Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1678. 67

soe to be sett and assessed as aforesaid shall for every such
default forfeit and pay vnto the Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprie-
tary the sume of five hundred pounds of Tobacco one halfe
thereof to his said Lordship and the other halfe to him or them
that shall informe and sue for the same and loose every such
debt soe vnjustly Charged exacted and demanded the said for-
feiture to be Recovered in any Court of Record within this
Province wherein no essoigne proteccon or wager of Law to
be allowed and every such ordinary keeper that shall demand
exact or Receive above the sume of tenn pounds p Gallon for
small beare twenty pounds of Tobacco p Gallon for strong
beare for a nights lodging in a bedd four pounds Tobacco for
a peck of Indian Sheid Corne or Oates for a horse twelve
pounds of Tobacco for pasture for a horse p night six pounds
of Tobacco for hay or straw for a horse p night tenn pounds
of Tobacco shall alsoe pay and forfeit for every such default
to the Lord Proprietary the like sume of five hundred pounds
of Tobacco one halfe thereof to his said Lordship and the other
halfe to him or them that shall informe and sue for the same
and loose his debt soe vnjustly Charged as aforesaid the said
forfeiture to be Recovered in any Court of Record in this
Province wherein noe Essoyne proteccon or wager of law to
be allowed—
And to the intent that all persons Inhabitants Travellers and
strangers as aforesaid may be Certaine of Sufficient accomo-
dacon for themselves and horses Bee itt Enacted by the
Authority aforesaid That every Ordinary keeper or Inholder
soe to be Licenced as aforesaid shall within six moneths after
granting their respective Licences be and are hereby obleidged
to provide & maintaine accomodacon of Oates hay and straw
for Litter and Indian Corne together with Stable Roome con-
venient and Sufficient for twenty horse att the least vnder the
penalty of the forfeiture of paying the sume of ten thousand
pounds of Tobacco one halfe to the Lord Proprietary the other
halfe to the Informer or him or them that shall sue for the
same to be Recovered by bill plaint or Informacon in which

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noe Essoigne proteccon or wager of Law to be allowed Pro-
vided allwayes that noe person or persons soe lycenced or to
be Lycenced to keepe Ordinaryes as aforesaid shall dureing
the time of such their keeping Ordinaryes be Justices of the
Peace or Comissioners in any County Court within this
Province nor Majo^r Recorder nor alderman of the said Citty
of S^t Maryes any thing in this Act to the Contrary notwith-
standing—
And itt is hereby Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That
any Ordinary keeper keeping evill Rule and order in his
house and suffering Extraordinary drinking fighting and

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