Acts. 171

Debt in any Court of Record of this pvince, w^ch Certificate so
obtained any friend or agent of such prisoner shall shew to
such next Justice of peace, And if such friend or agent will
averr that the prisoner hath tobacco Ready to pay such Debt
or damages recovered Convenient & th^l such friend will open
& shew the same, the said Justice of Peace shall Either go in
person or send two discreet Psons Sworne before him to view
the tobacco & weigh it and make Report thereof & if it hap-
pen the tobacco is sound M^rchantable & of such weight to
discharge the whole Sume menconed in the Execution, Then

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No. 64.

shall the said justice give notice to the Sherriffe in Writing
under the hand of such justice by the Agent of such prisoner,
that Except such Sherriffe Come and Show good Cause to the
Contrary that the said justice will Cause the said Tobacco to
be marked on the Creditors risque & if Cause be not Shewed
within fforty Eight houres after the Date of such Writing w^ch
shall be dated on or at a Certain hour of a certain day th^t then
the justice shall Cause the said Tob^{o
to be marked and Num-
bered and shall send the Sherriffe a Certificate of the mark
number weight and place where such Tobacco lyes on the
Creditors Account & in Case the prisoner is not in his Custody
on any other account, he shall suffer him (paying or giveing
Security for his fees) to go at Large and shall not be answer-
able upon any Action of Escape and if after this the Sherriffe
detaine the prisoner any Longer in prison, such Detaining
shall be adjudged false Imprisonment.
This Act to indure three years or to the end of the next
Session of Assembly wch shall happen after the said three years.}

Aprill the 11^th 1707

Read and Assented to by the house of Delegates.
Signed p order. W Taylard Cl h D.

Aprill 11^th 1707 Read and assented to by her Maj^tys hon^rble
Councill & Signed p ord^r W Bladen Cl Councill

Aprill the 15^th 1707. On the behalf of her Maj^ty Queen
Anne of England &c. I will this be a Law. Jo: Seymour

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An Act for the Killing of Wolves and Crows.

Be it enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by &
w^th the Advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Governour Councill
& Assembly of this province & the Authority of the same that
hereafter for incouragement of the inhabitants of this Province
her Maj^tys Subjects their Servants and Slaves to take some

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