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of absolute Necessity) or suffer any Drunkenness, Gaming,
or unlawful Sports or Recreations, in his or her House, on
Pain of forfeiting Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco to his
Lordship, one Half to the Use aforesaid, and the other Half
to him that will sue for the same; to be recovered by Action
of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoin, Pro-
tection or Wager of Law shall be allowed.
XII. And be it Enacted, That every Parish-Clerk within
this Province, shall procure a Copy of this Act, which the
County Clerks are hereby required to suffer the Parish-Clerks
to take, without Fee or Reward, for which he shall be allowed
in the Parish Fifty Pounds of Tobacco; and that the same
shall be read Four Times a Year, viz. on some Sunday in
March, in June, In September, and in December, by every
Minister within this Province, in their respective Parish-
Churches, between Divine Service and Sermon, on Pain of
forfeiting One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco for every Omis-
sion, one Half to the Lord Proprietor, for the Use aforesaid,
and the other Half to him that will sue for the same; to be
recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information,
wherein no Essoin, Protection or Wager of Law to be al-
lowed.
XIII. Provided always, and be it Enacted, That all Infor-
mations for Blasphemy and Sabbath-breaking, shall be made
within One Month after Fact; and that all Prosecutions and
Informations for Swearing, Cursing, Drunkenness, and
Omission to punish the same, shall be made within Ten Days
after the Fact; and that all Prosecutions for not Reading
this Act, and for selling Liquors, and suffering Drunkenness
and Gaming on the Sabbath-Day, shall be commenced within
Six Months after such Omission, and not after.
XIV. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Ad-
vice and Consent aforesaid, That one Act made at a Sessions
of Assembly, begun and held at the Port of Annapolis, the
First Day of July, Anno Domini Sixteen Hundred and
Ninety-six, entitled, An Act for sanctifying and keeping holy
the Lord's Day commonly called Sunday; and also one other
Act of Assembly, made at a Session of Assembly, begun and
held at the City of Annapolis, the Twenty-sixth Day of April
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifteen, entitled, An Act
for the Punishment of Blasphemy, profane Swearing, Curs-
ing and Drunkenness, be, and are hereby repealed and made
void.
XV. Provided, That all Prosecutions already begun, for
any Breach of the former Laws, or any Judgment rendered,
shall not be defeated or altered by this Act; but that the sev-
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