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Any Person dissatisfied with the Adjudication of the Commissioners may appeal to the Assistant Barrister at Quarter Session.
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LXXI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if any Person interested or claiming to be interested in any Land which may be made the Subject of any such Award as aforesaid shall be dissatisfied therewith, either as respects the Amount of the Value, or the Compensation awarded in respect thereof, or of any Abatement to be made in any Rent, or as respects the Persons to whom or the Proportions in which such Value or Compensation is to be paid or Abatement made, it shall be lawful for such dissatisfied Person to appeal to the Quarter Sessions which shall be held next after any such Award shall have been made and settled as aforesaid for the Division of the County wherein such Land shall be wholly or in part situate (provided same shall not be held sooner than Thirty-one Days after the making of such Award,) the Party appealing, if there be sufficient Time after such Award, having first given to the said Commissioners Twenty-one Days Notice at least of his Intention of bringing such Appeal, and of the Matter thereof, and if there shall not be Thirty-one Days between the making of such Award and the Day appointed for holding such Sessions, then such Appeal may be may be made at the Second Quarter Sessions which shall be holden for such Division of such County after such Award; and the Assistant Barrister at such First or Second Quarter Sessions, or any Adjournment thereof, upon due Proof of such Notice having been given, is hereby empowered and required to hear and finally determine the Matter of such Appeal, either by or without the Verdict of a Jury, as the Party appealing shall require, and may order such Sum to be paid for the Costs thereof to be paid wholly or in part by either of the Parties thereto, and may, by Warrant under his Hand, direct such Costs so awarded to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Party or Parties who shall refuse or neglect to pay the same: Provided always, that if no Notice of Appeal shall be served on the said Commissioners within Fourteen Days next after their Award shall be made, the same shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon all Persons, and to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever.
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