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Lord Proprietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lord-
ships Governeur and the Upper and Lower houses of Assembly of
this province and the Authority of the Same that from and after the
End of this present Session of Assembly it shall not nor may be
Lawfull for any Councellor or Councellors Attorney or Attorneys
or any other person or persons of what denomination soever in the
Law to ask demand Take or receive on any pretext or pretence what-
soever any Greater or other fee or fees Gratuity or Gratuitys Gift
or Gifts present or Reward whatsoever either by himself or any
other person for his use for Councelling Commencing Adviseing
Prosecuting and bringing to final Judgement agreement or other
End thereof any Cause whatsoever to be prosecuted or Impleaded
in any Court or Courts as af^d other that such fees as are hereafter
Enumerated (that is to say) For bringing prosecuting or defending
any action of what nature or Quality soever to final Judgement
Agreement or other End thereof in the Several County Courts the
sum of one hundred pounds of Tobacco unless the principle Debt or
Damage or Ballance of any Debt and Damages Sued for and Re-

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covered do Exceed the Sum of two thousand pounds of Tobacco
or ten pounds Sterling that then the said Attorney shall have two
hundred pounds of Tobacco and no more To the Clerk of In-
dictments for prosecuting any Criminal in the County Courts on any
presentment if the party presented confess his Crime the Sum of
One hundred pounds of Tobacco but if the Clerk of Indictments
draws a bill of Indictments on the said presentm^t and the party
therein presented traverses such presentment or Bill of Indictment
and puts himself upon the Countrey for Tryal thereof then, the Clerk
of Indictments shall have two hundred pounds of tobacco for his fee

and no more And to any Attorney or other person practicing the

Law in the Provincial Court of Chancery Commissarys Court Court
of Vice Admiralty or for prosecuting or Defending any Appeals
writts of Error or any other matter or thing whatsoever before his
Excellency the Governeur and Councill the several Sums hereafter
Expressed and set down to witt for prosecuting or defending any
Cause plaint or Action of what nature Soever in the Provincial
Court to final Judgment Agreement or other end thereof the sum
of four hundred pounds of Tobacco for any fee in the high Court
of Chancery and Court of Vice Admiralty Six hundred pounds of
Tobacco ffor any fee in the Commissarys Court four hundred pounds
of Tobacco ffor any fee upon any writt of Error or Appeal which
shall be brought before his Excellency the Governeur and Councill
Six hundred pounds of Tobacco ffor drawing Petition pleading or
defending any Cause before the General Assembly the Sum of four
hundred pounds of Tobacco. If a bill drawn and Engross'd thereon

then two hundred pounds of Tobacco more, for pleading or defending

any Cause matter or thing before his Lordship's Agent or Judge in

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