at all times hereafter be and remain in Servitude and
Bondage as they were before Baptism, any opinion,
matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding.
 
                          O.

                Office and Officers.

    I.  An. 4. W. & M. 1692. p. 10.  Justices of the Peace
in every County, at the first Court after Michaelmas,
shall appoint some Inhabitant in every Hundred or Precinct,
who shall in all things have the like Power as a
Constable hath in a Hundred or Precinct in England, and
shall take the Oath of Allegiance, and the Oath of a
Constable.  If the party appointed shall refuse to serve
or be sworn, he shall forfeit 500 l. of Tobacco, one half
to the King, the other to the Church-Wardens of his
Parish, or suffer 2 months Imprisonment.
    II.  If any person appointed to be a Justice of Peace,
Sheriff, or Coroner, within this Province, by the Governor,
shall refuse to execute the Office, or to take the
Oaths, he shall Forfeit to the King 1000 l. of Tobacco,
or 4 months Imprisonment.
    III.  Whoever shall be summoned to serve as a Juror,
and refuse to serve (not being any other Office exempted)
shall Forfeit to the King 500 l. of Tobacco, or
2 months Imprisonment.
    IV.  Whoever shall be summoned and required to
serve as a Witness, and refuse to testifie upon Oath,
shall Forfeit to the King 500 l. of Tobacco, or suffer 2
months imprisonment.  This Clause shall not extend to
Quakers.
    V.  This Act shall not extend to the prejudice of any
Lords of Mannors, as to their Priviledges of appointing
Constables in their Mannors.
    VI.  Any Person dissenting from the Church of England,
being chosen or appointed to bear the Office of
High Constable, Church-Warden, or any other Parochial
Office, may execute the same by his sufficient Deputy,
that shall comply with the Laws on that behalf,
&c.

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