Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681. 201

from the sentence of the said Judge to yo^r selfe or in yo^r
absence to yo^r L^tt of this Province for the time being or to such
person or persons as you or yo^r L^tt as aforesaid should appoint,
Bee itt enacted that all & euery person Appealeing from the
sentence of the said Judge shall within ffifteene dayes att
furthest after such sentence giuen enter his Appeale before the
Judge & within ffifteene dayes more Peticon yo^r Lordshipp or
yo^r L^tt of this Province for the time being to Examine the sen-
tence of the said Judge & to appoint such other pson or per-
sons as yo^r Lordspp or yo^r L^tt for the time being shall thinke
fitt to heare & determine the same whose sentence shall bee
finall without further appeale Repeale & Reveiwe. And for
that diuerse bonds haue beene taken by the Respectiue
County Courts of this Province in the names of the wor-
shippfull the Comission^rs of the County Courts or in some such
other Termes amounting thereunto, To & for the vse of the
seuerall & Respectiue Orphans in the seuerall & Respectiue
Countys in this Province w^th Condicons to pay unto the said
Comission^rs or Justices of the peace the Respectiue sumes of
Tobacco or mony in the Respectiue Condicons Contained in
pursueance of the Act for p^rservacon of orphans estates when
in truth the said Comission^rs of the County Court are noe body
Politicke nor Capable of sueing the said Bonds, Bee itt Like-
wise enacted by the authority aforesaid, by & with the Consent
aforesaid that all bonds soe as aforesaid Rehearsed taken to &
for the vse of any orphans in this Province in pursueance of
the Act aforesaid shall bee sued & Recouered in the names of
the Orphans to whose vse the said bonds were taken either in
the County or in the Provinciall Court att the Choice of the
said Orphans, any Law Statute or vseage to the Contrary
heereof in any wise Notwithstanding, And bee itt further
enacted that the former Law of this Province, Entituled (an
Act for the Preservacon of orphans Estates) bee & is heereby
Repealed This Act to endure for Three yeares or to the end of
the next Gen^ll Assembly, which shall first happen.

An Act for the more speedy bringing to
Tryall & subpressing criminalls and
limiting theire punishm^ts for certaine
offences when prosecuted in the County Courts.

Whereas the seuerity of the Laws of England ag^t all
Theiueing stealing & Purloyning are uerry suitable to that
& all other populous Kingdomes but not agreeable to the
nature & Constitucon of this Province, soe meanely & Thinly
Inhabited, And whereas according to the Laws of England all
or most Crimes aboue Pettilerciny are punishable by Losse of

Liber W. H.