396 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1674.

Liber
W H &L

Bee itt therefore Enacted by the Right Hon^ble the Lord Pro-
prietary by & with the Consent of the upper and lower house
of this present Generall Assembly That the Surveyor Generall
of this Province for the time being shall not in any wise be
Lyable for any error Defect omission Neglect or default of any
of his Deputy Surveyors within this Prouince for any matter
or thing whatsoever heretofore done or Comitted by any of his
Deputy surveyors vnlesse the party or parties grieved shall
make Complaint by suite or other formall processe in Law and
Continue the same without intermission vntill Judgment be
therein given and that the same be done within three moneths
next after the Publicacon hereof.
And for what defect error neglect omission or default shall
hereafter happen to be done by any his Deputy Surveyors un-
lesse the parties grieved shall within six moneths next after the
said error defect omission neglect or default make Complaint by
suite or other formall processe in Law and Continue the same
without intermission vntill Judgment be thereuppon given to
that purpose the said surveyor Generall shall not any waies be
Lyable to make any satisfaccon for such their Errors defect
Neglect omission or default whatsoever in their office done or
to be done from time to time hereafter any Law or vsage to
the Contrary Notwithstanding
Provided that this Act nor any thing therein Conteined shall
not hinder any person from haueing his accon against any
Deputy Surveyor of this Prouince for any misfeasance or error
in his office this Act to endure for three yeares or to the end
of the next Generall Assembly which shall first happen.

An Act Concerning those servants that
haue bastards

Whereas diuers women seruants within this Prouince not
haueing husbands liveing with them haue been gotten with
Child in the time of their servitude to the great dishonnour of

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god and apparent damage of Masters or owner of such seruants
& noe Law yett provideing where the damage shall be Re-
coverable for Remedy whereof —
Bee itt Enacted by the Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Consent of the upper and lower houses of this
present Generall Assembly that every such mother of a bastard
Child not able sufficiently to prove the party Charged to be
the begetter of such Child in every such Case the mother of
such Child shall onely be Lyable to satisfie the damage soe
susteined by Servitude or otherwaies as the Court before whom
such matter is brought shall see Convenient. Provided that