Acts. 489

of any Former Law under the Penalty of four Pounds of Tobacco
for every Pound of Tobacco so bought bartered for Purchased taken
into his her or their Possession Sold or Offered to Sale as aforesaid

Liber H. S.
No. 1

to be recovered where the Penalty shall not exceed Six hundred
Pounds of Tobacco before a Single Magistrate as in Case of Small
Debt and where such Penalty shall exceed the said sum then and in
such Case to be recovered in the County Court where such Offence
shall happen or the Party resides by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or
Information wherein no Essoyn Protection Wager of Law or more
than one Imparlance shall be Allowed one Moiety of such Penalty
to the Informer or him her or them that shall sue for the same
together with his her or their legal Allowance for Attendance as an
Evidence and the other Moiety to and for the use of the County
where such Offence shall be committed towards defraying the
charge of such County in the Execution of this Act and where such
Penalty shall arise by Prosecution upon Indictment if the Informer
shall not upon Conviction make his claim (and which claim when
made shall be entered upon the Clerks Docket) to the Moiety in
open Court then and in such Case the whole of such Penalty shall
be to and for the use of the County where such Offence shall be
committed to be Applied towards defraying the charge of Inspection
as aforesaid

p. 499

And for the further Discovering and Punishing so Pernicious a
Practice Be it Likewise enacted That if either Parties Offenders as
aforesaid shall make such information against the Other Party or
Parties so as aforesaid Offending and shall Prosecute such other
Party or Parties so that he She or they be of the Offences afore-
said or either of them lawfully Convict to which Purpose any or
either of the Parties aforesaid are hereby enacted and declared to
be Good and Sufficient Evidence such Person so as aforesaid Inform-
ing and Prosecuting shall not only be indemnified and saved Harm-
less from any Prosecution for the said Offence but shall also be
intituled to have and receive the same Rewards Allowed as afore-
said and shall have and receive as a further encouragement the
further sum of two Pounds of Tobacco for every Pound of such
Tobacco to his Sole and Seperate Use to be recovered where the
Penalty shall not exceed six hundred Pounds of Tobacco before a
single Magistrate as in Case of small Debts to be made a part of the
Judgment of such Magistrate and where such Penalty shall exceed
the said sum then and in such Case to be recovered in the County
Court where such Offence shall so happen or the party resides by
Action of Debt Bill Plaint Information or Indictment to his Sole

[Buyer or
seller,
informing
against the
other, to be
indemnified
&c]

and seperate use as aforesaid to be made a Part of the Judgment of
the Court upon such Conviction against such Offender
And be it further enacted That as often as any Magistrate shall
be informed by any credible Person on Oath or Affirmation if a

[Magistrates
having in-
formation of
trashy
tobacco, to
make search]