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What shall be Evidence of Appointment of Officers in any Suit or Action.
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XXIII. And be it enacted, That If in any Court, either of Law or Equity, or any Action, Suit, Indictment, Information, or Proceeding whatsoever therein, any Question shall arise concerning the Right of the said Collector General, or Officer or Collector, to hold, exercise, of enjoy his said Office, it shall be sufficient to prove that such Collector General, or Officer or Collector, was at the Time in question commonly reputed to be such Collector General, Officer or Collector, respectively, without proving his Warrant or Commission, and without giving any Evidence that he had performed any of the Requisites which are or may be prescribed by Law to entitle him to execute the said Office.
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