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Appointing Deputy Receivers in certain Places.
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CLV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Receiver General, at the Request of any Commissioner acting for general Purposes, in relation to the said last mentioned Duties, in or for any City or Town in Great Britain (except within the City of London, or within Ten Miles of the same), and with the Approbation of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, to appoint a fit and proper Person resident in such City or Town, Who shall give Security to the Satisfaction of the said Receiver General, to be his Deputy for the Receipt of such of the said last mentioned Duties arising within such City or Town, or within the District where such City or Town shall be situate, as shall be assessed under a Letter or Number pursuant to a Declaration of the Party’s Intention to pay the Duty to such Receiver General or his Deputy as aforesaid Regard being had in such Appointment to the Population and Extent of such City or Town, for which Deputy the said Receiver General shall be answerable; and it shall be lawful for the said respective Commissioners to allow to the Deputy so appointed, such Salary and Reward for his Attendance and Trouble therein, as shall be agreed upon between such Commissioners and the Person to be appointed such Deputy, and as shall be approved of by the said Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, not exceeding the Rate of One Penny Halfpenny of the Sum received by such Deputy, and paid over to such Receiver General, which Allowance such Deputy is hereby empowered to detain out of the Payments made on Account of each Instalment, as they shall be paid; and such Deputy shall, on some Day in every Week to be named in the Bond to be entered into by him, pay or remit to such Received General the whole Amount of the Duties then in his Hands, and shall faithfully account for the same to such Receiver General.
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