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Penalty upon Officers, &c. interested in Contracts or taking Fees improperly.
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XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That no Officer or Servant appointed or employed by or under the Local Board of Health shall in anywise be concerned or interested in any Bargain or Contract made with such Board for the Purposes of this Act; and if any such Officer or Servant be so concerned or interested, or shall, under colour of his Office or Employment, exact, take, or accept any Fee or Reward whatsoever, other than his proper Salary, Wages, and Allowances, he shall be incapable of afterwards holding or continuing in any Office or Employment under this Act, and shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds, which may be recovered by any Person, with full Costs of Suit, by Action of Debt.
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