176 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

or persons that shall pack or Cause to be packed any such Tobacco
in such manner as af^d or wittingly Suffer the same so to be shall for
Every hoggshead that they shall so pack or Cause or wittingly
Suffer to be so packt and paid or offered or tendered to be paid away
forfeit and pay the Quantity of one thousand pounds of good
sound merchantable tobacco in Cask the one half thereof to our Sover-
eigne Lady the Queen towards the defraying the Charge of the
County where such fact shall be Committed the other half to the party

grieved or in default of prosecution by the party grieved within three

months after notice of such fact Comitted to the Informer or to him
or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered in any Court

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of record within this province by action of debt bill plaint or Infor-
mation wherein no Essoyn protection or wager of law to be allowed.
And Whereas severall people may Complain it will be an hard-
shipp upon them to throw away all their Small dull scrubby tobacco
and ground Leaves.
Be it Enacted by the Authority advice and Consent af^d that if any
person or persons shall pack any such tobacco in Cask or otherwise
by it self without faceing it with good tobacco with designe of deceit
& shall before Sayle or payment away of such tobacco declare to the
party purchaseing or receiving such tobacco the nature and quality
thereof they shall not Incurr the penalty before in this act Imposed on
such as false pack tobacco any thing in this act to the Contrary not-
withstanding.

Acts of
Oct. 1713,
ch. 9

An Act for relief of Josiah Crouch of Kent County in Confirming
a Certaine Sale of Lands from W^m Crouch to him and his heirs.

Whereas Josiah Crouch of Kent County & William Crouch late of
Ann arundell County were Seized in fee as tennants in Common of a
Certain tract or parcell of land Called Hilsdon lying on the East Side
of Chesapeake bay next adjoyning to the land of Jonathan Coventry
Containing two hundred acres, And whereas on or about the Eighth
day of October Anno Dom Seventeen hundred and Six It was agreed
by and between the said W^m Crouch and the said Josiah Crouch that
the said W^m Crouch upon payment made to him by the said
Josiah of the sume of thirty Seven pounds Steii should make over his
moyety being the one half of the said parcell of land Called Hilsdon to
the said Josiah his heirs or Assignes to the true performance of which
agreem^t the said W^m by his bond under his hand and Seale bearing
date the same eighth day of October in the year seventeen hundred
and six af^d bound himself his heirs Execut^rs and adm^rs to the said
Josiah in the penall sume of seventy four pounds Sterling And
forasmuch as the said Josiah Crouch has made it plainly appear to this

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present Generall Assembly that he hath paid the said W^m in his
lifetime thirty pounds sterl part of the Considⁿ mony of the said land
and that he has sufficiently Secured the payment of the residue and