Liber
C & W H

54 Assembly Proceedings, February — March 1638/9.

wherein it is prohibited by the law of England without case of
infirmitie to be allowed by the Judge and the offender Shall
forfeit to the Lord Proprietary five pound of Tobacco or one
Shilling Sterling for every such offence Shooting of three peices
in the whole within half a quarter of an hour one of another
(cither by a Single person or in answer to another) without cause
of alarum or not answereing an alarum by three peices And the
offender in either of these shall forfeit to the Lord Proprietarie
ten pound of Tobacco for every peice so unlawfully shot off
and twenty pound of Tobacco for not answereing an alarm fish-
ing at the Creek in S^t Georges hundred commonly called the
Herring Creek with a Sceyne or other unlawfull nett and the
offender Shall forfeit his nett or Sceyne to the partie com-
plaining thereof. Provided that if any offender be questioned
for any of these offences in the Admiraltie Court or County
Court or before a Justice of peace that then such offender shall
not otherwise be questioned or punished for the same then in
Such Court which first questions the offender This Act to
Continue till the end of the next genall Assembly.

p. 21

An Act For the appointm^t
of Certaine Officers

Be it Enacted By the Lord Proprietary of this Province of
and with the advice and approbation of the freemen of the
same that the Lord of every Mannour within this Province
(after any mannour Shall be erected) Shall yearly at the first
Court Baron held after Michalemas in any year nominate and
appoint some Inhabitant of the Mannour (not being of the
Councill to be tithman of that Mannour who Shall execute all
precepts and Warrants to him directed and Shall in all things
have the like power within the said Mannour as a tithman
hath or ought to have in any Mannour in England by the law
or custom of England and if the person so nominated and
appointed refuse to Serve in the said Office by himself or his
Deputie he shall forfeit two hundred weight of Tobacco to the
Lord of the Mannour and the Commander of every hundred
or otherwise (if there be no Commander) the Leiutenant
Generall of the Province for the time being Shall yearly at the
first hundred Court in every hundred held after Michalemas
in any year nominate and appoint some inhabitant of the
hundred (not being of the Councill) to be high Constable of
that hundred who shall execute all precepts and Warrants to
him directed and Shall in all things have the like power and
authority within the said hundred as a high Constable of any
hundred in England hath or ought to have within his hundred