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

Liber H. S.
No. 1

County they departed, and then, by Warrant under his Hand, to order
him, her or them to be conveyed back, from Constable to Constable,
to the County where they belong, or shall properly reside, there to
be confined for the Space of five Days, and then sent by the Sheriff
of such County to their respective Places of Residence, unless
Security be given for his, her or their good Behaviour and Appear-
ance at the next County Court.
And be it further Enacted, That if any of the said late Inhabitants

[Neutrals
who shall
refuse to
work, how
to be
treated.]

of Nova Scotia, after the first Day of June next, being Persons of
Ability of Body, shall use wandering and loitering, and refuse to
work for reasonable Wages, every such Person shall, upon their
Apprehension by Order of any Justice of the Peace, be sent to the
Public Goal of the County where he, she or they shall reside, there
to remain until he, she or they shall be willing to Labour for Sub-
sistence.
This Act to continue for one Year from the End of this Session

[Continu-
ance.]
p. 283

of Assembly, and no longer.

22.^d May I7s6 On behalf of the Right 22^d May 1756
Read and assented to Honourable the Lord Read and assented to
by the Lower house of Proprietary of this Prov- by the upper house of
assembly ince I will this be a Law assembly
Signed p order Hor.^o Sharpe Signed p order
MMacnemara Cl lo ho JRoss Cl Up Ho.

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No. 16

An Act for the Assessment and Payment of the Public Charge of
this Province.
Whereas there are the Sums of One thousand five hundred and

[Preamble.]

thirty-eight Pounds twelve Shillings and eight Pence Current Money,
and Four millions six hundred and five thousand nine hundred and
ninety-six Pounds of Tobacco, due from the Public of this Province
to the several Creditors thereof, as appears by the Journal of Ac-
counts, assented to by both Houses of this Present Session of
Assembly: For the greater Ease in the Discharge and Payment
whereof,
Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by

[One Moiety
of the Public
Debts to be
levied in
1756.]

and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That the Sum of Seven hundred sixty-nine Pounds six
Shillings and Four Pence Current Money, and Two millions three
hundred and two thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight Pounds of
Tobacco, being one Moiety of the Amount of the said Journal of
Accounts, together with the Sheriffs Salary of Five Pounds per
Centum thereon for Collection to the several Sheriffs, who shall
collect and pay the same, shall be levied from the several taxable