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

Liber H. S.
No. 1

for every such Offence either by ordering of his or her relief or
usual Allowance to be abridged suspended or withdrawn or other-
wise by ordering such Offender to be whipt not exceeding twenty
Lashes and kept to hard Labour for any Number of Days not ex-
ceeding twenty one as to the said Trustee in his discretion shall
seem most meet And if any Overseer of the Poor shall receive into
any Alms & Work House or shall relieve any such Person not having
and wearing such Badge or Mark as aforesaid and be thereof Con-
victed upon the Oath of one or more Credible Witness or Witnesses
shall forfeit and pay the sum of five Pounds Current Money

[Persons
selling
strong Liq-
uors to the
Poor, on the
Land pur-
chased for
an Alms, and
Work-
House,
forfeit 10 l.]

And be it further Enacted That whosoever shall presume either
to set up a Booth Stall or other Conveniency for the selling of Strong
Liquors on the Land purchased in any of the Counties aforesaid
for the Use of an Alms and Work House or shall commit any kind
of Trespass thereon or shall sell or dispose of any Strong Liquor
or other Matter or Thing whatsoever to any Poor or other Person
entertained in such Alms and Work House shall for every such
Offence fforfeit and pay the sum of ten Pounds Current Money

[Penalties
and For-
feitures, re-
coverable in
any Court of
Record; one
Moiety to
the Informer,
the other to
the Use of
the Alms,
and Work-
Housc, &c.]

And be it further Enacted That all and every the Pains Penalties
and Forfeitures herein before by this Act directed and inflicted shall
and may be recovered in any Court of Record within this Province
by Action of Debt founded on this Act or Indictment wherein no
Essoyn protection Wager of Law or more than one Imparlance shall
be allowed any thing in this Act herein before Contained to the
Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. One Moiety to the
Informer the other Moiety to the Use of the Alms and Work House
where such recoveries shall be had and Obtained in which Actions
of Debt it shall be sufficient for the Plaintiff to alledge that the
Defendant or Defendants are Indebted to the Plaintiff the sums of
Money or Tobacco by this Act directed and Inflicted whereby the
Plaintiffs Action accrued to him according to the fform of this Act
of Assembly without setting forth the Special Matter: Provided a
Short Note expressing the Cause of Action be lodged in the Office
at the Time of Issuing the Writ

[Officers to
be aiding,
and assist
the Trustees
in the Exe-
cution of
their Office]

And be it further Enacted That all Sheriffs Bailiffs Constables
and all other Officers and Ministers of Justice shall be Aiding and
Assisting to the said Trustees for the Poor in each of the said
Counties and to all such Officers as shall be employed by them as by
this Act is directed in the Execution and performance of the said
Service

p. 728
[Persons
sued for
putting this
Act in exe-
cution may
plead the
General
Issue, &c.]

And be it further Enacted that if any Person or Persons shall at
any Time or Times be be Sued or prosecuted for any Matter or
Thing by him or them done and Executed in Pursuance and Execu-
tion of this Act or of any Matter or Thing in this Act Contained
such Person or Persons shall and may plead the general Issue and
give this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence for his or their