320 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 5-Oct. 3, 1704.

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

An Act for the Recording of all the Acts of Assembly of this
Province in the Secretarys Office as also Transmitting of the
Journall of the house of Delegates into the said Office.

Be it Enacted by the Queens most excellent Majesty by and
with the Advice and Consent of her Majestys Governour
Councill and Assembly of this Province and the Authority of
the same that all the Act of Assembly which shall be enacted
this present Sessions and all the Succeeding Sessions of
Assembly shall within tenn Days after the end of each Sessions
be transmitted into the Secretarys Office And the Secretary
for the time being shall upon receipt of the said Acts into his
Office cause the said Acts to be entred upon Record in a very
fair legible hand and in a good Substantiall book bound with
leather or parchment Cover with large Margents and also
Alphabett the said book in good order and Affix the Seale of
his Office thereto And the Clerk or Clerks that do record the
said Acts shall make oath before the Governour of this Province
for the time being or before one of her Majestys Councill or
two of the Justices of the Provincial Court that he or they
have carefully examin'd the Record of the said Acts by the

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Originall Acts which have past the great Seale all which shall
be done within Six Months Successively after the end of each
Session.
And in Case the Secretary shall not pursue the Directions
of this Act but shall make default he shall forfeit the sume of
Tenn thousand pounds of Tobacco for every such neglect The
one half thereof to her Majesty for the Support of the Gov-
ernment of this Province and the other half to him that will
sue for the same to be recovered in any Court of Record
within this Province by the Bill Plaint or Information wherein
no Essoyn protection or Wager of Law to be allowed.
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Clerk
of the house of Delegates for the time being shall transcribe
the Journall of the said house into a fair book and in a good
fair and legible Character within two Months after the end of
each Sessions and shall transmitt the same so transcribed into
the Secretarys Office there to remain And the Secretary is
required by this Act to receive the same accordingly And the
Clerk making default shall forfeit five hundred pounds of
Tobacco for every Offence the one half to her Majesty for
Support of the Government of this Province and the other
half to him that will sue for the same.
And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid by and with
the Advice and Consent aforesaid that the Secretary shall be
allowed for recording the said Acts in the publiq Levy so much
as the Generall Assembly shall think the said Secretary shall
reasonably deserve.