2.  No Flour shall be exported out of North-East River,
but what shall be brought to the said Town, and
there Viewed and Branded by such Officer, on Forfeiture
thereof, or the Value:  Half to the Informer, and
Half to the Commissioners, for Maintainance of the
Wharff, &c.  Ibid.  §. 10.
    3.   Flour deemed unmerchantable by the Viewer,
shall not be branded, but marked with the Broad-Arrow;
and the Viewer shall have the same Fee as
for Branding.  But the Owner may apply to the Commissioners
for a Review, in which Case any of the
Commissioners shall, at the Charge of the Complainant,
issue Summons to Two or more indifferent Persons,
to review the same.  And in, in their Judgment, the
same shall be Merchantable, the Officer shall raze out
the Broad-Arrow, and Brand it, paying the Cost.  But
if his Judgment be confirmed, the Owner shall, besides
Cost, forfeit One Shilling Currency per Barrel, to be
applied as aforesaid.  Ibid.  §. 11.
    4.  Persons exporting Flour from North-East River
which hath been marked with the Broad-Arrow, or
which hath not been viewed and branded as aforesaid,
forfeit 5 s. Currency per Barrel; to be recovered and
applied as above directed.  Ibid.  §. 12.
    5.  All Flour and Bread shipped off from Charles-Town
shall be Bought and Sold by the long Hundred;
and the Store-keeper to be paid one Penny Currency
per Barrel for Weighing and Invoice.  Ibid.  §. 13.
    6.  All Flour, Bread, and other Cask of Country
Produce, intended for Sale or Exportation, shall be
truly Tared on the Bulge, on Penalty of 1 s. Currency:
And for every Cask tared above 4 lb more than its just
Weight, the Owner shall forfeit 5 s. Currency.  Ibid.
§. 14.
    See Gauge of Barrels, 9.
FLYING from JUSTICE.  See Arrests, 4.
FODDER-HOUSES.  See Negroes, 38.
FOREIGN COINS.  See Coins.

    1.  The Exemplification of Debts of Record, under
Seal of the Court wherein Recorded, shall be sufficient
Evidence to prove the same.  1729, ch. 20, §. 1.
    2.  All other Debts by Bonds, Bills, Accounts, &c.
sent in to be put in Suit against any Person residing in
this Province, shall be proved by the oaths of the
Witnesses, &C. before some Magistrate, in Presence of
a Notary Public, who shall attest the same:  At which
Time the Creditors shall also be present, and make
Oath before such Magistrate, in Presence of the Notary, That the said Debt, or any Part thereof (saving
what the Creditor gives Credit for) is not satisfied, &c.
which shall be sent, together with the Proofs, under
Hands and Seals of the Magistrate and Public Notary.
Which, if the Creditor neglect or refuse to perform,
the Matter so certified by the Public Notary, shall not
be received as Evidence.  Ibid.
    3.  The Executor, &c. of any deceased Creditor,
suing for any such Debt, shall in like Manner make
Oath (for which see the Act) which shall in like Manner,
be certified by the Public Notary, and sent into
the Country, together with the Testimony of the
Witnesses, &c. otherwise shall not be received in Evidence.
Ibid.
    4.  Attorneys employed in such Suits, shall give Security,
to pay the Defendant all Costs and Charges of 
Suit, in Case the Plaintiff shall be cast.  Ibid.  §. 2.
FORFEITURES.  See Fines.
FORGERY.  See Inspectors, 49.

    1. Every Person convicted of Fornication, in the
Provincial or County Court, by Confession or Verdict,
shall be fined 30 s. Current Money, or 600 lb Tobacco;
and for Adultery, 3 l. Current Money, or 1200 lb Tobacco,
to be applied towards defraying the County
Charge.  1715, ch. 27, §. 2 and 3.  See below, Art. 5.

    2.  Any Person entertaining or providing for any
lewd Woman, or frequenting her Company, after
Admonition of the Minister, Vestry or Church-wardens
of the Parish, shall be adjudged a Fornicator or
Adulterer, as the Case shall be, and suffer the Penalties
by this Act appointed.  Ibid.  §. 1.
    3.  The Minister, Vestry and Church-wardens
(where there is a Minister) or the Vestry and Church-wardens
(where there is no Minister) before any Admonition
by them or any of them given, in pursuance
of this Act, shall cause Notice to be given to any Persons
in their Parish by them suspected of Incontinency,
to appear before them at a Time and Place appointed.
And on their Appearance shall acquaint them of such
Suspicion, and hear what Excuse they shall offer, &c.
And if they do not appear according to such Notice,
or appearing, do not acquit themselves, &c. then shall
the Minister, &c. admonish them as aforesaid:  Which
Admonition, with Proof of their Cohabitation or frequenting
each other's Company, contrary to, and after
Admonition, shall be Evidence in any Court to convict
such Persons, and subject them to the Penalties
aforesaid.  Ibid.  §. 6.
    4.  Persons not appearing according to such Notice
(on Affidavit of Notice given) shall be taken for a
Proof of Incontinency, and shall be sufficient Evidence
in Court to convict them.  1749, ch. 12, §. 5.
    5.  Every Free Woman convict of Fornication, in
any County Court, shall be fined 30 s. Current Money.
And in Case she refuse, &c. to discover (upon Oath)
the person with whom she committed the same, she
shall be fined in a summary Way, the farther Sum of
30 s. Current Money for such Person, together with
Charges of Prosecution.  But if she make such Discovery,
then shall the Court proceed against such Person as in other Criminal Cases; and if convicted, he
shall be fined 30 s. Currency, together with all Charges
of Prosecution,  And all such Fines shall be applied towards
defraying the County Charge.  Ibid.  §. 1 and 4.
    6.  In case of a Bastard Child, if the Woman refuse, 
&c. to discover as aforesaid, she shall, over and
above the Fines aforesaid, be adjudged to give good
Security to keep the Child from becoming a Charge to
the County; or, for want of such Security, shall be
committed.  But, in case of such Discovery, the Begetter
shall give Security, and the Woman be discharged
thereof.  And such Delinquents, being unable
or unwilling to pay their Fines and Charges, shall give
Security to his Lordship for Payment thereof, within
Twelve Months, or stand committed.  Ibid.  §. 2, 3.
    7.  So much of the Act of 1715, ch. 27, as relates
to Corporal Punishment for Fornication, is hereby
repealed.  Ibid.  §. 6.
FORTY per POLL.  See Hemp and Flax, 2.  Ministers,
    1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9.  Vestry, 28.
FOUR-FOLD.  See Thieving, 2, 3,4, 6.  Tobacco
    Inspected, 6.
FOWLING.  See Sabbath-Breaking, 1.
FOXES. See Red Foxes.
FREEDOM.  See Servants, 12.  Manumission of Slaves,
    per Tot.

    1.  Every Man-Servant, at the Expiration of his
Servitude, shall have One new Hat, a good Suit, i. e.
Coat and Breeches of Kersey, or Broad Cloath, One
new Shirt, of white Linen, One new pair of Shoes
and Stockings, Two Hoes, One Ax, One Gun, of
Twenty Shillings Price, to be delivered in Presence of
a Magistrate, on Penalty of 500 lb Tobacco on the
Master or Mistress omitting so to do; and the like Penalty
on the said Freeman selling or disposing of his
Gun within Twelve Months:  One Half to the King,
the other to the Informer.  1715, ch. 44, §. 9.
    2.  All Women-Servants, at the Expiration of their
Servitude, shall have a Waistcoat and Petticoat of
new Half-thick or Pennistone, a new White Linen