Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676. 525

Seize & apprehend Runnawayes itt is further hereby Enacted
That any Indian or Indians which shall apprehend seize or take
upp any Runnaway Servant & bring him before some Magis-
trate of any County within this Prouince shall for a Reward
haue a Matchcoate paid him or the value thereof which said
Reward is to be Repay'd & Satisfyed by the County where

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such person shall be apprehended And such Runnaway to Re-
imburse the said County by Servitude or otherwise as the Ius-
tices of the Prouinciall Court or County Court shall think fitt.
And Bee itt further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That
att what tyme soever any of the aforesaid persons runawayes
shall be soe seized by any person or persons within this Pro-
uince such person or persons soe seizing or apprehending the
same shall bring or Cause him or them to be brought before
the next Magistrate or Iustice of the County where such Run-
naway is apprehended who is hereby Impowered to take into
his Custody or otherwise him her or them to secure & dispose
as he shall think fitt Untill such person or persons Seized or
apprehended shall give sufficient Security to answer the Pre-
misses the next Court that shall first Insue in the said County
who is alsoe to secure such person or persons untill he or they
can make satisfaccon to the party that shall soe apprehend or
seize such Runnaway or other person as by this Act is Required
Except such person shall make satisfaccon as aforesaid before
such Court shall happen And that notice be Conveniently given
to the master mistrisse or Dame of any Runnawayes taken
upp as aforesaid The Justice of the Peace or Comissioner of
the County shall forthwith cause a noate of the Runnawayes
name soe seized & apprehended as aforesaid to be sett upp att
the County Court where such person is seized or apprehended
as aforesaid And alsoe Cause a noate to be Sett upp att the
next adjacent County Courts & att the Prouinciall Court or
Secretaryes office that all persons may view the same & see
where such their servants are & in whose Custody.
And forthemore for the better ascertaining of what each Ser-
vant according to the Custome of the Country shall haue att
the Expiracon of the tyme of their Servitude Bee itt Enacted
by the authority & advice and Consent aforesaid That Euery
man Seruant shall att such tyme of Expiracon of his servitude
aforesaid haue allowed and giuen him a good Cloath suite
either of Kersey or broad Cloath a shift of white Linnen to be
new one new paire of Shews & Stockens two hoes, one ax &
three barrells of Indian Corne all women servants att the tyme
of the Expiracon of their Servitude as aforesaid shall haue al-
lowed and given her the like provision of Cloathes & Corne
as aforesaid.
And to the intent the many great mischiefes & inconve-

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