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Particulars of Police Rate Arrears are to be given to Collector General; who is to collect them.
After 10th Dec. 1850 old Collectors not to receive any more Rate, but liable for Default prior to 10th Dec.
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XXXI. And be it enacted, That any Police Rate which shall have been assessed before the Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty shall, notwithstanding anything herein contained, be collected, levied, paid, received, and accounted for as if this Act had not been passed; Provided always, that the said Justices shall and they are hereby required, on or before the said Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty, to transmit to the said Collector General a true and particular Account of all Arrears of any such Rate which shall then remain due and uncollected upon any Buildings, Tenements, Hereditament, or Persons respectively liable thereto, together with the particular Sums remaining due upon each such Building, Tenement, Hereditament, or Person, and shall, under their Hands and Seals, certify such Amount to be correct; and thereupon such Account shall be prim[html] facie Evidence that the said Arrears are due and owing by and of the Parties and Persons in such Account respectively mentioned; and such Arrears shall thereupon vest and the same are hereby vested in such Collector General, who shall thereupon be entitled and is hereby empowered to recover, levy, and raise, in his own Name, all such Arrears, from every Person therein mentioned, by all the Ways and Means herein given to or conferred upon such Collector General for the Recovery of any Rate directed to be levied or collected under the Provisions of this Act: Provided also, that from and after such Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty it shall not be lawful for any such Collectors or other Officers appointed by such Justices to receive any Portion of the Arrears so certified as aforesaid; but nothing herein contained shall in anywise lessen or affect the Liability or Duty of any Collector or other Officer, or the Sureties of such Collectors or other Officers, to collect, account for, or make good any such Rate, Tax, or Assessment, or to answer for any Default, under the Provisions of the said Acts for the Maintenance of the Police in such District, which shall have occurred or been committed previous to but not after the said Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
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