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Post Meridiem
The House met according to Adjournment.
The House unanimously Agrees to the following Resolves; and
Ordered, that they be entered on the Journal as Resolves of this
House Viz.
Resolved That the levying and Collecting twelve Pence sterling
per Hogshead on Tobacco exported out of this Province, by the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, or his officers for his use,
ever since the year 1733, is not warranted by any Law of this
Province
Resolved, That the levying and Collecting fourteen Pence sterling
per Tun on shipping trading into this Province, and not properly
belonging thereto, is arbitrary and without Law to support it
Resolved That the taking of Judgment Bonds for Fees before they
become due and refusing peoples Business to be done in the offices
until such Bonds are given and also the taking such bonds in Penal-
ties within the Jurisdiction of the Provincial and County Courts,
where such Penalties, being only double of the Principal sums would
be recoverable before a single Magistrate, is oppressive and extorsive
Resolved that officers Fees can only be setled and ascertained by
Law, and that the setling or ascertaining of them by the Proprietary,
his Governor, or Council, by way of Proclamation or ordinance, is
contrary to the Royal Charter, against the Rights and privileges of
the Subject, and arbitrary and illegal.
Resolved, That the Buying and selling of the offices of County
Clerks is against Law, and tends greatly to the ruin and oppression
of the people of this Province
Resolved, That the Persons who hold the offices of Clerks or
Registers, or receive the Fees of those offices, practising as attorneys
in the Courts to which those offices belong is against Law, of the most
dangerous Consequence and introductive of many Evils and Incon-
veniences to the Suitors in such Courts
Resolved, That the Exacting Alienation Fines on Devises is Con-
trary to the Tenor and Condition of the Grants of Land in this
Province
Resolved, That the Vacating of the Pattents for Land of the
People of this Province by the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary,
or his Chancellor, for any Cause whatsoever, as attempted to be
practised here, is arbitrary, illegal, and an Invasion on the Rights
and Properties of his Majesty's free and liege Subjects inhabiting
here
Resolved, That the Naval officers of this Province obliging People
to pay their fees in Gold or Silver is directly contrary to An Act of
Assembly of this province.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 46
p. 596
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