Acts. 649

erect, or set up any Booth, or other Conveniency, on the Days on
which such Yearly Meetings shall be kept, and within a Distance not
less than three Miles from such Meeting Houses in the said Coun-
ties of Talbot and Anne-Arundel, shall not sell, give, or dispose of
any strong or spirituous Liquor, or give any Entertainment or other
Accommodations, upon any Pretence whatsoever, to any Servant,
Negro, or other Slave, under Pain of losing the Price of the Liquor
so sold, given, or disposed of, and paying moreover the Sum of
Twenty Shillings Current Money; to be recovered before any single
Magistrate of the County, upon the Oath (or Affirmation if a
Quaker) of any one credible Witness, and applied as aforesaid.

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p. 45
Penalty for
selling
Liquor to
Servants or
Slaves

And be it further Enacted, That such Ordinary-Keeper shall not
sell, give, or dispose of any Liquors, or other Accommodations, or
give any Entertainment in any Booth, or other Convenience, except
such as shall be at his or her dwelling House, to any Person or Per-
sons whatsoever, on any of the several and respective Days on which
such Meetings shall be kept and held as aforesaid, after Sun-setting
of the same Day, under the Penalty and Forfeiture of Five Pounds
Current Money for every such Offence, to be recovered and applied
as aforesaid.

No Liquors
to be sold
after Sunset
in any
Booth

And be it further Enacted, That no Person or Persons whatso-
ever, shall hereafter run or pace any Race or Races with any Horse,
Mare, or Gelding, for any Wager or Wagers, for Diversion, or on
any Pretence whatsoever, on the Ground commonly called New-
Market, in Talbot County, or within the Distance of Five Miles from
the Meeting House in the said County, or within Five Miles of the
Meeting House on West-River, in Anne-Arundel County, on the
Days on which the said Meetings or either of them shall be kept and
held, under the Penalty of the Owner or Owners of such Horse,
Mare, or Gelding, who shall so run or pace his Horse, Mare, or
Gelding, or knowingly suffer them to be run or paced, forfeiting and
paying for every such Race Five Pounds Current Money, to be re-
covered and applied as aforesaid. And the Person or Persons who
shall presume to make any Horse-Race, lay any Wager on such
Race, or run for his or their Diversion, or who shall presume to ride
a Race on any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, belonging to any other Per-
son, on the Days and within the Distances from the said respective
Meeting Houses afore-mentioned, shall for every Offence, forfeit
and pay the Sum of Five Pounds Current Money, to be recovered
and applied as aforesaid.

No Horse
Races to be
run near
Meetings

And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the Constables of
the several and respective Hundreds of the said Counties of Anne-
Arundel and Talbot, shall, upon their knowing, or being applied to,
during the Time of holding the said Yearly Meetings, by any other
Person or Persons informing them, that great Numbers or Crowds
of Negroes or other Slaves have met in a tumultuous and disorderly

Constables
to assist in
suppressing
Tumults