Acts. 167

declared shall take the same enter into recognizance to the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary for the Time being in the Sum of
Twenty Pounds Current Money with Condition thereto that if such
Convicted Felon Naming him or her shall keep the Peace and be of
good Behaviour towards all his Majesty's Subjects during the Time
for which such Convicted Felon was Transported or during the Time
he or her shall Continue in this Province then such Recognizance
shall be void. Which Recognizance immediately after the Caption

Liber R. G.
1769

Recogniz-
ance for his
or her Be-
haviour, dur-
ing the Time
for which
such Felon
was trans-
ported &c.]

thereof shall be delivered to the Person entering into the same who
shall within Ten days thereafter deliver the same to the Clerk of the
Court of the County in which such Purchaser shall reside under the
Penalty of Twenty Pounds Current Money for every Neglect to enter
into such Recognizance or deliver the same to the Clerk as aforesaid
And such County Clerk to whom such Recognizance shall be De-
livered as aforesaid shall as soon thereafter as may be at the charge
of the Recognizer enter the said Recognizance in the said Record
Book at Large and Alphabet the same under the Penalty of Five
pounds Current Money —

p. 44

And be it further Enacted That all Penalties inflicted by this Act
shall and may be recovered in any County Court in this Province
wherein the Offence or Omission shall happen or the Offender shall
reside if such Offender be resident within this Province or if such
Offender be not resident within this Province then in any County
Court where such Offender can be Apprehended by Action of Debt
or Bill of Indictment wherein not more then one Imparlance shall
be allowed one half whereof to the use of the County where the
Purchaser of any such Convicted Felon shall reside or in which any
such convicted Felon who shall be discharged shall be put on Shore
towards defraying the Charges of such County and the other half
to the Informer or him her or them that will Sue or Prosecute to
efifect for the same and any Court in which such Action shall be
brought may in their Direction award good and Sufficient Bail

[Penalties
inflicted by
this Act
how to be
recovered
and applied.]

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 20.^th 1769.
Read & Assented to
Signed by order
T. Wright Cl. lo: ho:

On Behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I Will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly Dec.^r 20.^th 1769.
Read & Assented to
Signed by order.
U Scott Cl. Up: Ho:

Great Seal in

Wax Appendant

No. 23 An Act for preventing the Evil occasioned by Continuance of Suits
at Law on Suggestion of want of Evidence from beyond the Sea

Whereas in many of the Courts of this Province great Numbers
of Suits at Law have been and now are continued Long beyond the
Time Limitted by Law on Suggestions made by the Parties or their
Attornies that a Witness or Testimony material in such Suits is

[Preamble.]