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I    N    D    E    X.
 
FINES.----Half to the Support of Government, &c.

        Vestries neglecting to inspect Parochial Libraries
    twice a year, forfeit 1400 lb Tobacco.  See Parochial
    Libraries
, 3.
        Persons convict of Subornation of Perjury, forfeit
    40 l. Sterling; and those convict of Perjury, forfeit
    20 l. Sterling.  See Perjury, 1, 2, 4.
        Persons ranging the Woods after Wild Cattle,
    without Commission, forfeit, for every Wild Creature
    by them kill'd or taken away, 5000 lb Tobacco.
    And licenced Rangers taking up, &c. any unmarked 
    Cattle, under 3 Years old, forfeit the same.  See
    Rangers, 2, 4.
        Persons embezzling, &c. any Will or Record to
    the Damage of another, forfeit all their Lands and
    Goods.  See Records, 14.
        Persons dealing with Servants or Slaves, without

    Leave of their Owners, forfeit 2000 lb Tobacco.
    See Servants, 5.
        County Justices neglecting to compleat their

    Standards, &c. forfeit 500 lb Tobacco each.  See
    Standard, 2.
        Surveyors to take the Oaths, &c. before they enter
    on Duty, on Penalty of 100 l. Sterling.  See
    Surveyors, 2.
        County Courts neglecting to transmit Sheriffs
    Bonds within Two Months, to the Secretary's Office,
    forfeit 1500 lb Tobacco.  See Sheriffs, 25.
    6.  FINES, wholly given to the County Charge or
Use.

        County Clerks neglecting to deliver the Appointment
    of Constables to the Sheriff, and the Sheriff
    neglecting to deliver the same to the respective Persons
    so appointed, forfeit 20 s. for each Neglect.
    See Constables, 2.
        Sabbath Breakers, forfeit 200 lb Tobacco.  See
    Sabbath Breaking, 1.
        Blasphemy, Persons convict thereof, forfeit for
    the first Offence 20 l. Sterling; for the second Offence
    40 l. Sterling.  See Blasphemy, 1, 2.
        Constables refusing to qualify, &c. forfeit 500 lb
    Tobacco.  See Constables, 3.
        Persons Cursing or Swearing, forfeit for the first
    Oath or Curse 2 s.  6 d. and for every Oath or Curse
    after the first, 5 s.  See Cursing, &c. 1.
        Persons convict of Drunkenness, forfeit 5 s.  for
    every Offence.  See Ibid.  2.
        Magistrates and other Officers mentioned in the
    Act, being guilty themselves, or Swearing or Drunkenness,
    or omitting to punish those Offences in
    others, forfeit 10 s. for each Offence.  See Ibid.  5.
        Persons convict of Fornication, forfeit 600 lb
    Tobacco, or 30 s. Currency; and for Adultery, forfeit
    1200 lb Tobacco, or 3 l, Currency.  See Fornication,
   
1.
        Sheriffs neglecting to read the Act of 1751,
    ch. 14, for the more effectual punishment of Negroes,
    &c. on the 2
d Day of each County Court,
    forfeit 5 l. Current Money.  See Negroes, 49.
    7.  FINES, Appropriated 1/2 to the County Charge,
and 1/2 to the Informer.
        Millers neglecting to keep the Bridges and Causeways
    over the Dam, &c. i good Repair, forfeit 20 l.
    Currency.  See Water-Mills, 5.
        House-keepers selling strong Liquors on Sunday,
    or suffering Drunkenness, Gaming, &c. in their
    Houses, forfeit 2000 lb Tobacco.  See Sabbath Breaking,
   
2.
        Masters of Ships neglecting to bring in an authentic
    Testimonial of the Offences, &c. of Convicts
    by them imported, forfeit 5 l. Currency for each Felon
    so by them imported; or neglecting to lodge
    such Testimonial with the County Clerk, forfeit
    5 l. Currency for each Offence.  See Convicts,
   
1, 2.
        Persons qualified to vote, and not attending at Elections,

    according to Notice, forfeit 100 l. Tobacco.
    See Delegates, 5.

FINES.----Half to the County Charge, &c.

        Persons making, &c. Barrels of Pork, Beef,
    Pitch, &c. of less Size, &c. than required by this
    Act, forfeit 2 s.  6 d. per Barrel.  Packing Beef or
    Pork in such undersized Cask, or packing in any
    Cask less Beef or Pork than required by this Act,
    forfeit 10 s. per Barrel.  Bartering or offering to
    Sale, in any Manner, Pork or Beef unlawfully packed,    
    forfeit 10 s. per Barrel.  Bartering, &c. any

    Tar, Turpentine., or Pitch, in Barrels made or fitted
    contrary to this Act, forfeit, for every Barrel of such
    Pitch, 5 s. and for every Barrel of Tar or Turpentine,
    2 s. 6 d.  Or importing for Sale, any Pork,
    Beef, Tar, Turpentine, or Pitch, in Barrels of less
    Size or Contents, &c. than required by this Act,
    are liable to the like respective Penalties.  See Gauge
    of Barrels,
4-8, 10.
        Persons exposing Flour or Bread to Sale in Cask
    not having the true Tare marked on the Bilge, forfeit
    5 s. per Barrel.  See Ibid. 9, 10.
        Persons altering any public Road, without Leave,
    &c. forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  Overseers neglecting
    to clear Roads, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  Labourers,
    not obeying the Overseer, forfeit 100 lb Tobacco.
    Masters, &c. not sending all their Male Taxables,
    when warned, forfeit 100 lb Tobacco for each such
    Taxable.  County Clerks not issuing Warrants to
    Overseers, and Sheriffs not delivering the same, forfeit
    each 1000 lb Tobacco. See Highways, 3-8.
        Persons not having, or renting Lands, and keeping
    any Breeding Mare in the Woods, forfeit 600 lb
    Tobacco.  See Horses, 7.
        Selling undue Quantities of Liquors to Indians,
    Penalty 3000 lb Tobacco.  See Indians, 2.      
        Spreading false Reports concerning Indians, Penalty,
    500 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid. 3.
        Ministers omitting to read the Act to punish Blasphemy,
    &c. forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.  See Ministers
   
8.
        Persons refusing to assist the Constables in the Execution
    of the Act for preventing the tumultuous 
    Meetings of Slaves, forfeit 100 lb Tobacco.  See
    Negroes, 24.
        Persons encouraging Negroes to meet in Companies
    on their Plantations, &c. forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.
    See Ibid.  29.
        Owners, suffering their Slaves to keep Horses, &c.
    or raise Cattle or Hogs as the proper Right of such
    Slaves, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco, together with such
    Horses, &c.  See Ibid.  30.
        Sheriffs neglecting to read the Act for preventing
    the tumultuous Meetings of Slaves, &c. in every
    County Court, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.
   
32.
        Licenced Rangers, ranging in any Island or inclosed
    Grounds, without Leave of the Owner, forfeit
    5000 lb Tobacco.  See Rangers, 5.
        Persons selling by dry Measures, not tried, &c.
    at the Standard, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  And Persons
    receiving Tobacco by Steelyards, not tried, &c.
    within the Year, forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.  See Standard,
   
5, 6, 7.
        Vestrymen neglecting to appoint Inspectors annually,
    forfeit 800 lb Tobacco each.  See Inspectors,
    5.
        Persons elected and refusing to serve as Inspectors,

    neglecting to signify their Refusal in Writing,
    and to deliver the same to the Sheriff, within Ten
    Days, forfeit 400 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  7.
        Persons, so nominated, taking any Reward for refusing
    to act, forfeit double the Value of such Bribe.
    And the Person paying or offering such Bribe, forfeits
    the same.  See Ibid.  9.
        Inspectors, acting as such, before giving Security
    and taking the Oaths, &c. forfeit 80,000 lb Tobacco.
    See Ibid.  12.
        Inspectors feigning Sickness, forfeit, for every
    Day's Absence, 320 lb Tobacco,  See Ibid.  17.



 
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