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BENEDICT LEONARD CALVERT, Esq; Governor.
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1731. |
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CHAP. XII.
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An Act for reviving an Act of Assembly, entitled, d
An Act for relieving the
Inhabitants of this Province from some Aggrievances
in the Prosecution of Suits
at Law; and for reviving and continuing the e
Supplementary Act thereto.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 4. EXP.
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1714, ch. 4:
e 1728, ch. 24:
Both which are hereby continued 3 Years, &c.
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Passed 6th
Sept. 1731. |
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CHAP. XIII.
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An Act to Supply some Defects in a Deed of Bargain and Sale, from
Edward
Mitchell, of Kent County, Gent. to John
Ward of Cæcil County, Gent. and
from the said Ward to William Ennalls of
Dorchester County, Gent. of a
Piece of Land called The Ponds, lying in Kent
County aforesaid. Lib. B.L.C.
fol. 5. PR.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. XIV.
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An Act to supply some Defects in a Deed of Bargain and Sale from
William Green,
senior, of Dorchester COunty, to Colonel John
Ryder, of the same County, of
Three Tracts of Land, viz. the One called
Marsh-Island, One called Green's
Privilege, and the other called Green's Adventure;
all lying and being in the
County aforesaid. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 6.
PR.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. XV.
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An ACT to oblige the several Officers, within this Province, to
write their Fees in Words at full Length; and for Clerks
to
deliver Bills of Cost, if required. Lib.
B.L.C. fol. 7.
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Ditto. |
WHEREAS several of the Inhabitants of this Province, have complained,
that several of the Officers within this Province, write
their Accounts of Fees, in such abbreviated Words, that the People
cannot by any Means satisfy themselves for what the said Fees became due:
For Prevention whereof for the future;
II. Be it 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 from
and after the
End of this present Session of Assembly, all the several and respective
Officers
within this Province, shall be, and are, by virtue of this Act, obliged
to
draw out the Particulars of their Fees, in a fair legible Hand, and in
Words
at full Length; and on Failure thereof, such Officer to lose such Fees
so expressed
in Words cut off or abbreviated.
III. And be it
further Enacted,
by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That the several Clerks of the several Courts of Record, Register of
the
Court of Chancery, and Register of the Commissary's Court, within this
Province, shall be, and they are hereby obliged to deliver to the Defendants,
if required, full Copies, in a fair legible Hand, of all the Costs of Suit
recovered
against such Defendant; and that if any Clerk or Register shall refuse
so to do, he shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds of
Tobacco, to be recovered in the County where such Clerk or Register resides;
and that one Half be applied to the Use of the Public School in such County,
and the other Half to the Informer, that shall sue for the same; to be
recovered
by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoin,
Protection, or Wager of Law to be allowed.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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Preamble.
Officers to
draw out
their Fees in
Words at full
Length, or
forfeit the
same.
The Clerks
and Registers
of Courts, to
deliver full
Copies of
Costs to the
Defendants,
if required.
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CHAP. XVI.
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An ACt to supply some Defects in a Deed of Bargain and Sale from
Edward
Warner, late of London in the Kingdom of Great-Britain,
deceased, to William
Husbands, late of Cæcil County,
deceased, of Two Tracts of Land, viz.
the One called Stillington, and the Other
called Chance, both lying an being in Cæcil
County. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 8.
PR.
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Passed 6th
Sept. 1731. |
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