Acts. 313

ized and required to receive and apply the same to the uses and
Purposes aforesaid

Liber R. G.
1770

Provided always And be it Enacted, That it shall and may be
Lawful for the Several and Respective Inhabitants of the said
Parish to pay and discharge the Said Sum of Tobacco to be Levied
for the uses aforesaid in Money in the same Manner as they now
are enabled to pay and Discharge the Public or County Levy and
Clause Matter or thing herein to the Contrary Notwithstanding —

[Proviso.]

By the Lower House
of Assembly October 18.^th
1770 Read and Assented
to
Signed by Order
Jn^o Duckett Cl Lo. ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly 18^th October
1770 Read & Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

the great seal

in wax appendant

N.^o 4 An Act for Abolishing June County Courts and for other Purposes
therein mentioned

p. 52

Whereas it is by experience found that the County Court held
in the Month of June within this Province is very Prejudicial and
of Great hindrance to the necessary Business of the People in that
Season of the Year for Remedy whereof for the future

[Preamble.]

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 June Court hitherto held in every County Be and is
hereby discontinued and abolished and that every matter or thing
directed and required by any Law of this Province to be done used
and practised at June Court shall for the future be done used and
practised at the August Court in every County as fully and effectually
to all Intents Constructions and Purposes as the same hath hitherto
been done used and practised at June Court aforesaid any Law
usage or Custom to the Contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

[Every Mat-
ter or Thing
done at June
Court, shall
in future be
done at
August
Court in
every
County.]

Whereas by the Discontinuing and abolishing June Court it is
thought reasonable That the time for limitting the Continuance of
Actions in the several and respective County Courts within this
Province should be shortened

[By abolish-
ing June
Court.]

Be it therefore Enacted that all Actions returnable to the next
November County Courts or thereafter to be commenced in any
County Court of this Province may be continued to the end of the
third Court after the Appearance Court and no Longer unless it
shall appear by affidavit to the Satisfaction of the Court that Testi-
mony Material in such suit is really wanting and that the party
alledging the same to be wanting or his Attorney or Agent hath
used his reasonable endeavours for procuring such Witnesses or

[Actions
how long to
be con-
tinued.]