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Composition for Recovery of Rates upon Tenements under the annual Value of 8l., &c.
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CXX. And be it enacted, That when the net annual Value of any Premises liable to Assessment under this Act does not exceed the Sum of Eight Pounds, or whenever any Premises liable to such Assessment are let to weekly or monthly Tenants, or in separate Apartments, and the Rents become payable or are collected at any shorter Period than quarterly, the Council may from Time to Time, if they shall think fit, compound with the Owner of such Premises for the Payment of all or any of the Rates to be made under this Act, upon such reduced Estimate of the net annual Value, not being less than Two Thirds or more than Four Fifths of the net annual Value at which the Premises are then assessed, as the Council shall deem to be reasonable; and any Owner who shall refuse to enter into such Composition shall be rated to and pay the Rates assessed upon such Premises in respect of which the Composition is offered; and if at any Time the Amount of Composition or any Rate to which an Owner is last assessed be due and unpaid, the same may be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Owner in default, wheresoever they may be found, or of the Occupier or Occupiers of the Premises, in the same Manner as herein-after provided with respect to the Recovery of Rates made under this Act or any Act incorporated therewith: Provided always, that no such Owner shall be assessed in respect of any increased Rent which may become payable to him by reason of his so compounding for or becoming liable to any Rates as aforesaid; provided also, that the Owner or Occupiers of any such Premises as last aforesaid shall be liable to Distress and Saile of his or their Goods and Chattels for the Nonpayment of such Amount of Composition or Rates as may become due in respect of the Premises occupied by him or them during his or their Tenaney, but shall never be liable to pay any greater Sum than the Amount of the Rent actually due from him or them for such Premises, and he or they may deduct any Amount paid by him or them for the Rent due or from Time to Time becoming do from him or them, unless there be an Agreement to the contrary, and the Receipt for the Amount paid by him or them shall to that Extent be as against the Owner in default a sufficient Discharge for Rent.
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