"Page 45, after clause 73, insert the following clause—
"Nothing in this Act shall prevent any high constable and collector, or collector of a barony, from collecting, in like manner as if this Act had not passed, any county cess comprised in any warrant held by him on the appointed day: Provided that if such constabl or collector alleges that any portion of the said cess not recovered by him is irrecoverable, and that if this Act had not passed he would have been relieved by the grand jury from paying that portion, he may apply to the county council to relieve him from so 648 paying that portion, or if he has paid it to the county treasurer, to repay him the sum paid; and the county council, with the approval of the Local Government Board, if it seems, having regard to the diligence used by the high constable or collector, and to the poundage he received in respect of the collection, and to all the circumstances of the case, equitable to grant the application in whole or in part, may so grant the application and pay the necessary sum as part of their expenses in the execution of this Act."—(Mr. Gerald Balfour.)
§ Clause added to the Bill.