Assembly Proceedings, July — August 1642. 159

drawne weapon in presence of the Court, or stricking any
Magistrate or highe Sherrife of a County in or for the doeing
of his Office or counterfeiting the hand or signe manual or any
of the Seals of the Lord Proprietarie and useing such Counter-
feiting hand or Seale within his Lordships Jurisdictions to the
prejudice of another or willfull falsyfying corrupting or em-
baselling of a record or giveing false wittness upon oath in
Court or perswadeing or hyreing another to give such false
wittness may be judged to lose his or her right hand or to be

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burned in the hand or to any other Corporall Shame or cor-
rection (not extending to life) or be fined as the Court Shall
think fitt This Act to endure till the end of the next Assembly

An Act for the Punishment of Drunkennesse

Every one convicted of being drunk (to be determined by
the Judge) by or before any Sworne Judge by veiw of the
Judge Confesion of the Partie or testimony of two Sworne
wittnesses Shall forfeit 100^l Tobacco toward the building of a
prison or such other publique use as the Lord Proprietarie or
his Leivten^t Generall Shall think fitt or if the offender be a
Servant and have not where with to Satisfie the fine he shall
be imprisoned or sett in the Stocks or bilbos fasting for 24
hours this act to endure till the end of the next assembly

An Act For the Punishm^t of Swearing

Everyone convicted of prophane cursing or Swearing (to be
determined by the Judge) by or before any Sworne Judge by
hearing of the Judge confession of the party or testimony of
two Sworne wittnesses shall forfeit 5^l Tob to be imployed as
afore This Act to endure till the end of the next Assembly

An Act appointing a fee for the Serjeants
of the Trayned band

The Serjeant of the Trayned band in every hundred shall
have 4^l Tobacco upon every head in the hundred able to beare
armes for his art & paines in trayning them but this year only
two pound per head This act to endure till the end of the
next Assembly

p. 98

An Act Touching, takeing up of Land

Where any one entreth upon land to be held of his Lordship
or taketh out warrant for such Land in any certain place he
shall enter into rent the next Christmas following And if the

p. 99