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and if the Plaintiff shall discontinue his Action, or be non-suited,
or a Verdict or Judgment shall pass against him he shall pay the
Defendant Treble Costs,
And be it Enacted, that if any Person shall be founded or dis-
abled in any Military Service, in Virtue of this Act, so as to be
incapable of Supporting himself, and shall produce a Certificate from
his Commanding Officer of his good behaviour in Such Service to
the Justices of the County Court, of the County where he last
resided, he shall be Supported, during Such his disability at the
Publick Charge of this Province.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that Jonas
Green Printer to this Province shall and he is hereby Obliged and
required within Twenty Days after the End of this present Session
of Assembly to deliver to the Sheriff of Ann Arundel County to be
by him conveyed in the Same Manner as Public Letters for his
Lordships Service are Copies of this Act for the Sheriff and each
representative and Field Officer within the several and respective
Counties in this Province under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds Cur-
rent Money to be recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Infor-
mation wherein no Essoin Protection or Wager of Law or more
than one Imparlance to be allowed one half of which Forfeiture
to be paid to the Sheriff of the County where the Same Shall be
incurred and by him paid to the Treasurer of the Wester Shore
who shall pay the Same to the Order of Governor or Commander
in Chief for the Purposes aforesaid the other half to the Informer
or him her or them that will Sue for the Same. And be it also
Enacted that the Several and respective Sheriffs within this Prov-
ince shall within Five Days after their having respectively received
the Copies of this Act, to them directed to be Sent by the Printer,
deliver to every Delegate and Field Officer in their respective Coun-
ties one of the Said Copies of this Act, and one Copy thereof such
Sheriffs respectively are to keep, and within Five Days the Same
Act to Publish, in all the most Public Places in their Several and
Respective Counties, to the End that the People in every County
within this Province may be well informed thereof And in Case
any Such Sheriff shall omit or neglect his Duty herein enjoined he
shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds Current Money
one half thereof to the Informer or him her or them that will Sue
for the Same the other Half to be paid to Coroners of the County
where such Forfeiture shall happen by them to be paid to the Trea-
surer of the respective Shore where the Same Forfeitures Shall
happen who shall pay the Same to the Order of the Governor or
Commander in Chief for the Purposes aforesaid, To be recovered
in any Court of Record within this Province by Action of Debt
Bill Plaint or Information wherein no Essoin Protection or Wager
of Law or more than one Imparlance to be allowed Provided Always
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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