226 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 6, 1725.

U. H. J.

and we humbly Conceive it necessary to bring in a bill to En-
force the Regulation now made, and we also Report to your

Honours that we have inspected the several fees by Law
allow'd to Practitioners of the Law, and tho we do not Ap-
prehend the said Fees to be Exorbitant yet we esteem it Ab-
solutely necessary to tye down the Practitioners aforesaid to

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the due Observance of taking no other Fees to which purpose
we have thought fit to devise certain Oaths to be taken by the
several Practitioners Plaintiffe and Defendant in every action
and with this transmitted Copys thereof for your Honours
perusall as conceiving this to be the most effectual Method
to prevent the hardships Complained of; And further we
humbly make known to your Honours that on due Inspection
and Consideration of the Office of Surveyor Generall the
whole business being transacted by the Deputys thereof, we
Deem the said Office Useless and think it necessary that an
Address be presented to his Honour the Governour on that
Head And further we humbly propose that Attorneys fees
be Ascertained by Law for their Services in Pleading before
the Judge for Land Affairs, and the Upper or Lower Houses
of Assembly All which we humbly Submit to Your Honours
Wisdom and Justice.
Signed p order John Gibson Cl Confer.

And we further report that we think it necessary that for
any Estate not exceeding 50^l the Comissarys Generall take
but half e the fees to be Ascertained by Law and that the
Comis^rys of the Respective Countys have full power (when
there is no Dispute) to settle and pass all Accounts whatso-
ever relating to Testamentary Affairs and that no Fee be
taken for Estates under Ten pounds as in the prior Law, and
that the Deputy Comis^rys shall not insist on Drawing the Ac-
count or Accounts of any person or persons on pretence of
want of form but shall receive all or any Accounts the Articles
whereof are fully Explained
Signed p Order John Gibson Cl Confer.

Which Oaths before mentioned follow in these words Viz.

Oath of An Attorney

You A B shall Swear you shall do no falshood or deceit nor
Consent to any to be done in this Court, and if you know of
any to be done you shall give Knowledge thereof to the Chief
Justice of this Court that it may be Reformed, You shall delay

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no man for Lucre or Malice, you shall Encrease no ffees nor
receive any fee by yourself or any other either in Money Sterl