300 Assembly Proceedings, March — April 1671.

P. R. O.
Colonial En.
try Book
No. 53

p^rmisses the next Court th^t shall ffirst Ensue in the Said County
whoe are to Secure Such pson or psons vntill he or they shall
make Satisfaccon to the pty th? shall Soe Apprehend or Seize
Such Runnaway or other pson as by this Act is Required
Except Such Person Shall make SatisfaccOn as aforesaid before
such Court shall happen And th? Notice may be Conveniently
given to the Master Mistris or dame of any Runnaway taken
vpp as aforesaid The Justice of the Peace or Comissioner of
the County Court Shall forthwith Cause a Note of the Said
Runnawayes Name Soe Signed and Apprehended as afore-
said to be Sett vpp att the County Co^rt where Such pty is Seized
and Apprehended And also Cause a note to be Sett vpp att
the next Adiacent County Courts And att the Provinciall Co-
or Secretaries office That all psons may view the Same and See
where Such their Servants are And in whose Custody And it
is hereby Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Said
Thre Acts against Runnaways aforemenconed as also one other
Act made att a Genii Assembly held the 13^th day of Aprill
1669 Entituled an Act for Preventing Servants & Criminall
psons from Runing out of this Province be Repealed and is
hereby vtterly Repealed for Ever This Act to Endure for
Three years or to the End of the next Genll Assembly

An Act for the Encouragm^t
of the sowing and making of Hemp and fflax

The vpper and Lower Howses of this Present Gen^ll Assem-
bly having taken into their Serious Consideracon the great
Quantities of Linnen Cloth and other wares & Comodities
wrought by manuell Occupacon which are brought from
fforreigne Places into and Spent in this Province and that the
Inhabitants of this Province for lack of the Like Pollicy and
Industry about the inventing Practising and Putting in Exer-
cise the making of Linning Cloth as is done in other Countries
to the great furtherance and advancem? of their Comon
Wealth) are Compelled to buy all the Said Linning Cloth that
is So Spent and Consumed in this Province Amounting to vast
Sumes of mony and Quantities of Tobacco and Considering
the great Benefitt and Advantage that by the Sowing of Line-
seed otherwise Called fflax seed and Hemp seed and the Spin-
ning weaving & making of Linnen Cloth will accrue to this
Province And being willing to give all the Encouragm? that
may be to any pson or psons whatsoever that will sowe the
Seed and make the fflax or hemp or Spinn or weave the Same
doe Humbly pray th^t it may be Enacted And be it Enacted by
the Right Hono^bl the Lord & Proprietary of this Province By