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Penalty on mayor or justice for neglect.
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XLII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person who shall fill the office of mayor of the city of Cork, shall, during the time he shall be in such office, or if any justice of peace for said city, shall neglect or refuse to execute any of the powers vested in the mayor or a justice of peace of said city by this act, such person shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered by action, bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty’s courts, wherein no essoign, protection, or wager of law, or more than one imparlance shall be allowed, one-half of said penalty to go to the person suing for the same, and the other half to go to the governors of the work-house of said city, to be by them applied in manner as herein before mentioned and provided; provided that such suit be commenced within six calendar months, from the time of such neglect or refusal.
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