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31 thereof Submits to the CourtTherefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at Kent Coty at the Court house in the Town of Chester in said County on the third tuesday of August being the fifteenth day of said month in the year of Our Lord seventeen hundred thirty & eight that the afd Elizth. pay the sum of One pound ten shillings Current money of Maryland as a fine for Committing the fornication afd Also it is Considered by the Justices afd at the time and place last mentioned that the said Elizabeth pay the sum of three hundred & sixty One pounds of tobacco Costs Accrueing on the premisses afd to the Officers of this Court &ca. Jams Smith Clk Ordered by this Court here that the fine afd be delivered the sherr. of Kent County and William Harris Gent. sherr. of Kent County and present here in Court Acknowledgeth the receipt of the same Ordered by this Court here that the afd Elizabeth give Security to keep the County harmless from the maintanance of the bastard child afd Thereupon Alexander Beck & John Tillard of Kent Coty planters present here in Court in their proper persons Acknowledgeth themselves Indebted unto his Lordship the Right honourable the Lord Propry of Maryland in the sum of five thousand pounds of tobacco each to be made and Leveyed on their bodys goods and Chattles lands and Tenements for the Use of his siad Lordship his heirs and Successors With Condition to this recognizance that She the said Elizabeth do keep the County harmless from the maintainance of the Bastard child afd Then this recognizance to be void Else to remain in full force in Law Ordered by this Court here that the afd Elizabeth give Security for the Fees Accrueing on the premisses afd |
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