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Schedule of Fees and Costs.
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CCXLIII. The several Fees mentioned and set forth in the Schedule E. to this Act annexed shall be the Fees chargeable against any Party, Plaintiff or Defendant, in respect of the specified Items of Proceedings to which the same shall be applicable until the same shall be altered or amended by any General Rule of the Judges under the Powers herein-before given; and the said Judges are hereby required, by a General Order, to settle a Schedule of Fees to be allowed in Taxation of Costs of Proceedings under this Act, having regard to the said Schedule E. to this Act annexed: Provided always, that in case the Plaintiff in any Action of Contract (except for Breach of Promise of Marriage) shall recover, exclusive of Costs, less than Twenty Pounds, or in any Action for any Wrong or Injury disconnected with Contract (except Replevin, or for Slander, Libel, malicious Prosecution, Seduction, or criminal Conversation,) a Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, the Plaintiff in any such Action shall be entitled to no more than One Half of the ordinary Costs, unless the Action has been brought for the Purpose of trying a Right to Property more extensive than the Sum sued for.
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