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wager of Lawe to be allowed And fforasmuch as mony att
p^rsent is verry scarse and hard to come by within this Province
It is hereby Likewise ffurther Ordained & Enacted That it shall
and may be Lawfull to and for any pson or psons Inhabitants
Resyants or howse keepers within this Province or to and for
any other pson or psons whatsoever not a howse keeper with-
in this Province to make Satisfaccon for any Such debts by
them made and Contracted att the Ordinaries or Inhold^rs
howses as aforesaid Either in Tobacco or in Ready moneys att
his and their wills and discretions And whereas divers the
good People of this Province are Necessitated to come downe
to the Citty of S^t Maries as Iurors and witnesses and to the
Secretaries office and to attend at the Gen- Assemblyes which
are Comonly held att the Said Citty of S^t Maries for the En-
cowragm^t of any pson & Persons that shall hereafter keepe
Ordinary or shall builde any howse or howses in the Said Citty
of S^t Maries vppon the Towne land Comonly Called S^t Maries
ffeild and Conteyning one hundred Acres and keepe Ordinary
or Ordinairies therein to give Entertainm? to Such pson or
psons Inhabitants and howse keepers within this Province as
lurors witnesses and otherwise having buisnes att the Pro-
vinciall Court and Secretaries office as aforesaid Every Such
pson or psons Ordinary keepers & Inhold^rs as aforesaid Shall
and may vppon the denyall & Refusall or delay of paym^t for
the debts made and Contracted by such lurors witnesses or
other psons coming to the Provinciall Co^rt and having busines
there and att the Secretaries office as aforesaid (Soe as the
Said debts doe not Excede for Two meales of meat by the day
One potle of strong bear by the day and Sufficient Lodging
att Night att the Rates and Prises before Lymitted in money
or Tobaccos) vppon Oath made of the Truth of Such Ordinary
Keepers Bookes of of account for Such accomadacons as afore-
said before One of the Iustices of the Provinciall Co^rt have
Receive take and Sue out Execucon for Such debts as if they
or any of them had Really brought their or any their Accons
for the Same in any Court and had gott and obteyned Iudg-
ment therevppon any Law or Custome to the Contrarie in any
wise notwithstanding Provided allwayes that noe Ordinary
Keeper within this Province shall at any Time Charge any
thing to account for Boles of Punch or any other Quantity of
meat drink but shall only Sell the Severall Ingredients to the
Said mixture according to the Rates before in this Act Ascer-
tained and allowed vppon paine of ffive hundred pounds of
Tobacco for Each offense Comitted over and above the full
value of the Punch or other mixed Liquors So charged to ac-
count Provided also that all Ordinary Keepers where any
County Co^rts are kept and Ordinary Keepers in any the Corpo-

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