XXX.  Provided, That where the Mother of any such Child as aforesaid,
do prove her Charge, by sufficient Testimony of Witness, Confession of the
Party charged, or pregnant Circumstances, agreeing with her Declaration in
her Extremity of her Pains or Throws of Travail, and her Oath taken by
some Magistrate before the Time of her Delivery of such Bastard Child,
or after her Delivery, then the party charged, if a Servant, shall satisfy Half
the said Damage; if a Free Man, shall satisfy the whole Damage y Servitude
or otherwise, as the Court before whom such Matter is brought as aforesaid,
shall think fit:  But if the said FreeMan cannot be brought to Justice, the,
and in every such Case, she shall make the same Satisfaction as if she could
not prove the Begetter as aforesaid.  And if any such Mother as aforesaid, be
able to prove, by such Testimony, or Confession of the Party charged, that
he, being a single Person and a Free Man, did, before the begetting of such
Child, promise her Marriage, that hen he shall be at his Choice, either to
perform his Promise to her, or recompence her Abuse according as the Court
before whom such Matter is brought, shall adjudge.

    XXXI.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That after the End of this Session of Assembly, it shall and may be
lawful for the Provincial and County Courts, of this Province, to hear and
determine any Complaints between Masters and Servants, by way of Petition,
to give Judgment and award Execution upon the same.  And that, upon
Appeal or Writ of Error brought upon the same, from any County Court of
this Province, to the Provincial Court, or from the Provincial Court, to the
Governor and Council; no such Judgment shall be reversed for want of judicial
Process, or that the same was not tried by a Jury, or any Matter or Form
either in the Entry or giving Judgments:  Provided that it appears by the Record, 
that the Defendant was legally summoned, and not condemned unheard.

    XXXII. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if any
Matter of Dispute arises concerning Servants imported into this Province, or
any Servant that binds himself for Years within this province, or any bound
out by the County Courts of this Province, in relation to their Indentures,
Contracts or Wages, or any other Matter of Difference between the said
Master and Servant, the same shall be tried, heard and determined by Petition
as aforesaid; any Law, Statute or Usage tot he contrary notwithstanding.

    XXXIII.  And be it Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That no Negro or other Slave, within this Province, shall be permitted to
carry any Gun or any other offensive Weapon, from off their Master's Land,
without Licence from their said Master:  And if any Negro or other Slave
shall presume so to do, he shall be liable to be carried before a Justice of
Peace, and be whipped; and his Gun or other offensive Weapon, shall be
forfeited to him that shall seize the same, and carry such Negro so offending,
before a Justice of Peace.

    XXXIV.   And be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the Advice
and Consent aforesaid, That from and after the End of this Session of Assembly,
any Servant or Servants whatsoever, within this Province, that shall 
feloniously take or purloin his or their Master, Mistress or Dame's Goods or
Chattels, under the Value of One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, shall be adjudged
Felony; and being thereof lawfully convict in any County Court of