312 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

Liber H. S.
No. I

or pack into any Hogshead, Cask, or Case of Tobacco, stamped by
any Inspector, any Tobacco whatsoever; or shall draw or take out
any Stave, Plank, or Heading-board of any Hogshead, Cask, or
Case of Tobacco, after such Hogshead, Cask, or Case of Tobacco,
shall be delivered out from any of the public Warehouses aforesaid ;
every Person so offending, and being thereof convicted by due
Course of Law, shall receive Thirty-nine Lashes on his, her, or their
bare Backs, and stand in the Pillory for the Space of Two Hours ;
and that in all such Cases, the Testimony of the Inspector, or In-
spectors, joined with other strong and corroborating Circumstances,
shall and may be admitted as Evidence.

[Inspectors
Notes or Re-
ceipts being
lost, mislaid,
or destroyed;
in what
Manner the
Tobacco con-
tained
therein may
be recovered
notwith-
standing.]

p. 47

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if
any Inspector or Inspectors Notes or Receipts be casually lost, mis-
laid, or destroyed, the Person or Persons intitled to receive the
Tobacco by Virtue of any such Note or Receipt, shall make Oath, or
Affirmation if a Quaker, before a Justice of the Peace of the County
where the same is payable, to the Number or Date of every such Note
or Receipt, to whom and where payable, and for what Quantity of
Tobacco the same was given, and that such Note or Receipt is lost,
mislaid, or destroyed; and that he, she, or they, at the Time such
Note or Receipt was lost, mislaid, or destroyed, was lawfully intitled
to receive the Tobacco therein mentioned; and shall take a Certificate
thereof from such Justice: And upon producing a Certificate of
such Oath or Affirmation to the Inspector or Inspectors who signed
such Note or Receipt, and lodging the same with them, the said
Inspector or Inspectors shall, and he or they are hereby directed to
pay and deliver to the Person obaining such Certificate, the Tobacco
for which any such Notes or Receipts were given (if the same, or
any Part thereof, shall not have been before by him or them paid,
by Virtue of the said Notes or Receipts,) and shall be thereby dis-
charged from all Actions, Suits, and Demands, on Account of such
Notes or Receipts. And if any Person shall be convicted of making
a false Oath or Affirmation, or producing a forged Certificate, in the

[Penalty and
Punishment
in case of
false Swear-
ing and
Forgery.]

Case aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay Thirty Shillings Current
Money for every Hundred Pounds Weight of Tobacco contained in
such Certificate, and so in Proportion for a less Quantity; and
moreover, upon Conviction in any Court of Record, shall suffer as
in Case of wilful and corrupt Perjury.

[Public and
County
Levies, Par-
ish charges.
Officers and
Attorneys
Fees where
to be paid.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Tobacco due, or to grow due and payable, for Public and County
Levies, Parochial Charges, and all Officers and Attorneys Fees, which
shall not be discharged and paid in Money, as by the Paper Currency
Act or this Act is directed, and the Allowance to the Clergy hereby
settled, shall be paid and discharged in the following Manner; that
is to say, The Public and County Levies, in any of the Warehouses
within the County on which the same shall be levied; Parochial