CHAP.
XII.
The Constable
of the
Hundred
shall have his
Fee, tho' others
serve
gratis.
Sheriffs to return
Lists of
Taxables to
the Secretary's
Office by
the 20th Sept.
Constables to
send their
Lists to the
Sheriff by
the 1st of April.
Single Persons
shall
procure some
House-keeper
to be answerable
for their
Levy, or may
be committed.
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IV. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all Warrants
issued by any Justice of Peace for the Recovery of small Debts, shall
be directed to some Constable of a Hundred, appointed by the Court,
unless
(at the request of such Suitor) it be directed to some Friend who will
serve it
gratis: Such Suitor nevertheless being hereby made liable
to pay the Constable
of the Hundred, where such Warrant is served, his just Fee.
V. And be it
further Enacted, That the Sheriff of each respective County,
is hereby obliged to return a true and fair Copy of the List of Taxables
in
his County, under his own Hand, yearly, into the Secretary's Office,
by the
Twentieth Day of September, on Pain of One Thousand Pounds of
Tobacco
for every neglect; to be forfeited as aforesaid, to the Uses aforesaid,
to be
recovered as aforesaid.
VI. And the
better to enable the Sheriffs of the several Counties to return
Copies of the List of Taxables in each County as aforesaid; Be
it Enacted, by
the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the several
Constables of the
several and respective Hundreds, in the several Counties, are hereby
required
to send a Copy of their Lists of Taxables tot he Sheriff of their County,
at
or before the First Day of August, after the taking of
such List.
VII. And whereas,
it
is found by Experience, that there are many single
Persons, (who are Free-men,) within this Province, who have not any
settled
Place of Residence, but make their Abode at such Places where they
are employed,
and such Employers refuse to give them in as Taxables, they not being
constant residents in their Families, by which Means they frequently
escape
paying any tax at all; Be it Enacted,
by the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for any Constable
of any
Hundred, in any of the Counties within this Province, upon finding
any such
single Person or Free-man in their respective Hundreds, who cannot
procure
some House-keeper within such Hundred to give him in as a Taxable,
nor
make appear that he is a Resident, or taken as a taxable in some other
Hundred
or County, to carry such Person or Free-men before the next justice
of
the Peace for such County, who is hereby impowered and required to
commit
such Person, or Free-man, into the Sheriff's Custody, until he shall
procure
some House-keeper to return him as a Taxable, and be answerable for
his
Levy.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it frequently happens that Persons who are possest of
considerable Personal Estates die Intestate, leaving no known Relations,
or Representatives, legally entitled to the REsidue thereof,
in which Cases, 'tis observed, some Creditor, or pretended Creditor
of
such Deceased, most commonly obtains the Administration of his Goods
and
Chattels, and thereby becomes legally possess'd thereof, by virtue
whereof he
not only satisfies himself, by all other Creditors their just Claims,
but likewise
retains in his Hands the total Residue of such Estate, and converts
the
same to his own Use, on Pretence of securing himself against such latent |
