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[SECT. 12.]

And where any person chosen as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to take the oath aforesaid on tendering the same, the town shall proceed to the choice of another person in his room; and where any person shall be elected during the term aforesaid, by any town into any office, to the non-acceptance or refusal whereof a penalty is by law annexed, such person neglecting or refusing to take the oath aforesaid, shall be liable to the same penalty as is by law provided for the non-acceptance or refusal of such office.

And be it further enacted,