Power of go vernor. Keeper. or which shall at any time hereafter be, belonging to his majesty, his heirs or successors, in this colony, may be lodged and kept. For the building and finishing which magazine, there shall be laid out and expended any sum or sums of money, not exceeding two hundred pounds; to be levied and paid out of the monies arising by the duty on liquors & slaves, after the monies already appropriated and ordered to be paid out of the said duty, are fully satisfied and paid: And the honourable the lieutenant-governor is hereby impowered and desired to order and direct the building the said magazine, and to issue his warrant, from time to time, on the treasurer of this dominion, for the paiment of the money hereby given. III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That so soon as the said magazine shall be fit to receive therein the arms and ammunition, it shall and may be lawful for the lieutenant-governor, or the governor or commander in chief of this dominion, for the time being, to constitute and appoint a person to look after and take charge of the magazine, and the animunition which shall be lodged therein; which person so appointed, shall be called the keeper of the magazine, who shall have and receive the yearly salary of twenty His salary. pounds: And also to constitute and appoint one other person to take care of, keep clean, and mend the arms which shall be kept in the said magazine; which person shall be called the armourer, who shall have and How paid. receive the yearly salary of twenty pounds. Which said salaries of twenty pounds hereby given to the keeper of the magazine, and to the armourer, shall be paid & satisfied yearly, out of the monies arising by the said duty on liquors and slaves, after the monies already appropriated and ordered to be paid out of the said duty, shall be fully satisfied and paid. IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore Duties, payable by Vir said, That when, and so soon as there shall be a comginia Indian pany erected and incorporated by charter, or act of Company. assembly, by the name of the Virginia Indian Company, or by any other name, to trade with the Indians tributary to this government, or foreign; such company shall, before they be permitted to use or exercise their said trade, pay to the treasurer of this dominion, the sum of one hundred pounds, in part of such money as shall have been laid out and expended, by the directions of this act, for building and finishing the said magazine. CHAP. IV. An Act for altering the day for Princess-Anne County CHAP. V. [From edit. An Act for continuing an Act, intituled, An act for pre- 1733, p. 301.] vention of abuses in Tobacco shipped on freight. W 1.THEREAS an act of assembly, made at a grand Preamble. assembly, begun at the capitol, the twentyfifth day of October, in the ninth year of the reign of our late sovereign lady Anne, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, Queen, and in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ten, intituled, An act for prevention of abuses in tobacco shipped on freight, hath been by experience found very useful and necessary: And whereas the said act is to continue in force till the end of this present session of assembly, and no longer. II. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Act of 9 Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Anne, eh. 8. made perpesaid act, with all clauses, powers, matters, and things tual. therein contained, shall be and continue in force, and is hereby made perpetual. Signed by ALEX: SPOTSWOOD, Esq. Governor. H-Vol. 4. Alex. Spots. wood, esq. Governor. AT A General Assembly, BEGUN AT The Capitol, on the third day of August, in the second year of the reign of our sovereign lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. Annoq; Demini, 1715. CHAP. I. An act for the encouragement of such persons as have gone and shall go voluntarily into the service of SouthCarolina. CHAP. II. An Act for raising a Public Levy. CHAP. III. An act requiring the Vestry of the Parish of Henrico, te build a Chapel in the said Parish. Signed by ALEX: SPOTSWOOD, Esq. Governor. AT A General Assembly, BEGUN AT The Capitol, the twenty-third day of April, in the fourth year of the reign of our sovereign lord George, King of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, Annoq; Domini, 1718. Alex. Spots wood, es. governor. CHAP. I. An act for settling the Fees of the Secretary's, County, [From BevCourt Clerks, Sherifs, Coroners, and Constables; and erley's abr. for ascertaining the Fees of Attornies to be allowed in p. 138. a bill of Costs.* ATTORNEY'S fee in the General Court, 50s. or Atornies 500 pounds of Tobacco. Attorney's fee in the county court, 15s. or 150 pounds of tobacco. fees. When taxed Where the plaintiff recovers judgment, if the court finds that the defendant did unjustly and vexatiously de- in a bill of lay the plaintiff, may allow him one attorney's fee in costs. the bill of costs, if he imploy'd any in his suit. Where a verdict shall pass against the plaintiff, or he be nonsuited, the court, before whom the same shall be tried; if the action appear to them litigious and unjust, may allow the defendant in his bill of costs one attorney's fee, and no more, in case he employs any, in both which cases it shall be paid in money or tobacco, at the election of the party charged. Officers fees are settled according to the insueing What fees table, and may be distrained by the sheriffs, or depu. distrainable. ties, within three years, and no action to lie if distress is to be had. A copy of the secretaries fees shall be set up in a pub- Table of fees lick place in the secretaries office, and there constantly to be set up. *This act having expired, was omitted in the revisals of 1733 and 1752; it is here inserted from Beverley's Abridgement, page 138, and is, in fact, a mere abridgement. Penalties. fees. kept by the secretary, or his deputy; on penalty of 1,000 pounds of tobacco to the informer, for every day it shall be missing by neglect, A copy of all the other fees shall be set up in the county court rooms, and the clerks office of the county, and there constantly kept by the respective clerk, on penalty of 1,000 pounds of tobacco to the informer, for every day they or any of them shall be missing by neglect. The penalties recovered with costs by action of debt, bill, bond, plaint, or information, &c. Provided prosecution be within six months of the omission, and not after. A table of Secretary's fees for the several particular articles herein after expressed, chargeable on the persons obtaining the same. lbs, tob. Seoretary's For making out and recording a single patent for For a probate of a will, and all fees incident there- 80 120 30 45 250 For such probate, and all fees incident thereto, if 400 If there happen to be no appraisement, then the 350 For administrations, the like fees in each case as for the probates. lbs. tob. 350 For an administration, with the will annexed of 100 For a copy of a will, and certificate of the proof. 40 of administration. 40 |