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Highways, etc. Act 1691
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X.Justices of Peace neglecting Duty.; Penalty £5.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Justice of the Peace shall neglect or refuse to do what is required of him by this Act such Justice so neglecting or refuseing shall forfeit the Sum of Five pounds one moiety whereof shall go to the person that shall sue for the same the other moiety to be employed to and for the repaire and [X1amendent] of the Highways of the Parish where the person who shall sue for the same inhabits to be recovered in any of Their Majesties Courts of Record by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Informac[i]on in which no Priveledge Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed or more then one Imparlance.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: amendment O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
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