430 Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 9, 1692.

Lib. L. L.
No. 1.

whether reall personall or mixt for the Recovery of all or any
the premisses aforesaid from any Person or psons that shall
hold or deteine any of the goods or chatties Tenem^ts or
hereditaments as aforesaid, given and granted & otherwise
app^td to the uses aforesaid, or for any damages accruing by
any Trespass uppon and in the premisses or any of them, and
in the Prosecution of any Action or accons as aforesaid to

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prosecute Act and do in the nature and amply as a body
Politick or corporate might or could do for the recovering of
the same and preserving of the p^rmisses aforesaid in any
Action or Actions to be comenced as aforesaid in the Writt
and Declaration and other proceedings of the same the prin-
cipall Vestrymen shall be named together with the other his
Vestrymen as aforesaid for the Parrish especially appointed
by Act of Assembly any Law Statute or useage to the con-
trary hereof in anywise notw^thstanding. And when any
Vestryman or Vestrymen shall at any time hereafter happen
to dy or depart this life or out of the Parish to which he or
they belonged, It shall and may be lawfull to the other Vestry-
men who are hereby enjoyned at their next meeting to make
choice of such other able person or persons residing and being
Freeholders in the Parrish aforesaid to make up the number
of such deceased absent Vestryman or Vestrymen as afore-
said. This Act as to the raising and Assessing a Support by
the Pole not to commence or be in force untill after the Tenth
Day of March next, but as to all other parts thereof, from and
after the Publication of the same.
June 2^d 1692 June 2^d 1692
Assented to by the Council Board.
Signed p Ord^r The house of Assembly have
John Llewellin Clk. Assented
Signed p Ord^r
Hen: Denton Clk.

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An Act for the better Administration of Justice
in Probate of Wills granting Administrations
recovery of Legacies and securing fillial
Portions

Whereas for the more due Administration of Justice it is
most necessary that there be .a Settled succession from the
Dead to the living and that the Wills of all persons dying
(who in their life time make their Wills) & may be duly
proved and Letters of Administration of all Persons dying
without wills may be granted to such persons who have the
best right to succeed thereto, That there may in that case be
no failure of Justice, but that it may be duly Administred within