Section XVIII. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for any Salt Agent to proceed for the recovery of

XVIII. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for any Salt Agent to proceed for the recovery of any balance that may be due to Government within the year, upon any contract made for the manufacture of Salt in the limits of his Agency, by the process of distraint; and for the demand and levy of the same, to exercise the powers vested by the Regulations and Acts of the Government in zemindars and sudder farmers, being subject to like restrictions, and with the like remedies to any parties aggrieved thereby.