284 Assembly Proceeditigs, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P,

And itt is hereby further Enacted by the Authority Advice
and Consent afd that any Servant or Servants Unlawfully
absenting him her or themselves from his her or their said
Master Mistress Dame or Overseer shall make such Satisfac-
tion by servitude or other ways att the Discretion of the
Justices of the County Court where such Runaway Serv^t Did
dwell not Exceeding ten days service for Any one days
absence with such Reasonable Cost for his her or their taking
up as the Court shall think ffitt, Be itt before or after the
Expiration of such Servants first time of Servitude by Indenture
or Otherwise.
Be itt further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Con-
sent afd that any person or persons whatsor that shall wittingly
or willingly Entertaine any such Servant or Slave Unlawfully
Absenting him her or themselves as afd shall be fined five
hundred pounds of Tob^o for Every Night or twenty four hours
that such person or persons shall give such Entertainment as
afd the one halfe to his Majesty his heirs and Successors for
the Support of Governmt and the other halfe to the Informer
or him or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered in
Any County Court of this Province by Action of Debt bill
Plaint or Information wherein no Ensoyne protection or wager
of Law to be allowed.

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And be itt ffurther Enacted that if any ffree Negroe or
Mollatto shall harbour or Entertaine any such Servant or
slave as afd in Every such Case he or they soe Offending shall
fforfeit and pay as afd for Every such offence the Sume of one
thousand pounds of Tob^o the one halfe to our Sovereigne
Lord the King his heirs and Successors for the Use of the
ffree schooles the other halfe to the party Grieved to be
recovered as afd. And if any such Offending Negroe or
Mollato hath not an Estate Sufficient wherewith Imediately
to Satisfie and pay such penalty as afd Itt shall and may be
Lawfull for the Justices before whome such Matter is tryed to
order Satisfaction by Servitude or otherwise as to them shall
seeme Meet.
And for the better Discovery of Runaways,
Be itt hereby further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that any person or psons whatsoever within this
province Travelling out of the County where he she or they
shall reside or Live (without a pass under the scale of the said
County for which they are to pay ten pounds of Tob^o or one
shilling in money) such person or persons if Apprehended not
being Sufficiently known or able to give a good Account of
themselves shall be left to the Discretion and Judgment of

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such Magistrate or Magistrates before whome such person or