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9 An act concearning Drunkness
Bee it Enacted by the Lord Proprietary by and with the con-
sent of this present Gennerall Assembly that hee that shalbe
lawfully convicted of drunkeness by two sufficient Wittnesses
shall for the first offence be sett in the stocks Six houres, or
pay one hundred pounds of Tobacco, halfe to the Informer, the
other halfe to the Lord Proprietary, ffor the Second offence
being convicted as aforesaid to be publickly whipt or pay three
pounds of Tobacco as aforesaid. Being the third tyme con-
victed as aforesaid, the Offender shalbe adiudged a Person
infamous, and thereby made vncapable of giving vote, or bear-
ing Office within this Province during the space of three yeares
next after such Conviction. This Act to continue for three
yeares; or to the End of the next Gennerall Assembly and noe
longer.
The Burgesses haue The Vpper howse
assented haue assented
Thomas Turner Cler. Philip Calvert
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10 An act concearning Ferries
Whereas the Inconvenience for want of fferries in this Pro-
vince is voted burthensome to the Countrey, Bee it Enacted
by the Lord Proprietary by and with the consent of this present
Gennerall Assembly that Every County within this province
shall maintaine one fferry (the County of Kent onely Excepted)
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