1.  No Bill, Bond, &c. or other Specialty, shall be
Evidence after 12 Years.  See Specialties, 2.
    2.  No Negro, Mulatto, or Indian Slave, or Free
Indian, nor any Mulatto born of a White Woman
during their Time of Servitude by Law, shall be received
as Evidence, in any Cause wherein any Christian
White Person is concerned.  1717, ch. 13, §. 1.
    3.  But where other sufficient Evidence is wanting,
they may be admitted at the Discretion of the Court,
as Evidence against any Negro, Mulatto, or Indian
Slave, or Free Indian, Free Negro, or Mulatto born
of a White Woman during their legal Servitude,
where such Testimony doth not extend to Deprivation
of Life or Member.  Ibid.  §. 2.
    4.  What shall be admitted as legal Evidence in
Disputes concerning Convicts.  See Convicts, 1-7.
Their Evidence shall be received against other Convicts
in Criminal Prosecutions.  See Ibid.  8 and 9.
    5.  The Exemplification of Debts of Record, whether
by Judgment, Recognizance, Deed enrolled, &c.
under Seal of the Court, shall be sufficient Evidence
to prove the same.  1729, ch. 20, §. 1.
    6.  What shall be received as Evidence of Accounts.
See Accounts, 2-4.
    7.  What Evidence shall be admitted of Bonds.  See
Bonds, 1.
    8.  Evidences for proving the Bounds of Land.  See
Boundaries of Land, 4-9.
    9.  What shall be good Evidence for proving foreign
Debts.  See Foreign Debts.
    10.  Evidence of Sea-faring Men, how to be taken
out of Court.  See Sea-faring Men.
    11.  Evidence of Persons convict of Perjury ot Subrogation,
not to be received till the Judgment be reversed.
See Perjury, 1-3.  Witnesses, 1.
    12.  In what Case, and in what Manner, the Evidence 
of Slaves may be admitted against other Slaves,
in Trial for Felony punishable by Death.  See Negroes,
39-41.
    For other Matters, see Administrators, 21.  Church
        Lands, 2.  Demand of Debts, 1.  Fornication,
        2-4.  Inspectors, 49.  Iron-Works, 7.  Manumission
        of Slaves, 4.  Public Arms, 1.  Records,
        4.  Tobacco Trashy, 2.
EVIL FAME.  See Hog-Stealing, 3.
EXAMINER-GENERAL.  See Surveyors, 2.

    Records of Judgment, &c. may be transmitted under
Seal, from one County Court to another, and Execution 
issued thereon, without Scire facias, against
Persons flying, removing, or absenting themselves out
of the County.  1715, ch. 41, §. 8.
    See Appeal, 1.  Attachment, 5, 6.  Attorneys, 7.
        Levies, 18.  Musters, 6, 7, 9.  Public Arms,
        3-10.  Small Debts, 1, 2, 8.  Stay of Execution,
        per Tot.
EXECUTORS.  See Administrators.
EXEMPLIFICATION of Debts of Record, under
    Seal of the Court, to be good Evidence thereof.
    See Evidence, 5.  Execution, 1.
EX PARTE HEARING.  See Small Debts, 2, 3.
EXPORT DUTIES.  See Bacon, &c. 1.

FACTORS of Bankrupts; and of Commissioners
of Bankrupts.  See Bankrupts, per Tot.
FACTORS of Merchants,  See Accounts, 1.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT.  See Limitation of Actions,
    2.  Runaways, 9.

    1.  No Officer hereafter mentioned in this Act, their
Ministers, Servants, or Deputies, shall by Colour of
their Offices, directly or indirectly, take any other or
greater Fees than by this Act are limited.  1763,
ch. 18, §. 87, viz.
    CHANCELLOR's Fees.  Ibid.  §. 88.
    SECRETARY's Fees.  Ibid.  §. 89.
    COMMISSARY-GENERAL's Fees.  Ibid. 90.
    JUDGE or REGISTER of the LAND-OFFICE, his
        Fees.  Ibid.  §. 91.
    COUNTY CLERK'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 92, 93.
    SHERIFF'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 94.
    SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 95.
    JUDGE of the ADMIRALTY'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 96.
    REGISTER of the ADMIRALTY'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 97.
    MARSHAL of the ADMIRALTY's Fees.  Ibid.
        §. 98.
    EXAMINER-GENERAL'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 99.
    CLERK of the COURT of APPEALS, his Fees.
        Ibid.  §. 100.
    CLERK of the COURT of DELEGATES, to have
        the same Fees that are allowed to the Court of
        Appeals, and no more.  Ibid.  §. 101.
    CLERK of the COUNCIL'S Fees.  Ibid.  §. 102.
    CLERK of the PROVINCIAL: COURT's Fees.  Ibid.
        §. 103.
    CORONER's Fees.  Ibid.  §. 104.
    CRYER of the COUNTY COURT'S Fees.  Ibid.
        §. 105.
    2.  All Officers and Attorneys Fees (if paid in Tobacco)
shall be paid in Inspector's Notes, at some
Warehouse within the County where the Debtor resides.
But no Notes of the preceding Year shall pass
in such Payment.  Ibid. §. 21.
    3.  Officers and Attorneys, on sending their Lists to
the Sheriff, shall make at the Foot of each Account
(if made in Tobacco) a Deduction of 10 per Cent for
Conveniency; and omitting to make such Deduction,
shall forfeit the Debt to the Party owing the same.
And 10 per Cent shall be abated to the Payer of Tobacco
in Discharge thereof.  Ibid.  §. 24, 25.
    4.  Lawyers Fees paid in inspected Tobacco, are liable
to a Deduction of one Fifth.  Ibid.  §. 29.
    5.  All Fees payable in Tobacco, shall be satisfied in
Inspectors Notes to the Sheriff, before the 10th June
yearly; and if not paid within that Time, the Sheriffs
may distrain, &c.  Ibid.  §. 30.
    6.  And Sheriffs shall pay the several Creditors, all
the Inspectors Notes or Money they have received, on
Account of their respective Claims, before the last Day
of June yearly; on Forfeiture of double the Value to
the Party grieved, &c. Ibid.  §. 31.
    7.  Persons not making Tobacco by themselves, Servants,
or Slaves, having first made Oath thereof, (and
lodged a Certificate of such Oath with the Sheriff, by
the 10th April yearly, &c.  See §. 82.) may at or before
the 10th April, pay Fees in Gold or Silver as regulated
by this Act, (for which Regulation, see §. 120) tho'
charged in Tobacco.  Ibid.  §. 78, 79.  Nor shall such
Persons, tho' they fail in making Payment by the 10th
April yearly, be executed in any other Manner than
for Gold and Silver, at the Rates of Tobacco mentioned
in this Act.  Ibid.  §. 81.  But not paying before
the 10th June, they may be executed for the same after
the said 10th June, in Gold and Silver as aforesaid.
Ibid.  §. 83.
    8.  Persons making Tobacco, may pay what they
in one Year towards the Discharge of Fees, &c.
to be proportionably divided among the Public Creditors,
such Persons making Oath, that they have not
made more than what they have already paid, &c. provided
they pay such Tobacco by the 5th April, and discharge
the Residue in Gold and Silver as aforesaid by
the 10th June.  Ibid.  §. 84 and 85.