Beef, Bacon, or Pork, shipped before Duty paid,
    &c. or not in Cask, is forfeited,  See Bacon, &c.  3.
        Masters of Ships, &c. convict of taking the same
    on Board, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  5.
        Constables neglecting to pursue the Directions of
    the Acts relating to Taxables, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.
    See Constables, 7.
        Persons killing Deer within the Time prohibited
    by Law, forfeit 400 lb Tobacco.  See Deer, 1.
        Persons not making due Entry of Negroes by
    them Imported, forfeit 10 l. Currency per Poll, for
    every Negro kept back or unaccounted for.  See
    Negroes, 15.
        Pitch, Tar, or Pork imported, being landed without
    Entry, &c. is forfeited, or the Value.  See
    Pitch, &c. 2.
        Persons selling strong Liquors within three Miles
    of the yearly Meetings of the Quakers, in Talbot
    and Anne-Arundel Counties, forfeit 5 l. Currency.
    See Quakers, 7.
        Persons running Races within five Miles of the
    said yearly Meetings, forfeit 5 l. for every such Race.
    See Ibid.  5.
        Clerks, &c. removing Records or Papers, and
    keeping the same out of their Public Offices, between
    Eleven at Night, and Six in the Morning, forfeit
    10 l. Currency for each Offence.  See Records,
    12.
        Persons Counterfeiting the Great Seal, &c. forfeit
    their Lands, Goods, &c.  See Seals.
        Persons concealing Taxables, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco
    for each Taxable so concealed.  See Taxables,
    3.
        Sheriffs, refusing to discount Notes drawn on
    them by public Creditors, &c. forfeit 2000 lb Tobacco.
    See Discount, 2.
        Sheriffs neglecting to read the additional Supplementary
    Act to the Act, entitled, An Act relating to
    Servants and Slaves, on the Wednesday of each respective
    County Court, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See
    Sheriffs, 22.
    10.  FINES, appropriated the one Half to the
County Schools, the other to the Party grieved.
        On Discontinuance of Action, through Default
    of the Attorney, such Attorney forfeits, in the Provincial
    Court, 2000 lb Tobacco; and, in a County
    Court, 2000 lb Tobacco.  See Continuance of Actions,
    2.
        Harbourers of Servants or Slaves, forfeit 100 lb
    Tobacco per Hour; and Free Negroes or Mulattoes
    harbouring any such Servants, or Slaves, forfeit
    1000 lb Tobacco for each Offence,  See Harbourers 
    of Servants and Slaves, 1, 2, 5.
    11.  A FINE, appropriated the One Half tot he
Free-School at Annapolis, the other to the Informer.
        Officers making out their Fees contrary to the Act
    of 1717, ch. 2, and insisting on levying the same,
    forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.  See Officers Fees, 4.
    12.  FINES, wholly appropriated to the Parish Use.
        Church-wardens refusing to serve, or take the
    Oaths, &c. forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.  See Vestry, 21.
        Parish Register, not giving Notice to new Vestry-men,
    of their Elections, and Vestry-men not attending
    according to such Notice, or refusing to
    serve, &c. forfeit 1000 lb Tobacco.  See Ibid.  8.
    13.  FINES, appropriated the One Half to the Parish
Charge, the other to the Informer.
        Persons neglecting to give Notice of Births, Marriages, 
    or Burials, to the Parish Register, or the said
    Register neglecting or refusing to make Entry thereof,
    forfeit 100 lb Tobacco.  See Vestry, 14, 15.
        Vestry-men, absenting from the Vestry, &c. forfeit,
    not exceeding 100 lb Tobacco, for each Offence.
    See Ibid.  18.
        Vestry-men, neglecting to set up Tables of Marriages,
    forfeit 200 lb Tobacco each.  See Ibid.  19.
        Vestry-men, neglecting to appoint Church-wardens

    annually, forfeit 200 lb Tobacco each.  See
    Ibid.  20.
    14.  A FINE, appropriated the One Half to the
Orphan, the other to the Informer.
        Guardians, neglecting to have a View and Estimation
    of Orphans Real Estates, &c. forfeit 5000 lb
    Tobacco; and Magistrates, or others, refusing or
    neglecting to act herein, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.
    See Guardians, 17.
    15.  FINES, appropriated wholly to the Use of the
Country Regiment, or Troop or Company.
        Private Men, in the Militia, refusing to accept, or
    give a Receipt, for Public Arms, forfeit 200 lb Tobacco.
    See Public Arms, 6.
        Troopers, refusing or neglecting to appear at Musters,
    forfeit 100 lb Tobacco.  See Troopers, 3.  See
    also Musters, 3, 5, 8, 9.
    16.  A FINE, appropriated the One Half to the
Use of the County Regiment, the other to the Informer.
        Persons, knowingly selling or purchasing Public
    Arms, forfeit 40 s. each.  See Public Arms, 10.
    17.  FINES, wholly given to the Informer.
        Sheriffs, Inspectors and Constables, neglecting to
    take the Oath prescribed in this Section, forfeit 800 lb
    Tobacco.  see Tobacco Run, 7.
        Persons removing Trashy Tobacco, which hath
    been stopped, &c. or rescuing the same, forfeit
    2400 lb Tobacco for every Hogshead or Parcel so
    removed or rescued, to the Use of the Person making
    the Seizure.  See Tobacco Trashy, 6.
    18.  FINES. wholly given to the Party grieved.
        Persons convict of destroying Tobacco Plants
    belonging to others, forfeit 100 l. Sterling.  See
    Tobacco Plants.
        Inspectors forfeit 60 lb Tobacco for every Neglect
    of Attendance.  See Inspectors, 13.
        Officers, or their Clerks, &c. charging other or
    larger Fees than by this Law established, &c. forfeit
    the Fees, and also 5000 lb Tobacco.  But, in case
    the Party grieved do not prosecute the Offender within
    Six Months, then any other Person may prosecute
    for the same.  See Fees, 9.
        Sheriff executing for Officers Fees, against a former
    Sheriff's Receipt, &c. forfeits treble the Sum
    executed.  See Sheriffs, 24.
    19. FINES, appropriated the One Half to the Informer,
and the other to the Party grieved.
        Persons, keeping any other Man's Horse an Hour,
    or riding or working the same, without Knowledge
    or Consent of the Owner, forfeit 500 lb Tobacco.
    See Horses, 4.
        Persons, taking up Stray-Horses, and acting contrary
    to this Act, forfeit 30 l. Currency.  See Stray-Horse,
    3.
    20.  FINES, appropriated the One Half to the Public
Charge, the other to the Informer.
        Concealing Irish Servants, being Papists, Penalty
    5 l. Sterling per Poll.  See Irish Servants, 3.
        Liquors landed, before Entry, &c. are forfeited,
    or their Value.  See Liquors Imported, 2.
        Persons not making due Entry of Negroes by
    them imported, forfeit 5 l. Sterling, per Poll, for
    every Negro kept back, or unaccounted for.  See
    Negroes, 8, 9.
FISHING.  See Sabbath Breaking, 1.
FLATS.  See Boats.
FLAX.  See Hemp.

    1.  The Commissioners of Charles-Town in Cæcil
County, shall appoint a Viewer or Examiner of Flour,
who shall take Oath of Office (for which see the Act)
and no Flour shall be shipped off from the said Town,
but what shall be carefully viewed and branded by
him; for which Viewing and Branding he shall receive
Three Pence Currency per Barrel.  1744, ch. 22, §. 9.