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4 WILLIAM and MARY.
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CHAP. IV.
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CHAP.
VIII. |
of the Province. So that many Irregularities in
the Land-Office, such as are mentioned above,
must unavoidably have happened; which were speedily rectified
on the Settlement of the Government
under the Crown, and Removal of the Restraints (by repeated
Royal Orders and Instructions
sent in to that Purpose) which had impeded his Lordship's
Officers in the Execution of
their Duty. And accordingly the last Section of
this Act is not recorded in Lib. WH and L*,
as being thought no longer necessary, the several Demands
therein mentioned, having been immediately
answered and complied with. |
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CHAP. IX.
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Passed 9th of
June 1692. |
An Act for Appeals, and regulating Writs of Error. Lib. LL.
fol. 32. and
Lib. WH. and L*. fol. 18.
REP. 1694, ch. 18. |
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A new Act made 1695, ch. 19.
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CHAP. X.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Easement of the Inhabitants of this Province, in
Suits at law
for small Debts. Lib. LL. fol. 37.
and Lib. WH and L*. fol. 84. REP. |
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CHAP. XI.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the due Recording of all the Laws of this Province, in
the Secretary's
Office. Lib. LL. fol. 39.
and Lib.
WH and L*. fol. 69. |
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A new Act 1699, ch. 32.
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CHAP. XII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act ascertaining what Damages shall be allowed upon protested
Bills of Exchange.
Lib. LL. fol. 40. and Lib. WH
and
L*. fol. 85. EXP.
To be in Force 3 Years, or
to the End of the next Session. Continued 1694, ch.
16, and
1695, ch.
16 and 26. A new Act made 1699, ch. 5. |
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CHAP. XIII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for Quieting of Possessions. Lib. LL. fol. 41.
Lib. WH and L*. fol.
70. and Lib. LL. N° 2. fol.
44.
N.B. By this
Act, mutatis mutandis, is re-enacted in 1715, ch. 47, §.
1 and 2., with this Difference
only, that the present Act only confirms Sales, Gifts, Grants and Assignments
of Patents,
under the Circumstances therein mentioned, made before the 27th March
1671; whereas the Act
of 1715, ch. 47, § 1 and 2 confirms all such Sales, Gifts,
&c. made before the 13th April
1674, viz. till the Act of 1671, ch. 6, ceased to operate,
being then superseded by the Act of
1674, ch. 2.
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CHAP. XIV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for the Publication of Marriages. Lib. LL. fol.
43. Lib. WH. and
L*. fol. 71. and Lib. LL. N° 2.
fol. 49. REP. |
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A new Law made 1704, ch. 72.
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CHAP. XV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act relating to Servants and Slaves. Lib. LL. fol.
45. and Lib. WH. and
L*. fol. 91. REP. |
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A new Act made 1699, ch. 43.
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CHAP. XVI.
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| Ditto. |
An ACT for Punishment of Persons suborning of Witnesses, or
committing wilful and corrupt Perjury. Lib.
LL. fol. 55.
Lib. WH. and L*. fol. 115. and
Lib. LL. N° 2. fol. 27. |
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N.B. This Law is declared to remain
and be in full Force, by 1705, ch. 8.
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Preamble.
Inconveniency
of former
Law. |
Whereas several persons, void of Grace, and the Dread of the
Almighty, have and do still continue, for small Profits accruing
to themselves, to commit wilful and corrupt Perjury, or cause or
procure the same to be committed, either out of a Design for the Reasons
and
Purposes aforesaid, or merely to revenge an imaginary Injury done them,
to
the great Prejudice of divers of their Majesty's loyal Subjects, inhabiting
within this Province. And forasmuch
as the Laws for this Province
heretofore
made, for the Prevention of the like Mischiefs and Inconveniences, have,
upon a mature and deliberate Consideration, by this present General Assembly,
been found altogether inconsistent with the Constitution of this Province,
or
the Laws of England, in such
Cases made and provided:
II. Be it therefore
Enacted by the King's and
Queen's most excellent Majesties,
by and with the Advice and Consent of this present General Assembly, and
the Authority
of the same, That if any
Person or Persons whatsoever, from and after
the Publication hereof, shall unlawfully or corruptly procure any Witness
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