166 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts
Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 25
(Continues
1704, ch. 28)
p. 61

An Act Reviving an Act of Assembly of this Province Entituled
an Act for Encouragem^t of Tillage & Reliefe of poor debtors.

Be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by & with the
Advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill and Assembly of
this Province and the Authority of the same That the above men-
coned Act Entituled an Act for Encouragem^t of Tillage and Reliefe
of poore debtors made at a Session of Assembly begun and held At
the port of Annapolis the fifth day of September Anno Dom Seven-
teen Hundred and foure be and is hereby Revived & Continued in full
force and strength from and after this p^rsent Session of Assembly
for & dureing Three Yeares and to the End of the next Session of
Assembly which shall first happen after the End of the said Three
yeares.
Provided that the s^d Act or any Thing therein Contained shall
not be Adjudged to Extend to the paym^t of any protested Bills of
Exchange that have been or shall be drawn by any person whatever
upon any pson or persons in great Brittaine or Else where out of
this Province be the same payable to whomsoever.

Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 26
(Continues
1704, ch. 41)
p. 62

An Act Reviving an Act of Assembly of this Province Entituled an
Act Ascertaining the height of Fences to p^rvent the Evill oc-
casioned by the Multitude of Horses and Restraining Horse
Rangers within this Province

Be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by and with
the Advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill and Assembly
of this province and the Authority of the same That the above
menconed Act Entituled an Act Ascertaining the height of Fences
to p^rvent the Evill Occasioned by the Multitude of Horses and
restraining Horse Rangers within this Province made at a Session of
Assembly begun and held at the port of Annapolis the fifth day of
September Anno Dom. Seventeen Hundred and four be and is here-
by Revived and Continued in full force from and after this p^rsent
Session of Assembly for Three yeares and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly after the Three yeares.

Acts of
Oct. 1713,
ch. 1
(Repeals
1709, ch. 6)
p. 65
[Other Acts
of this
Session are
printed in
Vol. 29
of the
Archives]

An Act of directions for the Sherriffs office in this Province and for
the more Easy payment of the Publick and County Levy.

Be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent majesty by and with
the advice and Consent of her Majestys President Councill and As-
sembly of this province and the authority of the same that no Sherriff
under Sherriff or deputy Sherriff shall seize any tobacco unstript or
Seize or mark any merchants or others tobacco received marked and
nailed for any Cause whatsoever but only for Levy's due to the Pub-
lick County parish or forty p pole to the minister and the severall
Sherriffs are hereby Impowered to break the lock of any tobacco