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

Liber H. S.
No. 1

issue their Warrant to the Sheriff of the said County, thereby com-
manding him to summon a Jury of at least eighteen good and lawful
Freeholders of his County, to appear on the Lands aforesaid, at a
certain Day, therein to be appointed, who shall then there, upon
their Oath to be administered to them by the said Sheriff diligently
enquire into and true Presentment make of all such Wastes and
Trespasses committed on the said Lands by the Person or Persons

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complained against, and shall assess the Damages and true Value
of the same; and the said Sheriff shall then and there take an Inqui-
sition thereof, under the Hands and Seals of the said Jurors, or any
twelve of them that shall agree, and the same under his Hand and
Seal shall return to the Justices of the next County Court, and the
said Sheriff shall and is hereby directed to summon and swear to the
same Jurors all such Witnesses as may be required: At which said
next Court if the Person or Persons, so charged, shall not shew
unto the Justices of the said Court sufficient and legal Cause why
the said Court should not proceed to give Judgment on such Inquisi-
tion, then the Justices of the same Court shall give Judgment thereon
to the said Indians, for the Damages mentioned in such Inquisition ;
and shall award Execution thereon, as in other Cases; and the said
Person or Persons, against whom Judgment, on such Inquisition,
shall be given, shall, and is hereby obliged to pay unto the several
Officers their legal Fees, and to each of the said Jurors, who shall
pass on the Enquiry aforesaid, the Sum of Fifteen Pounds of To-
bacco for each Day's Attendance; to be recovered and levied as
Officers Fees are collected and levied.
And to prevent any Person hereafter holding any of the said

[Persons
holding
Lands under
Pretence of
renting, how
to be dealt
with.]

Indian Lands, under Pretence of renting the same, contrary to the
Laws of this Province, Be it Enacted, That any two Justices of the
Peace in the County where the Lands lie, shall, and are hereby im-
powered, upon Complaint to them made by the said Indians of
any Persons holding their said Lands, under Pretence of renting the
same of the said Indians, or who shall enter into the same without
their Permission, to go upon the said Lands, and view the same, and
if they find the said Complaint to be true, to issue their Warrant to
the Sheriff of the County to put out such Person or Persons hold-
ing the same, and deliver full and peaceable Possession thereof to
the said Indians; and the said Person or Persons, against whom
such Warrant shall be so issued shall pay unto each of the said
Justices, for their Trouble therein, the Sum of Sixty-four Pounds of
Tobacco; and to the Sheriff such legal Fees as in other Cases for
serving Writs of Possession he may charge; to be recovered by War-
rant, before one Justice of the Peace, as in Case of small Debts.
Provided nevertheless, and be it Enacted, That any Person or Per-
sons, against whom any Judgment, in any Court, by Virtue of this
Act, shall be given, shall have the Right of appealing to the Pro-