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be fined 5 l. of Tobacco for every night that such Person
shall entertain such Servant, half to the King, half to
the Informer.
IV. Any person travelling out of the
County where
he or she lives or resides, without a Pass under the
County Seal (for which is to be paid 10 l. of Tobacco, or
1 s. in Money) such person, not being sufficiently
known, or able to give a good account of himself if apprehended,
shall be deemed and taken as a Runaway.
V. Whoever takes up a Runaway travelling
without
a Pass, and not able to give a good Account of himself,
shall have 200 l. of Tobacco, to be paid by the Owner
of such Runaway, or such other satisfaction as the Justices
shall think fit.
VI. And if one of our Neighbouring Indians
takes up
or seizes a Runaway Servant, and brings him before
some Magistrate, he shall have a Reward or a Matchcoat
paid him, or the Value thereof.
VII. When any person apprehends or seizes
a Runaway,
he shall bring, or cause him to be brought before
the next Magistrate, who shall take him into his Custody,
or otherwise secure him, until such a person so seized
shall give sufficient Security to answer the Premisses at
the next Court for the County, and make satisfaction
to him that seized him; and that notice may be given to
the Master or Mistress of such Runaway, the Justices of
that County shall cause a Note of the Runaways Name
to be set up at the next adjacent County Courts, at the
Provincial Court, and at the Secretaries Office, that all
persons may view the same, and see where such their
Servants are.
VIII. Every Man Servant shall have given
him at the
time of the expiration of his Service, one new Hat, a good
Cloath Suit, a new Shift of White Linnen, a pair of new
French full Shooes and Stockings, two Hoes, and one Axe,
and one Gun of 20 s. price, not above 4 foot Barrel, nor less
than 3 and a half. And every Woman Servant shall have
given her at the expiration of her Servitude, the like
Provision of Cloaths, and 3 Barrels of Indian Corn.
IX. Whoever shall transport, or cause to
be transported
or convey'd away out of this Province, any Inhabitant
indebted here, and not having a sufficient Licence,
or Pass, shall be liable to pay all such Debts,
Engagements, or Damages, which the person conveyed
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