314 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

Liber H. S.
No. I

And be it further Enacted, That during the Continuance of this
Act, the Clerk or Register of every Court within this Province, in
taxing the Costs of any Judgment or Decree, obtained or to be

[Allowance
to Clerks of
Courts for
taxing Costs
of any Judg-
ment or
Decree.]

obtained, shall deduct out of the said Costs the same Allowance for
Convenience, as shall or ought to be -made and allowed to the Party
first charged with the Fees so taxed in the Bill of Costs by the respec-
tive Officers; and Execution shall issue for no more than the said
Costs amount to after the said Deduction.

p. 49

And for the Ease of the Inhabitants of this Province, in the Pay-
ment of the Public and County Levies, Be it further Enacted, by the

[Deduction

of One Fifth,

to be made,
at the laying
of County
Levies, &c.]

Authority aforesaid, That at the laying of every such Levy, during
the Continuance of this Act, there shall be made a Deduction of one
Fifth Part out of all Tobacco now due, and hereafter to become due
(save Officers Fees, as regulated by this Act), with which the Public
and several Counties are chargeable, by Virtue of any Acts of Assem-
bly of this Province: And that it shall and may be lawful for all
Persons charged with the remaining Four Fifths, and the Officers
Fees regulated as aforesaid, in such Levies, to pay the same in Money,
at Twelve Shillings and Six Pence per Cent, during the Continuance
of this Act, so as such Payments shall be made by the Tenth Day of
April, yearly, and every Year.

[And Law-
yers Fees.]

And be it Enacted, That all Lawyers Fees, which shall be paid in
Inspected Tobacco, shall be liable to the Abatement and Deduction of
One Fifth.

[Public and
County
Levies, Pa-
rochial
Charges, At-
torneys and
Officers
Fees, &c.
which shall
be paid, or
are payable,
in Tobacco,
to be paid
before the
loth of June,
yearly.]

And be it further Enacted, That all Public and County Levies,
Parochial Charges, and Attorneys Fees, that shall be paid in Tobacco,
Clergy's Allowances, and all Officers Fees, payable in Tobacco, shall
be paid and satisfied by the Persons chargeable with, and indebted for
the same, to the respective Sheriffs, by Inspector or Inspectors Notes,
before the Tenth Day of June yearly, during the Continuance of this
Act: And if any Person chargeable with Levies, Parochial Charges,
Clergy's Allowances, and Fees, as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse
to pay the same within the Time aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful
for the Sheriffs, immediately after the said Tenth Day of June, to
distrain the Goods and Chattels of the Person or Persons so neglect-
ing and refusing, and to sell and dispose thereof at the Expiration of
five Days after Distress made, for Tobacco or Money, as the Case
may be, at public Auction; all which shall be done by the said
Sheriff without Fee or Reward, and the Overplus if any be beyond
what will satisfy the Demands aforesaid, shall be returned to the
Debtor.

[Execution
may be made
for Fees, &c.
in Case, &c.]

Provided always, That when any Person who shall be indebted for
Public or County Levies, Clergy's Dues, Parochial Charges, Officers
and Attorneys Fees, shall refuse to shew Tobacco to the Sheriff, or
any other Goods or Chattels, to be distrained, that then and in such