atkins April Ordo Curi the right honourable the Lord high chancellor of great  Britain take into consideration the present course of this court in relation  to cost to be order upon dismission of bill in cause bring to a hear upon bill  and answer which cost be only forty shilling whereby the plaintiff be frequent  encourage to bring frivolous and vexatious bill and to set such cause down for  hear to prevent the same be dismiss with cost for want of prosecution in which  case the defendant will be entitle to his full cost to be tax by a master by  mean whereof much unnecessary trouble be give to the court in hear such cause  and defendant be frequent put to a very great expense for which accord to the  present course of the court they receive no other satisfaction than such forty  shilling cost his lordship therefore to discourage such practice do declare  and adjudge that for the future the say course or practice shall be vary and  alter and that where any cause shall be bring to a hear upon bill and answer  and such bill shall be dismiss this court may and be at liberty to direct and  order such dismission to be either with forty shilling cost or with cost to be  tax by a master or without cost as the court upon the nature and merit of the  case shall think fit and that all person concern may take notice hereof it be  order that this order be enter with the register and copy thereof set up and  affix in the public office of the six clerk and register of this court the  same day his lordship make another rule for regulate the practice of the court  that as well upon commission to take answer and plead in the country as before  the master commissioner shall see that defendant sign their answer or plead  for the future because as it have be most usual hitherto for commissioner to  return the answer and plead without be sign by the party a inconvenience may  arise from it as it will be difficult to frame a indictment against they if  they shall be guilty of perjury in their answer the follow order draw up for  this purpose be read in court