III.  Provided such Person or Persons against whom any such Judgment is
obtained, together with Two other persons, such as the Justices shall approve
of, come before One Justice, or more, of the Provincial Court, or Two Justices,
or more, of the respective County Courts where such Judgment is obtained
as aforesaid, and shall confess Judgment for his Debt and Costs of Suit 
adjudged, with Stay of Execution 'til the Tenth Day of November next, for
this present Year, or until the Tenth Day of * November, in any other Year,
next following; which Confession is to be made in Manner and Form following,
That is to say,
" You H.M.  A.B. and C.D. do confess Judgment to E.F. for the Sum of
"                  which Sum was recovered by the said E.F. against H.M. on the
"               Day of                 in the                       Court:  The said
" to be levied of your Bodies, Goods or Chattels, Lands or Tenements, for the Use
" of the said E.F. in case the said H.M. shall not pay and satisfy to the said
" E.F. the said                       so as aforesaid recovered against him, with the additional
" Cots thereon, on the Tenth Day of † November next."
Which Confession is to be signed by the Justice or Justices before whom such
Confession is to be made, and thereof procure Certificate under the Hand of
the same Justice or Justices before whom such Judgment shall be confessed;
and such Certificate shall be a sufficient Supersedeas to the Sheriff, to forbear
serving Execution upon the Body or Goods of the Person so obtaining such
Certificate.

    IV.  And if the Party be taken in Execution before such Certificate be produced,
then, such Certificate, being obtained afterwards as aforesaid, shall be
a sufficient Supercedeas to the Sheriff to release such Person out of Prison upon
that Execution, the party paying or giving Security to such Sheriff for his
due Fees for that Imprisonment:  And the Justice or Justices, before whom
such Judgment shall be confessed as aforesaid, shall return the Judgment so
confessed to the Clerks of the respective Courts where the first Judgment was
obtained, to be entered upon Record; for which Entry the Clerk shall receive
as a Fee Five Pounds of Tobacco, and no more.  And that after the
said Tenth Day of November, it shall be lawful to take out Execution upon
the Judgment confesses as aforesaid, without any Scire facias, or any other
Delay, against either the Principal or the Security, or all or either of them,
for such Judgment so confessed as aforesaid; any Law, Usage or Custom to
the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

    V.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the President,
or Two Justices of any County Court within this Province, may proceed
to the Staying or Superseding the Execution of any Judgment rendered,
or to be render'd, in the Provincial Court, as fully and effectually, to all Intents,
Constructions and Purposes, as any Justice of the Provincial Court
might, or ought to do.
                                    Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
                                                                                                                           THOMAS BACON.
    N.B.  By 1721, ch. 4, the above Power of Superseding is extended to Judgments obtained in
the High Court of Appeals, and Chancery:  And also to small Debts recovered before a Single
Magistrate.  And by 1732, ch. 22, Executions issued before the 10th of May, in any Year, but
not served till after that Day, may be superseded in the same Manner as if they had been issued
after the 10th of May.