Section VIII At the end of each Year of the said Term of 7 Years, Collectors to cause a Copy of Asessments of preceding Year to be written and signed by them, with such Alterations as herein mentioned, and with the Names of Two Collectors for the succeeding Year, and delivered to Two Justices of Peace within Ten Days from the End of the Year.

Justices to peruse, and examine the Presenters, and if they have cause to suspect Omissions, then they may summon Persons inhabiting omitted Houses, &c.; Persons neglecting to appear; Penalty.; The said Justices empowered to inquire concerning Number of Windows, Dwelling Houses omitted, &c. and may enlarge or diminish Assessments, &c.; and sign such Assessments; and appoint Collectors and deliver Assessments to them.; The Duty of such Collectors.

And be itt further enacted for the better and more equall chargeing the Dutyes ariseing by this Act That at the end of every yeare of the said Terme of Seven yeares for which the X1s[ai]d Duties are hereby granted the Collectors for the next preceeding yeare shall cause a Copy of the respective Assessments given to them and of the Collection made by them for such Division Parish or Place for which they were appointed Collectors respectively to be fairly written and signed by them but with such Alterations therein as shall be necessary by reason of any new Houses erected or the Number of Windows in any Houses being encreased or by reason of the Change of Inhabitants or Occupiers of any House or otherwise and att the bottome thereof shall write or cause to be written the Names of Two or more of the most substantiall Inhabitants of the respective Cities Towns Boroughs Divisions or Places for which they were Collectors whom they in their judgment shall thinke fitt to be appointed Collectors of the said Duties within the said Cities Boroughs Townes Divisions or Places respectively for the ensueing yeare And the said Collectors are hereby appointed and required to deliver or cause to be delivered the said Assessments soe fairely written and signed by them together with the Names of the Persons nominated by them as fitt to be Collectors for the yeare ensueing or a true Duplicate thereof signed as aforesaid unto Two or more Justices of the Peace for the respective Counties Rideings Cities Townes Divisions or Places for which they were appointed. Collectors respectively within the space of Ten dayes after the end of every yeare of the said Terme of Seven yeares for which the Duties mencioned' in this Act are granted Which Justices of the Peace are hereby authorized and required strictly to peruse the same and examine the Presenters thereof And if the said Justices or any Two of them within their severall Lymitts or Divisions shall at the time of the delivery of such Certificates or Assessments or within Ten dayes after have certaine knowledge or have Cause to suspect that any Dwelling House or Houses or the Names of any Persons which ought to be charged by this Act are omitted in the said Certificates or the full number of Windows in any House not sett downe or that any Dwelling House is under charged or not duely charged according to the Directions of this Act the said Justices, or any Two of them shall have Power to summon the Person or Persons inhabiting such Dwelling-House to appeare before them at a Day and Place prefixt to be examined touching the Rates and Duties aforesaid or touching other Matters which may any way concerne the Premisses And if any Person or Persons summoned to be soe examined shall neglect to appeare not haveing a reasonable excuse for such his Default every Person soe makeing Default shall pay unto His Majesty double the Su[m]me of the Rate he should or ought to have been sett att And moreover the said Justices of the Peace to whom such Certificates or Assessments shall be delivered or any Two of them or any other Two Justices of the Peace of the respective Counties where such Assessment shall be made shall have Power and are hereby required by all lawfull Wayes and Meanes to examine and inquire into and concerning the Number of Windows or Lights in any Dwelling House thereby charged or of any Dwelling House omitted to bee charged and thereupon to inlarge alter abate or diminish the said Assessments soe delivered to the said Justices soe that such Rate or Rates may be sett and imposed upon every such Dwelling House as shall be according to the true Intent and Meaneing of this Act And the said Justices of the Peace or any Two or more of them shall after such Perusall and Examinatc[i]on thereof sett their Hand to the said respective Assessment testifying their Allowance thereof And shall likewise nominate and appoint Two of the Persons named in the said Certificate or Assessment to be Collectors for the respective Divisions and Places for which they were soe presented and shall forthwith deliver or cause to bee delivered such Assessment soe by them allowed of unto the respective Persons by them nominated to bee Collectors for the Yeare ensueing who are hereby strictly injoyned and required to collect and pay the severall Rates and Dutyes soe rated and assessed and to give Acquittances according to the Directions herein before contained for and touching the Collectors of the said Duties hereby granted and under the severall Penalties and Forfeitures hereby inflicted upon Collectors for Neglect or not Performance of their Duty.