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Prescribing the Evidence to be received in Court, of Persons being Commissioners or Officers.
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CCX. And be it further enacted, That if upon the Trial of any Indictment, Information, Action, Suit, or Prosecution whatsoever, or in any Proceedings relative thereto, under and by virtue of this and the said recited Act, any Question shall arise whether any Person be a Commissioner or Officer of or for the said Duties, or commissioned or appointed to act as such, then and in every such Case, Proof may be made and admitted, that such Person was reputed to be or had acted as such Commissioner or Officer, or acted under such Commission or Appointment at the Time and Times respectively, when the Matter or Matters in controversy upon such Trial or Trials, or other Proceedings, shall happen to have been done or committed, or omitted to have been done or performed, without producing or proving the particular Commission, Appointment, Nomination, or other Authority, whereby such Commissioner or Officer was constituted and Authority, whereby such Commissioner or Officer was constituted and appointed; and that in every such Case such Proof shall be deemed and taken by all Judges, Justices, or Commissioners, before whom any such Trial or Proceedings shall be had, to be good and legal Evidence, unless by other Evidence the contrary shall be made to appear; any Law or Usage to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
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