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278 Assembly Proceedings, October 3-November 2, 1728.
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Fine or Fines to be for the Use and Support of the County or Coun-
ties, in which the said Offence or Offences shall be committed. And
every and each acting Vestry-Man, or Register, is hereby required
to make Information to the next County-Court, after such Neglect
or Refusal of the Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men elected as aforesaid,
or Neglect or Refusal of the said Register as aforesaid, in Order
for the Recovery of the Fine or Fines, imposed by this Act: And
the Justices of the said County-Court so informed, shall, and may,
and are hereby directed and authorized, to order a Prosecution in
the Manner aforesaid; to be had against such Vestry-Man or
Vestry-Men, Register or Registers, Church-Warden or Church-
Wardens, refuseing or neglecting as aforesaid.
Provided always, That the Power and Authority, by the aforesaid
recited Act, and this Present Act, given to the Vestry or Vestries,
for the Election of a Vestry-Man or Vestry-Men, Church- Warden
or Church-Wardens, and the Fines and Penalties by this Act, and
the aforesaid recited Act, imposed on the Vestry-Man or Vestry-
Men, Register or Registers, Church- Warden or Church- Wardens,
refuseing or neglecting the Office and Duty required of them by the
aforesaid recited Act, and this present Act, shall not be construed
or understood to make any Person or Persons, liable to such Choice
or Penalties, who shall be publickly known to be of any Profession
in Religion, different from that of the Church of England, estab-
lished by Law: Any Thing in this Act herein before, or in the said
recited Act contained, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwith-
standing.
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Chap. VI
[Revises
1722, ch. 13]
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An Act Reviving and Continuing an Act of Assembly of this Prov-
ince, entituled, An Act for the better Relief of poor Debtors.
Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Governour, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of this present General Assembly, and
the Authority of the same, That the abovementioned Act, entituled,
An Act for the better Relief of poor Debtors, made at a Session of
Assembly, begun and held at the City of Annapolis, the Ninth Day
of October, 'Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred and Twenty Two;
be and is hereby Revived and Continued, to be and remain in full
Force, for and during the Term of Three Years, from the End of
this Sessions of Assembly, and to the End of the next Sessions of
Assembly which shall happen after the said Three Years.
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Chap. VII
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An Act to encourage the destroying of Wolves, Crows, and Squir-
rels.
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governour, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
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