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SAMUEL OGLE, Esq; Governor.
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III. And be
it further Enacted, That every Person who shall kill or destroy
any Red Fox in any of the aforesaid Counties of Kent, Queen-Anne's,
or Talbot, and shall bring the Head of the same to any Justice
of the Peace
for the aforesaid Counties, who is hereby required to burn, or otherwise
destroy
the same, and give the Person so bringing such Fox's Head, a Certificate
thereof, shall be allowed for every such Head, in the County Levy, the
Quantity of Twenty Pounds of Tobacco.
IV. Provided
always, That no Person whatsoever, other than those who
shall be Residents in the aforesaid Counties of Kent, Queen-Anne's,
and Talbot,
shall be entitled to such Reward as is herein before directed; nor
any such Residents,
until he, she, or they, shall first make Oath before a Justice of the
Peace, or Affirmation, (if a Quaker,) or make appear by the Oath, or Affirmation
(if a Quaker) of some other credible Person, that such Crow, Squirrel,
or Fox was, to his, her, or their Knowledge, or the Knowledge of such
other credible Person, actually killed after the Commencement of this Act,
and in the County where the Allowance is prayed.
V. Provided always,
That the said several Sums herein before mentioned
to be allowed for every such Squirrel's Scalp, Crow or Fox's Head, shall
and may be collected, paid and discharged, by the Inhabitants of the said
Counties of Kent, Queen-Anne's and Talbot, respectively,
as other Public and
County Levies are collected, paid and discharged.
VI. This Act to continue for Three Years, and
to the End of the next
Session of Assembly which shall happen after the End of the said Three
Years.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
Farther continued by 1752, ch.
5; 1755, ch. 13; 1758, ch. 10; and 1756, ch.
18.
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CHAP.
IX.
Allowance
for every
Head of a
Red Fox.
But such Allowance
not
to be made to
any but Residents
in the
County, before
Oath
made, &c.
Maybe discharged
as other
Levies.
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CHAP. X.
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An Act to impower the Justices of Queen-Anne's County Court,
to sell the Materials
of the old Prison of that County, and the Produce thereof
to apply as therein
directed. Lib. B.L.C. fol. 475.
N.B. This
Act not being carried into Execution, a Supplementary Act was made 1750,
ch. 16.
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Passed 24th
June 1749 |
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CHAP. XI.
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An Act for the Relief of Persons accused and acquitted; and of Witnesses
against
Persons accused. Lib. B.L.C. fol.
476. EXP. |
Ditto. |
To be in Force 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. XII.
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An ACT for taking off Corporal Punishment inflicted on Females
having base-born Children; and other Purposes therein
mentioned.
Lib. B.L.C. fol. 477.
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Be it Enacted, by the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper
and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That
from
and after the End of this present Session of Assembly, every Free Woman
who
shall commit Fornication, and shall be thereof convict in any County Court
of this Province, either by Confession or Verdict, shall be fined by the
Justices
of the said Court, in the Sum of Thirty Shillings Current Money of this
Province, for her said Offence. And in case such offender shall refuse
or
neglect to discover to the said Court, upon Oath, the Person with whom
she
committed such Offence, that then she shall be fined by the said Court,
in a
summary Way, the further Sum of Thirty Shillings like Money, as a Fine
for such Person, over and above the aforesaid Fine for her own Offence
as aforesaid,
together with al Charges of such Prosecution: And in case she
shall
make such Discovery as aforesaid, that the said County Court shall be,
and they are hereby authorized, directed, and required, to proceed
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Any Free-Woman
convict
of Fornication,
shall
pay 30 s.
Fine,
and 30 s.
more in case
she refuse to
discover the
Person guilty
with her, upon
Oath.
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