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Summary Remedy against Officers failing to account.
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XIX. And be it enacted, That if any Collector or other Officer fail to render such Accounts as aforesaid, or to produce and deliver up all the Vouchers and Receipts relating to the same in his Possession or Power, or to pay the Balance thereof, if any, when thereunto required, or if for Five Days after being thereunto required he fail to deliver up to the Collector General, or to any Person appointed by him to receive the same, all Papers and Writings, Property, Effects, Matters, and Things, in his Possession or Power, relating to the Execution of this Act, or belonging to the Collector General, then, on Complaint thereof being made to a Justice, such Justice shall summon such Officer to appear before him, at a Time and Place to be set forth in such Summons, to answer such Charge; and upon the Appearance of such Officer, or upon Proof that such Summons was personally served upon him or left at his last known Place of Abode, such Justice may hear and determine the Matter in a summary Way, and may adjust and declare the Balance owing by such Officer; and if it appear, either upon Confession of such Officer, or upon Evidence, or upon Inspection of the Account, that any Monies of the Collector General are in the Hands of such Officer, or owing by him to the Collector General, such Justice may order such Officer to pay the same, and if he fail to pay the Amount it shall be lawful for such Justice to grant a Warrant to levy the same by Distress and Sale, or in default thereof to commit the Offender to Gaol, there to remain without Bail for a Period not exceeding Three Months, unless the same be sooner paid.
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