Acts. 441

three Years and to the End of the next Session of Assembly which
shall happen after the End of the said three Years

Liber H. S.
No. 1

By the Lower House of
Assembly 17:^th June 1768.
Read & Assented to
Sign'd by Order
T. Wright Cl. Lo: Ho:J

On Behalf of the right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
Will this be a Law
Hor° Sharpe

By the Upper House of
Assembly 18:^th June 1768
Read and Assented to
Sign'd by Order
UScott Cl. Up. Ho.

the Great Seal
in Wax Appendant

N:^o 13: An Act to Prohibit raising of Swine and Geese in George Town
in Kent County and in Snow Hill Town in Worcester County
Whereas it is represented to this General Assembly That divers
Persons living in George Town in Kent County and in Snow Hill
in Worcester County do raise and keep great Numbers of Swine and
Geese within the same Towns to the great Prejudice of the In-
habitants thereof

[Preamble]

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same That no Person or Persons whatsoever living
or that shall hereafter live in either of the said Towns shall after
the End of this Present Session of Assembly under any pretence
whatsoever keep or support within either of the said Towns any
Swine or Geese belonging to themselves or to any other Person
whatsoever unless such Swine or Geese be kept within such Person
or Persons Inclosure so keeping or supporting such Swine or Geese
And be it further Enacted That in Case any Person or Persons
whatsoever living or that shall live in either of the said Towns shall
after the End of this present Session of Assembly suffer any Swine
or Geese belonging to themselves or under their Care belonging to
any other Person go at large within either of the said Towns it shall
and may be lawful for any Person to shoot or otherwise destroy
such Swine or Geese so found at large

p. 689
[No person
to keep
Swine or
Geese, in
George-
Town, or
Snow-Hill,
in Kent and
Worcester
Counties, un-
less within
their In-
closures]
f S wine or
Geese suf-
fered to go
at large, may
be shot, &c]

And be it likewise Enacted that if any Person shall be sued or
impleaded for shooting or otherwise destroying such Swine or Geese
as aforesaid, the Defendant may plead the general Issue and give
this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence

[Persons
sued, may
Plead the
General
Issue]

17:^th June 1768
By the Lower House of
Assembly, Read & As-
sented to
Sign'd by Order
T. Wright Cl: Lo: Ho:.

On Behalf of the right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I will this be a Law
Hor° Sharpe

18:^th June 1768
By the Upper House of
Assembly, Read and As-
sented to
Signed by Order
UScott Cl: Up. Ho.

The Great Seal
in Wax Appendant