128 C. 2 2. Anno primo Ann^, Reginas. Stat. 2. A. D. 1702. our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and three, if any Clerk, Officer, Attorney, Solicitor, or other Perfon (to whom it (hall appertain, or who fiiall be imployed or intrufted to cnttr or file any Aftion, Plaint, Bail, Appearance, Admiffion, or other Matter or Thing, in refpeft whereof any Duty fliall bs Eayable by Virtue of the faid AiSts, or any of them) flial! negleil to enter, file, or record the fame, as by .aw the fame ought to be entred, filed, or recorded, within the Space of four Months after fuch Clerk, Officer, Attorney, Solicitor, or other Perfon, fliall have received any Money, for or in refpef): of the , Enti-y, Filing, or Recording any fuch Aftion, Plaint, Bail, Appearance, A.dmIffion, or other Matter or. Thing, or fhall have promifed or undertaken to enter, file, or record the fam.e, or fliall neglefl to enter, file, or record any fuch A6lion, Plaint, Bail, Appearance, or other Matter or Thing, before any fub- ei- enter any fub- fequent, further, or other Proceeding, Matter or Thing, in, upon, or^ relating to the lame, fn all be had, ftquent Proceed- entred, filed, or recorded, or if any Clerk, Officer, Attorney, Solicitor, or other Perfon or Perfons, fhall, J"|' ^'^." ,^ alter the faid five and twentieth Day of yj/^rc/j one thoufand feven hundred and three, tra ifaft , enter, a'iiiis^c. 19, record, or file any fuch further or other Proceeding, Matter, or Thing, fubfequent, and relating to §. 29.' ' fuch A(5lion, Plaint, Bail, or A.ppearance, before the fame fliall have been duly entred, filed, or re- corded, that then every fuch Clerk, Officer, Attorney, Solicitor, or other Perfon fo negleding or of- fending, fhall, for every fuch Offence or Neglect, forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds, with full Cofts of Such Record to Suit; and further. That no fuch Record or Entry, as aforefaid, fhall (in or upon any Suit or Profecu- be no Evidence i{q^ to be commenced or brought againft any fucli Clerk, Officer, Attorney, Solicitor, or other Perfon, of the ime. f^^. ^^^ Ofience againfl this Act) be of itfeif any concluding Evidence of the Time that the fame was Provifo. made, wt-itten, entred, or filed, or fuppofed to be, but in fuch Suit, or upon fuch Profecution, Proof fliall be admitted to be made of the Time that the fame was actually made, written, entred, or filed : Pro- vided, That nothing in this AA contained, fhall extend, or be confcrued to extend^ to oblige or compel any Clerk, Officer, or other Perfon, to enter or file any Appearance where any Judgment is entred by Confeffion ; any thing in this Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons, at any Time after the faid five and twentieth Day of Jkfjrch one thoufand feven hundi'ed and three, fhall write or in- grofs, or caufe to be written or ingroffed, either the whole or any part of any Writ, Mandate, Bond, Affidavit, or other Writing, Matter, or Thing whatfoever, in refpeft whereof any Duty is payable by Penalty on in-., the faid Afls, or any of them, on the whole or any part of any Piece of Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, grcfTingonany wlicreon there fhall have been before Written any Other Writ, Bond, Mandate, Affidavit, or other Mat- ^k""""' w' ^^'^ °'- '^^^'"S' '■"■ refpeft whereof any Duty was payable by the faid Ails, or any of them, before fuch &c^was before Vellum, Parchment, or Paper fhall have been again marked or flamped according to the faid A£is,or fhall written, &c. fraudulently erafe or fcrape out, or caufe to be erafed or fcraped out, the Name or Names of any Perfon or Perfons, or any Sum, Date, or other Thing written in fuch Writ, Mandate, Affidavit, Bond, or other fcra^'in/the' Writing, Matter, or Thing, as aforefaid, or fraudulently cut, tear, or get ofFany Mark or Stamp from fame' " any Piece of Vellum, Parchment or Paper, or any Part thereof, with Intent to ufe fuch Stamp or Mark or tearing off for any Other Writing, Matter, or Thing, in refpeft whereof any Duty fhall be payable by virtue of the any Mark, Sec, faij A£ls, or any of them, that then fo often, and in every fuch Cafe, every Perfon fo offending in any 'Enforced by ^f ,.i.jg Particulars before mentioned, fliall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of tw^enty Pounds, with r ,g°; ' ' ' full Cofts of Suit. " ' III. And it is further enacfed by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon who fliall (in or upon any What othcrPe- Suit or Information which fhall be commenced or brought upon or in purfuance of this APc) be convidled nail ies Offender of any the Neglefts or OfFences herein before mentioned, fhall likewife incur all other Forfeitures and fliall incur. Difabilities which fuch Offender fliould or would have incurred, if he had been convidled of writing con- trary to the faid Afcs, or any of them, the Entry of any Plaint or Aifion, or any Writ, Bond, or other; ' Writing, Matter, or Thing on Vellum, Parchment, or Paper, not marked or flamped according to the faid A6ls, nor having any Stamp or Mark thereon refembling any of the Marks or Stamps in the faid Acis-- or any of them mentioned. No Penalty, &c. IV. Provided always, and be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Officer fhall be for Things writ- fQtijcil: to any the Penalties, Forfeitures, Difabilities, or Incapacities in this or any of the faid former ten in a Booker ^Q.^ mentioned, for writing or csufing to be written any of the Matters or Things aforefaid, in any Book &c, ^^ .^^jj without any Marks or Stamps thereon, which fhall have been firft fhewn to and figned by the Commiffioners for the Time being, appointed to put the faid A^iSfs in Execution, or any three or more of them, or fome Officer or Officers by them, or the major Part of them, for that Purpofe au- thorized and impowered, to fignify his or their Leave of Approbation, that the Matters and Things to be written in fuch Book or Roll, may be therein written without any Marks or Stamps thereon, fo as the Perfon or perfons, having the Cuftody of fuch Book or Roll, do from Time to TimiC (when and as often as he or they fliall be thereto required) permit the faid Com.miffioners, or any of them, or any Officer or Agent by them, or the major Part of them, for that Purpofe appointed, to infpeif and view fuch Book or Roll, and do alfo (from Time to Time, when and as often as he or they fliall be thereto required by the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, or any other by them or the major Part of them authorifed)pay unto the Receiver General for the Time being of the faid Duties, or fuch other Officer or Perfon bs the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them., fliall appoint to receive the fame, all fuch Sum and Sums of Money which, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Acfs, or ' jiny of them, ought to be paid, in refpeft of all and every fuch Matters and Things as fliall be written ' in fuch Book or Roll ; any thing herein or in any of the faid former Ails contained to the contrary thereof fiotwithitanding. y. 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