Acts. 547

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Town aforesaid be called by the Name of Bridge Town.
And be it further Enacted, That the Commissioners aforesaid, or
the major Part of them, employ some sufficient Person for their Clerk ;
and that they cause such Clerk to take an Oath, that he shall make
true and impartial Entries of their Proceedings, and assess reason-
able Fees for the said Clerk, to be paid him by the several Takers-
up of the said Lots; which said Entries they shall cause to be made
up in a well bound Book, and lodged with the Clerk of Queen-Anne's
County Court, for the Inspection of any Person.
Saving to his most Sacred Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs and Successors,
and to all Bodies Politick and Corporate, and all Persons not men-
tioned in this Act, their several and respective Rights; any thing in
this Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, That every Person taking up, or being
in Possession of any of the Lots taken up in the aforesaid Town, shall
be chargeable with, and liable to the Payment of One Penny Cur-
rent Money of Maryland, per Annum, for each Lot, to the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary, and his Heirs, for ever; and that
the Clerk of the said Commissioners, do transmit to his Lordship's
Agent, an Account of all Lots taken up, pursuant to the Directions
of this Act.

Session
Laws

An Act for the speedy Recovery of small Debts out of Court, before
a single Justice of the Peace

For as much as it is requisite, That there be some Remedy for the
Recovery of small Debts; and it being thought that the Jurisdiction
of a single -Justice of the Peace, by the Law heretofore made, is not
extensive enough,
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the
Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That in all such Cases, wherein the real Debt or Damage doth
not exceed Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, or Fifty Shillings
Current Money, it shall and may be lawful for any one Justice of the
Peace, of each respective County wherein the Debtor doth reside, to
try, hear, and determine, the Matter of Controversy, between the
Creditor and Debtor, and upon full hearing of the Allegations and
Evidences of both Parties, shall give Judgment according to the
Equity and Right of the Matter; and if Need be, charge the Constable
with the Body of the Debtor in Execution, who is hereby obliged and
impowered, to carry the Person so committed, to the Sheriff of the
County, together with a Certificate or Mittimus from such Justice,
wherein shall be certified the Debt and Cost, whereof such Person
shall be convict by him, to be safely kept, until Satisfaction, or other

Chap.
XXVII
p. 30
[Continued
by 1736, ch.
I; 1742, ch.
2; 1746, ch.
6. Expired
in 1750]