writing obligatory shall be void and of no Effect And the Officer
and Officers that took the same shall loose his Debt and for-
ever be debarr'd of suing another Action for the recovery of
the same any Law Statute or Usage to the Contrary in any
wise notwithstanding.
And that whereas the said Officers are prohibitted from
taking bills upon any pretence whatsoever during the time
they remain in Office to the Intent the said Officers may receive
no damage by the Act of Assembly for Limitation of Accons.
Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the
time the said Officers remaine in Office shall not be reckon'd
or Accounted in the Act of Limitation. And that whereas it
hath been the practice of severall Sheriffs of this province
where a person hath been in prison at the suite of two or three
severall persons or hath lain for the satisfaction of two or more
severall Judgments for the Sheriff to Charge twenty per Day
for each Accon or Judgment, for prevention whereof
Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if any Sheriff
after the publication of this Act shall exact and take any more
than twenty pounds of Tobacco per Day of any prisoner tho :
he lyes for the Satisfaction of severall Judgments he shall be
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