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On execution against lands, where legal possession only delivered, officer's fee 1l. 6s. 8d.
where actual possession, 12d. per l.
so as fees on one execution exceed not 5l. and on hab. fac. 2l. 10s.
not to receive said fees till writ fully executed.
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IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seven, on executions by writs of elegit, extendi facias, capias utlagatum, liberate, and all other executions against lands, tenements, or hereditaments, where the same only shall be seized into the Queen's hands for the benefit of the subject, or legal possession only shall be delivered, that the sheriff or other officer aforesaid shall and may demand and take the sum of one pound six shillings and eight pence for executing the same, and no more or other fees of poundage, or otherwise: and that on executions by writ of elegit, liberate, and in all other cases where actual possession of lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall be delivered, the sheriff or other officer aforesaid shall and may demand and receive twelve pence in the pound, so as the said fees upon any one execution do not exceed the sum of five pounds; and in cases of habere facias possessionem the sum of two pounds ten shillings, and no more; which fees, and no more or other gratifications or reward, he shall and may receive, but shall not demand or receive the same, until the said writ or writs are duly and fully executed.
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