232 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 5-Oct. 3, 1704.

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

Councill and Assembly of this province and the Authority of
the same that the altering or scratching out of the Mark of
any Tobacco received and paid in Hogsheads or altering or
changing the quality of Tobacco in Hogsheads so received
and paid either by uncasing or otherwise without lawfull
warrant in writing under the hand of such person who received
the same or for whose use the same was received and paid be
deem'd and adjudged ffelony And whosoever shall be found
guilty thereof by confession or by verdict of twelve men in any
Court of Record within this Province shall have Judgment to
restore four fold to the party greived and stand in the pillory
two hours during the Court time with his Offence fairly
written in paper and placed on the back of such convict person.
Provided that no person be prosecuted upon this Act after
one year and a day from the time of the Fact committed.

September 21^st 1704 September 21^t 1704

Read and assented to by Read and assented to by
the house of Delegates her Majestys hon^ble Councill
W Taylard Clk house Del. W Bladen Cl. Concil

Maryland October 3^d 1704
On behalf of her Majesty &c I will this be a Law.
Jo: Seymour.

An Act for the publication of all Laws within this Province
To the end that no person may be ignorant of the Laws of
this province Be it enacted by the Queens most excellent
Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of her Majesty's
Governour Councill and Assembly of this Province and the
Authority of the same that from hence forward all the Acts

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that shall pass from this and all the Succeeding Assemblys
shall be from time to time fairly transcribed into parchment
and by writt under the great Seale of this Province from time
to time by the Chancellour for the time being to the Sheriff of
each respective County to be transmitted and Commandment
to them in the said writts shalbe given the said Acts in their
Severall and respective Countys at their next County Court
to publish and proclaime to be firmly observed and kept.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that
every severall and respective County shall from time to time
pay to the Chancellour for the time being for such Transcript
of the Laws so much Tobacco as by the said Generall Assem-
bly in which the said Laws are made shall be assess'd and
allowed.
Provided allways that because there is not parchment now
to be had in this Province for transcribing the Laws of this