CHAP.
XXV.
under the
Great Seal,
and published
at their next
County
Court, &c.
The Chancellor
to be paid
by the several
Counties.
Proviso with
respect to this
present Session.
All Acts to
be transmitted
(within
10 Days to)
the Secretary's
Office,
and there recorded
under
the Secretary's
Seal.
The Clerks
to make
Oath of their
having examined
the
Record by
the Original
Acts: All
which to be
done within 6
Months.
Penalty on
the Secretary
making Default
herein,
The Clerks
of both
Houses to
transmit fair
Transcripts of
the Journals
into the Secretary's
Office
within 2
Months.
Penalty.
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Time to Time fairly * Transcribed on Parchment, or, for want thereof,
on
good Paper with a Parchment Cover, and by Writ under the Great Seal of
this Province, from Time to Time, by the Keeper of the Seal for the Time
being, to the Sheriff of each respective County shall be transmitted,
and Commandment
to them in the said Writs shall be give, " The said Acts in their
" several and respective Counties, at their next County Court, to Publish
and
" Proclaim, firmly to be observed and kept, and lodged with the Clerk of
" each respective Court, for the Use thereof.
* The Laws at present are not Transcribed,
but Printed, and transmitted under the Great
Seal to the several Counties; for which the Printer has an Allowance, from
Time to Time, by
Temporary Laws.
II.
And be it further Enacted, by
the Authority aforesaid, That every several
and respective County, shall, from Time to Time, pay to the Chancellor
for the Time being, for such Transcript of the Laws, so much Tobacco as
by
the said General Assembly, in which the said Laws are made shall be assessed
and allowed.
III. Provided
always, That because there is
not Parchment now to be had
in the Province, for transcribing the Laws of this present Session, to
be sent
to the Counties, that, for this Session only, good Paper shall be accepted
to
transcribe the several Laws therein.
IV. And be it further Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid,
by and with the
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That
all the Acts of Assembly which shall be
enacted this present Session, and all the succeeding Session os Assembly,
shall
(within Ten Days after the End of each Session) be transmitted into the
Secretary's
Office, and the Secretary for the Time being, shall (upon Receipt of
the said Acts into his Office) cause the said Acts to be entered upon Record,
in
a very fair legible Hand, and in a good substantial Book, bound with Leather
or
Parchment Cover, with large Margins, and also Alphabet the said Book in
good Order, and affix the Seal of his Office thereto, And the Clerk
or Clerks,
that do Record the said Acts, shall make Oath before the Governor of this?
Province for the Time being, or before One of his Majesty's Council, or
Two
of the Justices of the Provincial Court, That " he or they have carefully
Examined
" the Record of the said acts by the Original Acts which have passed
" the Great Seal." All which shall be done within Six Months successively
after the End of each Session.
V. And
in case the Secretary shall not
pursue the Directions of this Act,
but shall make Default, he shall forfeit the Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds
of
Tobacco for every such neglect; the one Half thereof to his Majesty, his
Heirs
or Successors, for the Support of Government of this Province, and the
other Half to the Informer, or him or them that shall sue for the same,
to be
recovered in any Court of Record within this Province, by Bill, Plaint
or Information,
wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law to be allowed.
VI. And
be it Enacted, by the Authority
aforesaid, That the Clerk of the
Council in Assembly for the Time being, and the Clerk of the House of Delegates
for the Time being, shall transcribe the respective Journals, of the
Council in Assembly and of the said House, into two several fair Books,
and
in a good fair legible Character, within two Months after the End of
Session, and shall transmit the same, so transcribed, into the Secretary's
Office,
there to remain; and the Secretary is required by this Act to receive the
same
accordingly. And the Clerk or Clerks making Default, shall forfeit
Five
Hundred Pounds of Tobacco each for every Offence; the one Half to his Majesty,
his Heirs and Successors, for the Support of Government of this Province,
and the other Half to him or them that shall sue for the same, to be recovered
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