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Defendant, and to be raiſed and levied of their Lands, Houſes, Debts, Eſtates, Goods and Chattels, in ſuch Manner as is herein provided, for Execution of Judgments on other Occaſions; and if the ſaid United Company, after Four. Sequeſtrations, and after the Expiration of Two Years, from the Service of the Summons above-mentioned, ſhall not appear, then the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, may and is hereby required, if the Plaintiff ſhall, by Affidavit, or, being a Quaker, by Affirmation in Writing, or otherwiſe, to the Satisfaction of the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, make Proof, verifying his Demand, to proceeed, hear, examine, try, and determine the ſaid Plaint and Cauſe, and to give ſuch Judgment therein, and award ſuch Coſts as aforeſaid; and in caſe the ſaid Judgment, ſhall paſs for the Plaintiff, the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-Wiliam in Bengal, is hereby authorized and empowered. to award and iſſue a Writ to the ſaid Sheriff, to be prepared in Manner before-mentioned, commanding him to ſell the Goods and Effects, ſo ſeized and ſequeſtered, and to make Satisfaction, out of the Produce thereof, to the Plaintiff, for the Duty ſo recovered, and his Coſts, and to return the Overplus, if any there be, after ſatisfying the ſaid Judgment and Coſts, and the Expences of the ſaid Sequeſtration, to ſuch Perſon in whoſe Poſſeſſion the ſaid Effects were ſo ſeized, to and for the Uſe of the ſaid United Company, and if ſuch Effects are not ſufficient to produce the Sum, ſo to be recovered, and the ſaid Cofts, the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, is further empowered to award and iſſue ſuch Proceſs of Execution, for the Deficiency, as is heretofore provided, for levying Money recovered by Judgment and Coſts; and if Judgment ſhall, in any Caſe, paſs for the ſaid United Company, the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-Wiliam in Bengal, is hereby authorized and empowered to award and order Coſts of the ſaid Suit, and the Expence of the ſaid Sequeſtration, and all the Damages occaſioned thereby, being firſt taxed, aſcertained and aſſeſſed bytheproper Officer, to be paid, by the ſaid Plaintiff to the Perſon in whoſe Poſſeſſion the ſaid Effects were ſeized, to and for theUſe