152 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

Request of any Appealant As afores^d to write and make out a Tran-
script of the whole proceedings As afores^d und^r his hand and the
Seale of the Court as afores^d upon penalty to pay the respective
damage which such Appealant shall sustain by such Refusall or delay
As afores^d the s^d party paying or Secureing to be paid such respective
Clerk his Just Fees for the same according to Law.
And be it Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent af^d That
all Appeals or Writts of Error Tryable before the Governour and
Councill if it soe shall happen That the former Judgm^t given shall
be by the s^d Governour and Councill Affirmed such a determinacon

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shall be finall and without any further Review unless such Judgm^t
shall Exceed the sume of Three Hundred pounds sterling or Sixty
Thousand pounds of Tobacco Then and in every such Case the party
against whome such Judgm^t shall be given may Appeale to the Queen
and Councill in England.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
afores^d That all Appeals or Writts of Error already made and
brought or hereafter to be made or brought before the Governour
and Councill shall and may be heard by the s^d Governour and Coun-
cill out of Assembly Time, Any Thing in the same Writt Any other
former Law or practice to the Contrary Notwithstanding. And for
that it may soe happen that the Governour of this province for the
Time being may hereafter be Concerned in an Appeale made or
Writt of Error brought from the Judgm^t of the Provinciall Court
to the Governour and Councill af^d or he otherwise indisposed or
Absent
Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
afores^d That it shall and may.be Sufficient in every such Case for the
Councill onely to hear and determine such matters of Controversy,
whereof the first of the Councill in Commission being then p^rsent
shall preside whose Judgm^t thereupon shall be definitive (Except
before Excepted) in As full and ample manner As if the said Gov-
ernour were then Actually p^rsent and p^rvideing Any thing in this Act
to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Acts of 1712,
ch. 6
(Amends
1704, ch. 60)

A Supplementary Act to the Act of Assembly of this Province for
the punishing the Offences of Adultery and Fornicacon

Whereas by the Act of Assembly of this Province now in force for
the punishing the Offences of Fornicacon and Adultery, It is amongst
other Things therein Enacted That Whosoever should directly or
Indirectly Entertain Provide for or Cause to be Entertained or
pvided for any Lewd Woman or Women or that should frequent

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her or their Company after Admonicon to him or them should be
given by the Minister or the Vestry or the Churchwarden or Church-
wardens of the parrish where such person or persons should Inhabite
should be Adjudged a Fornicator or Adulterer As the Case should