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

Lib. L. L.

Ordinary as afores^d shall refuse to Creditt any Person Capable
of giveing a Vote for Election of Delegates in any County
within this Province to the Value of four hundred pounds of
Tobbacco p Annum for any Accomodations by him Vended
whereof any such person so Capacitated as af^d shall have
Occasion of or require to be Accomodated with under the
Penalty or forfeiture of four hundred pounds of Tobbacco by
Such Ordinary keeper for refusing to Creditt such person as
aforesaid one Moiety thereof to his Ma^ty his heires & Suc-
cessors for and towards the defraying of the County Charge
where such forfeiture shall become due the other Moiety to
the Informer or him or them that shall Sue for the Same to be
recovered as aforesaid And Whereas it hath been found pre-
judiciall to the Inhabitants of this Province that Such Ordinary
keeper or Inholders have frequently Enterteined diverse free-
men & loose persons a great time Tipling att their houses as
well to many other persons great damage as their Own Ruine.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afores^d by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid That it shall not be
Lawfull for any Such Ordinary keeper or Inholder to keep
such Ordinary or house of Enterteinment untill they have
passed before the Justices of each respective County Granting
their Licences a Bond with good Security to the Value of

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Twenty pounds Sterling that they shall not Entertein any
ffreeman or other loose person above Twenty four hours in
their house unless Such person be Capable to give his Vote
for a Delegate in the said County or that they be reteined as
a Servant to the said Ordinary keeper or Inholder any Law
usage or Custom to the Contrary Notwithstanding And it is
also hereby Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Jus-
tices of the Provinciall Court and the Comissioners of the
respective County Courts shall give this Act in Charge to the
Severall Grand Jurys and also the Comissioners of the respec-
tive Courts and the Magistrates of the said City to their Sev-
erall and respective Constables to inquire into the breach of
this Act and into all disorders Comitted in the said Ordinarys
and present the Same (if any be) to the Severall Courts to be
Examined and punished According to Law and that all and
every Act and Acts formerly made Concerning Ordinary
keepers are hereby repealed and made Void this Law to Con-
tinue for three Years or the End of the Next Sessions of
Assembly which shall first happen after the End of the said
three Years.