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

Liber H. S.
No. I

Action of Debt, or Information, against such refusing Parties sev-
erally, in the Name of the respective Inspector .or Inspectors, and to
be applied to the Use of such Warehouse or Warehouses, on which
the Refusal shall happen as aforesaid.

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And be it Enacted, That if any of the Warehouses herein before
mentioned shall happen to be burnt, the Loss of Tobacco sustained

[If Ware-
houses
should hap-
pen to be
burnt.]

thereby, shall be made good and repaired to the several Persons
injured, by an Allowance in the public Levy, at the next Sessions
after such Loss; and in Case of such Accident, no Inspector or
Inspectors shall be sued, or molested, for or by reason of any Prom-
issary Notes, or Receipts, by them given for any Tobacco burnt in
the said Warehouse, but shall be altogether acquitted and discharged
of and from the Payment of the Tobacco, in such Notes, or Receipts,
mentioned; any Thing before to the contrary notwithstanding.

[County
Clerks Duty
in assisting
Magis-
trates.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Clerk of each County within this Province, do, and shall, provide a
well-bound or stitched Book, to have Recorded therein, all their
Proceedings relating to this Act; and that it be the Duty of the Clerk
of the County Court, for the Time being, to attend them on all
Occasions relating to this Act, and that he be qualified by Oath,
before some Magistrate, to keep fair and just Entries of the Pro-
ceedings of the said Justices, and do all other necessary Services,
in relation to this Act, that shall be required of him by the Justices
aforesaid; for all which Services he shall annually be allowed, out

[To be al-
low'd Five
Pounds.]

of the Profits arising by Virtue of this Act, a Sum not exceeding
Five Pounds Current Money. And as it may be necessary for the
Justices to have the Lands mentioned in this Act, where Houses are
to be Built, surveyed, butted and bounded, they are hereby required

[Ware-
house-Land
to be sur-
vey'd.]

and directed to employ the Surveyor of the County, or some other
skilful Person to do such Service for which the Surveyor, or such
other Person, shall be allowed in the County Levy, for each Ware-
house-Land he shall lay out, butt and bound, the Sum of Ten Shil-
lings Current Money.

[Ill Prac-
tices of In-
spectors
how pun-
ish'd.]

And for the better detecting of Inspectors who shall not do their
Duty, Be it Enacted, That the Justices of the County Court shall
hear, and determine, all Complaints against them, and if they shall
find them deficient in their Duty, they shall remove any such In-
spector or Inspectors, and their Proceedings shall be in a Summary
Way; and if they adjudge any Inspector or Inspectors to be Re-
moved, the said Justices, in such Case, shall, with all convenient
Speed, notify the same to the Governor or Commander in Chief,
for the Time being. Provided always, That the Inspector or In-
spectors to be complained against, be summoned to appear and make
his or their Defence; but in Case he or they will not appear, his

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Non-appearance shall be taken for a Confession, without some
reasonable Excuse be given for the same.