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be made up in a well bound Book, and lodged with the Clerk of
Charles County, for the Inspection of any Person.
And be it further Enacted, That no Person or Persons whatsoever,
living or to live within the same Town, shall, after the End of this
present General Assembly, under any Pretence whatsoever, keep or
support within the same Town, any Swine, Geese. Sheep, Cattle, and
Horses, belonging to themselves, or any other Person whatsoever,
unless such Swine, Geese, Sheep, Cattle, and Horses, be kept within
such Person or Persons Inclosure so keeping or supporting such
Swine, Geese, Sheep, Cattle, and Horses.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That any Person or Persons
that shall be convicted before a single Magistrate, on Confession, or
Proof of keeping and supporting within the said Town, out of his,
her, or their Inclosure, any Cattle, Geese, Sheep, Hogs, or Horses,
shall pay One Hundred Pounds of Tobacco for each Transgression :
The same to be levied on the Body, Goods, or Chattels, of the
Offender, by Way of Execution, as in Case of small Debts, and to be
applied to the Use of the Free-School of the County aforesaid.
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 thereof, in any-wise, notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, 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 Current Money of Maryland,
per Annum, for each Lot, to the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, and his Heirs, for ever; and that the Clerk of the said Com-
missioners, do transmit to his Lordship's Agent, an Account of all
Lots taken up, pursuant to the Directions of the said Act.
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Chap. XXII
[Supple-
ments 1715,
ch. 33]
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A Supplementary Act to the Act for Stay of Execution after the
Tenth of May.
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 where any Execution or Executions have been already
issued before the Tenth of May last, or shall be issued before the
Tenth of May, in any Year, against the Body or Goods of any Person
or Persons inhabiting within this Province; and the Person or Persons
against whom such Execution or Executions have issued, or shall
hereafter issue, were not, nor shall not be taken; by Virtue of the said
Execution or Executions 'till after the Tenth of May, in any Year,
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