Assembly Proceedings, March — April 1671. 279

drawne up & sent to the severall County Courts uppon the
Severall Articles of which the said County Courts shall strictly
Examin all the Constables within their Severall Respective
Counties for the discovery of the offenders and due Execucon

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of Justice And that all presentments That shall concerne life or
member be by the Clerkes of each respective County Courts
Retorned to the next Prouinciall Court upon paine of forfeiture
of one thousand pounds of Tobacco for every presentment by
them Neglected to be sent to the Prouinciall Court as afore-
said This Act to Endure three yeares or to the end of the
next Generall Assembly

An Act for the provideing a standard with
English Weights and Measures in the severall
and Respective Counties within this Prouince

Whereas dayly Experience sheweth that much fraud and
deceite is practised in this Prouince of Maryland by fake
weights and measures for preuencon thereof for the future Bee
itt Enacted by the Right Honnourable the Lord Proprietary
by and with the assent of the upper and lower house of this
present Generall Assembly that noe Inhabitant or trader hither
shall buy or Sell or otherwise make use of in tradeing any
other weights or measures then are vsed and made according
to the Statute of Henry the seventh King of England in that
case made and provided And for discovery of abuses be itt
further Enacted That Daniell Ienifer of S^t Maryes County
Robert Dunn of Kent County Thomas Taylor of Ann Arundell
County Charles Brookes of Calvert County Henry Adams of
Charles County Iohn Vanheeck of Baltemore County William
Hambleton of Talbott County William Stevens of Somersett
County and Daniell Clerke of Dorchester County Gentl. doe
sett up a standard att their owne houses and provide by the
next shipping or the shipping then next following att furthest
twelve halfe hundred weights a quarterne halfe quarterne
seven pounds four pounds two pounds one pound alsoe Each
person aboue named are to procure Six Stamps for the mark-
ing of Stillyards and weights the first six to be marked with
the Letter A for S^t Maries County the next Six to be with the
Letter B for Kent County the Third six with the letter C for
Ann Arundell County the fourth six to be with the Letter D
for Calvert County the fifth six with the letter E for Charles
County the Sixth Six with the letter F for Baltemore County
the Seventh with the Letter G for Talbott County the Eighth H
for Somersett County the Ninth with the Letter I for Dor-
chester County alsoe Each person aboue named to haue Nyne

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