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Commencement of this Act, and in the County where the Allowance
is prayed.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, shall
be allowed to every Person that shall bring a Wolf's Head to any
Justice of the Peace, in that County-Levy where the Wolf was
Killed: And the Justice of the Peace before whom any Wolf's Head
is brought, shall cause the Tongue thereof to be cut out, and Ears
to be cropt, that it may not be presented again: And the several
County-Courts within this Province, are hereby required and im-
powered to levy the several Sums of Tobacco, by this Act to be
allowed, in their County Levies, upon their several and respective
Counties.
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And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent aforesaid, That from and after the Commencement of this Act,
it shall not be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace, within
any of the several Counties within this Province, to whom any
Wolves Heads, other than those killed by an Indian, shall be
brought, and Application made, by any Person or Persons whatso-
ever, for a Certificate thereof, to entitle him or them to the Allow-
ance in this Act, mentioned in the County Levy, unless he or they
do first declare upon their Corporal Oath, to be administred by such
Justice or Justices so applied to, (or Affirmation by the People
called Quakers,) That such Wolf or Wolves, whereof those are the
Heads, were actually killed in that County, where they pray for such
Allowance; and further, that no Certificate (in order to be allowed
in any the several Counties within this Province,) shall be given by
any the Justices aforesaid, for any Wolves Head or Heads, that shall
be brought before them, by any Indian, or that has been bought of
any Indian, by any Person whatsoever, unless such Wolves Head
or Heads be brought before such Justice or Justices, whole and en-
tire, and that they appear to such Justice to be green, and fresh
killed.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, That this Act, shall commence from the Fifteenth Day
of December next after the End of this Session of Assembly; and
that thenceforth all Laws heretofore made, in Relation to Wolves,
Squirrels, and Crows; be and are hereby repealed, abrogated, and
made null and void.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, That every Person that shall, during the Continuance of
this Act, presume upon any Pretence whatsoever, to come to hunt
with Guns or Dogs, within any inclosed Grounds, Islands, Penin-
sula's, or Necks fenced across from Water to Water, without Leave
or Licence from the Proprietors thereof, first had and obtained,
shall for every such Offence, forfeit and pay to the Party grieved,
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