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APPENDIX.
intent, as by the words thereof shall appear to have been the true
intendment of the parties thereunto, albeit the same shall not happen
to be drawn and penned in such strict formal manner as is used
in England, and other countries, where the advice of council,
learned in the laws of the country, may be easily had, in the drawing
and penning of instruments of the like nature. |
1674. |
5. PROVIDED ALWAYS, That where any married
woman, or
feme covert shall happen to be named a party, grantor in any such
writing indented, the same shall not be of force to debar her, or
her heirs, except (upon her acknowledgment of the same) the person
or persons taking such her acknowledgment, shall examine her
privately and secretly, out of the hearing of her husband, " whether
she do make such acknowledgment willingly and freely, and
without being induced thereunto, by any force or threats used by
her husband, or through fear of his displeasure?" And that, upon
such examination, she shall own the said acknowledgment to be free
and voluntary. And that the person or persons so examining her,
shall, in the note or certificate of the caption of the said acknowledgment,
certify such her examination and acknowledgment thereupon.
And that such certificate be likewise enrolled upon record.
In which case only every such feme covert shall be barred, and
not otherwise; any thing herein before contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. |
Femme Covert to
be examined apart
from her husband,
before taking her
acknowledgment. |
6. PROVIDED ALSO, That no such writing indented,
shall be at
any time enrolled within this province, before the receiver-general
of the lord proprietary of this province for the time being, or the
deputy or deputies of such receiver-general for the time being, shall
set his or their Recepumus thereunto, if any fine for alienation
for
the said land be done, and by the original grant reserved; any thing
to the contrary hereof, in this act, notwithstanding. |
Alienation fines
to be paid before
enrolment. |
7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws
for enrolment
of conveyances, and securing the estate of purchasers, heretofore
made, be hereby repealed. |
Former acts repealed. |
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CHAP. III.
An Act concerning the impannelling of the Grand Inquest in the
several Counties within this Province. Lib. C.
and WH. fol. 229.
Lib. WH. fol. 102, and Lib. WH. and L. fol. 78.
For 3 years, &c.
Continued by several reviving acts. Expired 1692. |
Passed 6th of June
1674. |
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CHAP. IV.
An Act for the Surveyor-General's Fees, with Addition of Fees upon
Resurveys, and for levying the same. Lib. C. and
WH. fol.
230. Lib. WH. fol. 103, and Lib. WH. and L. fol.
79.
For 3 years, &c. Continued by
several reviving acts, till its expiration ion 1692.. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. V.
An Act for the payment of Fees due from criminal Persons. Lib.
C. and WH. fol. 232. Lib. WH. fol. 104, and Lib.
WH. and L.
fol. 80.
For 3 years, &c. Expired after
several revivals, in 1692. A new act made that
year, ch. 81. |
Ditto. |
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