360 Assembly Proceedings, September 1657.

L. O. R. No. 3 Liber B

Concerning Ground Leaves It is Enacted and Declared in the Name of Highness the Lord Protector of England & And by the Authority of this present Generall Assembly that after this present year or the first of June next Ensuing the publication of this Act, That no Ground Leaves or Second Crops of Tobacco be made within this Province. And whosoever Shall be found Culpable of the Same, and Shall pack it in any Hogshead or any other Caske, or by any other wayes or meanes shall beguile or deceive any thereby, Shall for Every Hogshead or Caske wherein any Ground leaves or Second Crops be found either by themselves or amongst other Tobacco. For a ffine shall pay one thousand pounds of Tobacco and Caske for Every Hogshead or Caske so packt, and Sufficient proofe made thereof one half of the aforesaid fine to be payable to any that shall informe and the other half for the publique use of the County where Such offences are Committed

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An Act concerning Sheriffs and Clarkes ffees It is Enacted and declared in the Name of his Highness the Lord Protector of England &c: and by the Authority of this present Generall Assembly that clarks & Sheriffs ffees Shall after the Publication of this Act be Charged and paid of all the Inhabitants of this Province as followeth

	Clarks ffees		Sheriffs ffees
	for any Warrt or Sum :	1 Tob. 08	for Serving a writt or warrt	1 Tob. 10
	for Entring anything upon Record not Exceeding half a Side	08	for taking Bond Imprisoning or Release Tending upon a prisonr p	05 10
	for a whole Side for Copying anything out	16	day Collecting pub: Duties p	20
	of the Record the Same as for Entry		cent Serving Execucon or at	10
	for Sumons of a Jury	12	tachmts for any debt
			not Exceeding 100l Tob debt not Exceeding 500 not Exceeding 1000 And So Every Thousand of Tob 40 p Thousand	10 20 40