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Collector General or Officers taking Fees other than those allowed to lose his or their Office or Offices, and forfeit 100l.
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XVII. And be it enacted, That if the said Collector General, or any Officer or other Person employed under the Provisions of this Act, shall exact or accept, on account of anything done by virtue of his Office, or in relation to the Matters to be done under this Act, any Fee or Reward whatsoever, other than the Salary or Allowances payable to him or them under the Provisions of this Act, or shall be in anywise concerned or interested in any Bargain or Contract made by virtue of this Act, such Collector General, Officer, or Collector shall be incapable of being afterwards employed under this Act, and shall also forfeit a Sum equal to treble the Amount of any Fee, Reward, or Benefit so received by him, or shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, whichever shall be sued for by any Person, by Action of Debt or on the Case, in any of the Superior Courts, and such Person suing for the same shall on Recovery thereof be entitled to full Costs of Suit.
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