514 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

tive Counties, during the Continuance of this Act, with the Persons
Names taking up such Lands, and the Number of Acres contained
in each Survey, with the Name thereof, and shall, from Time to
Time, return one of the said Lists to the Receiver or Collector of
the Land-Tax aforesaid of the County where such Survey shall be
made, and the other to the Commissioners or Trustees of the Loan-
Office, for the Time being; and such Person or Persons, taking up
such Lands, shall be, and are hereby obliged to pay to the Receiver
or Collector of the Land-Tax aforesaid of the County, to whom such
List is returned, a Tax of One Shilling, by even and equal Portions,
on Michaelmas and Lady-Day aforesaid, for every such Survey con-
taining One Hundred Acres, and at the same Rate for a greater or
less Number of Acres. And the Receivers or Collectors aforesaid
of the several and respective Counties are hereby obliged and
required to collect and levy the same in the same Manner as is before
in this Act directed as to other Lands.
And be it further Enacted, That all and every the Writs hereafter

[Duty laid
on sundry
Writs,
issued out
of the
Courts.]

mentioned, which, from and after the first Day of June next, shall
be issued out of any of the Courts in this Province, and on every
Appeal prayed in any of the said Courts, before the Clerks of the
same Courts shall deliver out of his or their Offices any of the said
Writs, and before such Appeal shall be entered of Record, there
shall be paid by the Person or Persons suing out such Writ, or
praying such Appeal, to the Clerk of the same Court who shall issue
such Writ, or where such Appeal shall be prayed, the several and
respective Rates and Duties following, to wit, For every Appeal
prayed, or Writ of Error, Habeas Corpus, or Certiorari, sued out, the
Sum of Two Shillings and Six Pence Current Money: For every
Writ of Entry sur disseisin en le Post, sued out, the Sum of Five
Shillings Current Money; For every original Writ, issuing out of
the Court of Chancery, except Writs of Entry, One Shilling Cur-
rent Money: For every Subpoena, issuing out of the Court of
Chancery, One Shilling Current Money: For every Capias ad re-
spondendum, in Civil Actions, issuing out of the Provincial Court,
One Shilling Current Money: For every Capias ad respondendum,

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in Civil Actions, issuing out of the County Courts, Six Pence Cur-
rent Money: And for every Citation, issuing out of the Prerogative
Court, One Shilling Current Money.

And be it further Enacted, That on all and every Indenture, Con-

[On Con-
veyances,
Leases, &c.]

veyance, Lease, or Deed-Poll, which shall, after the first Day of
June next, be delivered to the Clerk of the Provincial Court, or to
any of the Clerks of the County Courts, within this Province, for
the Time being, to be recorded, there shall be paid by the Person or
Persons requiring the same to be recorded, to the Clerk of the same
Court, to whom the same shall be delivered, before he shall record