to any person residing beyond seas, must
be transmitted under the regulations of the act
of assembly in 1729, ch. 20; by which all foreign
debts by bonds, bills or accounts against
persons residing within this province, must be
proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto, or
any of them, before some magistrate, in the
presence of a notary publick, who shall attest
that such oath was taken, and that the person
before whom it was taken was a magistrate of
that place, together, with the creditor's deposition
before such magistrate, or publick officer,
" That the said debt, or any part thereof (except the
    " credits given) is not satisfied, or that there are
    " not any other accounts between the said creditor
    " and debtor, for which the said creditor may be
    " likewise indebted to the said debtor, to the value
    " of the said debt, or any part thereof, for
    " any matter or thing accrued since the date of
    " the said bond, bill or instrument; or whether
    " the said creditor hath not given the said debtor 
    " any release for the same."
 

how to be
proved.