Section VII Fee to Ecclesiastical Court, &c. for Letters of Administration of Seaman dying in the Navy.

Taking greater Fee,; Penalty.

Provided also and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no ecclesiastical Court or any Person or Persons whatsoever under any pretence do take or receive any more than the Sum of One shilling for the Seal writing or suing forth any Letters of Administration granted or hereafter to be granted to the Wife or Children of any Seaman whatsoever dying in the Pay of his Majesties Navy unless the Goods and Chattels of that Seaman do amount to the Sum of Twenty pounds and if any Officer or Officers shall presume to take any more than the Sum of One shilling the Person or Persons so offending shall forfeit to the Party grieved the Sum of Ten pounds to be recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of his Majesties Courts of Record or elsewhere.