398 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 28-Dec. 16, 1757.

Liber H. S.

No. 1

remain and be in full Force, for and during the Term of Three Years
next ensuing, and to the End of the next Session of Assembly which
shall happen after the End of the said Three Years.

25^th November 1757 On behalf of the Right 25 November 1757
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
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No. 13
p. 345

An Act to prohibit raising of Swine and Geese in Frederick-Town,
in Frederick County.

[Preamble.]

I. Whereas the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Frederick-Town,
in Frederick County, by their humble Petition, have set forth, That
divers Persons living in the same Town, do raise and keep great
Numbers of Swine and Geese within the same Town, to the great
Prejudice of the Inhabitants thereof :

[Swine and
Geese to be

kept in

Inclosures.]

II. Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, by 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 no Person or Persons whatsoever, living,
or that shall hereafter live, within the same Town, shall, after the
End of this present Session of Assembly, under any Pretence what-
soever, keep or support within the same Town, any Swine or Geese
belonging to themselves, or to any other Person whatsoever, unless
such Swine or Geese be kept within such Person or Persons Inclosure,
so keeping or supporting such Swine or Geese.

[May be
shot, if
suffered to
go at large.]

III. And be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with
the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That in Case any Person or Per-
sons whatsoever, living, or that shall live, in the said Town, shall,
after the End of this present Session of Assembly, suffer any Swine
or Geese, belonging to themselves, or under their Care and belonging
to any other Person, go at large within the said Town, it shall and
may be lawful for any Person to shoot, or otherwise destroy, such
Swine or Geese, found at large as aforesaid.

[Indemnified
for shooting
&c.]

IV. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by
and with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That if any Person shall
be sued or impleaded, for shooting or otherwise destroying such
Swine or Geese as aforesaid, the Defendants may plead the General
Issue, and give this Act, and the special Matter, in Evidence.

3^d December 1757 On behalf of the Right 3^d December 1757
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 Co lo ho JRoss Cl Up Ho

The Great Seal
in Wax app^t