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sioners shall and may by their wisdoms and Discretions Order
and settle such Just flees and rewards for such Clerk and other
Officers and Assistants as they shall Judge Necessary to be by
them appointed and Imployed all which said Officers and

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Assistants soe Appointed as afd shall give their Due Attend-
ance att the time and place appointed and doe and performe
such Services in furtherance of this Act as shall be then and
there Directed them by the said Commissioners under such
penalties as by the said Commissioners shall be Adjudged
not Exceeding one hundred pounds of Tob^o to be Levyed by
way of Execution to the Use of the said Commissioners on
the body goods and Chattells of each of such Offenders. And
for the more Effectuall puting this Act in Execution —

Be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd by and with the
Advice and Consent afd that Sherriffs Constables and Coroners
within this Province and other the Officers afd shall pay as due
Obedience to any precept whatsoever that shall be Directed
to any of them from the Comrs afd as to any other precept
whatsoever and shall be under like paines and penalties for
Disobeying or Contemning thereof and shall in all things be
Aiding and Assisting to such Commissioners in their Sev^ll
Offices as they are or ought to be to their Sev^ll and respective
County Courts or to any Single Justice thereof for all which
Services by such Sher. or Coroners to be performed by Virtue

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of this Act they shall be Allowed halfe the ffees that are
Allowed them by Law in Other Cases for such like Services
and shall not Charge or Exact more on Paine of Incuring the
penalties Directed by the Act for Limittation of Officers ffees
against the offenders thereof. And to prevent the said Com-
missioners from being Molested and Disturbed in the Execu-
tion of their Commission —

Be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd that if any per-
son or persons whatsoever shall presume to molest Disturb
or Obstruct the said Commissioners or Surveyor or Any other
Officer or Assistant in performance of their duty afd in Any
Case within the Direction of thisAct [they] shall fforfeit and pay
unto our Sovereigne Lord the King his heirs and Successors
for the Support of Government the sume of one thousand
pounds of Tob^o to be recovered in any Court of Record within
this province wherein no Essoyne protection or wager of Law
shall be Allowed.

And be itt Further Enacted by the Authority afd that if
Any Suit or Action be Comenced or Prosecuted against any
person or persons for what he or they shall doe in pursuance
of the Execution of this Act such person or persons so sued
may plead the Gen^ll Issue and upon an Issue Joyned may

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