinjler and alfo in like Manner pay unto all and every Lords of Liberties, Proprietors or Grantees, /G"an7c'es.T:rpTO!i"cing ""der the Cfown, of fuch Poft P'ines, ro his or their Bailiff or lawful Attorney, upon their producing the Schedules of the the Schedules of the Foreign Appofer, or Clerk of the Eftreats of the faid Court oi Exchequer, the Poreign Appofer. feveral and refpe£tive Sums of Adoney in the faid Schedules fet and allowed to them as Polt Fines • Receiver to deduft 6d. the faid Receiver dedu6ling and retaining to himfclf, out of every twenty Shillings which he fliall fo in the Pound, and no p^^y^ the Sum of fix Pcnce Only, for his Trouble and Attendance on the due Execution of this Adl moie, of the Sums paid ^^j fo in Proportion for any greater or lefs Sum, and which he is hereby authorized and impowered ^ ""' to deduct and retain to his own Ufe; but neither the faid Receiver, nor any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, for his or their Attendance on fuch Receiver, fhall charge or be allowed any Fee or Re- ward for or on the Account of doing any Thing by this A(ft diredled, except the faid Ytts to fuch Receiver in this A£l: particularly mentioned and exprelfed. ^^nalty of forging the jx. And be it further enaded by the Authoritv aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons from Sxcmer sHandor ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^j^^ ^^jj ^^^.^ j^^^ of Trinity Term one thoiifand feven hundred and f^fty-nine fliall make, forge, or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be made, forged, or counterfeited, the Mark or Hand of fuch Receiver as aforefaid, whereby fuch Receiver, or any other Perfon or Perfon^-, fhall or may be defrauded, or fuffer any Lofs thereby; every Perfon or Perfons convicted of fuch Of- fence, fhall be deemed guilty of Felony, and Ihall l^uffer Death as a Felon without Benefit of ■; . Clergy. Receiver made fubjeft ^ j/rid be it alfo enadlcd by the Authority aforefaid. That every fuch Receiver refufing or ne- to the Order of toe ^^ gledting to pay fuch Poft Fiiics to the faid refpetffive Sheriffs, Lords of Liberties, Proprietors, or Po^Fines"" ^^^'"^ Grantees under the Crown, or their lawful Attornies, or Bailiffs, fhall be fubjed to fuch cSrder as the Barons of the faid Court of Exchequer of the Degree of the Coif fliall make for the Payment of and being guilty of any the fame; and the faid Receiver, and every Perfon or Perfons who fhall be guilty of any wilful De- Mifdemcanor, to forfeit fault, Extottion, or Mifdemeanor, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning- of this Act, fhall for- Tteble Damages. f^it and pay to the Party aggrieved Treble Damages with full Cofls, which mall and may be ordered and awarded by the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, upon Application made to, and on due Proof Limitation of Profecu- thereof made before them, in fuch fummary Way and Method as to them fhall feem meet; provided Orders of the Court in- Offcncc fhall have been committed, and not otherwife; and fuch Orders of the faid Court of Exche- lervance thereof fhall be inforced by fuch Ways and Means, as any other Orders of the lame Court. Operation of Fines in XI. Provided always, and be it cnafted by the Authority aforefaid. That this A£l fliall not theComtofc mrnon j^y Way alter thc Operation of any Fine which after the faid firft Day of rr/W/v Term one Pleas, not altered by this, ' r i /• i i  ,- r • /i ii i i • i • • r^ ^ r /> r>r rr. . ^^j^ ■' thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, Ihall be levied m the Court of Lommon Pleas at fpeji^ minjicr, or the Courfc of paflii.g p'ines in that Court, otherwife than is in a(id by tl)is Adt directed. Publklc Aa. XII. And be it further cnaflcd by the Authority aforefaid. That this hdi fhall he deemed and taken to be a Publick A6t; and fhall be judicially taken Notice of as fuch, by all Judges, juliiccs, and other Perfons whatfoever, without fpecially pleading thc fame. CAP. XV.
 * '°"*- every fuch Application or Profecution be made within the Space of two Years next after any flich
 * ^' qi'.er, fo to be made as aforefaid, fhall have the fame Force, Virtue, and Effed, and the Ob-