168 Assembly Proceedings, November 17-December 20, 1769.

Liber R. G.
1769

wanting from beyond the Sea when in Truth no such Evidence has
been or is wanting to the great Expence and Vexation of the good
People thereof for Remedy whereof

p. 45

[Suits com-
menced in
the Provin-
cial or
County
Courts, not
to be con-
tinued, on
Suggestion,
unless by
Affidavit to
the Satis-
faction of the
Court.]

[Duration.]

Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the
same That no Suit at Law hereafter to be commenced in the Pro-
vincial or County Courts of this Province shall be continued on
Suggestion beyond the Time Limitted by Law unless it shall be made
appear by Affidavit to the Satisfaction of the Court that a Witness
or Testimony material in such Suit is really wanting and that the
Party alledging the same to be wanting or his Attorney or Agent
hath used his reasonable Endeavours for procuring such Witness
or Testimony
This Act to Continue and be in force Three Years and till the
End of the next Session of Assembly which shall happen thereafter

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 20.^th 1769.
Read and Assented to
Signed by order.
T. Wright Cl. lo: ho:

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I Will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

Great Seal in
Wax Appendant

By the Upper House of
Assembly Dec.^r 20.^th 1769.
Read and Assented to
Signed by order.
U Scott Cl. Up: Ho: