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Penalty on Clerk of the Peace accepting Money, &c., for the Appointment of Clerks.
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LV. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Clerk of the Peace to accept of any Sum of Money or Security for Monies, or to stipulate for or receive any Share or Proportion of the Profits of the said Offices of Chief or Assistant Clerk respectively, or receive any other valuable Consideration whatever, as and for a Consideration for the Appointment of any Person whatsoever to the said respective Offices; and if any Clerk of the Peace shall herein offend, contrary to the Provisions of this Act, he shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, and shall also forfeit his said Office.
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