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remedy for recovery of their s^d Debt againe to the great dis-
couragment of Trade and the prejudice of Such Creditors for
prevention whereof for the future the Delegates of this present
Generall Assembly do pray that it may be Enacted, and Be it
Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Ma'y by and with the
Advice and Consent of this present Generall Assembly and
the Authority of the Same That any person or persons what-
soever Merchants or others within this Province that have att
any time within Twelve months Last Past received marked or
Nailed or for the future shall receive Mark or Naile any hh^d or
hh^ds of Tobb^o within this Province of any person or persons

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Debt^rs within the Same and which hath been paid & Deliv^red
to them for Satisfaction of their said Debts and Such Merch^ts
or others have upon receipt marking and Nailing such hh^d or
hh^ds of Tobbacco delivered up their Bills or other Security to
their respective Debtors of their said Debts or if the said Mer-
chants or others have given releases or discharges to their
said Debtors of the said Debt and that before the s^d Merchants
or others Could remove the said hhd or hh^ds of Tobbacco from
the said Debtors Tobbacco houses if any Sherriffe shall Come
and Seize such Tobbacco so marked and Nailed as af^d That
then and in every such Case if the party refuse to make and
give the said Creditors some other full Satisfaction for their s^d
Debts it shall and may be Lawfull for any two of his Ma^tys
Justices of the respective Counties within this Province upon
due prooff thereof made before them of the said Debt and
Sherriffs Seizure as aforesaid and the party Debtor refusing to
make that full Satisfaction to their Creditors for their said
Debts att the said Creditors request to award him Execution
with Cost such Cost not Exceeding one hundred pounds of
Tobbacco against the body Goods and Chattels of Such Debtor
to be Executed by the Sherriffe for Satisfaction of the Credi-
tors Just Debt & Cost as aforesaid in as full and ample maner
as if the Debt was recovered by due Course of Law And be it
further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Sheiriffe
under Sherriffe or Deputy that Seize any Tobbacco unstript
nor Seize or Mark any Merchant or other Tobbacco received
Marked and Nailed as aforesaid for any Cause whatsoever but
onely for legacys & the Severall Sherriffs are hereby Impow-

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ered to break the lock of any Tobbacco house or other houses
where Tobbacco is or shall be Secured with designe to prevent
the said Sherriffe from Seizing Such Tobbacco for publick
Leavys and many Sherriffs so Seizing and Marking any hh^d
or hh^ds of Tobbacco Conteining more then what is Justly due to
the Publick for leavys without makeing Satisfaction to the
Person whom such Tobbacco doth belong as by giveing Creditt
or Suffering him to take the overplus out of such hhd of

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