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to Time, such Parts of this Act, as is directed to be executed by any
Person or Persons appointed by the Governor, or Commander in
Chief.
And be it further Enacted, That no Servant or Servants shall
from henceforth continue, or hereafter be inlisted or inrolled, in
any Regiment, Company, or Troop, unless upon such an Emergency
as may be judged necessary and proper by the Field Officers of the
respective County, or the major Part of them, for the inlisting such
Servant or Servants; any Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
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And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Sheriff, or Coroner, shall have and receive Thirty Pounds of To-
bacco, for every Execution he shall serve or execute, by Virtue of
this Act, and the usual Imprisonment Fee, or Fees due on the Sale
of Effects, in Case of an Imprisonment, or Sale; and the Clerk shall
have and receive Six Pounds of Tobacco, for every Execution issued
by him, in Pursuance of this Law; which said Fees so to be due to
the said Sheriff, Coroner, or Clerk, shall be levied on the Body,
Goods, or Chattels, of the Person against whom such Execution
shall issue.
And whereas, there are several Publick Arms now lodged in the
several Counties in this Province, which may be in a Condition unfit
for Use, Be it therefore Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Colonel of each
respective County, shall, assoon as conveniently may be, after the
Governor, or Commander in Chief, shall require the same, return to
the Governor, or Commander in Chief, a List of such Arms which
Colonel can find in his County, together with an Account of the
Condition such Arms are in; and for the Reparation, Amendment,
or Disposal thereof, the Governor, or Commander in Chief, is hereby
desired to give such Directions, as he may judge most proper. And
to prevent the Embezzlement of the Public Arms,
Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the Ad-
vice and Consent aforesaid, That all the Public Arms shall be
marked with such Marks, and in such Manner, as the Governor, or
Commander in Chief, shall think most proper, to denote such Arms
to belong to the Publick; after which Marks so made, no Person or
Persons whatsoever, shall presume to sell or purchase such Arms
so marked, or where the Mark appears to have been defaced, or
knowing the same to be Publick Arms, under the Penalty of Forty
Shillings; to be recovered against the Seller; and the like Penalty of
Forty Shillings, to be recovered against the Purchaser, for every
Offence, before a single Magistrate, upon the Oath of One or more
credible Witness or Witnesses: Which said Magistrate shall issue
his Warrant to the Clerk of the County directing him to issue an
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