II.  Be it Enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of this present General Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
from and after the Publication hereof, no Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments
whatsoever, within this Province, shall pass, alter or change from
one to another, whereby the Estate of Inheritance or Free-hold, or any Estate
for above seven Years, shall be made to take Effect, in any Person or
Persons, or any Use or Trust, except the Deed or Conveyance by which the
same shall be intended to pass, alter or change the same, be made by Writing
Indented and Sealed, and the same to be Acknowledged in the Provincial
Court, or before two Justices thereof, or in the County Court, or before two
Justices of the Peace of the same, where such Manors, Lands, Tenements or
Hereditaments do lie; and such Deed or Conveyance to be enrolled in the 
Provincial, or County Court where the same doth lie:  Such Enrolment to
be made within Twelve Months after the Date of such Writing Indented as
aforesaid.  And for the Caption of such Enrolment, there shall be paid to
the parties taking the same Twelve Pence Sterling, and no more.  And the
Clerks shall well and sufficiently enrol such Deed or Conveyance, in a good
sufficient Book in Folio, to remain in the Custody of the Clerk of the same
Court, for the Time being, amongst the Records of the same Court; and
that the same Clerk shall, on the Back of every such Deed, in a full Legible
Hand, make an Endorsement of such Enrolment, and also of the Folio
of the Book in which the same shall be enrolled, and shall unto such Endorsement
set his Hand.

    III.  Provided always, and be it hereby Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, 
That when the Grantor or Grantors, Bargainor or Bargainors of such Lands,
Tenements or Hereditaments, shall live remote from either the Provincial
Court, or the County Court where the Land lieth, it shall and may be lawful
for such Grantor or Bargainor, to acknowledge the same in the County
where such Bargainor liveth; and a Certificate of such Acknowledgment, under
the Hand of the County Clerk, and under the Seal of the same County, such 
Acknowledgment shall be taken, deemed, reputed, and be as good and valid,
as if the same had been acknowledged either in the Provincial, or County
Court where such land lieth, and be a sufficient Warrant for such County 
Clerk where the Land lieth, to enroll the same.

    IV.  And if any such Grantor or Bargainor of any such lands or Tenements
as aforesaid, shall happen to be out of this Province, and within any
his Majesty's Dominions, at the Time of Ensealing such Writing or Writings
Indented, so as the same cannot be acknowledged in Manner and Form as is
before directed, or enrolled within the Time for that Purpose herein before
limited; That in every such Case, such Lands or Tenements as aforesaid,
shall be acknowledged by Letter of Attorney, well and sufficiently proved,
either in the Provincial or County Court where such Lands or Tenements
lie, or before two Justices of the Provincial or County Court as aforesaid, for
Acknowledgement, and be enrolled as aforesaid; any Thing herein before contained
to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.