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Accountant general may take certain fees on copies of accounts.
No other fee to be taken in his office.
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56. It shall and may be lawful for the said accountant general by himself or his clerks to ask, demand, and receive for all copies of all accounts extracted from the books of the said accountant general, the sum of two-pence for every line on the debtor side of such account, and the like sum of two-pence for every line on the creditor side of such account, if the said account shall consist of forty lines, or any less number on each side of the said account; and if the said account shall consist of any greater number of lines than forty on each side of the said account, then the sum of one pound and no more; and it shall not be lawful for the said accountant general, or any clerk or other person in his office, to ask, demand, or receive any fee for any certificate of any balance of stock or cash on any account in the books of the said accountant general, nor for any other business, matter, or thing whatsoever in or relating to the office of the said accountant general; and if any clerk or other person, who shall hereafter belong to or be employed in the office of such accountant general, shall take any other fee or reward on account of any business, matter, or thing whatsoever in or relating to the office of accountant general, or do the duty of any clerk therein, every such person shall be deemed guilty of extortion, and shall and may be prosecuted for the same by indictment or information, or upon complaint thereof made to the said Court of Chancery shall be punished for the same as for a contempt of the said court, and shall forfeit the sum of fifty pounds.
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