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Chap. XV
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An Act to oblige the several Officers within this Province, to write
their Fees in Words at full Length; and for Clerks to deliver
Bills of Cost, if required.
Whereas, several of the Inhabitants of this Province, have com-
plained, that several of the Officers within this Province, write their
Accounts of Fees, in such abbreviated Words, that the People can-
not by any Means satisfy themselves, for what the said Fees became
due: For Prevention whereof, for the Future,
Be It Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That from and after the End of this present Session of Assem-
bly, all the several and respective Officers within this Province, shall
be, and are, by Virtue of this Act, obliged to draw out the Particu-
lars of their Fees, in a fair legible Hand, and in Words at full Length ;
and on Failure thereof, such Officer to lose such Fees so expressed in
Words cut off or abbreviated.
And Be It Further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Con-
sent aforesaid, That the several Clerks of the several Courts of
Record, Register of the Court of Chancery, and Register of the Com-
missary's Court, within this Province, shall be, and they are hereby
obliged to deliver to the Defendants, if required, full Copies, in a
fair legible Hand, of all the Costs of Suit recovered against such
Defendant; and that if any Clerk or Register, shall refuse so to do,
he shall forfeit and pay, the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds of To-
bacco; to be recovered in the County where such Clerk or Register
resides; and that One Half be applied to the Use of the Publick
School in such County, and the other Half to the Informer, that shall
sue for the same; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or
Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law, to be
allowed.
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Chap. XX
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An Act to continue and aid the Process and Proceedings in the
Provincial Court; and to adjourn the said Court, which is to be
held in September next, 'and on the Thursday before the Third
Tuesday in October next, unto the Third Tuesday in October next ;
and to adjourn the Court of Appeals, to the First Day of the
Provincial Court, to be held the Third Tuesday of October next.
Whereas, by the Expiration of the Act, entituled, An Act for the
Trial of all Matters of Fact, in the several Counties where they have
arisen or shall arise; the Continuance of Causes in the Provincial
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