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250 Assembly Proceedings, April 2 — 21, 1649.
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Liber A
p. 272
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And every hired servant or Apprentice that shall absent him-
self out of the service of his or her Mr or dame, and during
such absence shalbe resident within this Province shall double
the time of such absence in service to his or her Mr or dame
And every Inhabitant within this Province that shall knowe-
ingly harbour or entertaine such servant or Apprentise during
such absence to the priudice of his or her Mr or dame shall for
soe doeing bee fined or censured as the Governor & Counsell
then prsent or other Judge shall thinke fitt. And every person
& p sons that shall transport or carry away or cause to bee
transported or carryed away any ffreeman out of this Province
that is or shalbe indebted or ingaged here shalbe lyable to
satisfy all such debts Ingagemts & damages to the person or
persons to whom the same shalbe due respectively within this
Province unles the same bee otherwise satisfyed in convenient
time or that in short time hee cause or procure such ffreeman
to returne againe into this Province whereby hee may bee
lyable to Justice here.
The ffreemen haue assented — Tho: Hatton
Enacted by the Governor Willm Stone
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An Act touching Indians
6 Confirmed vt supra To the end that noe breach of peace
may happen betwixt the neighboring Indians and the Inhabi-
tants of this Province Be it enacted by the Lo: Propr with the
advise & assent of this Assembly. That any one whosoever that
shall take, entice, sarprize, transport or Cause to be transported
out of this Province, and sell or dispose of any freind Indian or
Indians whatsoever or endeavour or attempt soe to doe with-
out Lycence from the Gov. for the time being, And all Acces-
saries thereto shall suffer Death, but not forfeit theire or any of
theire Estates Howbeit any one informing and Causing such
offender or offenders to be apprehended shall haue satisfaccon
for his paines and diligence therein out of the said offenders
Estate & Goods as the Governor and Counsell shall thinke fitt.
And is is farther enacted by the authority aforesaid, that noe
Inhabitant of this Province shall deliver any Gunne or Gunnes
or Ammunicon or other kind of martiall Armes, to any Indian
borne of Indian Parentage, for the killing of meate or to any
other vse, without spcall Lycence from the Governor for the
time being vppon paine of forfeiture to the Lo: Propr. one
thousand pound of Tobacco in Caske and losse of the parties
Gunne to him that shall make seisure thereof or take the same
from such Indian or informe and make proofe thereof. Andrewe
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