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Occupiers chargeable with rates.
Occupiers for a month or less may deduct the rates from their rents.
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41. The immediate tenant or occupier, or tenants or occupiers, of any premises charged with any assessment or applotment under this act shall be deemed chargeable with and liable to every assessment or applotment made and imposed in respect of the same; provided that if any premises or any part thereof be tenanted or occupied by the month or any shorter period, it shall be lawful for any person so holding or occupying, and such person is hereby authorized and empowered (any special covenant or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding), to deduct from out of the rent paid or payable by such person, for and in respect of such holding, tenancy, or occupation, any sum or sums paid or levied by or from such persons for or in respect of any such assessment, such person producing the receipt for such sum or sums subscribed as before directed by the collector receiving the same.
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