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

Liber H. S.
No. 1
[Sheriffs
to pay
annually, all
the Money
received by
this Act, to
the Trea-
surers, to
be by them
Accounted
for to the
General
Assembly,
deducting
their Com-
missions]
[Continu-
ance]

And be it further Enacted that the several Sheriffs aforesaid
shall be allowed at and after the Rate of five per Cent on all Monies
by them respectively received in Virtue of this Act and the said
Sheriffs shall Yearly and every Year on or before the twentieth Day
of October pay all the Monies by them received in Virtue of this
Act except their Commission aforesaid into the Hands of the Trea-
surers of the respective Shores where received to be by the said
Treasurers from Time to Time accounted for to the General As-
sembly deducting therefrom five per Cent for their Salaries and by
the said Assembly to be disposed of towards the defraying of the
Public Charge of this Province. This Act to Continue for and during
the Space of three Years and to the End of the next Session of
Assembly which shall happen after the Expiration of the said three
Years

By the Lower House of
Assembly 21..^st June 1768.
Read and Assented to
Sign'd by Order
T: Wright Cl: Lo: Ho:

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

By the Upper House of
Assembly 21.^st June 1768
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

the Great Seal
in Wax Append.

N:^o 28
p. 719

An Act for amending and declaring the Law in the Cases therein
mentioned

[Preamble]

Whereas by the Act entituled An Act causing Grand and Petit
Jurors to come to the Provincial and County Courts and ascertain-
ing their Allowances it is amongst other Things provided That the
Jurors to be summoned by Virtue of that Act to the Provincial and
County Courts shall be of the best and most understanding Free-
holders of their several and respective Counties and that no Person
having any Matter of Fact depending for Trial in any Court what-
soever shall be admitted as a qualified Juror between Party and Party
during the sitting of such Court that such Matter of Fact shall be
or shall be expected to be tried in

[No verdict
in the future
to be set
aside, when
any Juror,
who tried the
Cause, was
not a Free-
holder, &c]

Be it Enacted and declared 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 no Verdict of a Jury shall hereafter
be set aside nor Judgment on any Verdict staid arrested or reversed
by Reason that any Juror who tried the Cause was not a Freeholder
or by Reason that any such Juror had a Matter of Fact depending
for Tryal as aforesaid

[Proviso]

Provided nevertheless that it shall and may be lawful to and for
the Plaintiff and Defendant in any Cause to be tried in any of the
said Courts to challenge any Juror for Want of Freehold or by
Reason that such Juror hath a Matter of fact depending for Trial