port in such proportions as the Local Government Board think just
(2.) Such port sanitary authority shall raise the proportion of expenses due in respect of their own sanitary district in the same manner as if such expenses had been incurred by them in theordinary manner for the purposes of the principal Act.
(3.) For the purpose of obtaining payment from the contributory sanitary authorities of the sums to be contributed by them, such port sanitary authority shall issue their precept to each such authority, requiring such authority, within a time limited by the precept, to pay the amount therein mentioned to such port sanitary authority, or to such person as such port sanitary authority may direct.
(4.) Any contribution payable by a sanitary authority to such port sanitary authority shall be a debt due from them, and may be recovered accordingly, such contribution in the case of a rural authority being deemed general expenses of that authority. If any sanitary authority make default in complying with the precept addressed to them by such port sanitary authority, such port sanitary authority may, instead of instituting proceedings for the recovery of the debt, or in addition to such proceedings, as to any part of the debt which may for the time being be unpaid, proceed in the summary manner in this Act mentioned to raise within the district of the defaulting authority such sum as may be sufficient to pay the debt due.
(5.) Where several sanitary authorities are combined in the district of one port sanitary authority the Local Government Board may by order declare that some one or more of such authorities shall be exempt from contributing to the expenses incurred by such authorities.
Proceedings for raising a sum for payment of debt within district of defaulting authority.14.—(1.) Where any port sanitary authority, joint board, or Proceedings other authority, are authorised, in pursuance of this Act, to proceed in a summary manner to raise within the district of a defaulting authority such sum as may be sufficient to pay any debt due to within district them, the authority so authorised for the purpose of raising such of a defaulting sum shall, within the district of the defaulting authority, have, so far as relates to the raising such sum, the same powers as if they were the defaulting authority, and as if such sum were expenses properly incurred by the defaulting authority within the district of such authority.
(2.) Where the defaulting authority have power to raise any moneys due for their expenses by levy of a rate from individual ratepayers, the authority to authorised as aforesaid shall have power to levy such a rate by any officer appointed by them, and the officer so appointed shall have the same powers, and the rate shall be levied in the same manner and be subject to the same incidents in all respects as if it were being levied by the officer of the defaulting authority for the payment of the expenses of that authority; and where the defaulting authority have power to raise moneys due for their expenses by issuing precepts, or otherwise requiring payments from any other authorities, the authority so authorised as aforesaid shall have the same power as the defaulting