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The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by David Dickinson Mann
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_Cur Dogs_.--Such as are dangerous to stock, or apt to
fly at horses, to be destroyed; and if damage be sustained, the
owner of the dog to forfeit treble.

_Debts_.--Wheat and live stock, at government prices, to
be considered a legal tender.

_Debts of deceased Persons_.--Priority of claims for:
1st, medical attendance; 2d, debts and duties to the king; 3d,
judgments; 4th, recognizances; 5th, rents; 6th, obligations,
bills final and protested; 7th, single bills; 8th, wages; 9th,
book debts, etc.

_Deeds, Bonds, etc._--to be executed by the judge
advocate, as notary public: individuals prohibited the exercise
of any part of such office, under the penalty of removal.

_Detainers_.--All applications respecting detainers
against persons leaving the colony, to be made at the secretary's
office in writing, and to be lodged within ten days after notice
of departure; otherwise not cognizable, unless the party about to
depart remains twenty days after the notice has elapsed.

_Extortion_--to be punished as circumstances may
require.

_Fees_.--High court of appeal before the governor: to
provost marshal 1L. 1s. to secretary or clerk 1l. 1s.
door-keeper 5s. Note. No appeal is allowed from the verdict of
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