II.  Be it Enacted, by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of his Majesty's Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Province,
and the Authority of the same, That the Justices of the several County
Courts shall, by all convenient Speed, at the Charge of their respective Counties,
cause the Standards they already have, to be made compleat, and purchase
new Standards where they have none.  And for the better Preservation
of them for the future, that they take good and sufficient Security, in his
Majesty's Name, to the Use of the County where taken, from the Persons
that shall be intrusted by them to keep such Standard, in the penal Sum if
Fifty Pounds Sterling, " for the safe Keeping such Standard, and for the
" due Execution of the Office of Standard-Keeper, and for the delivering the
" same up in the like good Order they receive the same, when they shall be
" legally discharged from such Trust;" under the Penalty of Five Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco for each Justice of that County Court that shall omit to
do what is required if them by this Act; the one Half to his Majesty, his
Heirs and Successors, for the Support off Government, the other Half to the
Informer, or to him them that shall sue for the same; to be recovered in
the Provincial Court of this Province, against such Justices, jointly or severally,
by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection
or Wager of Law to be allowed.

    III.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the
Advice and Consent aforesaid, That all Persons, whether Inhabitants or Foreigners,
shall repair and bring their Steelyards with which they weigh and receive
their Tobacco, to the Standard yearly, and every Year, to be tried,
stamped and numbered; for which they are to pay the person keeping the
Standard one Shilling for every Time such Steelyards shall be tried and stamped
as aforesaid.  And every person or Persons shall have their Bushel, Half-Bushel,
Peck, Gallon, Pottle, Quart and Pint, if they make Use of the 
same, or any of them, in Buying or Selling, duly tried and stamped at the
Standard aforesaid, except such if the Measures aforesaid, as come out of
England, and are there stamped; for which trying and stamping they shall
pay Six-pence a Piece.

    IV.  And whosoever shall presume to sell any Dry-measures, without first
having the said Measures tried and stamped at the Standard, shall forfeit the
Sum of Five Hundred Pounds of Tobacco.

    V.  And whosoever, likewise, shall presume to weigh and receive Tobacco
by Steelyards which have not, within One Year past from such weighing and
receiving, been tried and stamped at the Standard, shall forfeit One Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco, the one Half of which aforementioned Forfeitures to
be paid to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, towards the defraying the
Charge of the County where the Offender shall dwell or reside, and the other
Half to the Informer or Informers; to be recovered in any County Court of
this Province, by Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection
or Wager of Law to be allowed.

    VI.  And if any Person or Persons shall refuse to pay any Tobacco by such
Steelyards, tried and stamped as aforesaid, and shall thereby compel the Owner