410 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1674.

P. R. O.

Colonial En-
try Book
No. 53

Govern^r of this Province for the time being to be Attorneys,
Councellors or Sollicitors in the Pro^all Court Chancery Court
or other Court of Record within this Province for the following
& psecuting defending or pleading of any accOn or accons
suite or suites in any of the said Courts and that no person or
persons shalbe admitted to plead psecute or defend any suite
or suites in any County Court of this Province as Attorneys
Councellors or Sollicitors but such only as shalbe thereunto ap-
pointed by the Com^rs of each respective County Court and
that all Attorneys so nominated or appointed as aforesaid shall
take the usuall Oath of an Attorney and bee it further enacted
by the Authority aforesaid that no person or persons w^tsoever
now admitted & sworne or hereafter to be admitted & sworne
Attorney as aforesaid shall att any time hereafter directly or
indirectly ask demand take or receive of any of their Client or
Clients whatsoever in money goods or tobacco ready payd
downe or by bill, bond, specialty or other security to that pur-
pose to be given above the value of foure hundred pounds of
tobbaco for any Fee, gratuity or reward for the psecuting fol-
lowing, defending, Councelling advising or pleading of any
one cause or suite w'soever hereafter to bee begunn psecuted
followed pleaded or defended in any of the Courts held before
his Lopp^s Justices of the Pro^all Court (the Chancery Court
only excepted) from the first Comencem^t of any suite to the
Finall determination thereof and for the psecuting pleading or
defending of any suite in the Court of Chancery not exceed-
ing the vallue of eight hundred pounds of tobacco and that all
persons hereafter to bee admitted and sworne Attorneys in the
severall and respective County Courts shall not att any time
hereafter directly or indirectly aske, demand, take or receive
of any of their Client or Clients w^tsoever in money goods or
tobacco ready payd downe or by bond bill or specialty or other
security to that purpose to be given above the vallue of two
hundred pounds of tobacco for any Fee, gratuity or reward
for the psecuting following defending councelling, advising or
pleading of any one cause or suite w^tsoever hereafter to be be-
gunn psecuted pleaded or defended in any of the County
Courts w^thin this Province from the first comenceml of any
suite to the finall determination thereof and that every such
Attorney to bee hereafter admitted doe before his admittance
take the usuall Oath of an Attorney and that he shalbe content
with the Fees in this act limited which said severall Fees here-
by allowed to the severall Attorneys shalbe allowed in a bill of
Costs to either pty p^ff or defd^t against the pty cast. And all
Attorneys, Councellors or Sollicitors taking or exacting other
Fees than aforesaid and offending against the true intent and
meaning of this act and being thereof lawfully convicted by