302 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

as information shall be made unto him is hereby fully authorized and
strictly required within three Days to repair with such Informer to
the house or houses where such Tobacco or Tobaccos hath been so
seized as aforesaid and the said Tobaccos shall carefully View and
examine and Judgment give thereon, the which Tobacco if duly
qualified according to the true intent and meaning of this Law shall
by him be released from such Seizure, but if adjudged unqualified
as af^d such Justice shall cause the same to be burnt or otherwise
destroyed in his presence as to him shall seem meet and the Owner of
such Tobacco or Tobaccos shall suffer and incurr such penalties as is
prescribed in the aforesaid Act against the makers packers or payers
away of Tobacco not duely qualified as af^d and if at any time it shall
so happen that the Owner or Owners of any such Tobacco so seized
as af^d shall after the Seizure thereof pay convey away give or con-
ceal the same so as such Justice cannot have view of the same in all
and every such Case or Cases the informer or Informers making
Oath before such Justice to the number of Hogsheads, Bulks, or other
Package or parcells of Tobacco so seized, the Owners of the Tobaccos
af^d shall be thereby convicted and Suffer such penalties and for-
feitures as aforementioned.
Provided nevertheless that if any Justice of the Provinciall or
County Courts to whom such information shall be made as af^d can-
not within the time limitted as af^d in his proper person (with such
informer) repair to View such Tobacco or Tobaccos so seized in all
and every such case or cases it shall and may be lawfull for such
Justice, and he is hereby required and enjoyned to issue his Warrant
thereby impowering and Commanding some substantiall and know-
ing Freeholder inhabiting in the County where such Seizure hath been
made to go within the time limitted with such Informer or Informers
to such House or Houses where such Tobacco or Tobaccos hath been
so seized and to View and Examine the same and to make Report
upon Oath to such Justice of the Quality of such Tobacco by him
view'd and Examined who upon such report may and shall proceed

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to make such Judgement thereon as if the said Tobaccoes had been
View'd and Examined by himself and if such Tobacco or Tobaccoes
shall be Condemned the Justice is hereby obliged to destroy or
Order the same to be destroyed in his Presence as before provided
and in Case of a removall of such Tobacco or Tobaccoes after
Seizure as af^d the Justice shall proceed to give the Same Judgment
thereon as of Right should have been given had he view'd and Ex-
amined the same and adjudged it unqualified, and the said Justice is
Oblidg'd to see the same destroyed as abovesaid, and every Justice
or the party by him empowered to View Tobacco as af^d that shall
Suspect any trashy or unqualified Tobaccoes to be lodged or con-
cealed in any Tobacco houses or dwelling Houses belonging to any
person or persons whatsoever, to prevent the same being destroy 'd as