Acts. 497

Verdict no Judgment should be Given against any Offender by the
said Justices Unless the same Judgment was Directed and Limitted
by Law which has caused Severall persons for want of Security to
Attend at and Abide the Judgment of the said Provincial Court to
remain in prison untill the Same Court was held though they prayed
Immediate Judgment to be pronounced against them to the Great
Expence of Every such Offender for Remedy whereof Be it Enacted
by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by and with the
Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governour and the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same that

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the Justices of Oyer and Terminer or Goal Delivery at any Assize
hereafter to be held may at the prayer of any Criminal hereafter to
be Convicted Give Judgment against any such Criminal Although
the same Judgment is or shall not be Directed and Limitted by Law
any thing in the same Act to the Contrary notwithstanding And
Be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid that Each of the
Justices of Assize instead of the five thousand pounds of Tobacco
Limitted by the said recited Act shall be Allowed thirty five pounds
Current money in the Levey to be paid as Other part of the publick
and County Levey are by Law payable
And be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid that the Same Recited Act and the present Act shall be and
Continue in full force for and During the term of three years next
ensueing and to the End of the next Session of Assembly which shall
happen after the End of the said three years
And Be it further Enacted that no Action or Actions now depend-
ing in the Provincial Court be Discontinued for or by reason that
such Action or Actions hath or have been Continued Longer than
the severall Acts of Assembly Limitting the Continuance of Actions
prescribe and that it shall and may be Lawfull for the Justices of the
Provincial Court to Continue any Action or Actions now Depending
in the said Court or which hath or have been Already Depending
Longer than the time Limitted for Continuance of Actions or which
Cannot be Conveniently tryed within the time now Limitted by Law
two Courts Longer than the Laws now in being Limit and Appoint
Any Law usage or Custom to the Contrary notwithstanding And
be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that it shall and
may be Lawfull for the severall and Respective Justices of the County
Courts within this Province who already have Adjourned the Last
March Court to any time before June Court next and who shall be
hindred from proceeding to Business Either by the Continuance of
this Session of Assembly or Siting of this Superior Court of Judica-
ture or who shall not be able to finish the business before them at the
time to which such Adjournments have been made to Continue any
Cause or Causes in their said Respective Courts untill next June
Court and if need be to Continue any Suit or Action now Depending
in any of their Courts for two Courts Longer than the number of
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