Lord Baltimore's
Agents
to hang up in
the Secretary's
Office,
his Lordship's
Instructions,
&c. on the 14th
May next.
And also prepare
Lists of
Fees, &c.
Such Agents
refusing or
neglecting,
forfeit 20 l.
Sterling. |
BE it Enacted, by the Queen's
most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of her Majesty's Governor, Council, and Assembly of this
Province, and the Authority of the same, That the lord Baltimore's
Agents
for Granting Lands in this province, on or before the Fourteenth Day
of May next, shall make, certify, and hang up, in the Secretary's
Office, all
such Instructions that the said Officers or Agents of the said Right
Honourable
the Lord Proprietary of this Province have from his Lordship, that
concern the People of this Province, and all the present Condition or Conditions
of Plantations; that all people may see and know by what Authority
they act.
II. And that
they likewise prepare a List of what Fees they require for several
Services by them done, or to be done; which Fees shall be considered
of by two of her Majesty's Council, and by two or more Justices of the
Provincial
Court, which Fees the said Councillors and Justices may lessen as they
see fit, and be allowed under the Hands of such Councillors and Justices,
or
else it shall not be lawful for such his Lordship's Officers, Ministers,
Agents,
or Clerks, to demand and receive them, But when such Fees shall be
allowed
and approved on as aforesaid, and such Officers, Agents,, Ministers and
Clerks, having made oath of such Services done, by which such Fees accrue,
may have their Fees levied by Way of Execution, as other Officers and Clerks
have, till the next Session of Assembly; and then such Fees shall by the
Assembly
be allowed or denied, or altered or lessened, as the Assembly shall
think fit.
III. And
if the said Agents and Officers refuse to make, hang up, and
publish such Instructions, Conditions and lists of Fees as aforesaid, within
the Time limited as aforesaid, he or they shall forfeit to her Majesty,
for his
or their Neglect and Contempt, the Sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling Money;
one Half to her Majesty, for Support of Government, the other half to him
or them that will sue for the same, by Action of Debt, in her Majesty's
Provincial
Court, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of law shall be allowed. |