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JOHN HART, Esq; Governor.
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IV. Provided
also, That nothing in this Act contained, shall extend, or
be construed to extend, to impower any Sheriff to levy by virtue of any
Fieri
Facias, for any Debt or Damage recovered against any Executor or Administrators,
any Negro or other Slave, Plate or Jewels reserved in Favour of
Orphans, by the Act for better Administration of Justice in Probate
of Wills
and granting Administrations, &c. but that the Sheriffs shall be,
and are hereby
obliged to follow the Directions of that Act, touching such Negroes and
Slaves, Plate and Jewels; any thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP.
XVI.
But no Slaves,
Plate, or Jewels
shall be
seized in the
Hands of an
Executor,
&c. contrary
to the Act of
1715, ch. 39. |
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CHAP. XVII.
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AN Act impowering a Committee to lay, assess, and apportion the
Public Levy for
this present Year Seventeen Hundred and Sixteen.
Lib. LL. Nº 4. fol. 338.
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Passed 10th
August 1716. |
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CHAP. XVIII.
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An Act to make firm and valid in Law, a Sale of Land made by Joseph
Bridger,
Esq; late of the Colony of Virginia, deceased,
to Thomas Jones of Somerset
County, deceased. Lib. LL. Nº 4.
fol. 339. PR.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. XIX.
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An Act to confirm his Lordship's Acceptance of the Eighteen Pence
per Hogshead,
formerly raised *. Lib. LL. Nº 4.
fol. 344. |
Ditto. |
* Viz. by 1715, ch. 9.
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CHAP. XX.
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An ACT permitting the Inhabitants of this Province, to sue out
Writs when Plaintiffs, and appear and give Judgment
when Defendants,
in the several Courts thereof in their own proper
Persons.
Lib. LL. Nº 4. fol. 345.
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FORASMUCH as it has been represented to this General Assembly, as
a great Aggrievance, that the several Inhabitants of this Province
are
not permitted to sue out Writs when Plaintiffs, or to appear and confess
Judgment, when Defendants, in the several Courts thereof; but are in
some Courts obliged to employ Attorneys to do it for them, which creates
an
unnecessary Charge;
II. Be it therefore
Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the
Upper
and Lower Houses of ASsembly, and the Authority of the same, That
it shall and
may be lawful for any person or Persons whatsoever, within this Province,
to
order out the Process in their own proper Names, without any Titling from
an
Attorney for the same, and the several and respective Clerks of the several
Offices
of the Provincial and County Courts of this Province, are hereby obliged
upon Application to them made by any person or persons as aforesaid, to
issue such Writs as shall be by them demanded, the Party or Parties suing
out
the same, if Non-Residents within this Province, securing to the Secretary,
or the Clerks of the several County Courts, and all other Officers, their
lawful
Fees: And that any Person or Persons whatsoever, that shall hereafter
be
sued or impleaded in the Provincial Court, or any of the County Courts
within
this Province, shall and may in his or their own proper Persons come into
Court, and after Special Bail by him o them given, if adjudged so to do,
to
appear and imparle 'till next Court, or to confess Judgment, to any Action
or Actions, in any of the Courts aforesaid, commenced against him, her,
or
them; any Law, Statute or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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Preamble.
Any Persons
may order out
Process in
their own
Names, without
any Titling
from an
Attorney,
the parties,
if Non-Residents,
securing
the Fees.
Defendant
may come into
Court, in
Person, and
imparle, &c. |
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