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JOHN HART, Esq; Governor.
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Colony of Virginia; not having Passes so procured as aforesaid;
or a Certificate
from under the Hands of two Justices of the Peace and County where
such person or Persons, intending to travel, shall inhabit, and the
County
Seal affixed thereto, certifying the Freedom of such Persons, and that
he, she
or they are clear, to the bet of their Knowledge, from any Engagements
impeding their Travelling as aforesaid, on Penalty of answering all
such
Debtors or Damages, to Creditors, Masters, or other Owners of Servants;
to
be recovered as by this law is provided against such as shall actually
set them
out of this Province.
V. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority,
Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That whatsoever Person or Persons
shall from henceforth entice, transport,
or secretly carry, or send away
out of this Province, any Apprentice,
or other Servants or Slaves belonging
to any Inhabitant in this Province, shall,
for every such Offence, forfeit
any pay to the Employer of Owner of such
Apprentice, or other Servant or
Slave, treble Damages and Costs, to be adjudged
by the Justices of each respective
County Court, or the Justices of the
Provincial Court, for he Time of
such Apprentices, or other Servants or
Slaves, unlawfully being transported
or carried away as aforesaid.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON. |
CHAP.
XIX.
Persons enticing,
transporting,
&c.
any Apprentices,
Servants
or
Slaves, out of
the Province,
forfeit treble
Damages and
Costs. |
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See the Act of 1753, ch. 9.
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CHAP. XX.
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An Act for the Relief of Peter Sewell, a languishing Prisoner
in Calvert County.
Lib. LL. Nº 4. fol. 148.
PR. |
Passed 3d
June 1715. |
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CHAP. XXI.
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An Act for Relief of Ezekiel Parr, of Cæcil County.
Lib. LL. Nº 4. fol.
152. PR. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. XXII.
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An ACT for securing Merchants and Others Tobacco, after they
have received it; and declaring the altering the
Mark or Quality
thereof to be Felony: And against False Packing.
Lib.
LL. Nº 4. fol. 155. |
Ditto. |
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This
Act stands at present suspended by the Inspection Law of 1763,
ch. 18. |
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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 if the same, That from and after the Publication
hereof, every House-Keeper and Inhabitant within this Province, having
a Plantation whereon he maketh, or causeth to be made, any Tobacco,
shall
build and erect, or otherwise sit up and make ready, a good tight House,
with
a good Door, Lock and Key, upon every Plantation where such Tobacco
is
made as aforesaid, and sufficient to contain the Tobacco made on every
Plantation.
II. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority
aforesaid, That every Inhabitant
or House-keeper as aforesaid, having
a Plantation whereon he maketh,
or causeth to be made, any Tobacco
as aforesaid, and that shall pay away, and
dispose of any Tobacco to any Merchant,
Master of Ship, Sailor, or any
other Person whatsoever, shall,
notwithstanding such Disposal or Payment,
secure and keep the said Tobacco,
as he would do his own proper Goods, for
and during the Space of one whole
Year, commencing from the Time the
Tobacco was Received as aforesaid.
And if any Tobacco so received as aforesaid,
for want of such House as aforesaid,
should be diminished or stolen, the
Person neglecting to provide such
House, shall make Satisfaction to the Party
that received the same.
IV. Provided
always, That nothing in
this Act contained, shall be construed,
meant, or intended, to make any
Inhabitant or House-keeper liable
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Every Tobacco
Plantation
shall
have a good
tight Tobacco
House
built thereon.
Wherein the
Planter shall
secure all Tobaccoes
by
him paid away,
as he
would do his
own proper
Goods for
One Year, or
make good
any Damage,
&c.
Except thro'
Casualty. |
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