392 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1674.

Liber
W H&L

Generall of the Lord Prop^ry of this Prouince for the time being
or the Deputy or Deputies of such Receiver Generall for the
time being shall sett his or their Recepimus thereunto if any
fine for alienacon for the said land be due and by the Originall
grant Reserved any thing to the Contrary hereof in this Act
notwithstanding.
And Bee itt further Enacted that all Lawes for enrollment
of Conveyances & secureing the Estate of purchasers hereto-
fore made be hereby Repealed.

An Act Concerning the Impannelling of the grand
Inquest in the severall Counties within this
Province.

The Delegates in this present Generall Assembly Consider-
ing the great Charge the severall Counties in this Prouince are
put unto in bearing the Charge of their severall grand In-
quests which are twice in every yeare summoned to enquire of
offences and misdemeanors Comitted in their severall Counties
against his Lordshipps peace doe humbly pray that itt may be
Enacted And bee itt by the Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary
by and with the aduice & Consent of the upper and lower
houses of this present Generall Assembly and Authority of
the same Enacted that from and after the Publicacon hereof all
& every person or persons that shall hereafter be summoned
by the severall Sherriffes within this Prouince to appeare in the
severall County Courts as grand Inquests to inquire as afore-
said shall bear and defray the Expence and Charge of his and
their owne severall attendance att such County Courts without
Charging any thing vpon the severall Counties for such their
Charges & attendance and to the end noe person may be over
burthened hereby.
It is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that noe per-
son shall be twice Summoned in one yeare to be one of the said
grand Inquest and that the sherriffes aforesaid shall not cause
any person to be summoned and Impannelled to serve vpon
any of the said grand Inquests but such as shall be freeholders
in their severall & Respective Countyes This act to endure
for three yeares or to the end of the next Generall Assembly
which shall first happen

p. 79

An Act for the surveyor Generalls fees with addicon of
fees vpon Resurveys and for Leavying the same.

Forasmuch as the severall Lawes hitherto made for the Re-
gulateing of surveyors fees haue by dayly Experience been
found ineffectuall to Curb the exorbitant Exactions of the