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JOHN SEYMOUR, Esq; Governor.
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1704. |
quiet Possession thereof, such owner or Owners shall and may recover
his
Right to the same by Ejectment, or otherwise as the Law directs; any thing
in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
VI. And for
Prevention of the Abuse frequently committed by Persons
keeping Water-Mills, by taking excessive Toll, Be
it therefore Enacted by
the Authority aforesaid, by and with the Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That from
and after the Publication hereof as aforesaid, no Master, Owner, Miller,
ot
other Person, properly belonging to, or otherwise owning any Mill within
this Province, shall ask, demand or receive, for Grinding any Quantity
or
Quantities of Indian Corn or Wheat whatsoever, above the Sixth Part
of every
Bushel of Indian Corn, and Eight Part of every Bushel of Wheat,
by
him or them so Ground as aforesaid; upon Penalty and Forfeiture of One
Thousand Pound of Tobacco, one Half to the Use of her Majesty, her Heirs
and Successors, for the Support of Government, and the other Half to him
or them that shall inform, or sue for the same; to be recovered in the
respective
County Courts, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein
no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law to be allowed; any other Act,
Usage or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
VII. Provided
Always, That if any Person, upon Encouragement of former
Acts, hereby repealed, have begun to build any Mill, they shall still have
all those Advantages that they might have had by such Act hereby repealed,
as if the former Act or Acts were still in Force.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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CHAP.
XVI.
Millers Toll
settled.
Penalty for
exacting
more.
Rights under
former Acts
secured. |
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CHAP. XVII.
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An Act declaring, that the Altering or Scratching out of the Mark
of any Tobacco,
or Altering the Quality thereof, after received, without
lawful Order or
Warrant, shall be deemed and adjudged Felony.
Lib. LL. N° 3. fol. 15. OBS. |
Passed 3d of
October 1704. |
This Law is re-enacted in 1715, ch. 22, §.
5 and 6.
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CHAP. XVIII.
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An Act for the Publication of all Laws within this Province.
Lib. LL. N° 3.
fol. 15. REP. 1715, ch. 49,
and 1719, ch. 16. |
Ditto. |
A new Act made 1715, ch. 25.
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CHAP. XIX.
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An Act declaring several Acts of Assembly, formerly made, to be
in Force, Lib.
LL. N° 3. fol. 16.
The original Act was burned with the
Court-house, before it had been compared with the Record;
and was therefore, (among others)
re-enacted in December Session this Year, ch. 94.
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Ditto. |
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CHAP. XX.
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An Act for the better Administration of Justice in Probat of Wills,
and granting
Administrations, recovering of Legacies, and securing
Filial Portions, Lib.
LL. N° 3. fol. 17. REP. 1715,
ch. 49, and 1719, ch. 16. |
Ditto. |
A new Act made 1715, ch. 39.
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CHAP. XXI.
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An ACT for the Marking of Highways, and making the Heads
of Rivers, Creeks, Branches and Swamps, passable
for Horse
and Foot. Lib. LL. N° 2. fol.
35.
Supplementary and other Acts relating
to High-roads are 1723, ch. 17; 1724, ch. 14; 1736,
ch. 17; 1750, ch.
14; 1753, ch. 16; and 1756, ch. 12.
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Ditto. |
WHEREAS it is thought convenient, and very much for the Benefit
of the Inhabitants of this Province, that Roads and Paths be
marked, and the Heads of Rivers, Creeks and Branches, be made
passable;
II. Be it therefore
Enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with
the Advice and Consent of her majesty's Governor, Council and Assembly
of this |
Preamble. |
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