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by fuch Perfon or Perfons to the Owner or Owners of fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, or other Perfon or Perfons rated or affeffed as the Occupier or Occupiers of the Meffuages or Hereditaments fo entirely or partly occupied by such Person or Perfons; and that each and every Perfon or Perfons who fhall pay any fuch Rates or Affeffments as ought to have been paid by the Owner or Owners of any fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, or by his or their Landlord or Landlords, or upon whofe Goods or Chattels the fame fhall be levied in pursuance of this Act, fhall and may deduct the fame from and out of the Rent due and payable or to become due and payable to his or their Landlord or Landlords fo letting out the fame Meffuage or Hereditament, or separate Part or Apartment, to him or them, (unless there fhall be fome Agreement to the contrary between the Landlord and Tenant); and the Receipt and Receipts for such Payment or Payments fhall be a fufficient Discharge to every fuch Perfon or Perfons for fo much Money as he or they fhall have so paid, or which fhall have been fo levied on his or their Goods and Chattels in pursuance of this Act, and shall be repaid by fuch Owner or Owners, or be allowed by fuch Landlord or Landlords of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, in part or full Payment, as the Cafe may be, for the Rent due or to become due to him or them from fuch Person or Perfons as aforefaid, for or in respect of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, or separate Parts or Apartments thereof respectively.

XLII. And be it further enacted, to prevent Perfons Difputes touching the Defignation of Owner or Rents to be receiving Landlord or Proprietor of any Meffuages or Here deemed ditaments intended to be made liable to be rated Owners. and affeffed by any Rates or Affeffments made or to be made for or towards the Expences of paving or repairing the Pavements of any Streets or public Places in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, and either exclufively or jointly

Rates may be apportioned between incoming and outgoing Tenants.

jointly with any other Objects or Purposes, and either by virtue of this A&t or of any local A&t or Acts of Parliament, That the Perfon or Perfons legally authorized and empowered to receive and collect, or receiving and collecting, or claiming to be entitled to receive and collect, the Rents of any Meffuages or Hereditaments from the Tenants or actual Occupiers thereof, or any of them, may be deemed and taken to be the Owner or Owners, Landlord or Landlords, Proprietor or Proprietors of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, and shall be liable to be rated and affeffed, and shall be compellable to pay the Rates and Affeffments, in respect of fuch Meffuages or Hereditaments, in all Cafes in which either Ŏwners or Landlords or Proprietors are made liable to be rated and affeffed, and to the Payment of Rates and Affeffments by virtue of this Act, or of any fuch local Act or Acts, unless the real Owner or Owners, or Landlord or Landlords, or Proprietor or Proprietors thereof, fhall be declared by himself or themselves to be the real Owner or Owners, Landlord or Landlords, or Proprietor or Proprietors thereof, or fhall be diftinctly and certainly known to their Satisfaction by the Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements in any fuch parochial or other District.

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XLIII. And be it further enacted, That in case Perfon or Perfons now or hereafter occupying any Meffuage or other Hereditament in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, shall remove out of or from or quit the Poffeffion of any fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, before any Rate or Affeffment made or to be made for and towards the Expence of paving or repairing the Pavements in any fuch parochial or other District, and either exclufively or jointly with any other Objects or Purposes, charged on or in respect of any fuch Meffuage or Hereditament by virtue of any local Act or Acts of Parliament relating to fuch parochial

parochial or other District, or of this Act, shall be paid and discharged; or if any Perfon fhall enter into the Occupation of any fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, out of or from which any other Person fhall have fo removed, before any fuch Rate or Affeffment fhall have been paid and discharged, or which, at the Time of rating or affeffing the fame, shall be empty or unoccupied, then and in every fuch Cafe, the Perfon fo removing out of, and the Perfon entering into the Poffeffion or Occupation of any fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, shall be respectively liable to the Payment of every such Rate or Affeffment, in proportion to the Time that fuch Perfon or Perfons poffeffed or occupied the fame respectively, in like Manner as if the Perfon fo removing or quitting as aforefaid had remained in the Poffeffion or Occupation of fuch Meffuage or Hereditament, or the Perfon or Perfons fo entering into the Occupation thereof had been rated or affeffed in respect thereof in any fuch Rate or Affeffment at the Time of the making thereof; and that the Amount of fuch Proportion (in cafe any Difputes should arife) may be ascertained and determined by the Commiffioners or Trustees or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements of the parochial or other District in which fuch Meffuage or other Hereditament may be fituate; and that according to fuch Determination fuch Rates and Affeffments fhall be paid by each of fuch Persons in such Proportion, and may be levied and recovered from each of fuch Perfons accordingly; but that the fame shall be without Prejudice to any of the Provifions herein-before contained as to the Meffuages or Hereditaments being empty and unoccupied, and as to the Rates or Affeffments remaining charged on the Meffuages or Hereditaments in respect whereof they fhall be made, or to any other of the Provifions herein-before contained.

XLIV. And

Rates may be remitted on account of Poverty.

Commiffioners, &c. to appoint a Treasurer.

XLIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful from Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter, for the Commissioners or Trustees, or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this A&t, and they are hereby empowered, upon the Complaint or Request of any Perfon or Perfons fubject to the Payment of any Rate or Rates, Affeffment or Affeffments, made or to be made for or towards the Expences of paving or repairing the Pavements of any Streets or public Places within any fuch parochial or other District, and either exclufively or jointly with or for any other Objects or Purposes, and either by virtue of this Act or of any local Act or Acts of Parliament relating to any fuch parochial or other District, who fhall think himself, herself, or themselves aggrieved thereby, or incompetent to pay the fame, to mitigate, reduce, or leffen the fame, as they in their Difcretion fhall think just and reasonable, and also to remit or excuse the Payment thereof for any Cause which they shall deem fufficient, or for or on account of the Poverty or Indigence of any Perfon or Perfons liable to pay the fame, so complaining or requesting the Remiffion or Reduction of any fuch Rates or Affeffments.

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by him or account of Perfons ha whom he o from Time & Sums of M tees, or other direct him or Treasurer or thereunto requ Trustees, or othe have been appoi them received an the faid Commifli fons; and the faid all fuch Monies a Accounts refpective Hands to fuch Perfo miffioners or Trustee he or they fhall hav Writing under their H fame, whenever he or do; and if any fuch at any Time or Times any fuch Accounts, a aforefaid, then and in any fuch Treafurer or fuch Proceedings, and liable to fuch Penalties A&t, or by any local

XLV. And be it further enacted, That the Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Persons having the Control of the Pavements of the Streets or public Places in any parochial or other District within the Jurifdiction of this Act, may from Time to Time appoint One or more Treasurer or Treasurers for receiving all the Monies to be raised and collected for and towards the Expences of paving or repairing the Pavements in fuch parochial or other District, either exclufively or jointly with or for any other Purposes or Objects, and either by virtue of this Act or of the respective local A&t or Acts of Parliament relating to their respective parochial or other

other Districts, not being also the Clerk or Clerks to the faid Commiffioners or Trustees or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements of the Streets or public Places in any such parochial or other District; and from Time to Time, as they shall think neceffary, may remove fuch Treasurer or Treafurers, and appoint fuch other Perfon or Perfons in his or their Stead, as they fhall think proper; and fuch Treasurer and Treasurers is and are hereby directed to keep diftinct Accounts of the Monies by him or them received and paid of, for, or on account of fuch Commiffioners, Truftees, or other Perfons having the Control of the Pavements, by whom he or they fhall have been appointed, and from Time to Time to pay and discharge all fuch Sums of Money as the faid Commiffioners, Truftees, or other Perfons as aforefaid fhall order and direct him or them thereout to pay; and the faid 'Treasurer or Treasurers fhall account, whenever thereunto required by the faid Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Perfons by whom he or they shall have been appointed, for all the Monies by him or them received and paid of, for, or on account of the said Commiflioners or Trustees, or other Perfons; and the faid Treasurer or Treasurers fhall all fuch Monies as upon the Balance of the faid Accounts respectively fhall remain in his or their Hands to fuch Perfon or Perfons as the faid Commiffioners or Trustees, or other Persons by whom he or they shall have been fo appointed, shall by Writing under their Hands authorize to receive the fame, whenever he or they fhall be required fo to do; and if any fuch Treafurer or Treasurers shall at any Time or Times refuse or neglect to render any fuch Accounts, and make fuch Payments as aforefaid, then and in every fuch Cafe every and any fuch Treasurer or Treasurers fhall be liable to fuch Proceedings, and upon Conviction fhall be liable to fuch Penalties and Punishments, as by this Act, or by any local A&t or Acts of Parliament

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