438 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 22, 1768.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

ney residing in their several and respective Counties and shall be
Collected by the Sheriff's of Somerset and Worcester Counties from
the several Taxable Persons of the said Parish who shall reside
within their Counties And the said Quantities of Tobacco when so
as aforesaid collected shall be paid by such Sheriffs respectively to
such Vestry and Church Wardens aforesaid who are hereby author-
ized to receive and apply the same to the Uses aforesaid.

[How the
Tobacco may
be dis-
charged]

Provided always and be it further Enacted That it shall and may be
Lawful for the several and respective Inhabitants of the Parish afore-
said to Pay and discharge the said several Quantities of Tobacco so to
be levied and raised for the uses aforesaid in Money in the same man-
ner as they now are enabled to pay and discharge the Publick or
County Levies Every Clause Matter or Thing herein to the Contrary
Notwithstanding

By the Lower House of
Assembly 16:^th June 1768
Read and Assented to
Sign'd p Order
T. Wright Cl: Lo: Ho:

On Behalf of the right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I Will this be a Law
Hor° Sharpe

By the Upper House of
Assembly 18:^th June 1768
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
UScott Cl: Up: Ho:

the Great Seal
in Wax Appendant

N:^o 10

An Act for the recovery of certain Amercements and also upon
Defaults on Execution

[Sherriffs,
&c. being
called upon
by the Court,
to bring in
Defendants,
before ar-
rested, and
shall omit
or fail so to
do, the Jus-
tices may
order Judg-
ment to be
entered for
the Plaintiff,
against such
Sheriff, &c.]

Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governor and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the
same that in Case any Sheriff or Coroners shall be called upon by
the Order of the Justices of the Provincial or of any County Court to
bring before them any Defendant or Defendants before Arrested
by such Sheriff or Coroner according to the said Sheriff's or Coron-
er's Return of or upon any Writ being either mesne Process or of
Execution and shall fail neglect or Omit to bring into Court such
Defendant or Defendants and therefore shall be Amerced by the
Justices aforesaid or have his Default entered then and in either
such Case it shall and may be Lawful for the Justices aforesaid in
the Name of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs and to and for his her or their
Use on Motion to Order and direct Judgment to be entered up against
such Sheriff or Coroner for the sum in which the said Sheriff or
Coroner shall be Amerced or for the sum and Costs recovered against

p. 687

the Person or Persons taken on Execution which respective Judg-
ments shall have the fforce and Effect to all Intents and Purposes
of any Judgment rendered on the Verdict of a Jury

[Proviso]

Provided Always that before the said Judgments shall become
Absolute for the said sum in which the aforesaid Sheriff or Coroner