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    FINES, &c.----Support of Government.

    wherein is an Incumbent, forfeit 5000 lb Tobacco.
    See Marriage, 1, 2.
        County Courts neglecting to appoint Press-masters,
    forfeit, each Justice, 500 lb Tobacco:  And
    Persons so appointed, refusing to serve, &c. forfeit
    500 lb Tobacco for each Offence.  See Press-masters,
    2, 3.
        Persons unlawfully abusing their Servants, forfeit,
    for the First and Second Offence, a Sum not exceeding
    1000 lb Tobacco.  See Servants, 12.
        Fines for Breach of Rules in the Provincial Court
    are not to exceed 1000 lb Tobacco.  See Provincial
    Court, 2.
    4.  FINES, where Half is given to his Lordship,
Half to the Informer.
        Masters not delivering a Gun to a Man-Servant
    at the Expiration of his Servitude, &c.  And such
    Freemen selling the same within Twelve Months,
    forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See Freedom Dues, 1.
        Persons Running Tobacco out of the Province,
    without Entry with the proper Officer, forfeit 10 l.
    Sterling per Hogshead, or other Package, and the
    like Penalty for every Parcel of 500 Weight, and so
    in Proportion.  See Tobacco Run, 1.
        Tobacco, put on Board any Ship, &c. in any River
    or Creek, from whence Tobacco hath been usually
    carried into any neighbouring Colonies, or laden
    in any Cart, &c. without a Permit from the proper
    Officer, shall be forfeited, with the Vessel, Cart,
    and Horses, &c.  See Ibid.  2.
    Persons abusing or resisting Officers in the Execution
of this Law, forfeit 10 l. Sterling.  See Ibid.  3.
    Officers of the Customs, Magistrates, Sheriffs,
Vestry-men, Church-wardens and Constables, neglecting
to put this Act in Execution, forfeit 5 l. 
Sterling for every Neglect.  See Ibid.  4.
    Persons convict of Thieving, &c. hunting or carrying
a Gun on any seated Plantation, without Leave,
&c. forfeit 1000 l. Tobacco.  See Hog Stealing, 3.
    5.  FINES, where Half is given to Support of Government,
and Half to the Informer, &c.
        Injuring of Harbours by throwing out Ballast,
    Penalty is 50 l. Currency:  By building of Wears,
    &c. Penalty is 10 l. Currency.  See Harbours,
    1, 2.
        Naval Officers neglecting to keep a Copy of the
    Act for preventing the Injury of Harbours in their
    Offices, forfeit 10 l. Currency.  See Naval Officers, 7.
        Shipping or transporting Hides tanned or untanned,
    or old Iron, out of the Province, the Penalty
    is 50 l. Currency.  See Hides, 2.
        The Fines upon Ingrossers.  See Ingrossers, 2.
        Carrying Liquors to Indian Towns; Penalty,
    5000 lb Tobacco.  See Indians, 1.
        Clerk of the Council, and Clerk of the Lower

    House, neglecting to transmit Copies of the respective
    Journals of the Two Houses to the Secretary's
    Office, within Two Months after the End of each
    Session, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See Journals of Assembly.
       
Persons Marrying without Publication or Licence,
    forfeit 5000 lb Tobacco:  And Ministers marrying
    such, forfeit 5000 lb Tobacco.  See Marriages, 6-8.
        Persons resident in this Province, getting their
    Marriage solemnized in any neighbouring Colony
    (unless the Woman be Resident in such Colony)
    forfeit 5000 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  9.
        Persons exacting more than legal Interest, forfeit
    treble Value of the Debt.  See Usury, 3.
        Millers taking unlawful Toll, forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.
    See Water Mills, 5.
        Collectors not setting up Tables of their Fees,
    in their Offices, forfeit 50 l.  Sterling.  See Collectors.
        County Courts neglecting to give in Charge to the 
    Orphan Jury, every June Court, to enquire if any
    Waste hath been made of Orphans Lands, forfeit
    1600 lb Tobacco.  See Orphans, 14.

FINES.----Half to the Support of Government, &c.

        Persons permitting or conniving at Running Tobacco,
    before Duty paid, into Pennsylvania, &c. and
    the Owners, Purchasers, and Carriers of such Tobacco,
    and their Assistants and Abettors, forfeit 10 l.
   
Sterling for every Hogshead, or every 400 lb Tobacco
    so carried.  See Tobacco Duties, 2.
        Vestries neglecting to transmit a yearly Account
    (of the disposal of the 40 per Poll during the Vacancy
    of any Parish, or of the 10 per Poll Parochial
    Tax) to the Governor and Council, forfeit 1000 lb
    Tobacco.  See Vestry, 29.
        Secretary making default in Recording the Acts
    of Assembly, forfeits 10,000 lb Tobacco.  See Acts
    of Assembly,
5.
        Magistrates, Sheriffs, or Clerks, practicing as Attorneys
    in the Courts wherein they bear Office,
    forfeit 3000 lb Tobacco.  See Attorneys, 1.
        Attorney-General, &c. issuing Criminal Process
    without Presentment, &c. forfeit s in the Provincial
    Court 5000 lb Tobacco, in a County Court 2500 lb
    Tobacco.  See Ibid.  4.
        Sheriffs taking Bail Bonds for more than 8000 lb
    Tobacco in Action of Trespass, forfeit 4000 lb
    Tobacco.  See Bail Bonds.
       
Commissary-General neglecting to transmit Accounts
    of the Balances of Intestates Estates to the
    County Court, &c. forfeits 10,000 lb Tobacco.  See
    Commissary-General, 4.
        Sheriffs not giving Notice, &c. of Elections,
    may be fined at the Discretion of the Lower House
    of Assembly, not exceeding 250 l. Sterling.  See
    Delegates, 4.
        Deputy-Commissary not transmitting Accounts in
    Time, to the Commissary-General, forfeits 2000 lb
    Tobacco.  See Deputy-Commissary, 5.
        County Clerks issuing Criminal Process without
    an Order for the same, under the Hand of an
    Attorney, forfeit 2500 lb Tobacco.  See COunty
    Clerks,
21.
        County Clerks delivering out blank Writs, &c.
    forfeit 6000 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid. 22.
        Merchants or Others, Shipping Tobacco before
    Publication of the Freight, forfeit all such Tobacco,
    or the Value thereof.  Masters of Ships taking Tobacco
    on board before such Publication, forfeit 20 s. 
    per Hogshead.  Omitting to send a Certificate of such
    Publication with Craft fetching Tobacco from another
    County, forfeit 20 s. Sterling.  And Collectors
    and Naval Officers neglecting to affix Copies of this
    Act in their respective Offices, forfeit 40 s Sterling.
    See Freight of Tobacco.
        Sheriffs neglecting to forward Public Letters, forfeit
    2000 lb Tobacco.  See Letters Public, 4.
        Persons breaking open any Public Letter, forfeit
    20 l. Sterling.  See Ibid.  5.
        Persons breaking open any Private Letter, forfeit
    5 l.  Sterling.  See Letters Private, 1.
        County Clerks neglecting to transmit a Copy of
    the Levy to the Governor and Council yearly, before
    the Tenth of March, forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.
    See Levies, 2.
        Liquors brought by Land from Pennsylvania to any
    other Place than Bohemia  Landing, or put on board
    any Vessel in the Bay, before Duty paid, are forfeited,
    or their Value.  See Liquors Imported, 9, 11.
        Liquors landed before Invoice upon Oath, and
    Entry made, are forfeited, or their Value.  See Ibid.
   
14, 15.
        Persons exacting undue Fees upon Naturalization
    Bills, forfeit 2000 lb Tobacco.  See Naturalization
    Bills,
2.
        Naval Officers neglecting to put up Tables of
    their Fees in their several Offices, forfeit 50 l. Sterling.
    See Naval Officers, 6.
        Naval Officers not setting up a Copy of the Act
    to prevent Injury of Harbours in their Offices, forfeit
    10 l.  Currency. See Ibid.  7.



 

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