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heire & Lord of the Fee their rights as aforesaid) This Act to
Continue till the end of the next generall Assembly

An Act Determining Enormious offences

Be it Enacted By the Lord Proprietary of this Province of
and with the advice and approbation of the same that these
offences following in this act and and no other shall be judged
enormious offences within this province that is to Say Perjury
which is false answere or wittness given upon oath in a Court
of Record not to the endangering of anothers life Subornation

Liber
C & W H

of perjury which is the hireing or perswadeing of another to
commit such perjury Conspiracie which is unlawfull combination
of two or more persons against anothers life fame or goods
Scandalous or contemptuous words or writings to the dishonour
of the Lord Proprietarie or his Leiutenant Generall for the time
being or of any of the Councill Excerseing within the province
any jurisdiction or authority which ought to be derived from
the Lord Proprietary without lawfull power or Commission
from or under him Contempts & misdomenors against lawfull
ordinances or proclamations Abuses of publique Judges or
Officers Unlawful Assembly which is the disorderly meeting of
three or more persons in a Company to commit with force an
unlawfull Act Forgery which is the Counterfeiting of deeds or
to acknowledge any fine deed recognisance or bill in the name
of another not privy or Consenting to the same Deceit or cose-
nage which is the damageing of another by some undue slight
false news which is the Spreading of false reports to the dis-
turbance of the peace or cluety of the people Bribery which is
the accepting of or contracting for a reward for doeing Justice
Extortion w^ch is the takeing or demanding greater fees then
are limited by the law in such things as are by law provided for
Oppression which is the undue use of power and authority to
the unjust greivance of another Useing false weights or
measures Tendring in paym^t unsound Tobacco and such un-
sound Tobacco Shall be burned All injuries done to an Indian
in person or goods Servants marrying without giveing satis-
faction to the Master or Mistress harbouring by Night or
Clokeing of anothers Servant without the knowledge and Con-

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sent of the Master or Mistress Transporting out of the
Province or over the Bay of Chesopeak or among the Indians
without pass from the Leiutenant Generall or the Secretary for
the time being or the Commander of the Isle of Kent) any
Servant or any person indebted or obnoxious any way to the
justice of the province knowing or haveing reason to know or
Suspect him to be so ingaged or obnoxious or haveing notice

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