178 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4

Acts

Court towards the defraying the Expences of the said Jurors for
every Court they shall attend any Quantity of tobacco not Exceeding
three thousand pounds at the discretion of such Justices to be paid
out of the publick Levy of this province.
And be it also Enacted by the authority af^d by and w^th the advice
and Consent af^d that it shall and may be lawfull for the Justices of
the Severall and respective County Courts of this province to allow
unto the grand Jurors that shall serve in the said Severall and
respective County Courts any Sume of tobacco at the discretion of
the said Justices not Exceeding five hundred pounds for Each Court
they shall serve to be paid out of the severall and respective County
Levys.
And be it further Enacted by the authority advice and Consent af^d
that it shall and may be lawfull for the Justices of the prov^ll Court to
allow unto Every petit Juror summoned to serve in the same Court
the sume of thirty pounds of tobacco for Every day such Juror shall
attend in Such Service to be paid them in the publick Levy besides
the Sume of one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco to be allowed
Every full Juror that shall pass their verdict in any Cause to be paid
by the party for whom such Verdict shall pass and allowed in the
Bill of Cost as usuall. And to prevent partiality in Jurors Be it
further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent aforesaid that
no Sherriffe shall sumons any person to serve as petit Juror in any
Court whatsoever where he hath knowledge such person hath any
matter of fact Depending for tryall at the same Court he is Sum-
moned to Serve in and that no person having such matter of fact
depending for tryall as aforesaid shall be admitted as a Qualified
Juror between Party and party dureing the sitting of such Court that
such matter of fact shall be or be Expected to be tryed in.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority advice and Consent
aforesaid that it shall and may be Lawfull for the Justices of the
provinciall Court to allow unto Every person or persons that shall
be Legally Sumoned to give their Evidence in the said Court in

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Actions of meum and teum the sume of forty pounds of tobacco and
no more for Every day they attend at such Court together with their
Itinerant Charges to be allowed by the Court and paid by the person
Sumoning them and to be Charged in the bill of Cost And that it
shall and may be Lawfull for the Justices of the Severall and respec-
tive County Courts of this province to allow unto Every person or
persons that shall be sumoned to give their Evidence in the Severall
and respective County Courts of this province in any Action or Con-
troversy depending in the said Courts the sume of Thirty Pounds of
Tobacco for Every day they attend as an Evidence untill such Cause
shall be Ended and no more to be paid by the person Sumoning
them and to be Charged in the Bill or Bills of Cost And that it shall
and may be Lawful for the Justices of the Provinciall Court to allow
to Every Evidence Sumoned for the Queen against any Criminall