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A.D. 1721] appointed by the King's Majesty; and that the said Sheriffs shall yearly account before such the King's Auditor or Auditors as shall be assigned and appointed by the King's Majesty for the Dominion of ; Be it therefore enacted, that the said Sheriffs of shall not be compelled to appear to be apposed in his Majesty's Court of Exchequer but shall account before his Majesty's said Auditor or Auditors for the Principality of  and not elsewhere; any Law Statute Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding, and that the Quietus of the said Sheriffs under the Auditor's Hand or his Deputy shall be a sufficient Discharge for the said Sheriffs in that behalf.

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6. And whereas the Provision made by 29 2, c. 3, intituled An Act for Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries was made for setting down the day of the Month and Year of signing Judgments in his Majesty's Courts at Westminster, hath proved very beneficial to purchasers, but hath not yet been extended to the Courts of the Principality of, or of the Counties Palatine: Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That from and after the 24th day of June 1722, any Judge or Officer of any of the Courts of Great Session in the Principality of, or Courts of Session in the Counties Palatine of Chester, Lancaster and Durham, that shall sign any Judgments, shall at the signing of the same, without Fee for doing the same, set down the Day of the Month and Year of his so doing, upon the Paper Book, Docket or Record which he shall sign, which Day of the Month and Year shall be also entered upon the Margent of the Roll of the Record where the said Judgment shall be entered, and that such Judgments, as against Purchasers bona fide for Valuable Consideration of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, to be charged thereby, shall in consideration of Law be Judgments only from such times as they shall be so signed, and shall not relate to the first Day of the Session whereof they are entered, or the Day of the Return of the Original or Filing the Bill; any Law, Usage or Course of any Court to the contrary notwithstanding.