Maryland, now in force.
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Testimony of the Witnesses. Which if the Executor,
&c. refuse to do, the other matters certified shall not be
received as Evidence.
IV. Though the Proofs and Evidence
are sufficient
for the Plaintiff to obtain Judgment, yet no Execution
shall issue against the Defendant, till the Original be
deliver'd up, or a Release.
V. Every Attorney who prosecutes such
Suits shall
give Security to pay the Defendant his Costs and Charges
in case the Plaintiff be cast.
VI. No Bill, Bond, Judgment, Recognizance,
Statute,
or other Specialty, tho proved as aforesaid, shall
be admitted in Evidence, where the Debtor and Creditor
are both dead, and the Debt or thing in Action
above 12 years standing.
F.
Fees.
I. An. 6. W. & M. 1694.
p.
28. Masters of Ships or
Trading Vessels shall at the time of entring such Ship or
Vessel, pay to the Governour of this Province 3 d. per
Tun (Ships bona fide built in, or belonging to this Province
only excepted) or give Caution for payment
thereof.
II. The Naval Officers of this Province
shall have
and receive the Fees in the Act mentioned, and no more.
For which see the Act at large.
III. All Small Boats belonging
to this Province, under
18 foot in the Keel, shall pass and repass without
being obliged to take out Permits. And the Masters of
Shallops or open Sloops shall pay to the Naval Officers
for Permits the summ of 2 s. 6 d. yearly, and no more,
and give Security to observe the Acts and Laws of Navigation.
IV. Collectors and Naval Officers shall
make a fair
Table of their Fees, and hang them up in their Office,
under the Penalty of 50 l. Sterling to the King.
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