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A Supplementary Act to the Act for Appointment of Con-
stables, and what relates to their Office, and ascertaining
what Persons are Taxables.
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietor, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lord-
ship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of As-
sembly, and the Authority of the same, That in case any Con-
stable shall not pursue the Directions of the Act of Assembly
(now in Force) relating to his Office, and of this Act, in the
taking and returning of Taxables, such Constable shall be
fined to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor, in the
sum of Five Hundred Pounds of Tobacco for each Offence,
one Half thereof to the Informer, or him or them that shall
sue for the same, and the other Half thereof for the Use of
Free-Schools in such County where the Forfeiture shall hap-
pen ; to be recovered in such County Court, by Action of Debt,
Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection or
Wager of Law to be allowed.
II. And be it further Enacted, That in case any Master,
Mistress, Dame, or other chief Person of the Family, shall
conceal any Taxable, or not give a true Account thereof to
such Constable, pursuant to the Directions of the Act afore-
said, that then such Person shall for every Taxable so con-
cealed, or not given in as aforesaid, forfeit the sum of Five
Hundred Pounds of Tobacco in Manner aforesaid, to the
Uses aforesaid ; to be recovered as aforesaid.
III. And it is hereby Declared, That no Person shall be
taken as a Taxable that shall not be imported into this Prov-
ince on or before the First Day of June for that Year.
IV. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That all Warrants issued by any Justice of Peace for the
Recovery of small Debts, shall be directed to some Constable
of a Hundred, appointed by the Court, unless (at the request
of such Suitor) it be directed to some Friend who will serve it
gratis ; Such Suitor nevertheless being hereby made liable to
pay the Constable of the Hundred, where such Warrant is
served, his just Fee.
V. And be it further Enacted, That the Sheriff of each
respective County, is hereby obliged to return a true and fair
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