II.  Be it Enacted by the King and Queen's most excellent Majesties, by and
with the Advice and Consent of this present General Assembly, and by the
Authority of the same, That from and after Publication hereof, no Manors,
Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments whatsoever, within this Province, or
any the Lands, Islands, Territories, or Places thereunto belonging, shall pass,
alter or change, from one to another, whereby the Estate of Inheritance or
Free-hold, or any Estate for Years, other than such upon which the improved
Yearly Rents, reserved to be paid, shall be made to take Effect in any
Person or Persons, or any Use or Trust thereof, except the Deed or Deeds,
Conveyance or Conveyances, by which the same shall be intended to pass,
alter or change, be made by Writing Indented and Sealed, and that the same
be Acknowledged in the Provincial Court of this Province, or before Two of
the Council of this Province, or in the Court of the same County, where the same Manors,
Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments do lie; and be Enrolled, or the Substance
of the same, That is to say, The certain Dates, Names, Surnames, and
Additions of the Parties thereunto; with the certain Considerations for which
the same were made, and the certainty of the Premises, and of the Estate or
Estates, thereby intended to pass, be Enrolled in the Provincial Court of this
Province, or in the County Court where the Land doth lie:  The same Enrolment
to be made within twelve Months after the Date of the said Writings
Indented:  For the Caption of which said Enrolment, there shall be paid to
the Parties taking the same, Twelve Pence Sterling, and no more.  And for
which said Enrolment there shall be paid, to the Clerk of the said Provincial
or County Court, in case the same do not exceed half of a Side of a Leaf in
Folio, in the Record Book wherein the same shall be enrolled, the Sum of