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vices thereto relating, than they are allowed to take, by an Act of
Assembly, Intituled, An Act to ascertain the Fees of Practitioners
of the Law within this Province, and to prevent Extortions, Frauds,
and Abuses therein, according to the best of your Knowledge.
So help you God.
And Be It Further Enacted, That a Certificate of such Person or
Persons having taken such Oath or Oaths, (or Affirmation, if a
Quaker,) if taken out of Court, of Plaintiff or Defendant, shall be
delivered to the Clerk of the Court, where such Suit shall be depend-
ing; and the Clerk of such Court, ex Officio, shall file such Certificate
or Certificates; and the Judges and Justices of all Courts and Juris-
dictions within this Province, are hereby required to give no Judg-
ment, Decree, Order, or Sentence, for any Person or Persons refusing
or neglecting to take the Clients Oath prescribed by this Act.
Provided Always, That nothing in this Act contained, shall be
construed to hinder His Royal Majesty, or the Lord Proprietary,
from commencing and prosecuting any Action or Actions, as if this
Law had never been made; any Thing therein to the contrary, not-
withstanding.
Provided Also, That no Oath of Plaintiff or Defendant shall be
required from any Person not residing, or being in this Province,
if the Agents or Attornies of such Persons within this Province,
shall take the Oath of Plaintiff or Defendant, by this Act prescribed,
changing what is needful to be changed.
And Be It Further Enacted, That in case any Person shall ask
Advice of any Attorney, or other Person whatsoever, in Order to
the prosecuting or defending any Action or Suit whatsoever, if no
Action be commenced on such Advice, or Action defended by such
Attorney, or other Person practising the Law, it shall and may be
lawful for such Attorney, or other Person practising the Law, to take,
as a Fee for such Advice, One Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, or Ten
Shillings Current Money, and no more.
And Be It Further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent aforesaid, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, practising
the Law within this Province, or other Person within the Purvieu of
this Act, shall presume to take or receive of any Client or Employer
whatsoever, in Lieu of the Tobacco Fees by this Act limited, due from
such Client or Employer, more than the Sum of Ten Shillings Cur-
rent Money per Hundred, under Pretence of selling their Fees to their
[se]veral Clients or Employers.
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