394 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 26-Oct. 15, 1760.

Liber H. S,
No. 1

, of the same, That an Act of Assembly of this Province, entituled,
An Act to remedy some Evils relating to Servants, made at a Session
of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis the Eighth
Day of May, Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Fifty, be and is hereby continued to be and remain in full Force,
for and during the full End and Term of Three Years, and unto
the End of the next Session of Assembly which shall happen after
the Expiration of the said Three Years.

14^th Oct^r 1760
Read and assented to

by the Lower House of

Assembly
Signed p order
MMacnemara Cl lo ho

On behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Propfy

of this Province I will

this be a Law
Hor.^o Sharpe

14^th Oct^r 1760
Read and assented to

by the Upper House of

Assembly
Signed p order
JRoss Cl Up Ho

The Great Seal
in Wax app.^t

No. 8

An Act for increasing the Allowance of Grand and Petit Jurors,
who shall attend the Provincial Court, to limit Costs with re-
spect to Witnesses, and granting them an Allowance for itinerant
Charges.

[Preamble.]

Whereas the Allowances heretofore made to Grand and Petit
Jurors attending the Provincial Court, are so small, that the same
are not sufficient to maintain such Jurymen during the Time of their

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Attendance; in order therefore that reasonable Provision may be
made for them, it is humbly prayed that it may be Enacted.

[Allowance
to Petit
Jurors at-
tending Pro-
vincial
Courts.]

And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor,
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority
of the same, That from and after the End of this Session of As-
sembly, there shall be allowed to every Petit Juror, who shall be
summoned and attend at the Provincial Court, in Lieu and in Stead
of all or any Allowance or Allowances by any former Act or
Acts of Assembly of this Province, the Quantity of Forty-eight
Pounds of Tobacco per Day for every Day such Petit Juror shall
attend the Provincial Court aforesaid, in the Public Levy of this
Province, and be paid in the County where such Juror resides, besides
the Quantity of Ninety-six Pounds of Tobacco, which shall be

[To each full
Jury.]

allowed to every full Jury who shall pass their Verdict in any Cause,
to be paid by the Party for whom such Verdict shall pass, and be
allowed in the Bills of Costs as usual, and no more; any Law, Statute,
or Usage, to the countrary, notwithstanding.

[In case they
are sworn
and the
Plaintiffs
don't ap-
pear.]

And be it further Enacted, That in Case any Jury, who shall be
sworn and charged in any Cause, shall be ready to give their Verdict
therein, but the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in such Cause shall refuse to
appear to such Verdict, whereby the said Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in
such Cause shall be Nonsuit, that then and in such Case, the said