ABSTRACT
Before any fiep is taken to enforce payment under thefe fiatutes, the rate muft be lawfully demanded ( [). And if the perfon liable {bould die after fuch demand, and before further proceedings, it feems the better opinion and fafer praalce to demand it likewife from his per .. (onal reprefentatives (2). If the money is tendered by any other than the perf on rated, as by the landlord on hi, tenant's account, it muft be received (3)'
Where payment is refufed, the overfeers Ihould apply to two magiftrates of the county or place in which the
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Of lwying, t1c·for the Poor's Rate. 123 diftri8: is fituated for which the rate is made. This is ufually done at what is called a petty idEons, which are periodical meetings of magiftrates who refide within a convenient extent of country, fubjeCl to their jurifdifrion, and are held weekly or otherwife for the difcharge of fuch duties as require the conjunClion of at leaft two magiftrates to perform.
