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bly, it shall not be lawful for any Counsellour, Attorney, or any other
Person, of what Denomination soever in the Law, to ask, demand,
take, or receive, on any Pretence whatsoever, any greater, or other
Fee, Gratuity, Gift, Present, or Reward whatsoever, either by him-
self, or any other Person for his Use, for counselling, commencing,
advising, prosecuting, and bringing to final Judgment, Agreement, or
other End thereof, any Cause whatsoever, to be prosecuted or
defended, in any Court or Jurisdiction within this Province, than such
as are hereafter enumerated; (that is to say,) For bringing, prose-
cuting, or defending any Action or Suit, of what Nature or Quality
soever, to final Judgment, Agreement, or other End thereof, in the
several County Courts, the Sum of One Hundred Pounds of Tobacco,
unless the principal Debt, or Damage, or Ballance of any Debt or
Damages sued for, and recovered, do exceed the Sum of Two Thou-
sand Pounds of Tobacco, or Ten Pounds Sterling; and then the said
Attorney shall have Two Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, and no more.
To the Attorney-General, or Clerk of Indictments, for prosecuting
any Suit of the Lord Proprietor in the County Court, either by In-
dictment, Presentment. Information, or otherwise, One Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco for his Fee, and no more, unless the Party pro-
secuted shall have a Trial by a Jury; and in such Cases, Two Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco for his Fee, and no more. And to any Attorney,
or other Person practising the Law in the Provincial Court, Court
of Assize, High Court of Chancery, Commissaries Court, Court of
Delegates, Court of Vice-Admiralty, or for prosecuting or defending

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any Cause before the General Assembly, or his Lordship's Agent in
Land Affairs; or for prosecuting or defending any Appeals, Writs of
Error, or any other Matter or Thing whatsoever, before the Govern-
eur and Council, the several Sums hereafter expressed; (to wit,) For
prosecuting or defending any Cause, Plaint, or Action, of what
Nature soever, in the Provincial Court, if Judgment shall be confessed
by the Defendant, or the Cause otherwise ended, at the Appearance
Court, Three Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, and no more. And in
every Action in the Provincial Court, when Imparlance shall be
granted, Five Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, and no more. For any
Fee in the High Court of Chancery, where there shall be no further
Proceedings than an Hearing on Bill, and Answer, Six Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco; but where Commission issues, One Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco, and no more. For drawing Petition for In-
junction, if no Bill filed, Two Hundred Pounds of Tobacco. For
Petition for Writ of ad quod Damnum, Two Hundred Pounds of
Tobacco, and no more. For prosecuting or defending any Suit in the
Court of Vice-Admiralty, for Seamens Wages. Six Hundred Pounds
of Tobacco. For prosecuting or defending any Suit in the said Court,
upon any Seizure made, One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, and no
more. For any Fee in the Commissary's Court, or Court of Dele-
gates, Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, and no more. For any Fee

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