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Inspectors may act as Notaries in receiving and making Protests ;
and take the Fees of Notaries thereon.
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‘LXIII. And Whereas the Persons concerned in the said Fisheries have frequent Occasions to make Protests during the Continuance of the said Fishing Season, and suffer great Inconvenience because there is no Notary Public residing on any Part of the said Coast ;’ Be it therefore enacted, That from and after passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful to and for the several Inspectors of the said Fisheries to receive and make Protests in the same manner as the same are now usually made or received by or before any Public Notaries within this Kingdom, and that such Protests so made and received, shall be good and valid, and of as high Authority as those now usually made before Public Notaries, and shall be of equal Credit, and in like manner received as Evidence in all Courts of Justice, and that each and every of the said Inspectors shall and may have and use a Seal of Office, whereby to authenticate such Protests as aforesaid, and shall also be entitled to have and receive for such Protest so made before or by him, such Fee as a Public Notary would be entitled to in that behalf, and no more; and also, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Inspectors to administer such Oaths as are or may be necessary to be made by the several Persons who shall make Protests before them.
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