484 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 22, 1768.

Liber H. S.

No. 1

Body Goods or Chatties Lands or Tenements of the Defendant as
if the said Judgment were for his own proper Debt Any Law Usage
or Custom to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding

[Judgments,
rendered
with Stay,
if entered
the same
Court, on
the Clerk's
Docket,
Execution
may issue
at any Time
within
Twelve
Months after
the Expira-
tion of such
Stay, &c.]
[Causes re-
ferred by
Rule of
Court &c.
Judgment to
be entered on
the Award,
and Execu-
tion may be
issued
thereon, &c.l

And be it Enacted and declared that Execution may be issued on
any Judgment rendered or to be rendered in the Provincial Court
or in any County Court of this Province with Stay of Execution at
any Time within twelve Months next after the Expiration of such
Stay provided that the Stay of Execution be entered upon the Clerk
of the Court his Docket at the same Court when the Judgment shall
be rendered; and also after the Dissolution of any Injunction of or
from the Court of Chancery or the Discharge or Expiration of any
Supersedeas on Appeal or any Writ of Error at any Time within
twelve Months after Dissolution of such Injunction or Discharge or
Expiration of such Supersedeas
And be it further Enacted That if any Cause instituted or here-
after to be instituted in any of the Courts of this Province shall by
Rule of Court and by the Consent and Agreement of the Parties
thereto be submitted and referred to the Award and Arbitrament
of any Person or Persons it shall and may be lawful to and for
such Court to give Judgment upon the Award of the Person or
Persons to whom such Submission and Reference shall be made as
of the Court to which such Award shall be returned and to award
Execution thereon in the same Manner as they might do upon
Verdict Confession or Non suit and that such Judgment shall have
the same Effect to every Intent and Purpose as any Judgment upon
Verdict or Confession would have

[Proviso]

Provided always that such Award shall remain seven Days in
the Provincial Court during their Sitting if returned to the Pro-
vincial Court or three Days in the respective County Courts during
their Sitting if returned to any County Court after the Return
thereof before any such Judgment shall be entered up and if it shall
appear to the Justices of the Court to which any such Award shall
be returned within the respective Times aforesaid that the same
was obtained by ffraud or Malpractice in or by Surprize Imposition
or Deception of the Arbitrators or without due Notice to the Parties

[Goods and
Chattels
distrained by
the Sheriff,
for Public
Levies, &c.
if replevied,
and the
Person shall
afterwards
be Non-Suit,
&c. he shall
Pay the sum
for which
such Distress
was made,
and Costs
of Suit]

or their Attorney or Attorneys it shall and may be lawful for the
said Court to set aside such Award and refuse to give Judgment
thereon

And be it further Enacted That if any Person or Persons whose
Goods and Chatties shall hereafter be destrained by any Sheriff
within this Province for Public or County Levies Clergys Allow-
ances or Dues Parochial Charges Officers or Attorneys Fees shall
replevy such Goods and Chatties or any of them and shall after-
wards be Non suit or discontinue his her or their Suit or have Judg-
ment rendered therein against him her or them upon Verdict or
Demurrer such Person or Persons shall pay to the Sheriff the sum
for which such Distress shall be taken and Costs of Suit to be