528 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1676.

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duce an Authentick Certificate of such servants age & shall
haue Remedy to the ages aforemenconed.
And Bee itt further Enacted by the Authority & by and with
the aduice and Consent aforesaid That noe Indenture made by
any seruant dureing the time of service due by former Inden-
ture or by determinacon of the Court according to the Tenor
of this Act shall any wayes oblige any Servant for longer tyme
then by his first Indenture or determinacon of the Court shall
be Limitted & appoynted Provided that this Act nor any thing
therein Contayned shall not give or be Construed to give any
Benefitt to any Slaue whatsoever, Prouided that neither this
Act nor any thing therein Contained Repeale or be
Construed to Repeale An Act made att a Generall Assem-
bly the thirteenth day of Aprill Anno 1674 Entituled an Act
Concerning Servants that haue bastards, And for Encourage-
ment of our Neighbouring Collonyes of Virginia Delaware
& the Northern parts of America for the takeing upp of
servants & others Runnawayes out of this Prouince into those
parts Bee itt further Enacted by the Authority aduice and
Consent aforesaid That the sume of four hundred pounds of
Tobacco shall from henceforth be allowed & payd to any per-
son in those Collonyes of Virginia DeLaware & the Northerne
parts of America that shall soe seize or take upp such servants

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or others Runnawayes, & carry or cause them to be Carryed
before Some Magistrate of any County of this Prouince uppon
whose Certificate of the delivery of such person Runnawayes
the said sufne of four hundred pounds of Tobacco to be Raysed
and Leavyed out of the Publick assessments & allowed & payd
to such person soe takeing upp & delivering to a magistrate
as aforesaid Such Runnawayes as aforesaid And the master mis-
tris Dame or owner of such Servant (if itt be a Servant that
is soe taken upp) to Reimburst the Publick againe the said
sume of four hundred pounds of Tobacco uppon the delivery
of his or her Servant And the said servant to Reinburst the
master mistris Dame or owner by Servitude or otherwise to
the full Satisfaccon & Content of the said master mistris dame
or owner Butt if the Runnaway soe taken upp & delivered to
the magistrate as aforesaid bee a freeman Then such Runna-
way to be Imprisoned till such tyme as he hath made Satisfac-
con by Reinbursting the Publique the said summe of four
hundred pounds of Tobacco or shall give good Security for
the same or shall make Satisfaccon by Servitude or otherwise
Provided that any servant that Runns away out of Somersett
County into Accomack such person that takes him upp shall
haue but two hundred pounds of Tobacco & noe more This
Act to Endure for three yeares or to the end of next Generall
Assembly which shall first happen.