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Acts of the General Assembly hitherto unpublished 1694-1698, 1711-1729
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Acts. 129


of this Province and the Authority of the same that what pson
or persons soever after the tenth day of October next Ensueing shall
make or Cause or Suffer to be made for his Use any Tobacco hogs-
head or Hoggsheads which shall Exceed forty Eight Inches in the
full length of the Staff and thirty Inches in the Diamiter of ....
within the Croes and the same hoggshead or any other hoggshead
.... Gauge shall Pack full of tobacco and tended the same to be
paid or shift .... forfeit and Pay for every such hoggshead so
Packt and Exceeding that Length or Diamiter the Sum of Six
hundred pounds of tobacco or fifty shillings one Moyety thereof to
the Informer and the other Moyety to our Sovereign Lady the
Queen her heires and Successors to be Imployed by the Justices to
.... the Charge of the County where any person or persons shall
be Convict of Exceeding the said Gauge to be proved by the Oath
of one Sufficient Wittness besides the Informer before one or more
Justice or Justices of the Peace who upon Complaint thereof made
shall Issue out a warrt to the Constable of the Hundred to bring
before him or them the Person or persons against whome Such
Complaint is made and the Witnesses wth the Complainant shall
name wch Justice or Justices shall have .....

Liber LL, 4
Acts

said Justice or Justices of peace shall make out warrant to the Sher-
riff to Leavy the same by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chat-
tells of the party haveing so offended And to pay the moyety to the
Complainant and to render an account of the other Moyety to the
Justices of the County Court at the yearly Laying of the Levy.
And be it further Enacted that if any person or persons shall after
the tenth day of October next Ensueing pay or tender to Pay any
packt hoggshead of tobacco whereof the full weight of the Empty
hogshead or the full weight within five Pounds over or under is not
Cutt or Markt on the Bulge of such hogshead, And be thereof
Convict in manner aforesaid he or they so Convict as afd shall forfeitt
for Every such hoggshead or hoggsheads not haveing the weight
sett thereon as afd the sume of Six hundred Pounds of tobacco as
afd to the Uses afd to be recovered as afd And for the better Ascer-
taining what shall be allowed for the Vallue of a tobacco hoggshead
Be it Enacted by the authority afd that the receiver of any hoggs-
head of tobacco shall Pay and allow to the Owner or Owners thereof
for such hhd received the Sume of forty Pounds of tobacco to be
added to the neat weight of such tobacco.
And whereas the Inhabitants of this Province that ship their
tobacco on board Ships and other Vessells upon ffreight are much
Injured by Cropping Cutting Lessning and deminishing of the
hoggsheads wherein such Tobacco is Packt by the masters of Ships
or other Vessells or by other Persons under their Command and
Govermnt ffor remedy whereof for the future Be it Enacted by the
Authority advice and Consent afd that if any Master of a ship or
other Vessell within this Province after the Tenth day of October

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