and sixty five, and all who hereafter shall be made Governors or Com-
manders in Chief of the said Colonies and Plantations, or any of them, before
their Entrance into their Government, shall take a solemn Oath to do their
utmost, that all and every the Clauses contained in the present Act be
punctually and bona fide observed, according to the true Intent and Meaning
thereof, so far as appertains unto the said Governors or Commanders in
Chief respectively under the like Penalties, Forfeitures, and Disabilities, ei-
ther for neglecting to take the said Oath, or for wittingly neglecting to do
their Duty accordingly as are mentioned and expressed in an Act made in
the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of King William, intituled, An
Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade;
and the said Oath hereby required to be taken, shall be administered by such
Person or Persons as hath or have been, or shall be, appointed to admi-
nister the Oath required to be taken by the said Act made in the Seventh
and Eighth Year of the Reign of King William the Third.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Records,
Writs, Pleadings,and other Proceedings in all Courts whatsoever, and
all Deeds, Instruments and Writings whatsoever, hereby charged, shall
be ingrossed and written in such Manner as they have been usually ac-
customed to be ingrossed and written, or are now ingrossed and written
within the said Colonies and Plantations.

And it is hereby further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall
be sued or prosecuted, either in Great Britain or America, for any thing
done in pursuance of this Act, such Person or Persons shall and may
plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evi-
dence; and if it shall appear so to have been done, the Jury shall find
for the Defendant or Defendants: And if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall
become nonsuited, or discontinue his or their Action after the Defendant
or Defendants shall have appeared, or if Judgment shall be given upon
any Verdict or Demurrer against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant
or Defendants shall recover Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for
the same, as Defendants have in other Cases by Law.