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And in case the Vestry-men of any Parish shall fail to meet, on
the Fifteenth Day of May, or the next Day after, if the Fifteenth
Day of May, aforesaid, happen on a Sunday, or shall refuse to do
his Duty at such Vestry, so that there shall not be a sufficient Num-
ber to hold a Vestry, every such Vestry-man, so failing to meet, or
refusing to act in such Vestry, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of
Twenty Pounds current Money. And such Vestry are hereby re-
quired to meet for the Purpose aforesaid, within Seven Days after
such Failure: And every Vestry-man who shall then fail to meet,
or shall refuse to do his Duty at such Vestry, so that no Vestry is or
can be held, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Thirty Pounds current
Money. And to the End the Duty of numbering and examining
Tobacco Plants, and the other Services herein beforementioned, may
not be neglected thro' the Want of due Notice to the Persons ap-
pointed to perform the same.
Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of the
Vestry of each Parish, shall immediately after the Nomination of
the Persons appointed for examining and numbering the Plants of
Tobacco, deliver to each and every of them, a Copy of the Order for
their Appointment, and shall then demand, Whether they will accept
of the said Office? And if any of the Persons so appointed shall
refuse, the Clerk of the Vestry shall give immediate Notice thereof,
to one of the Church-wardens of the said Parish, who is hereby
directed and required, forthwith to call a Vestry to meet on the next
Monday following such Notice; which Vestry so called, are hereby
directed to nominate and appoint other fit Persons in the room of
such as shall refuse the Office of examining and counting the To-
bacco-plants as aforesaid; And if any of the Persons nominated as
aforesaid, shall afterwards become Disabled, before he hath per-
formed the Duty hereby required of him, the Person joined with him
for that Precinct, shall give Notice of such Disability, to one of the
Church-wardens of the Parish, within Two Days after the same
shall come to his Knowledge: And every Neglect therein, shall be
deemed and taken, and be liable to the like Penalty as a Refusal to
accept the Office of numbering and examining Tobacco-plants: And,
if upon the Refusal or Disability of any of the Persons appointed in
any Parish, to examine and number Tobacco-plants as aforesaid, the
Vestry of such Parish shall fail to meet and appoint others in the
room of those so refusing or disabled, according to the Directions
herein beforementioned, every Vestry-man who shall then fail to
meet, or refuse to do his Duty at such Meeting, so as no Vestry can
be held, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Thirty Pounds Current
Money. And every Church warden, or Clerk of the Vestry, neglect-
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