IX.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all Officers
Fees due by Law from † Criminal Servants, shall be paid by the County where
the Facts shall be committed; and that all and every such Criminal Servants
for whom the County shall pay the Fees due by Law to such Officers as aforesaid,
shall, after the End and Expiration of their Time of Servitude to
their Master or Mistress, satisfy and pay unto the Commissioners of the County
who paid such Fees for them to the Sheriff, and other Officers as aforesaid,
for the Use of the County, such Sums as they have paid as aforesaid; and
the several Commissioners of the several Counties, shall, and are hereby impowered
to make Inquisition after all such Servants, Criminals, for whom
the County hath defrayed the said Fees to the Sheriff, and other Officers as
aforesaid; and they, the said Commissioners, according to their best Discretion,
shall cause to be entered Rules for the Servants to make such reasonable
Satisfaction to the County as they shall think fit, and in such Manner as they
shall find convenient.
    † By the Act of 1727, ch. 2, all Fees due on the Prosecution of Imported Servants, at the
Suit of his Lordship, shall be paid by the Masters, &c. of such Servants, and not by the Public
or County:  And the Owners (unless in case of Conviction and Execution for Capital Offences)
shall have Recompence for such Fees, by such Servitude of the Servants (not exceeding
Three Years) as shall be thought reasonable by the County Court, &c.

    X.  And for the better Security of the County which shall pay such Fees for
such Criminal Servants as aforesaid; Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That the Master, Mistress or Dame of all such Servants, be, and are hereby
enjoined and required, at the Expiration of the Time of such Servant's  Servitude
to such Master, or Mistress, or Dame, to render and deliver up to the
Sheriff of the County, for the Use of the County aforesaid, such Servants Criminals
as aforesaid, under the Penalties to such Master, Mistress or Dame, refusing
or neglecting to deliver up such Servants as aforesaid, of making Satisfaction
to the County for all such Fees, as by the County aforesaid have been paid
for such Criminal as aforesaid.  And such Sheriff to whom such Criminal Servant
shall be delivered as aforesaid, is hereby required to receive and secure
such Servants Criminals as aforesaid, do that he be and appear at the then next
County Court to be held for the said County, to be disposed of as the said
Court shall consider.
                                            Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
                                                                                                                                    THOMAS BACON.
 

Officers Fees
for Criminal 
Servants,
how to be
paid.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See the Note on
the foregoing
Section.