Section 17 Service of summons, &c.

Service of the said demand in writing, and summons, or of any notice to distrain, or copy of writ to assess the arrears of rentcharge, or notice of the execution thereof under the said first-recited Act, or the several Acts to amend the same, or this Act, upon any person occupying or residing on the lands chargeable with the rentcharge, or in case no person shall be found thereon then affixing the same in some conspicuous place on the land, shall be deemed good service of any such summons, notice, writ, or other proceeding.