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putt to shame, as the Court shall think the crime to diserve.
This Act to endure for three yeares from this present day.

17 An Act for punishm^t of some Offences not Capitall.

Any person striking any Officer, Juror, or witnesse in presence
of the Court, or striking any other person with a drawen weapon
in presence of the Court, or striking any Magistrate or highe
Sheriff of a County in or for the doing of his office, or counter-
feiting the hand or signe manuall, or any of the Scales of the
Lord Proprietary, and using such counterfeit hand or scale
within his Lo^pps iurisdiction to the preiudice of another, or will-
fully falsifying corrupting or embesilling of a record or giving
false witnes upon oath in Court, or perswading or hiring
another to give such false witnes; may be Judged to lose his,
or her right hand, or to be burned in the hand, or to any other
corporall shame or correction (not extending to life) or be fined
as the Court shall think fitt. This Act to endure for three
yeares from this present day.

Liber P R

18 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 view of the
Judge, confession of the partie or testimony of two sworne
witnesses, shall forfeite one hundred weight of tobacco toward
the building of a prison or such other publique use as the Lord
Proprietary or his Lieutent Generall shall think good. Or if
the offender be a servant and have not wherewith to satisfie the
fine, he shalbe imprisoned, or sett in the stocks, or bilboes fast-
ing for foure & twenty houres. This Act to endure for three
yeares from this present day.

19. An Act for the punishment of swearing.

Every one convicted of prophane cursing or swearing (to be
determined by the Judge) by or before any sworne Judge, by

hearing of the Judge, comfession of the party, or testimony of

two sworne witnesses shall forfeit five pound of tobacco to be
employed to the building of a prison, or some other publique
vse. This Act to endure for three yeares from this day.

20 An Act appointing a fee for Sergeants of the trained band.

The Sergeant of the trained band in every hundred shall
have foure pound of tobacco upon every head in the hundred

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