482 Assembly Proceedings, October 4-November 26, 1763.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

day of March Which shall be in the Year Seventeen hundred and
sixty four take the following Oath before some Provincial or County
Magistrate who is hereby Authorized and Required to Administer

[The oath]

the same Viz.^th you AB. do Swear that your will well Faithfully
and Impartially to the best of your skill and Knowledge 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

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duty in your Office than is mentioned in the Act entituled an Act
for Amending the Staple of Tobacco for Preventing Frauds in his
Majestys 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 when ever any Person or
Persons 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 therefor in as
short a time as may be convenient an Act of such Charge in Words

[Under
clerks to be
sworn]

at length And that all under Clerks and deputies writing in any the
Offices aforesaid or doing service in them shall by the Time afores.^d
or before they enter into any the Services afores.^d Before some
Provincial or County Magestrate who is hereby Authorized and
required to Administer the same take the following Oath under

[Penalty for
refusing to
swear]

the Penalty of five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco for every such
refusal or neglect to be Recovered in any Court of Record within
this Province by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein
no Essoin Protection or Wager of Law shall be Allowed nor more
than one Imparlance the one half to the Informer or him or them
that will sue for the same and the other half to the use of the County

[The oath]

where such Neglect or refusal shall happen towards Defraying the
Charge of carrying this Act into Execution Viz.^th "You AB. do Swear
that you will not for Lucre or Malice delay any Person or Persons
Applying to you for any Business belonging to the Office you
Officiate in and that you will not directly or Indirectly ask Demand
take or receive from or charge to any such Person or Persons to
your own Use (except your Salary from your Principal) any fee
or Reward whatsoever for any Service you shall do as Clerk of the
said Office and also that in making out the Office Fees you will not
Wittingly or Willingly charge other or higher Fees than Limitted
by the Act entituled an Act for Amending the Staple of Tobacco
for Preventing Frauds in his Magestys Customs and for the Limi-

[Oath to be
recorded]

tation of Officers Fees." Which said Oaths before Mentioned shall
be severally returned by the Magistrate before whom the same shall
be taken to the Provincial or County Offices as the Case shall require
and be there entered on Record and that all and every Person or