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Penalty on secretaries of grand juries, &c. neglecting or refusing to perform duties required by this Act.
Treasurers, &c. to be accountable to the crown for monies received under this Act.
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23. If any secretary of a grand jury, treasurer of any county, or any churchwarden of any parish in Ireland, or any collector of grand jury or parish cess, or other person, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties which by this Act he is required to perform, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to the Queen’s most excellent Majesty the sum of fifty pounds, to be recovered by information in any one of her Majesty’s superior courts of record in Ireland, in addition to any other liabilities which may attach on him or them, or his or their sureties, lands, and tenements, by reason of such neglect or default, or by reason of the receipt of any moneys under this Act; all which monies, when received by any such treasurer, churchwarden, collector, or other person, shall be deemed to be received by him or them to the use of her Majesty, and to be recoverable and accounted for accordingly as in other cases of debtors and accountants to the crown.
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