318 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P.

oath declare that the said debt or any part thereof Saving
what the said Creditor gives Creditt for is not Satisfyed or
that there are not any other Accounts between the said
Credittor and Debtor for which the said Credittor may be
likewise Indebted to the said Debtor to the Value of the said
Debt or any part thereof for any Matter or thing Accrued
Since the date of the said bond bill or Instrument or whether
the said Credittor hath not given the said Debtor any release
for the same to be sent together with the proofs from under
the hands and Seals of the said publick Notary or other
publick Officer thereunto appointed which if the Credittor

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shall refuse or Neglect to performe or doe then the said Mat-
ter or thing by the said publick Notary or other officer so by
them Certifyed as afd shall not be received as Evidence to
prove the said Debt and if the said Credittor be dead and
his Exr or Administrator sue such bond bill Account or other-
wise sue any Debtor for the same the Executor or Adminis-
trator in like manner before such Notary publick or other
Officer for that purpose Appointed shall sett forth and declare
upon their Oath whether or no they have not heard the
Credittor in his Life time Acknowledge that debt or any or
what part thereof to be Satisfyed or whether or not upon
Sight of the Credittors books writing or Accounts they have
not seen Creditt given to the Debtor Since the day of the
making the said bills bonds or beginnings of the Accounts soe
Sued for all which in like manner is to be Certifyed by the
publick notary or other officer thereunto appointed Under his
hand and Seale to be sent along to this County together with
the Testimony of the Witnesses that have Testifyed to the
said bonds bills Accounts or otherwise all which if the said
Executor or Administrator refuse or neglect to doe then the
said Matter and thing by the publick Notary or other officer
appointed as afd Certifyed shall not be received in Evidence
for Valid against the Debtor.

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Be itt Enacted by the Authority afd that all and Every the
Attorney and Attorneys who shall be Im ployed in the prose-
cution of such Suits shall put in Security to pay the Defendant
all such Costs and Charges as shall be by the Defend^t in that
Case Expended in Case the plaintiffs be Cost in Suit and to
the end that no honest Debtor that hath not fled from the
place or Country where he Contracted his Debt nor willfully
Absconded himselfe or fled from Justice shall be Surprized by
Unnecessary and Vexatious Suits att Law —
Be itt Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent afd
that no person whatsoever residing or Trading in or to this
province their Executors Administrators agents factors or