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Commissioners to appoint Officers.
All Officers to account.
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XLI. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to appoint, employ, and dismiss at pleasure such Engineers, Surveyors, Clerks, Collectors, Receivers, or other necessary Officers, and pay and allow, out of the Funds at their Disposal under this Act, to such Engineers, Surveyors, Clerks, Collectors, Receivers, and other Officers, such yearly or other Salary or Wages as the said Commissioners shall think fit; and all and every the Person or Persons employed as aforesaid shall, when required so to do by the said Commissioners, render to them a true and perfect Account of all Monies which shall have been received and paid by them respectively by virtue of such Employment, with proper Vouchers for the same, and shall pay to the said Commissioners, or such Person as they shall authorize to receive the same, all such Sums as shall be due to the said Commissioners from such Persons, and shall deliver up all Vouchers, Books, and Writings relating to their respective Offices to the said Commissioners; and in case any Person who shall be so employed as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to render such Account and make such Payment as aforesaid, or to deliver up such Vouchers, Books, and Writings to the said Commissioners, or to such Person as they shall empower to receive the same, then and in every of the said Cases it shall and may be lawful to and for any Two or more Justices of the Peace, at Petty Sessions assembled, to inquire into the Matter of such Default in a summary Way; and if such Person shall thereof be convicted, either by Confession, or by the Testimony of any One or more credible Witness or Witnesses upon Oath, such Justices shall commit the Party to the Common Gaol of the County, there to remain for any Time not exceeding Twelve Calendar Months, or until he shall have made a perfect Account and Payment as aforesaid, and shall have delivered up all such Vouchers, Books, and Writings in his Custody, or shall have compounded or agreed with the said Commissioners, which Composition and Agreement the said Commissioners are hereby empowered to make.
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