352 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1674.

U. H.
Journal
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Province Carried to the County C^rt where the Master of such
Serv^t Liveth & there by the C^rt be examined Whether they
have anie Indentures or not & if they doe not Produce them
or make some Sufficient Proofe of his Bargaine w^th his Master for
the time he Pretends he Came in for That thereafter such
Serv^t shall have noe Benefit of ante Indenture or Certificate he
shall Produce afterwards but be Adjudged to serve according
to his age And in Case the Master of the Serv^t do not bring
the s^d Serv^t within the time afores^d to the C^rt unlesse he can
shew Sufficient Cause to the Contrary as some Lawfull hinder-
ance by Sicknes or otherwise the Master to be fined One
Thousand Pounds of tobaccoe to be disposed to the Publick
Charge of the County & th^t the Cou^rt upon notice of any such
default or Lapse of anie such master are to Sumon him before
them to Answr the same & upon Proofe thereof to ffine him
accordingly
Uppon the Back of w^ch Resolve was Endorsed Another Re-
solve in the Words following viz^t The Vote within Specified
Reassumed & Voted th^t if the Master doth not the first C^rt
Produce Indenture & agreem^t w^th the Serv^t for a Longer time
then the Serv? adjudgeth he hath to serve the Serv^t shall not be
bound to Serve Longer then the C^rt then Judgeth him all
though a ffirme Indenture should be Produced afterwards by
the Master
Signed by ord^r
Rob^t Ridgeley Clke.

The Upper house doe Consent to this Vote above Specified
Provided the Lower house will Consider of some Expedient
ag^t an Inconvenience w^ch is Conceaved will arise in such Case
where the Serv^t by Accident hath Left his Indenture in Eng-
land & Can not get a Retorne thereof within the time Limited

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or where by undue meanes the Master shall get the Serv^ts In-
denture out of his hands & thereby debarre him of the Privi-
ledge of Shewing the same to the C^rt to the greate wrong &
Injurie of the Serv^t in either Case

The House is Adjourned till the Afternoone

The House met Present as in the morning except the
Members upon the Comittee

A Proposall of a Member of the Lower house Whether or
no it may not be necessarie That a lawe be made th^t all People
th^t live remote from the Water side having dealt for their
tobaccoe w^th anie merch^t or others be not Obliged to bring it
to some Convenient secure place within halfe a mile from the
Water side & within a week after it is rec^d Resolved in the