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

Liber H. S.
No. I

by some Party to the Matter, over and above the Sum allowed by this
Act to be charged; and that then and in such Case only, the Party
at whose Request such Entry of Motion, Petition, or Order, shall

be made, shall be charged, therewith and be liable therefore, in such

Manner as is by this Act directed; and that the adverse Party shall
not be liable for the Cost of such Entry of Motion, Petition, or
Order, over and above the Sum allowed by this Act to be charged.
And be it further Enacted, That no Officer or Officers, their

[Penalty on
Officers
charging
greater Fees,
than allowed
by this Act.]

Clerks, Ministers or Servants, in this Act mentioned, shall charge
any other or larger Fees than by this Act is limited and appointed,
under any Pretence whatsoever, nor under any other Denomination
than mentioned in this Act, unless the Consent and Approbation of
the General Assembly of this Province be first had and obtained. And
if any Officer or Officers, their Servants, Ministers, or Clerks, shall
demand and take any other or larger Fee or Fees, than is herein
before mentioned, that then and in such Case, they forfeit and pay
to the Party or Parties, from whom they shall demand and take such
extraordinary Fee or Fees, not only the Fee or Fees so charged or
taken, but also the Sum of Five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, to be
recovered in any Court of Record within this Province, by Action of
Debt, Action on the Case, Indictment, or Information, wherein no
Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance,
shall be allowed. And in Case the Party grieved doth not prosecute
the Officer so offending, within Six Months from the Time of such
Offence committed, that then and in such Case, any other Person may
prosecute for the same.

[Officers to
be sworn.]

And be it further Enacted, That all Officers mentioned in this Act,
who shall enjoy any the Offices aforesaid, shall on or before the
last Day of March, which shall be in the Year Seventeen Hundred
and Fifty Four, take the following Oath, before some Provincial or
County Magistrate, who is hereby authorized and required to admin-

[The Oath.]

ister the same, viz. You A. B. do swear, that you will well, faithfully,
and impartially, to the best of your Skill and Knowlege, execute your
Office; and that you will not willingly or wittingly charge, ask, take,
exact or demand, any other or larger Fees, for doing your Duty in

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your Office, than is mentioned in the Act entituled, An Act for amend-
ing the Staple of Tobacco, for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's
Customs, and for the Limitation of Officers Fees, now in Force.
And as often as any Person or Persons shall be appointed for said
Office or Offices, they shall take the said Oath, prior to their receiving
any of the Profits of any such Office or Offices.

[Fees to be
charged at
length.]

And be it further Enacted, That Accounts of all Officers Fees in
this Act mentioned, shall be made out and drawn in a fair and clear
Manner, and in Words at length; and whenever any Person or Per-
sons interested in them, or to whom the same shall be charged, shall
desire a Copy of such Account, the several Officers shall, and are
hereby required to give such Person so applying therefore, in as