506 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

Liber H. S.
No.1

said Sheriffs shall and may retain to their own Use a Commission of
Two Pounds Ten Shillings per Cent, which said Tax, and all Fines
and Forfeitures in Virtue of this Act, paid to the Commissioners
aforesaid, shall be by them retained, to be destroyed as herein is
directed.

[Penalty on
the Owners
of Billiard-
Tables, for
refusing to
give
Account.]

And be it further Enacted, That every Owner or Keeper of a
Billiard-Table, who shall refuse or neglect, on Demand of the
Constable, to give under his Hand an Account thereof, such Owner
or Keeper, so refusing or neglecting, shall forfeit and pay the Sum
of Five Pounds Current Money, as aforesaid, to be recovered in a
summary Way, before any Justice of the Peace of the County where
such Offence shall happen; and every Constable, who shall omit or
neglect to take and return an Account or List, as aforesaid, of every
such Billiard-Table, shall forfeit and pay for every such Billiard-
Table, so omitted or neglected to be returned, the Sum of Five
Pounds Current Money, as aforesaid, to be recovered in a summary
Way as aforesaid; and every Justice of the Peace, before whom
such Convictions shall happen, shall, and is hereby authorized and
required to receive the same Fines, and to make Payment thereof to
the Sheriff of his respective County, and take his Receipt for the
same, and shall transmit to the Commissioners or Trustees afore-
said, at or before the twentieth Day of October yearly, a List under

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his Hand of all Fines, so by him received, and what Commitments
he has made for Non-payment. And in Case Judgment shall be given
by such Justice against such Offender, and the said Fines shall not
be immediately paid, such Justice is hereby required to commit the
said Offender into the Custody of the Sheriff, there to remain until
he shall pay and satisfy the same, with Costs.

[40 s. a
Piece to be
paid for all
Horses, &c.
brought
from other
Govern-
ments.]

And be it further Enacted, That from and after the End of this
Session of Assembly, it shall not be lawful for any Person or Per-
sons whatsoever, either residing or coming and trading within this
Province, to sell, barter, or exchange, any Horse, Mare, Colt, or
Gelding, brought from any other Colony into this Province, without
first having entered the same with the Clerk of the County, into
which such Person or Persons shall first bring such Horse, Mare,
Colt, or Gelding, and paid to the said Clerk for every such Horse,
Mare, Colt, or Gelding, the Sum of Forty Shillings Current Money,
in Bills of Credit, established by this or any former Act of Assembly
of this Province; and the Clerk, with whom such Entry is made, as
aforesaid, shall, and is hereby obliged to give to the Person or
Persons, making the same, a Certificate under his Hand and the Seal
of the County, of such Entry and Payment, expressing therein the
Number of Horses, Mares, Colts, or Geldings, so entered, and de-
scribing as nearly as may be, the natural and artificial Marks of the
said Horses, Mares, Colts or Geldings; for which Certificate, such