Assembly Proceedingsyune 29—July 22, 1699. 525

Province and be thereof Convict as aforesaid he she or they so
Offending shall Imediatly forfeitt and pay the Sume of Tenn
Shillings as aforesaid to the uses aforesaid or Sett in the Stocks
for the Space of one houre by Order or Comand of any Such
Justice of the Peace or head Officer as aforesaid Provided all-
ways and it is hereby Enacted that no Person shall be prose-
cuted or troubled for any such prophane Cursing and Swearing
unless the same be proved or Prosecuted within Ten days next
after the Offence Comitted and lately be it Enacted by the
Authority aforesaid by and with the Advice and Consent
aforesaid that every Such Justice of the Peace or head Officer
af^d are hereby obliged to receive all Such forfeitures as af^d that
are leavyed as aforesaid and render a Just Accompt thereof to
the Justice of each respective County Yearly att the time of
laying the County to be by them disposed of to the uses aforesaid.

An Act for Recovering the Arears due from the Publick Officers
& Transferring Severall Debts arisen therein

Lib. L. L.

Whereas by Virtue of an Act of Assembly made att an
Assembly begun and held att the Porte of Annapolis the 8^th
day of May in the Year of our Lord 1695 Entituled an Act for
raising a Supplye towards defraying the Publick Charge of
this Province to Endure for three Years and afterwards Viz.
att another Assembly begun and held att the s^d Porte of
Annapolis the 6^th day of Iuly 1696 the said Act was Continued
for three Years from and after the s^d Sixth day of July many
Debts have for four Years Past Annually Accrued and become
due to our Sov^reigne Lord the King for the publick use of this
Province from the Sev'all and respective Officers mentioned in
the said Act which are not Yet paid Be it Enacted by the
Kings most Excellent Maty, by and with the Advice and
Consent of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority
of the Same That all and every the said Officers Comprized
and Intended to be Comprized in the Said Act their Ex^rs and
Administrators shall well and truly make payment of every
Such Debt or Mulct and every part and parcell of the Same
which is Yet in Arrears and unpaid as if the said Act were nut
Yet Expired Any Act or Statute of Limitation to the Contrary
Notwithstanding and whereas Robert Mason of S^t Marys
County Gentⁿ hath Paid or Secured to be paid to his Maty for
the use af^d the Sume of one hundred Ninety Eight pounds
Currant Money in Consideration of his haveing all the Debts
and Arrears due from the Officers in S^t Marys Charles and
Calvert Countys upon the af^d Act for raising a Supply Assigned
to him for his Proper use Be it Enacted That all the Said Debts

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