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Court shall proceed to Judgment, which Judgment shall be final; and
no Writ of Error or Appeal allowed therein; nor any Advantage
taken or allowed, for any Defect or Want of an Indictment, or any
other Form in the Proceedings. Any Law, Usage, or Custom to the
contrary, notwithstanding.
And for the Ease of People, in paying and discharging the Publick
and County Levies, the Forty per Poll, and Lawyers Fees, during the
Continuance and Effect of this Act,
Be It Enacted, That Three Fourths only of the following Allow-
ances now established and allowed by Law; (that is to say,) the
Allowances to the Members of both Houses of Assembly; the Allow-
ances to all Judges and Justices of any of the Courts of Judicature
within this Province; the Lawyers Fees allowed for prosecuting Crim-
inals; and the Allowances to Witnesses for their Attendance in Crim-
inal Cases; the Allowances to Grand and Petit- Jurors for their
Attendance, chargeable in the Publick and County Levies; the Allow-
ances for killing Bears, Wolves, Squirrels, and Crows, and the
Bounty upon Hemp, shall be levied or assessed in the Publick and
County Levies, and paid by the Inhabitants of this Province in full.
And that the Payment and Satisfaction of the said Three Fourths,
shall be deemed and taken to be a full Discharge of the whole Amount
of the said Allowances. And that no Execution shall issue to levy
more than the said Three Fourths in Specie.
And Be It Further Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for
each and every of the Inhabitants of this Province, to discharge and
pay One Fourth Part of the Forty per Poll, and Lawyers Fees, which
shall be due and payable, during the Continuance and Effect of this
Act, in Grain, at the Rates and Prices herein after-mentioned; (that
is to say,) Wheat, at' Forty Two Pounds of Tobacco per Bushel, —
Indian Corn, at Twenty Pounds of Tobacco per Bushel, — Barley,
at Twenty Four Pounds of Tobacco per Bushel, — and Oats, at
Twenty Pounds of Tobacco per Bushel.
Provided, such Grain be delivered or tendered by the Debtor to
the Minister, at his Dwelling House; or in Case, the Minister do not
reside in the Parish, then at such other convenient Place in the Parish,
as shall be appointed by the Minister and Vestry; and to the Lawyer,
where the Lawyer and Debtor live in the same County, at such Law-
yer's Dwelling Plantation, on or before the Fifteenth Day of March,
every Year, during the Continuance and Effect of this Act: And
where the Lawyer and Debtor live in different Counties, then the
Grain aforesaid to be delivered to the Sheriff of the County, where
the Debtor lives, at such Sheriff's Dwelling Plantation, or where
the Creditor shall direct in the same County, not being- more incon-
venient to the Debtor, than the Sheriff's House; and the said Sheriff
is hereby obliged and required to receive the same, if brought to his
Dwelling Plantation, for the Use of such Creditor; for which receiv-
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