For diet of white persons in prison per diem, allowing one pound of bread and one pound of A. D. 1736. flesh, all wholesome provision, one shilling and three pence.

For the copy of a commitment, one shilling.

For waiting on a person on a habeas corpus, each day, five shillings.

For each person presented and prosecuted, two shillings.

For each person acquitted by proclamation, one shilling

THE PROVOST MARSHAL HIS FEES.

For serving an order of Council on shore in criminal matters and not otherwise, five shillings.

For the commitment of any person, two shillings.

For going by water each mile, but nothing for returning, three pence.

THE REGISTER OF BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES-HIS FEES.

For registering any birth or marriage, one shilling and three pence.

For searching the registry, one shilling and three pence.

For every copy of the register and certificate, two shillings and six pence.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE-HIS FEES AT THE SESSIONS.

For every recognizance taken before him, five shillings.

For every indictment found billa vera, four shillings.

For every writ, two shillings and six pence.

For every order of Court, two shillings.

For every warrant under the Judge's hand, four shillings.

For taxing a bill of costs, two shillings and six pence.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HIS FEES.

For his report to the Governour in each private case referred to him by the Governour and Council, ten shillings.

For drawing every capias against persons indicted and not bound over, or against persons presented by the Grand Jury or Constables, five shillings.

For every recognizance, five shillings.

For a retaining fee against a person indicted where the bill is found, one pound.

For drawing every indictment found by the Grand Jury, ten shillings.

For his brief, ten shillings.

For every person acquitted by proclamation, two shillings and six pence.

For entering a Noli Prosequi, one pound.

For attending at the Judges Chambers, to take the affidavit of any person, five shillings.

For drawing every affidavit, each copy sheet, seven pence half ponny.

For arguing a demurrer, exceptions, or any motion or arrest of judgement, each day, one pound.

For an affidavit to a petition for land, two shillings and six pence.

For every fiat for grants for lands, (Township lands for new comers excepted) on keeping a record thereof, ten shillings.

THE CLERK OF THE CROWN AND CLERK OF THE PEACE-HIS FEES.

For reading a petition or other writing, seven pence half-penny.

For entering an order, and a copy of an order, by the copy sheet each, seven pence halfpenny.

For a bond, two shillings.

For a committment, one shilling.

For fyling a petition or any other paper, six pence.

For drawing any warrant, two shillings and six pence.

For an order to keep a bastard child, two shillings and six pence.

For a writ of restitution, two shillings.

For every man arraigned, four shillings.

For every indictment, one shilling.

For a traverse or release, or any one acquitted by proclamation, two shillings.

For writing a recognizance, by the copy sheet, seven pence half penny.

For every subpoena, one shilling.

For the copy of an indictment, seven pence half-penny.

For writing the presentment of a Constable, seven pence half-penny.

For every cause entered in the kalendar, one shilling,

A. D. 1736.

For recording the proceedings of a cause, each copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

For every certificate of a Coroner having returned an inquisition into Court, nine pence.
For swearing every evidence, seven pence half-penny.

In County Court causes, the Clerks to have the same fees as above. In causes relating to
Executors, Administrators or Orphans Courts, the same as the Register in Chancery.

THE SURVEYOR GENERAL's Fees are already regulated by a law for that purpose.

THE CLERK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND-HIS FEES.

For the use of the Pall, two shillings and six pence.

For attendance at funerals, two shillings.

For the ground of each grave, three shillings.

For attendance at every marriage, two shillings and six pence.

THE SEXTON-HIS FEES.

For digging the grave, three shillings.

For ringing the bell, two shillings and six pence.

THE JUDGE'S FEES IN THE COURT OF ORPHANS IN THE COUNTY COURTS.

For the sealing every subpoena and other process, two shillings.

For a writ of injunction to stay waste, eight shillings.

For hearing every cause, eight shillings.

For signing and sealing every decree, eight shillings.

For the admission of an infant to appear by guardian, two shillings and six pence.

For every order on motion or petition, two shillings and six pence.

For hearing every other cause on administration, contested or otherwise, eight shillings.

For signing and sealing every exemplification, eight shillings.

THE COLLECTOR OF THE KING'S CUSTOMS-HIS FEES.

For entering inwards and clearing outwards every vessel of sixty tuns and upwards, with general permits to load and unload, six shillings.

For ditto under sixty tuns and above twenty, four shillings.

For ditto of every vessel bound inward to and outward from this Province of twenty tuns

and under, with permit to load and unload, two shillings and six pence.

For every new register of a vessel of sixty tuns and upwards, eight shillings.

For ditto of a vessel under sixty tuns, four shillings.

For granting every certificate of Naval stores, or for a certificate for cancelling a bond or cocket for shipping of goods, two shillings.

For every bill of stores, two shillings and six pence.

For endorsing the register of every vessel, two shillings.

For registering the names and descriptions of the men, two shillings and six pence.

THE NAVAL OFFICER-HIS FEES.

For entering and clearing outwards every vessel of sixty tuns and upwards, six shillings.
For ditto under sixty tuns and more than twenty tuns, four shillings.

For ditto of twenty tuns and under, two shillings and six pence.

For every bond for enumerated commoditys, two shillings.

For granting every certificate or cocket, two shillings.

For granting a certificate to cancel a bond given for enumerated commoditys, two shillings and six pence.

THE FEES OF THE SURVEYOR AND COMPTROLLER OF THE KING'S
CUSTOMS.

For entering and clearing of every vessel, four shillings.

For sight of every certificate and examining the same, one shilling.

THE SEARCHER-HIS FEES.

For clearing every vessel, four shillings.

For every endorsement on a cocket, one shilling.

THE REGISTER OF THE COURT OF ADMIRALTY FOR THE TRYAL OF

For the motion, one shilling.

PYRATES.

For every warrant for apprehending, two shillings and six pence.

For his examination in writing, by the copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.
To examining informers, each copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

To an order thereon, seven pence half-penny.

To committments or mittimuss, one shilling.

To attendance at Court, each day, two shillings and six pence.

To every oath in Court, seven pence half-penny.

To summonses for witnesses, each, one shilling.

To every recognizance, two shillings and six pence.

To reading the commission of pyracy, one shilling.

To reading articles of accusation, one shilling.

To interrogatorys and answers for the King, each copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.
To ditto for the party, seven pence half-penny.

To entering the prisoner's defence, what he hath to say, by the copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

To entering the votes of the judge, one shilling.

To drawing the sentence, seven pence half-penny.

To warrant of execution, two shillings and six pence.

THE MARSHAL OF THE ADMIRALTY'S FEES ON THE TRYAL OF PYRATES.
For each day's attendance, five shillings.

For the execution of each criminal, one pound.

For committment, two shillings and six pence.

For releasement, five shillings.

For diet per diem, one shilling and three pence.

THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL-HIS FEES.

To drawing a petition, if drawn by the Clerk and read in Council, two shillings and six pence.

Reading a petition, two shillings and six pence.

Copy of any other paper, by the copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

Copy of orders on petition, two shillings.

To a citation or summons, each, one shilling.

For recording any paper, by the copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

For every oath in Council, one shilling.

For the rough draught of all instruments, by the copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

For attending, entering minutes, and all other services not particularly mentioned, on hearing
of Caveats, entering the determination on each, and copy to the party, ten shillings.
For every motion and order thereon, where there is no determination, two shillings.
For fyling and counter-signing and entering all grants signed in Council, one shilling.
THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL IN ASSEMBLY-HIS FEES.
To writing a petition if drawn by the Clerk of the Council, two shillings and six pence.
To reading a petition, two shillings and six pence.

To an order thereon, one shilling.

To reading a private bill, each time, two shillings and six pence.

To passing a private bill, five shillings.

To copying the same, by the copy sheet, seven pence half-penny.

To a warrant of contempt, ten shillings.

To a releasement therefrom, five shillings.

To every order on the Treasurer for money, one shilling.

THE MESSENGER OF THE COUNCIL-HIS FEES.

For every private petition, one shilling and six pence.

For attending on the hearing of all Caveats, two shillings and six-pence.

THE COMMANDER OF JOHNSON'S FORT-HIS FEES.

For every ship passing and repassing the said fort, four shillings.
For every brigantine, bellinder or snow, three shillings.

For every sloop or schooner, two shillings.

THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-THEIR FEES.

For taking a deposition, one shilling.

A. D. 1736.

A. D. 1736.

Warrant, one shilling.

Recognizance, one shilling and six pence.

Committment of a white person, one shilling.

Liberate for a white person, one shilling.

Probate of any writing, one shilling.

Hearing a cause and giving judgen.ent, one shilling.

Execution, one shilling.

Swearing appraisers and certifying the same, for the whole, one shilling.

THE CONSTABLES-THEIR FEES.

Serving a warrant or summons in Charlestown, six pence.

Ditto out of Charlestown, one shilling.

Execution, one shilling.

Poundage, per pound, two pence.

Mileage, from the constable's house to that of the defendant, per mile, three pence.

THE PUBLICK NOTARY-HIS FEES.

For every protest, sixteen shillings.

For duplicate of a protest, eight shillings.

For taking affidavits, two shillings and six pence.

For attending any person to prove any matter or thing as Notary Public, four shillings.
THE COUNTRY COMPTROLLER-HIS FEES.

For every manifest, one shilling.

For every entry on goods imported, one shilling.

On every entry for Georgia duty, one shilling.

On every entry on the fund for building fortifications, one shilling.

On every entry of skins exported, one shilling.

On every entry of leather exported, one shilling.

For every drawback, upwards than twenty pounds, two shillings.
For all under twenty pounds, one shilling.

THE PUBLICK TREASURER-HIS FEES.

For every entry of goods inwards, six pence.

For every entry of goods for the use of fortifications, six pence.

For every entry of Rum for the use of Georgia, six pence.

For every entry of Negroes, two shillings.

For every entry of deer skins outwards, one shilling.

For every entry of soal leather outwards, one shilling.

For any drawback, one shilling.

For every clearance of vessels and manifest, two shillings.
For every bond and lycense for retailing liquors, four shillings.

THE POWDER RECEIVER-HIS FEES.

For every vessel clearing outwards, one shilling aud six pence. For every hundred pounds weight of Powder lodged in the Magazine by any person whatsoever, either from his Majesty's ships or any merchant's ships, one shilling.

III. And to prevent vexatious and frivolous arrests in the Court of viceAdmiralty within this Province, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no warrant or process shall be issued against any Captain or Commander of any ship or vessel, for any sum or sums, due or pretended to be due to any mariner or mariners for wages, until an affidavit or affidavits shall be made and fyled with the proper officer or officers of the said Court, by the mariner or mariners applying for such warrant or warrants, that there is due to him or them respectively, the sum of twenty shillings sterling money; and for all sums under twenty shillings sterling, the causes shall be heard and determined by justices of the peace, in the same manner as other small debts are by the Act for the tryal of small and mean causes; any law, usage or custom, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any custom-house officer or other publick officer who hath any fee or fees annexed to his office by virtue of this Act, shall wilfully delay or defer entering or clearing any ship or vessel, or dispatching any merchant, master or commander in his course, or illegally delay or defer the business of his or their respective office or offices, such officer or officers so offending, shall be lyable to pay to the party injured, the sum of twenty pounds current money, and double damages, to be recovered by warrant, from any two justices of the peace, on the oath of two or more credible

witnesses.

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all publick officers, whether- of his Majesty's customs or otherwise, shall be obliged by themselves or sufficient deputys, to attend at their respective offices, from nine to twelve in the morning throughout the year, Sundays and holidays excepted, and from two to four in the afternoon, excepting as aforesaid, to do the business of their respective offices, from the first day of November to the last day of May.

VI. And whereas, the foregoing fees are computed in proclamation money, which is not at present the current money of this Province, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the foregoing respective fees shall be paid in the current bills of this Province, at four hundred per cent. advance, that is to say, for every shilling proclamation money, five shillings of the present currency, and so in proportion for any greater or less sum, and shall and may be taken by the respective officers before mentioned, and no more, until the General Assembly shall think fit to alter the same by an Ordinance, upon the rise or fall of the exchange.

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act, and every clause, matter and thing herein contained, do remain and continue in force for three years, and from thence to the end of the next session of the General Assembly, and no longer.

PAUL JENYS, Speaker.

In the Council Chamber, the 29th of May, 1736.

Assented to: THOS. BROUGHTON.

AN ACT FOR STAMPING, EMITTING AND MAKING CURRENT THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND POUNDS IN PAPER BILLS Of Credit, and
FOR ASCERTAINING AND PRESERVING THE FUTURE VALUE THEREOF, TO
BE LET OUT AT INTEREST, ON GOOD SECURITIES, AT EIGHT POUNDS PER
CENTUM PER ANNUM, AND FOR APPLYING THE SAID INTEREST TO THE
PURPOSES HEREINAFTER MENTIONED; AND FOR EXCHANGING THE PAPER
BILLS OF CREDIT IN THIS PROVINCE, AND MAKING THEM LESS SUBJECT
TO BE COUNTERFEITED; AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE THE IMPORTATION OF
SILVER AND GOLD COIN INTO THIS PROVINCE.

FORASMUCH as it is absolutely necessary that in all countries and places wherein is carried on any considerable trade and commerce, there should be a sufficient currency or medium of trade therein, for the better negotiating thereof; and whereas, through the great want of other currency, it has been found necessary for thirty years past to stamp and emit

No. 597.

Preamble.