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

C. P.

refuse. or Delay to give his Evidence such Witness shall be
Comitted to Jayle there to remaine till he shall willingly doe
the Same and for the Ascertaining the Expences of Jurors
and Evidences —
Be itt Enacted that itt shall and may be Lawfull for his
Majesties Justices of the Provinciall Court of this province to
Allow unto the Grand Jurors that shall Serve in the provinciall
Court towards the defraying the Expences of the said Jurors
for Every Court they shall Attend any Quantity of Tob^o not
Exceeding three thousand pounds of Tob^o att the Discretion
of Such Justices to be paid out of the publick Levy of this
province.
And be itt alsoe further Enacted that itt shall and may be
Lawfull for the Justices of the Sev^ll and respective County

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Courts of this province to allow unto the Grand Jurors that
shall serve in the Sev^ll and respective County Courts any
Sume of Tob^o att the discretion of the said Justices not Ex-
ceeding five hundred pounds for Each Court they shall serve
to be paid out of the Sev^ll and respective County Levies.
And be itt further Enacted that itt shall and may be Lawfull
for the Justices of the provinll Court to Allow unto Every
petit Juror Sumoned to Serve in the said Court the Sume of
thirty pounds of Tob^o for Every Day such Juror shall Attend
in such Service to be paid them in the publick Levy besides
the Sume of one hundred and Twenty pounds of Tob^o to be
Allowed Every full Jury that shall pass their Verdict in any
Cause to be paid by the party for whome such Verdict shall
pass and be Allowed in the bill of Costs as Usuall and that
the Clerk of the provinciall Court for the time being lay a
list of all persons that Served as Petit Jurors in the Provinciall
Court with An Account of the number of days they Attended
and the Countys they were returned for before the Comittee
for laying and Apportioning the publick Levy yearly under
the penalty of Six thousand pounds of Tob^o to the King his
heirs and Successors for Support of Governm1 to be recovered
by bill Plaint or Information wherein no Essoyne protection
or wager of Law shall be Allowed for which he shall be
Allowed in the publick Levy Two hundred pounds of Tob^o
and no more. And to prevent partiality in Jurors

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Be itt Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent afd that
no Sher shall Sumons any person to serve as a petit Juror in
any Court whatsoever where he hath knowledge such person
hath any Matter of fact Depending for Tryall att the same
Court he is Sumoned to Serve in and that no person having
such Matter of fact depending for Tryall as afd shall be Ad-
mitted as a Qualifyed Juror between party and party dureing