96 Assembly Proceedings, October 1640.

Liber
W H & L

An Act For Church liberties.

Holy Church within this Province shall haue and enjoy all
her Rights liberties and Franchises wholy and without Blemish

p. 4

An act for uncertaine Goods

All uncertaine goods to which no party Justly claymeth
Right shall bee to the Lord Proprietary or his assignes and
shall be Sould att an Outcry But any party hauing Right to
the goods or to the disposure of them claymcing within three
Yeares, Shall be restored to his Right And the finder of goods
Shall haue the one halfe for his pains & Charges

An act prouideing against Sudaine accidents in
the Goverment

All Commissions from or under the Lord Pro proprietary
which Shall be in force att his death Shall Remaync in in the
Same force untill a new Comission for the Gouerment pub-
lished under the great Scale and in case the Leivten^t Generall
shall decease or be absent out of the Prouince without nomi-
nating or substituting another in his roome the first Councellor
of State resydeing att S^t Maryes shall Exercise the office of
Leiv^t Generall in all poynts Belonging to itt untill his returne
into the Prouince or that another be appoynted by the Lord
Proprietary

Liber
C & W H
p. 68

An Act For Fencing of Ground

Every man shall fence his corne & other ground against
cattell at his own perill And the owner of Swine may not be
Compelled to law his Swine This Act to endure for 2 years
after the end of this Assembly

An Act prohibiting the exportation of Corne
No person shall export any Corn or meale (except ior ship

p. 69

provision or that it be in exch^a for a like quantity of Corne im-
ported unlesse the rate of Corne be estimated & Sold at 30^l
Tob p barrell upon forfeiture of the said Corne exported or
attempted to be exported out of the province to the Contrary
hereof or a fine to the value of it Corne shall be excepted at
any time in payment at 30^l Tobacco per barrell This act to
endure for 2 years after the end of this Assembly