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  XXII.

An Act concerning Appeals, and Writs of Error.

E it Enacted, by his Excellency the Palatine, and the rest of the true and absolute Lords Proprietors of Carolina, by and with the Advice and Consent of this present General Assembly, now met at Little River, for the North East Part of the said Province, and by the Authority of the same, it is hereby Enacted, That in Case any Suit or Matter should arise in the Court of Chancery, where the Governor or Commander in Chief of this Government for the Time being, may be a Party, or interested therein, it shall and may be lawful for any Four of the Members of the Court to fit and act therein, as tho' the said Governor or Commander were present, and not any ways interested, or a Party therein.

X. AND he it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the Ratification of this Act, every Member of the Council, or Lords Proprietors Deputy, shall, upon his entering into that Office, and before he presumes to give his Opinion or Determination in any Cause that shall come before him, take an Oath, That he will do Right to all Manner of Persons, according to the bell of his Judgment and Understanding of the Laws and Usages of the Kingdom of Great-Britain, under the Penalty and Forfeiture of One Hundred Pounds for every Month he shall neglect or refuse to take the same, One Half to the Lords Proprietors, the other to him or them that shall sue for the same: To be recovered, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any Court of Record within the Government; wherein no Essoin, Injunction, Protection, or Wager of Law shall be allowed or admitted of.

  XXIII.

An Act, to prevent the Inhabitants of Bath County bringing Actions in the General Court against one another, for less than Ten Pounds.

  XXIV.

An Act for the Tryal of small and mean Causes.

  XXV.

An Act for the better Regulation of the Militia of this Government.

  XXVI.

The Form of a Patent. CHAP.