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And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such
Abstract, Minute or Abridgment, so as aforesaid by the said Clerk
entered, and all Executions and other Process already issued, or to
be issued, and all Acts and Proceedings in pursuance and by virtue
thereof, shall be, and shall be deemed, construed, and taken to be,
as good, valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes whatsoever,
as if the Judgments, Ends, or other Determinations of the same
respective Executions and other judicial Process had been regularly
entered up, or were now actually remaining or filed among the
Records and Proceedings of the said County in usual form; any
Law, Usage or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, by and with the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That all such Cases as were not determined in
any of the said Courts of June, August or November, shall and may
be heard and determined, and the Justices of the said County for the
Time being are hereby authorized and impowered, to hear, adjudge
of, and determine the same, either in a Summary way by the best
Evidence the nature of each case will admit of, or by Bill filed on
the Equity side of such County Court, as to the Plaintiffs in such
Suits or Actions shall seem meet: And for that purpose, the said
County Court is hereby also authorized and impowered as a Court
of Equity, to hold Plea of such Sums so as aforesaid heretofore Sued
or Prosecuted, to any amount not exceeding the Jurisdiction of the
Law side thereof, and that such Hearing and Determination, either
in a summary manner, or in Equity as aforesaid, and all Entries and
Records thereof, and all Executions and Process thereon, shall be
as good, valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes whatsoever,
as if the same had been heard, adjudged, determined and entered in
usual Form; any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwith-
standing.
And be it further Enacted, by and with the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That the continuances of all such Cases as were
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not determined in any of the said Courts of June, August and
November, shall and may by and with the Consent and Direction
of the Justices of the said County in Court sitting, be entered upon
Record, from June, August and November Court aforesaid, as the
case shall happen, from Court to Court, until March Court now
next ensuing for the said County inclusive, and no longer; any Law,
Usage or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding,
Provided always, That nothing herein before contained shall ex-
tend, or be construed to extend, to supply or make good any other
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