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nation aforesaid, the Sum of Ten Shillings Current Money, for every
such Hogshead that such Justice, or other Officer, shall be requested
to view or examine, by such Informer, whether the Hogshead or
Hogsheads so viewed, be condemned, or hot: To be recovered, accord-
ing to Act of Assembly of this Province, for speedy Recovery of
small Debts, out of Court, before a single Justice.
And be it further Enacted, That in Case any of the Justices of the
County Courts, any Sheriff, Coroner, or Vestrymen, or Church-
warden, who upon Application made by any Informer, shall, without
lawful Excuse or Impediment, refuse or delay to perform what is
required by them by this Act, the Justice or Officer so refusing, shall
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forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifteen Shillings Current Money, for every
Hogshead so by him refused to be viewed, to the Use of such In-
former: To be recovered as last before mentioned.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent
aforesaid, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, after such Hogs-
head or Hogsheads of Tobacco, marked with the Broad Arrow afore-
said, and before View thereof by any Officer, as aforesaid, shall pre-
sume to remove, alter, or change, any Hogshead so marked as afore-
said, or the Tobacco therein, so as to a-void the Justice of this Act, nor
after View and Condemnation in Manner aforesaid, shall presume to
alter or change, or in any-wise meddle with such condemned Hogs-
head or Hogsheads of Tobacco, without Leave or License from such
Informer, under the Penalty and Forfeiture for every Hogshead of
Tobacco so removed, altered, or changed, as aforesaid, the Sum of
Twelve Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, to the Use of such Informer :
To be recovered in any County Court within this Province, by Action
of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection,
or Wager of Law to be allowed.
And whereas, the Inhabitants of this Province, that ship Tobacco
on Board Ships and other Vessels upon Freight, are much abused,
by the cropping, cutting, lessening, and diminishing the Hogsheads,
wherein such Tobacco is packed, by the Masters of Ships or other
Vessels, or by other Persons under their Command and Government :
For Remedy whereof for the Future,
Be it Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent aforesaid,
That if any Master of a Ship or other Vessel within this Province,
after the End of this present Session of Assembly, shall receive any
Hogshead or Hogsheads of Tobacco, on Board his said Ship or Ves-
sel upon Freight, and shall either by himself, or any other Person, or
Officer, on Board his said Ship or Vessel, under his Command, cut,
or suffer any Hogshead or Hogsheads of Tobacco, to be cut, cropped,
or lessened, in any Length or Breadth, or by any other Ways or
Means, abused, defaced, or impaired; that then, and in every such
Case, such Master of such Ship or Vessel, for every Hogshead of
Tobacco so cut, or suffered to be cut, cropped, or lessened, in their
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