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the same, That from and after the Commencement of this Act, every
Master, Mistress, Owner of a Family, or single Taxable, in the
several and respective Counties within this Province, shall be, and
are by this Act obliged, Yearly, (at some Time before the Laying
their County Levies,) to produce to some one of the Justices of
their County, three Squirrel Scalps or Crows Heads, for every Tax-
able Person they shall pay Levy for, that Year; and the Justice of
the Peace, before whom such Squirrels Scalps or Crows Heads shall
be brought, shall be, and is hereby obliged to destroy such Squirrels
Scalps and Crows Heads, as shall be so produced to him, to prevent
their being produced a second Time; and give such Person a Cer-
tificate under his Hand, certifying the Number of Squirrels Scalps
and Crows Heads, such Person brought before him; which Certifi-
cate, the Person obtaining the same, shall lay before the Justices
of their County, at the Time of the Laying their County Levy; and
the Justices shall then cause a List of the Taxables of their County,
to be laid before them, in order from thence to compare the Number
of Taxables each Person pays in the County, with the Certificates
produced, that thereby it may be found, what Persons have com-
plyed with this Act, and who have failed therein.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent aforesaid, That every Person that shall fall short of produce-
ing a Certificate of Squirrels Scalps or Crows Heads, in proportion
to their Taxables, according to the Directions of this Act, the Jus-
tices of the several and respective County Courts within this Prov-
ince, at the Time of laying the County Levy, are hereby impowered
and required, for each Squirrel Scalp or Crows Head, such Person
shall fall short, in manner aforesaid, to Levy upon such Person, the
Sum of Two Pounds of Tobacco; to be upon Execution, and Col-
lected by the Sheriff of the County, in the same Manner as the Pub-
lick and County Levies, are to be applyed, toward defraying the
County Charge.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That every Person that shall bring to any Justice of the
Peace within this Province, the Heads or Scalps of any more Squir-
rels or Crows, than the Three for each Taxable, by this Act required,
shall for every such Head or Scalp, be allowed in the County Levy,
where such Squirrel or Crow was killed, the Sum of Two Pounds
of Tobacco; and the Justice of the Peace before whom such Heads
or Scalps shall be brought, is hereby required to give the Person
bringing the same, a Certificate thereof; and cause the said Heads
and Scalps to be burnt, or otherwise destroyed.
Provided always, That no Person whatsoever, shall be entituled
to any Allowance for any Squirrels or Crows Heads or Scalps, with-
out first making Oath (or Affirmation if a Quaker,) or otherwise
make appear, that such Squirrels or Crows were killed after the
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