Acts. 411

And whereas it hath been found prejudicial to the Inhabitants of
this Province, that Ordinary-keepers and Inn-holders have frequently
entertained diverse loose, idle, and disorderly Persons a great Time,
tippling at their Houses, as well to the great Damage of many Per-
sons, as their own Ruin; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any such Ordinary-keeper
or Inn-holder to keep such Ordinary, or House of Entertainment,
until he or she give good and sufficient Security, by Bond or Recog-
nizance, to the right honourable the Lord Proprietor, his Heirs and
Successors, in twenty Pounds current Money, before the Justices
of the County Court where any Ordinary shall be kept, to keep good
Rules and Orders, and not to suffer idle, loose, or disorderly Per-
sons to tipple, game, or commit other Disorders or Irregularities, in
such Ordinary, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this
Act; and that upon the Breach of any such Bond or Recognizance,
the Recovery of the Penalty thereof shall be in the Name of the
said Lord Proprietor; the one half for the Use of the Commissioners
or Trustees aforesaid, to be collected, paid, and applied as aforesaid ;
and the other half to the Informer.

Session Laws
Ordinary-
keepers to
give Security
for keeping
of good
Order in
their Houses

And whereas daily Experience shews the great Prejudice to the
Owners and Masters of Merchant Ships and Vessels trading into
this Province, by Ordinary-keepers entertaining Sailors and others
to such Ships and Vessels belonging, and trusting and encouraging
them to continue tippling in their Houses, to the Prejudice of
Trade, preventing and impeding the Dispatch of such Ships and
Vessels; and very often when such Sailors have spent all their Wages
in such Ordinaries, it occasions and induces them to run away,
and desert the Ships and Vessels whereto they belong: For Preven-
tion whereof, Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no
Ordinary-keeper whatsoever within this Province, shall presume to
harbour or entertain any Sailor or Sailors, or other Person employed
in loading of Ships or Vessels (the Master and Mate only excepted),
to the Neglect of their Service to their respective Commanders, and
Prejudice to the Dispatch of any Ship or Vessel thereby; under the
Pain and Penalty of being suspended from keeping such Ordinary
And that no Ordinary-keeper whatsoever shall credit any such Sailor
for more than five Shillings, during any one Voyage, under the
Penalty of losing his Debt, and of being fined the Sum of twenty
Shillings current Money; whereof one half to be collected, paid, and
applied as aforesaid; and the other half to the Informer, or him or
them that will sue for the same, to be recovered as aforesaid, before
a single Magistrate.

Not to
entertain or
sell to
Sailors more
than what
is necessary

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any
Ordinary-keeper within this, Province shall harbour, entertain, or
sell any Liquor, to any Servant belonging to any Person within this

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Ordinary-
keepers not
to entertain
Servants;