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Enforcing the Payment of Rates and Tolls.
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LII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to appoint sufficient Collectors and Agents for the Purpose of receiving the Tolls and Rates payable under this Act; and in case of Refusal or Neglect, on Demand, to pay such Rates or Tolls as have accrued due unto the respective Persons appointed to receive the same as aforesaid, the said Commissioners may, in case such Tolls shall amount to or exceed the Sum of Twenty Pounds, sue for and recover the same, by an Action of Debt or on the Case, in any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record, or by Civil Bill; or the Person to whom such Rates or Tolls ought to have been paid may and he is hereby empowered, whether such Rates or Tolls shall amount to Twenty Pounds or not, to seize the Goods, Articles, or other Things for or in respect whereof any such Rates or Tolls ought to be or ought to have been paid, or any Part thereof, and the Vessel laden therewith, or any other Goods, Articles, or Things belonging to the Person liable to pay such Rates or Tolls, and detain the same until such Payments shall be made, together with all reasonable Charges for such Seizure and Detention; and if such Goods, Articles, and Things shall not be redeemed within Twenty-one Days after the taking thereof, the same shall be appraised and sold as the Law directs in Cases of Distress for Rent, and such Rates, Tolls, and Charges satisfied thereout.
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