286 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P.

p. 127

Courts and att the Provinciall Court and Secretaries Office
that all persons may View the same and see where such their
Servants are and in whose Custody. And furthermore for
Ascertaining what Each servant According to the Custome
of the Country shall have att the Expiration of their Servitude —
Be itt Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent afd
that Every man Servant shall att such Time of Expiration of
his Servitude as afd have Allowed and given him one new
hatt a Good Suite (that is to say) Coat and briches Either of
Kersey or broadcloath one new Shift of white Linin one new
pair of ffrench fall Shoes and Stockings two hoes and one Ax
and one Gun of Twenty Shillings price not above four foot
by the Barrell nor less then Three and a halfe which said
Gun shall by the Master or Mistress in the Presence of the
next Justice of Peace be Delivered to such ffreeman under
the penalty of five hundred pounds of Tob^o for such Master
or Mistress omitting soe to doe And the like penalty on the
said ffreeman selling or Disposeing thereof within the Space
of twelve months the one halfe whereof to our Sovereigne
Lord the King his heirs and Successors the other to the
Informer All women Servants att the Expiration of their Ser-
vitude as afd shall have Allowed and Given a wastcoat and
pettycoat of New halfe thick or penistone a new Shift of white
Linin Shoes and Stockings a blew apron two Caps of white
Linin and three Barrells of Indian Corn.

p. 128

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that no pson whatsoever shall trade Barter
Comerce or any ways deale with any Servant whether hired
or Indented or Slave belonging or Appertaining to any
Inhabitant within this province without Leave or License first
had and obtained from such Servants Master Mistress Dame
or Overseer for his soe Doing Under the Penalty of two
thousand pounds of Tob^o the one halfe thereof to his Majesty
his heirs and Successors for the Support of Government the
other halfe to the Master Mistress or true Owners of such
Goods soe purloyned Bartered or Conveyed away when
proved by Sufficient Witness or Confession of the party to
be recovered in any Court of Record of this province by
Action of Debt bill plaint or Information wherein no Essoyne
protection or wager of Law to be Allowed.
And be itt further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that if the Goods soe traded or Bartered for as afd
shall Exceed the Sume of one thousand pounds of Tob^o then
the party or parties whose goods shall be Imbezelled or bar-
tered away as afd shall have his Action att Law for the Dam-
age Sustained against the person or persons so offending Deal-