Page:1751 A collection of all the public acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina now in force and use.pdf/9




 * May it pleae Your Excellency,

OL. Moeley, the other Commiioner concerned with me, in the Collecting, Compiling, Reviing, and Printing the in Force in this Province, being dead, I alone bed Leave to Dedicate Them to Your Excellency, as their Patron and Protector; under whoe wie and prudent Adminitration, the greatet Part of the bet of them have been formed.

the known Benevolence of your Dipoition, I am atisfied, it mut give You great Pleaure, Sir, That this, o repeatedly recommended to the General Aembly of this Province, and o long and earnetly deir’d by You; hath been carried on by Your favourable influence, and finihed during Your Government.

’ the Subtance of each Law, and Claue of every Law, in Force, is trictly preerved; yet, I am enible, they fall greatly hort of that Correctness of Stile and Diction, which may be expected in a Work of this Nature; and, in thoe Points, will not tand an Examination, epecially of o dicerning a Judge as Your Excellency; But as You are well acquainted with the many Difficulties which attended us, in the performing of this Service for the Publick, I hope our defects will by You be favourably conidered.

I am Your Excellecy’s Mot Dutiful and Obedient Humble Servant,

Author:Samual Swann.