Acts. 387

And be it further enacted That every Person who shall be received
into the said Alms and Work house and there receive releif shall
upon the Shoulder of the Right Sleeve of the Uppermost Garment

of every such person in an open and visible manner wear such

Badge or mark as is herein after Mentioned and Expressed That is
to say with the Letter p. together with the first Letter of the Name
of Talbot County cut either in red or Blue cloath as by the overseer

Liber R. G.
1774
[Persons
received into
the Alms or
Work-House
to wear a
Badge.]

of the poor shall be directed and appointed and if such poor person
shall neglect or refuse to wear such Badge or mark as aforesaid and in
manner as aforesaid it shall and may be lawful for any one of the
Trustees aforesaid to Punish every such offender for every such

[Punishment
on Neglect
or Refusal.]

offence either by ordering his or her releif or usual allowance to be
abridged Suspended or withdrawn or otherwise by ordering such
offender to be whipt not Exceeding Ten Lashes and kept to hard
Labour for any Number of days not exceeding Twenty as to the said

p. 338

Trustee shall seem meet. And if any overseer of the poor shall receive
into the said Alms and Work house or shall Support any such person
not having and wearing such Badge or mark as aforesaid and be
thereof Convicted upon the Oath of One or more credible Witness or
Witnesses shall forfit and pay the sum of Five pounds Current
Money —

[Penalty on
the Overseer
receiving or
relieving
Persons
without such
Badge.]

And be it further enacted That whosoever shall presume either
to set up a Booth stall or other Convenience for the selling of Strong
Liquors on the land purchased for the use of the said Alms or
Work house or shall commit any kind of Trespass thereon or shall
sell or dispose of any Strong Liquor or other Matter of thing what-
soever to any poor or other Person entertained in the said Alms
and Work house shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the
sum of Ten pounds Current Money

[Penalty on
Persons sell-
ing strong
Liquors, &c.
to the Poor
or others
entertained
in the Alms
or Work-
House.]

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 the County Court of said County by Action
of Debt founded on this Act or Indictment wherein no Essoin Pro-
tection or wager of Law or more than One Imparlance shall be al-
lowed 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 of said
County in which Action of Debt it shall be Sufficient for the Plain-
tiff 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 form of this act of Assembly without seting forth the Special
Matter Provided a Short note Expressing the Cause of action be

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

lodged in the office at the Time of Issuing the writ
And be it further enacted That all sheriffs Bailiffs Constables and
other officers and Ministers of Justice shall be aiding and assisting

[Sheriffs,
&c. to aid &
assist the
Trustees,
&c.]