LAWS, M••de and Past by the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations, Held at Newport, the Second Day of May, 1705.
An Act for securing of Costs to the Inhabitants and Residents of and in this Colony, that shall be Arrested by any Person that are not Inhabitants and Freeholders in the same.
BE it Enacted by the General Assembly, and by the Authority of the same, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, that is not an Inhabitant and Freeholder in this Colony, shall have out of the Recorder's Office, any Writ of Arrest, or Summons,* 1.1 against any Person or Persons Inhabiting or Residing in the same, without first giving in Bond into the Recorder's Office, of Twenty Pounds, with Security to Refund all Costs that shall Accrue thereon, upon non Prosecution of such Suit, or if such Action shall be Non-Suit, or cast upon Tryal: Any Law or Custom to the Contrary hereof notwithstanding.
An Act Establishing a Notary Publick, within this Colony.
BE it Enacted by the General Assem••ly, and by the Authority of the same,* 1.2 That the General Recorder of the Colony for the Time being, shall be Notary Publick of this Colony; and he is hereby fully Imp••wered and Authorized, to Act, Transact, do and Finish, all and whatsoever Matters, Causes or Things, Relating to Drawing of Protests, or Protesting Bills, &c. as are