Acts. 495

defence; and if upon Tryal a Verdict shall pass for the Defendant
or Defendants or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become nonsuited
or discontinue his or their suit then such Defendant or Defendants
shall have and recover Treble Costs to him or them awarded against
such Plaintiff or Plaintiffs and if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs is or are
unable to satisfie the same then it shall be paid and satisfied by the
Attorney who brought such Suit unless the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs
shall give Security for the Costs to be approved of by the Court in
which such Suit is brought And to prevent Individuals being un-
reasonably burthened with the Execution of this Act as Trustees
for the Poor

Liber H. S.
No. 1

Be it Enacted That at the Time of the Meeting of the said Trus-
tees for the Poor in the first Week of May Yearly the said Trustees
or the Major Part of them in the Counties aforesaid respectively
shall and may Elect and choose one of the best Inhabitants of the
same County to be a Trustee for the Poor of that County in the Stead
of the first Named or Eldest of the said Trustees of the same County
which said first named or eldest Trustee shall be and is by Virtue
hereof thence from discharged from his Office

[The Trus-
tees may
elect in the
1^st Week of
May, yearly
a person to
serve in the
stead of the
First named
Trustee]

By the Lower House of
Assembly 22.^d June 1768
Read & Assented 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

By the Upper House of
Assembly 22.^d June 1768
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

the Great Seal

in Wax Appendant