232 Assembly Proceedings, January— March 1647/8.

Liber A

The ffreemen alleage th^t the charge for imprisonment of the
Indians is unduely laid vppon the County; But alleged not
any thing materiall for it. Whereuppon the Gou! found noe
reason to alter the former order sett downe by the Gou^r and
Councell as aboue. As concerning the manner of leuying the
s^d charge, The ffreemen unanimously agreed, & concluded
th^t it should be leuyed uppon all the Tytheable psons Inhab^ts
of S^t Maries County equally p^r head, th^t were resyding in the
County from the tenth of June last, w^dl resulteth to 55^l Tob:
June 14^th 1648

P. R. O.
Col. Ent. Bk

No. 53

Acts assented unto by the Freemen and Enacted by
the Governor Thomas Greene Esq^re Att a Generall
Assembly held att S^t Johns on the 4^th March 1647.

An Act touching Court dayes

Uppon the first six dayes not being Sundayes or Holy dayes
of the month of March Aprill June October November and
December next following the Judges authorized by Com^ons.
shall keepe Court in S^t Marys and Kent Countyes and then
and ther shall Judge all Causes within theire Cognizance
according to the laudable customes of this province and
according to Equety and good Conscience and the Judge-
ments then and ther given and agreeing with the powers
granted in theire Commissions shall by writts issued to the
Sheriffs cause to bee put in Execution and wher the Judge,
the plaintif or the defendant shall soe require it, the cause
shall bee tryed by a Jury.