Assembly Proceedings, June 2July 22, 1699. 511

An Act Prohibiting the Inhabitants of this Province or any
others from Carrying Liquors to the Indian Towns

Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Maty by & with
the Advice and Consent of this Present Generall Assembly
and the Authority of the Same That from and after the Publi-
cation hereof any Person or Persons Inhabiting or Trading
into this Province that shall presume to Carry any Liquors
whatsoever to any Indian Forte or Town or within three miles
of any such Forte or Town and shall Vend or dispose of the
Same to any Indian or Indians whatsoever Such person or
persons shall forfeitt the Sume of five Thousand pounds of

Tobbacco one halfe thereof to our Sovereigne Lord the King
his heires and Successors for the Supporte of Government,
the other halfe to him or them that Informe or sue for the
Same to be recovered in any Court of Record within this Pro-
vince wherein no Essoyne Protection or Wager of Law to be
Allowed

An Act for Summoning Grand & Pettit Jurys.

Whereas by Law it appears to be the indubitable Right and
Property of the Kings Matys Subjects throughout all his Ma^tys
Dominions in all Cases either Meum & Tuum or Criminall
Matters to be Tryed by their Equalls that is a Grand & Petit
Iury And for that the Constitution of this his Ma^tys Province
will not Admitt of Such ways and Methods as is Practised in
the Kingdom of England by reason of the Small number of
Inhabitants and diverse other Impediments not to be avoyded
Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Ma^ty by
and with the Advice and Consent of this present Generall As-
sembly and the Authority of the Same That the Cheif Clark

Lib. L. L.

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of the Provinciall Court shall issue out Severall Writts of
venire facias for two Good and Lawfull men ffreeholders to
Serve upon a Grand Jury for the body of this Province and
Severall other the like Writts of Venire facias for three like
good and Lawfull men to serve upon Pettit Iurys which Writts
of Sumons shall be directed to the high Sherriffe of each
respective County in this Province by Virtue of Which said
Writts the Severall Sherriffs shall Twenty days att least before
the Provinciall Court att w^ch the said Jurors shall Serve
Sumons and give Notice to the said Partie and Partys that
they be and appear as by the Writts of Sumons shall be
directed (Justices of the Peace and Delegates allways Ex-
cepted) and for default thereof the Sherriffe So Offending
shall forfeitt and pay a fine of one Thousand pounds of Tob-

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