BE  IT  THEREFORE  ENACTED  BY  THE  AUTHORITY
'AFORESAID,  That  the  said  Mayor  Recorder  and  Aldermen  of
the  City  of  New  York  and  the  several  and  Respective  Super-
visors of  the  aforesaid  several  and  respective  Counties  shall,  and
they  are  hereby  Enabled  Directed  and  REQUIRED,  at  any  time
after  the  Publication  of  this  Act,  and  before  they  Cause  any  part
of  the  aforesaid  Sums  to  be  Raised,  Diligently  and  Strictly  to
Examine  how  such  Deficiencies  or  arrears  have  happened,  and  if
It  shall  appear  that  any  Particular  Person,  Collector,  County
Treasurer  Ward,  Township,  Precinct,  or  Mannor  in  any  of  the
said  Respective  Cities  and  Counti«  (the  County  of  Orange  as  to
the  Method  prescrilMid  in  this  Clause  Excepted)  have  been  defi-
cient in  Collecting  and  Paying  any  of  their  Quota's  or  Shares  of
the  aforesaid  several  and  respective  Taxes  laid  by  the  several
before  mentioned  Acts  on  which  the  aforesaid  arrearages  have
arisen,  such  Deficiency  or  Deficiencies  so  discovered  shall  be
laid  on  Levied  and  Collected  from  such  particular  Person,  Col-
lector, County  Treasurer  Ward  Township,  Precinct,  or  Mannor,
where  the  said  Deficiency  or  Deficiencies  did  so  happen,  and  in
Case  of  failure  of  Payment,  the  Respective  Collectors  are  hereby
Enabled  and  required  to  Distrain  for  the  same  In  manner  before
directed,  any  thing  in  this  Act  before  contained  to  tho  Contrary
in  any  wise  Notwithstanding.
