166 Assembly Proceedings, November 17-December 20, 1769.

Liber R. G.
1769
p. 43
[Every
Master of a
Ship, &c.
who shall
import any
Felon into
this Prov-
ince, shall
bring a full
Transcript
of the Record
of his Con-
viction, &c.]

Vexation and Prejudice of the Inhabitants of this Province for
further Remedy whereof —
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 every Master of a Ship or other Vessel that shall after the first
day of October next import any Felon into this Province who hath
been or shall be Convicted of any Crime shall bring a full Transcript
of the Record of such Conviction and the Proceedings relating thereto
under the Seal of the Court where such Conviction is or shall be had
if there is any Seal of such Court and if there is no such Seal then
under the Hand and Seal of the Clerk for the Time being of such
Court and such Transcript shall Deliver to the Consignee of such
Convicted Felon or such other Person or Persons as shall have the
Sale of such Convicted Felon.

[And the
Person hav-
ing the sale
of such
Felon, shall
deliver the
Transcript
to the Clerk
of the
County
where the
Purchaser
shall reside,
under Pen-
alty, &c.]

And be it further Enacted That any Consignee or other Person
having the Sale of any convicted Felon who shall be imported into
this Province after the said first day of October next shall within
Thirty days after the Sale of any such convicted Felon or within
the same time after his Discharge of any convicted Felon deliver
such Transcript as aforesaid to the Clerk of the Court of the County
wherein the purchaser of such convicted Felon shall reside or in
which such convicted Felon shall be put on shore under the Penalty
of Ten pounds Current Money and the Clerks of the County Courts
respectively shall at the Expence of the person delivering such Tran-
script as soon as may be carefully enter the Transcript in a Book to
be provided and kept for the purposes and only the purposes of this
Act and shall orderly insert the Name of such Convicted Felon and
the Page in which his Transcript shall be recorded in an Alphabet
towards the End of such Book under the Penalty of Five Pounds
Current Money for every omission and a Copy of the Entry of such
Transcript under the Seal of the Court to which such Book belongs
shall be good Evidence to prove any person therein named as such a
convicted Felon —
Provided and declared Nevertheless that no other mode of Evi-
dence which is Legal or now used in this Province shall be hereby
excluded —

[Every
Inhabitant
within this
Province,
who shall
purchase any
Felon im-
ported, shall
enter into

And Whereas for Want of due care and Attention of Masters
convicted Felons who are imported and held as Servants in this
Province frequently commit Murders Robberies and other Crimes &
Offences —
Be it Therefore Enacted That every Inhabitant within this Prov-
ince who shall Purchase any Convicted Felon imported after the said
first day of October next shall within Twenty days after such Pur-
chase go before some Justice of the Peace of the County where such
Purchaser shall reside and shall before such Justice who it is hereby