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9 CÆCILIUS Lord BALTIMORE.
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1640. |
At a Session of GENERAL ASSEMBLY, begun
and held at St. John's, on the 12th, and
ended
the 23d Day of October 1640, were Enacted
the
following Laws; which were all Published, under
the Great Seal, the 30th Day of the same Month.
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The Hon. LEONARD CALVERT, Esq; Lieut. General.
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CHAP. I.
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An Act for Church Liberties. Lib. C and WH. fol.
67,
and
106. Lib. WH.
fol. 111. and Lib. WH and
L.
fol. 1. |
Passed 23d of
October 1640. |
Confirmed as a perpetual Law by 1676,
ch.
2 and enacts, that " Holy Church within this
" Province shall have and enjoy all her Rights, Liberties
and Franchises, wholly and without
" Blemish." |
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CHAP. II.
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An ACT for uncertain Goods. Lib. C and WH. fol.
68,
and
111.
Lib. WH fol. 108. and Lib.
WH
and L. fol. 4. |
Ditto. |
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Confirmed as a perpetual Law, by 1676, ch.
2.
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ALL uncertain Goods, to which no Party justly claimeth Right, shall
be to the Lord Proprietary, or his Assigns; and shall be sold at
an Out-cry |
Uncertain
Goods belong
to his
Lordship, |
II. But
any Party having Right to the Goods, or to the Disposure of them,
claiming within Three Years, shall be restored to his Right.
And the Finder
of such Goods shall have the one Half for his Pains and Charges. |
unless claimed
within 3
Years, &c. |
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Examined and Compared with the Record, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
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THOMAS BACON. |
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CHAP. III.
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An Act providing against sudden Accidents in the Government.
Lib. C and W
H. fol. 68, and 111. Lib. WH. fol. 111,
and
Lib. WH and L. fol 4. |
Passed 23d of
October 1640. |
Confirmed as a perpetual law, by 1676,
ch.
2,
and enacted, that all Commissions from or
under the Lord proprietary which shall be in Force at
his Death, shall remain in the same
Force until a new Commission for the Government, published
under the Great Seal. And in
case the Lieut. General shall Decease or Absent out of
the Province without nominating or
substituting another in his Room the first Councillor
of State residing at St. Mary's, shall exercise
the Office of Lieut. General in all Points belonging
to it, until his return into the Province,
or that another be appointed by the Lord Proprietary. |
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CHAP. IV.
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| An Act for Fencing of Ground. Lib. C and WH.
fol. 68, and 111. EXP. |
Ditto. |
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To endure for 2 Years after the End of this Assembly.
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CHAP. V.
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| An Act prohibiting the Exportation of Corn. Lib. C
and WH. fol. 68. EXP. |
Ditto. |
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To endure for 2 Years from the End of this Assembly.
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CHAP. VI.
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| An Act for the Planting of Corn. Lib. C and WH.
fol. 69. EXP |
Ditto. |
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To endure for 2 Years after the End of this Assembly.
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CHAP. VII.
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| An Act touching Marriages. Lib. C and WH. fol.
69.
EXP. |
Ditto. |
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To endure 2 Years, &c.
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CHAP. VIII.
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| An Act touching Servants Cloathes. Lib. C and WH.
REP. by 1676, ch. 2. |
Ditto. |
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CHAP. IX.
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| An Act for rating Artificers Wages. Lib. C and WH.
fol. 70. EXP. |
Ditto. |
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To endure 2 Years, &c.
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CHAP. X.
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An Act touching Tobaccoes. Lib. C and WH. fol. 70. EXP.
To endure 2 Years, & c. |
Ditto. |
N.B. By
this ancient Inspection law, made within Eight Years from the first Settlement
of
the Colony (so early a Regulation of the Staple being
found necessary) it was Enacted, (1.) No |
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