140 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1666.

P. R. O.

Colonial En-
try Book

No. 53

cerning life or Member shall not be brought to the Prison att
S^t Maries anything in this Lawe to the Contrary not with-
standing Lastly for the greater Security of Cred^rs and honor of
the Lord Proprietary in the due Execucon of Justice Bee it
Enacted by the authority & consent afores^d th^t aswell the s^d
Staplefort as all other keepers hereafter of prisons to be
Enacted shall give the Governor Sufficient Security for the well
& sure keeping of all prisoners comitted to their charge And
be itt further Enacted th^t if the s^d Raymond Staplefort or some
other pson whom the Leivtenn^t Generall shall thinke fitt to in-
trust w^ll the building of a Prison doe not some time before the
10^th day of Aug^t next give in Security to the Leivten^t Generall
to build a prison at S^t Maries by the 24^th of Aprill 1667 and
provide Irene as in this act is Required th^t then this act shall
determine & expire.

An act ag^t hogg Stealers

Whereas it appeares by dayly experience th^t the former act
ag^t Hogg Stealers are found not to be sufficiently penall ag^t
the Offenders Be it therefore Enacted by the Lord Prop^r by and
with the assent of vpper and Lower howse of this present gen-
erall assembly that whosoever shall be proved either as princi-
pall or accessary to have Killed any hoggs in the woods vpon
a plantacon or otherwise & have Cutt of the eares thereby to
deface or otherwise to alter the marke shall be Reputed as a
hogg Stealer & suffer as a hogg Stealer And he alsoe that
shall Kill in the woods or elsewhere any hogg or hoggs not
being his owne and shall Secretly carry them away with pur-
pose to conceale them shall be adjudged a hogg stealer unless
he cut of sufficient of the flesh or skin joyning with both eares
evidently thereby to demonstrate whose hoggs they were And
shall alsoe nayle and hang the same up in publick view for the.
Space of one whole month att the least And bee itt further
Enacted by the authority aforesaid that every person or persons
either as principall or Accessary that shall privatily Kill & carry
away any young piggs or vnmarkt Shoates not being vpon his
owne land or not Sorting or in Company with his owne hoggs
shall alsoe be adjudged a hogg stealer And be itt alsoe En-
acted by the authority aforesaid that any person or persons that
shall be Reputed by comon fame hogg Stealers and having
been forewarned by the same owner of the Land and shall
yett presume either with dogg or Gunn to hunt vpon the same
he or they soe forwarned shall be lyable to pay the Quantity or
sum of 1000^l of tob. for every such Offence the one halfe thereof
to the Lord Proprietor and the other halfe to the owner of such
land which shall be Recoverable in any Court of Record in