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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, April 26, 1715-August 10, 1716
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252 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P.

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that no Clerks of any Courts within this province
shall after the End of this prsent sessions of Assembly deliver
to any Attorney Sherriffe or Other person any blank writt or
writts whatsoever on Penalty of Six thousand pounds of Tobo
one halfe to his Majesty his heirs and Successors towards the
support of Government in this province the Other halfe to
the Informer or him or them that shall sue for the same to be
recovered by Action of Debt wherein no Essoyne protection
or wager of Law to be Allowed.

p. 60

And be itt Further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that from and after the End of this present Ses-
sions of Assembly no Attorney or other person whatsoever
shall practice the Law in any of the Courts of this province
without being Admitted thereto by the Justices of the Severall
Courts who are hereby Impowered to Admitt and Suspend
them (Salvo Iure Coronae) untill his Majesties pleasure shall
be known therein but any Attorney or any other person that
practiceth the Law in this province or the plaintiffe that shall
sue in any County Court where he doth not reside shall be
Oblidged to give Security for the paymt of all the Officers
ffees that shall Accrue upon any suite by him to be Com-
menced Either att the time of the Issueing of the writt in the
Action or dureing the Continuance of the Court to which
Such writt shall be returned on paine of paying such ffees
himselfe or Suffering his Clyent to be non suited in default of
such Security to be given or of such Attorneys Signifying his
Intention to pay such ffees Any Law Statute Usage Custome
rule of Court or order from any persons to the Contrary
notwithstanding.

Provided always that nothing in this Act shall Extend or
be Construed to Extend to give right to any Courts of this
province to Admitt any Attorney or other person practiceing

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the Law to practice in any Court that has been already refused
soe to doe by his Excellency and his Majestys Honrble Coun-
cill nor to any person that shall not Qualifie himselfe by take-
ing the Oaths appointed to be taken by Act of Parliament
made in the sixth year of the Reigne of her Late Majesty of
pious Memory Entituled an Act for the Security of her
Majestys person and Government and of the Succession to
the Crown of Great Brittaine in the Protestant Line.

An Act for Ascertaining the bounds of Lands within this
province

Forasmuch as att the first Settlement of this province the
Heathen Indian Enemies were so Very numerous and barbarous

 

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