512 Assembly Proceedings, June 29-July 22, 1699.

Lib. L. L.

bacco if it so happen by Casuality or Accident that there shall
not appear a Sufficient Number for a Grand Jury Legally
Summoned then the Number to be made good and Com-
pleated by the high Sherriffe Attending the Said Court of
other persons by Standers of the Same County if any be
present but if none present legally qualifyed to serve as
afores^d and upon refusall they shall be Subject to the like fines
as aforesaid and for Such their Service and Attendance of the
Grand Jury att each Court they shall have an Allowance of
Three Thousand pounds of Tobbacco out of the Publick
Revenue of this Province towards the defraying of their
Charges and Expences And it is hereby further Enacted by
the Authority af^d that the high Sherriffs of each respective

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County in this Province are hereby Authorized and Impow-
ered to Sumons a Sufficient Number of ffreeholders good and
Lawfull men to Serve on a Grand Iury in the County Courts
of this Province twice Yearly att the least that is to say att
March and November Court & oftener if need require att the
discretion of the Justices of the s^d Countys and to sumon the
said Grand Jurors Ten days att least before each Court for
which Service the Justices of each respective County Court
shall and are hereby Impowered to make such reasonable Allow-
ance as to them shall seem Meet not Exceeding the Sume
of four hundred pounds of Tobbacco each Court and the said
Sherriffs neglecting their Office and Duty herein as aforesaid
shall for every such Offence forfeitt and pay the Sume of five
hundred pounds of Tobbacco and the Party or Partys so
refusing to Serve when Legally Sumoned shall forfeitt and
pay the Sume of Two hundred and fifty pounds of Tobbacco
and the like fine to be leavied upon all Petit Jurymen Legally
Sumoned who shall be Legally Qualifyed as is before in this
Act recited and Provided And be it Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid that all and every the fines and forfeitures that shall
fall or Accrue by Virtue of this before recited Act shall be
paid to our Sovreigne Lord the King his heires and Suc-
cessors for the Supporte of Governm^t Any Law Statute or
Custom to the Contrary Notw^thstanding This Act to Endure
for three Years or to the end of the next Sessions of Assem-
bly which shall first happen

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An Act for takeing Speciall Bayle in the Severall Countys in
this Province upon Actions and Suites Depending in his
Matys Provinciall Court.

For the Greater Ease and benefitt of all Persons Inhabiting
and resideing within this Province in takeing Recognizances