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Clerks of the peace, &c. to make affidavit.
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11. Every clerk of the peace, and deputy clerk of the peace, at the first sessions at which they shall respectively attend after their respective appointments, and at the commencement of such sessions, shall and they are hereby respectively required to make and sign an affidavit in writing, to be attested by the assistant barrister of such respective county, and to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the peace amongst the records of the court of such county, in the form following; (that is to say,)
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‘I, A.B., clerk of the peace [or deputy], do swear that I have ‘not already, directly or indirectly, taken, and will not, directly (or indirectly, take, so long as I shall continue to hold the office ‘of clerk of the peace [or deputy], any greater or other fee, or ‘sum or sums of money, or other thing, for or on account of any ‘matter or thing done or to be done in any cause to be heard ‘and determined before the assistant barrister of this county ‘[or riding of the county of ] by civil bill, than is or ‘shall be allowed by law.’
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