A. p. 1694. Anno quinto Gultelmi & Mari^. C. 21. *57i ■ Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Papef, upon which any Entry of any Aftion in the Mayors and Sheriffs Courts of London^ and in Courts in all Corporations, and other Courts vi hatfoevcr, out of which no Writs, Procefs, or Mandates ifTue, holding Plea, where the Debt or Damage doth amount to forty Shil- lings or above, fhall be ingrofled or written, the Sum of fix Pence. For every Piece of Vellum, Parch- ment, or Paper, upon which any common Bail to be filed in any Court wli;.t(bever, and upon which any Appearance that Ihall be made upon fuch Bail, {hall be ingrofled or written, the Sum of fix Pence : Which Appearance or common Bail the Defendant (hall caufe to be entred or filed within eight Days after the Return of the Procefs on which the Defendant was arrefled, upon Penalty of five Pounds to be paid to the Plaintiff, for which the Court fhall immediately award Judgment, whereupon the Plaintiff" may take out Execution. P'or every Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, upon which any F.ulc or Order made or given in any of the Courts at JVeJirnlnfler, either Courts of Law or Equity, fliall be ingrofied or written, the Sum of fix Pence. For every Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, upon which any Copy of fuch Rules or Orders entred, or the Copies of any other Records or Proceedings in any of the faid Courts at Weftminfter, not hereby otherwife charged, fhall be ingrofled or written, the Sum of fix Pence. For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet of Paper, upon which fhall be ingrofled or written any Citation or Monition made in any ecclefiaftical Court, or any Libel or Allegation, Depofition, Anfwer, Sentences or final Decree, or any Inventory exhibited in any ecclefiaftical Court, the Courts of Admiralty, or Cinque Ports, or whereupon any Copies of them refpedfively fhall be ingroflTed or v/ritten, the Sum of fix Pence. For every Skin or Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Sheet of Paper, upon v/hich any Charter-party, Policy of Afiurance, Paflport, Bond, Releafe, Contrad, or other obligatory Infl:ru- . ment, or any-Proteff, Procuration, Letter of Attorney, or any other Notarial Aft whatfoever fliall be in- frofTed or written, the Sum of fix Pence. For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet of aper, upon which any Declaration, Plea, Replication, Rejoinder, Demurrer, or other Pleadings v/hat^ e ThefeDutie* foever, in any Court of Law, fhall be ingrofled or written, the Sum of one Penny. And for every Skin are continued or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, upon which any Copy thereof fhall be written or engrofled, the Sum ^"! 5 '^n"- <^- i?-- of one Penny. For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet of Paper, upon which any ""fu™ b^'^^Geo Depofitions taken in the Court of Chancery, or other Court of Equity (except the Paper Draughts of De- i^ ".""i^fana '^° pofitions taken by virtue of any Commiflion before they are ingrofled) which are not herein before char- Part of tlie Ag- ged, or upon which any Copy of any Bill, Anfwer, Plea, Demurrer, Replication, Rejoinder, Intcrroga- grtgate Fund.' tories, Depofitions, or other Proceedings whatfaever, in any Court of Equity, fhall be engroflx;d or writ- ten, the Sum of one Penny. For every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or Sheet of Paper, upon. 'Which a Copy of any Will fhall be ingrofled or written, the Sum of one Penny. ■ IV. And for preventing Abufes committed by arrefl:ing Perfons without any Writ or legal Procefs to d"- 1" ""rt . juflify the fame, by means whereof the Duty hereby given to the Crown upon fuch Procei's will be loft: j i"'""^™!' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid eight and twentieth Day of j^awi?, 3„,'i'y"„^'^3^i every Officer or Clerk belonging to the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, who fliall fign enter it upon any Writ or Procefs before Judgment to arrefl: any Perfon or Perfons thereupon, ihall at the figning fhe R mcm- faid ; to be recovered by any Perfon who fhall fue for the fame, in any of their Majefties Courts of Record, the Wanants, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Wager of Law, Proteftion or Effoin, or^y 6 Gto. i.^ more than one Imparlance, fhall be allowed, p -'• ^- 54-' V. Provided always. That this Aft, or any TJiing therein contained, fhall not extend to charge any g^jfj Jf ^j. Bi'ls of Exchange, Accounts, Bills of Parcels, Bills of Fees, or any Bills or Notes (not feakd) for Pay- change &c. ment of Rioney at, Sight, or upon Demand, or at the P_^nd of certain Days of Payment. ' faied" VI. Provided, That nothing in this Acf contained fhall extend to charge the Probate of any Will, or Probate of. Letters of Adminifi:ration, of any common Seaman or Soldier, who fhall be flain or die in their Majefties w.li^ &-c. of Service, a Certificate being produced from the Captain of the Ship or Vefiel, or Cap;ain of the Troop or ^'^'" ^^^ Company,, under whom fuch Seaman or Soldier ferved at the Time of his Death, and O.tth made of the '"'"'"' '"'° ' Truth thereof, before the proper Judge or Officer by whom fuch Probate or Adminiftration ought to be ■granted ; which Oath fuch Judge or Officer is hereby authorized and required to adminifler, and for v.hich no Fee or Reward fhall be taken. VII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better and more effeiftua! le'y-Kins mavap- ,ing, collecting, and paying unto their Majefties, their Heirs and Succeflx)rs, the feveral and refpeCtive Du- point Conmai!- ties hereby granted, it fliall and may be lawful for their Majefties, their Heirs and SucceflTors, under the '"""'='=• Great Seal oi England, from Time to Time, to nominate and appoint fuch Perfons as they fhall think fit, to be Commiffioners or Oificers for the feveral Purpofes herein after mentioned ; and that the Commiiiion- Pl^ce of the ers, fo to be appointed, fhall keep their Head-office in fome convenient Place within the Cities of Londrn O*-'^'-'- . or Wejlminfler ; and the faid Commiflioners, or the major Part of them, are hereby impowered, under ^""aMl'^'a " their Hands and Seals, to appoint fuch other inferior Officers, for the marking or ftamping of Vellum, officers. '" Tarchment, and Paper, or for the better colle£i:ing and leying the Duties hereiiy granted to their Maje^ ' flies, as they in their Difcretions fhall think fit ; and the faid Commiffioners fhall, by the Space of thirty Days before the faid eight and tv/entieth Day of yiine which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand ..fix hundred ninety-four, provide fix feveral Marks or Stamps, differing from each other, for thefeveral
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