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Assembly Proceedings, April 2 — 21, 1649. 247
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authority and consent aforesaid That the Sheriff or other
Officer or Officers from time to time to bee appointed &;
authorized for that purpose, of the County Towne or precinct
where every particular offence in this psent Act conteyned shall
happen at any time to bee comitted and wherevppon there is
hereby a fforfeiture ffyne or penalty imposed shall from time to
time distraine and seise the goods and estate of every such
pson soe offending as aforesaid against this psent Act or any
pt thereof, and sell the same or any part thereof for the full
satisfaccon of such forfeiture, ffine, or penalty as aforesaid,
Restoring vnto the ptie soe offending the Remainder or over-
plus of the said goods or estate after such satisfaccon soe made
as aforesaid
The ffreemen haue assented. Tho: Hatton
Enacted by the Governor Willm Stone
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Liber A
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An Act for punishmt of such as shall counterfeit the Lo:
Propr or his heires Lords & Proprs of this Province great Seale
of this Province
2 Confirmed ut supr Be it Enacted by the Lord Proprietary
of this Province by and with the consent of this Assembly
That what person or persons soever shall prsume to counterfeit
the great Seale of this Province for the time being or his Signe
Manuall or Seale at Armes of the Lo: Propr of this Province
or his heires Lords and Propr of this Province and make vse of
any such counterfeited Seale or Signe Manuall as if they were
the respective true Seale or Signe manuall of the said Lo: Propr
or his heires or shall steale any of the true Seales or without
lawfull warrant & authority derived from the Lo: Propr. or his
heires, Lords & Propr of this Province shall affix any of them
to any Deede Warrant or Writing and shall afterwards within
the Province publish or make any vse of any such deede war-
rant or writing as if such respective seales had beene affixed
thereunto by such lawfull warrant & authority as aforesaid
shalbe punished by losse of hand ymprisonmt during life or by
the paines of death confiscacon of all his lands goods &
chattells within this Province any one or more of these as the
cheife Governor and Chancellor & Counsell of this Province
for the time being or any three of them whereof the said Gov-
ernor or Chauncellor to bee one shall thinke fitt.
The ffreemen haue assented Tho: Hatton
Enacted by the Governor Willm Stone
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