Arts. 515

the same, the Duty of One Shilling, in Bills of Credit; and the sev-
eral and respective Clerks aforesaid, are hereby obliged and required
to take and receive the same.
And be it further Enacted, That all and every Charter-party,

Liber H. S.
No.1

Bond, Bill, or other obligatory Instrument, under the Seal of the
Party, except those taken in the Loan-Office, and all and every
Protest or other notorial Act, and Letter of Attorney, which shall,
after the twentieth Day of June next, be made in this Province, shall
be made and wrote on Paper or Parchment, which, before the writ-
ing thereon, shall be stamped by some County Clerk, within this
Province, with the Seal of the Court whereof he is Clerk, and
whereon such Clerk hath wrote " Duty paid," and signed his Name ;
for each and every of which Stamps and Certificates, the Person or
Persons requiring the same, shall pay unto the same Clerk the Sum
of Six Pence, in Bills of Credit, to and for the Uses in this Act
mentioned.
And be it further Enacted, That the several and respective County

[On Charter-
parties,
Bonds,
Bills, and
other obli-
gatory In-
struments
under Seal.]

Clerks, within this Province, for the Time being, shall be, and are
hereby obliged and directed, upon Application to him or them made,
and Payment of Six Pence, in Bills of Credit, for each Seal and
Certificate as aforesaid, to stamp with his or their respective County
Seals as many Sheets and Pieces of Parchment and Paper as shall
be required; and shall and are hereby obliged and directed to receive

and take for each Seal and Certificate the aforesaid Sum of Six

Pence, in Bills of Credit, to and for the Uses in this Act mentioned.

[County
Clerks
obliged to
stamp Paper
for Instru-
ments.]

And be it further Enacted, That all and every Charter- Party,
Bill, Bond, or other obligatory Instrument, under the Seal of the
Party, and all and every Protest or other notorial Act, and Letter of
Attorney, which shall, after the twentieth Day of June next, be
made in this Province, and shall be wrote on any Parchment or
Paper, which, at the Time of the making and executing thereof, shall
not be stamped and certified in Manner aforesaid, by some County
Clerk in this Province, shall be utterly void, and of no Effect, and
shall not be pleadable or admitted in Evidence in any Court in this
Province, or before any Magistrate; any Law, Usage, or Custom,
to the contrary, notwithstanding.

[Bonds, &c.
not pleadable
except they
are stamp'd.]

And be it further Enacted, That all and every the several and
respective Clerks of the several and respective Courts aforesaid, for
the Time being, during the Continuance of this Act, who shall deliver
out of his or their Office or Offices any of the Writs aforesaid, or
record any Indenture, Conveyance, Lease, or Deed-Poll, before the
Duty aforesaid thereon hath been paid, such Clerk or Clerks shall be
liable to, and obliged to pay all such Duties, which he or they hath
or have so neglected to receive.

p. 246

[Clerks not
to issue
Writs, or
make Rec-
ords, unless
seal'd.]