WHEREAS several of the Inhabitants of this Province have complained,
that the several and respective Offices within this Province,
write their Accounts of Fees in such short abbreviated
Words, that they cannot by any Means satisfy themselves for what the said
Fees become due; for prevention whereof for the future,
II. Be it Enacted,
by the Right Honourable 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 from and after
the End
of this present Session of Assembly, all the several and respective Officers
within this Province, whose Fees are due upon Execution, shall and are,
by
virtue of this Act, obliged to draw out the Particulars of their Fees in
a fair
legible Hand, and the Words at full length; and on Failure thereof, such
Officer to lose such Fees, if expressed in Words cut off or abbreviated.
And
if any the Public Officers of this Province, having made out his Fees in
abbreviated
Words, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, and
shall insist on the levying such Fees as aforesaid, shall be fined Five
Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco; one Half thereof to his Lordship the Lord Proprietor,
to be applied to the Use of the Free-School in Annapolis, the other
Half to
the Informer, or to him or them that shall sue for the same; to be recovered
in any Court of Record within this Province that can hold Plea of the same,
by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection,
or Wager of Law to be allowed.
III. And be it
hereby further Enacted and Declared, by the Authority, Advice
and Consent aforesaid, That the several Collectors and Naval Officers
of
this Province, within their several and respective Districts, for the several
Acts and Things relating to their Office, by him or them to be done, shall
have and receive the Fees hereafter mentioned, and no more, (That is
to say,)
to the Collector for Entering and Clearing a Ship or Vessel of One Hundred
Tons or more, Twenty Shillings; for Entering and Clearing a Ship or Vessel
under One Hundred Tons, Ten Shillings; for a Permit, Two Shillings and
Six-pence; for a Navigation Bond, Five Shillings; for a Certificate to
discharge
a Navigation Bond, Five Shillings; for every Oath administered, One
Shilling; for a Certificate to export Goods out of the Proivince, Five
Shillings;
for Transmitting and Recording a Vessel's Register, Five Shillings:
And to the Naval Officer for Entering and Clearing a Ship or Vessel under
One Hundred Tons, Ten Shillings; for Entering and Clearing a Ship above
One Hundred Tons, Twenty Shillings; for a Permit, Two Shillings and
Six-pence, for Impost Bond, Five Shillings; for a Certificate of Goods
imported, Five Shillings; for a Navigation Bond, Five Shillings; for every
Oath made of Goods, One Shilling; for Recording and Transmitting a Ship's
Register, Five Shillings; for Filing and Proving a Certificate, and Discharging
a Navigation Bond, Five Shillings; for Certificate to discharge Navigation
Bond, Five Shillings, and no more: And the said Collectors and Naval
Officers,
are hereby obliged to take but One Half of the Fees above expressed,
for all Ships and Vessels of what Burthen soever, that are either built
or purchased
by the Inhabitants of this Province, Provided the Owners of the said
Ships or Vessels do all actually reside in the same.
IV. And be it
further Enacted, That all and every the Collectors and Naval
Officers of this Province, shall receive such Fees as aforesaid, and
no more.
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Preamble.
All Officers
to draw out
the Particulars?
of their
Fees in a fair
Hand, and in
Words at
length.
Penalty on
Officers making
out their
Fees contrary
hereto.
Collector's
Fees.
Naval Officer's
Fees.
But Half Fees
only shall be
taken for
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