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until the contrary is proved ; and every Commissioner may 

 at all convenient Times inspect and peruse such Books and 

 Accounts gratis, and may demand and have Copies of any Part 

 thereof on Payment of Sixpence for every One Hundred Words 

 so to be copied ; and if the Clerk shall refuse to permit any 

 Commissioner to inspect or peruse any such Books or Accounts 

 at all convenient Times, or refuse to make any such Copies 

 within a reasonable Time at the Bate aforesaid, he shall for 

 every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five 

 Pounds. 



XXYI. The same Person shall not be appointed to the Office 

 of Clerk and Treasurer ; and if any person being the Clerk or 

 the Partner, or in the Service of the Clerk or of his Partner, 

 shall accept the Office of Treasurer, or if any Person being 

 the Treasurer or the Partner, or in the Service of the Trea- 

 surer or of his Partner, shall accept the Office of Clerk, he shall 

 for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty of One Hundred 

 Pounds. 



XXVII. Every Officer employed by the Commissioners who 

 shall exact or accept on account of anything done by virtue of 

 his Office any Fee or Reward whatsoever other than the Salary 

 or Allowances fixed by the Commissioners, or who shall be in 

 any way concerned or interested in any Bargain or Contract 

 made by the Commissioners, shall be hable to a Penalty of 

 Fifty Pounds, and shall be incapable of being afterwards em- 

 ployed by the Commissioners. 



XXVIII. Before any Treasurer, Collector, or other Officer 

 intrusted by the Commissioners with the Custody or Control of 

 Moneys by virtue of his Office shall enter upon such Office, the 

 Commissioners shall take sufficient Security from him for the 

 faithful Execution thereof. 



XXIX. Every Collector appointed or employed by the Com- 

 missioners by virtue of this Act to collect any Rates shall, 

 within Seven Days after he shall have received any Moneys on 

 account of any such Rates, pay over the same to the Treasurer 

 to the Account of the Commissioners, and the Receipt of the 

 Treasurer for the Moneys so paid shall be a sufficient Discharge 

 to such Collector ; and every such Collector shall, in such Time 

 and in such Manner as the Commissioners direct, deliver to them 

 true and perfect Accounts in Writing under his Hand of all 

 Moneys received by him and of all Moneys paid by him to the 

 Treasurer by virtue of this Act, and also a List of the Names of 

 all Persons who have neglected or refused to pay any Rate or 

 Money owing by them, with a Statement of the Moneys clue by 

 them respectively. 



