Assembly Proceedings, February — March 1638/9. 79

in the Admiraltrie Court This Act to Continue till the end of
the next Generall Assembly

An Act For Planting of Corne

Liber
C & W H

Be it Enacted by the Lord Proprietarie of this province by
and with the advice and approbation of the Freemen of the
same That every person inhabitant of this Colony planting
Tobacco shall yearly at the season plant and tend or cause to
be planted and tended two acres of Corne for his own food and
two acres of Corne more for every person in his family plant-
ing Tobacco upon pain of forfeiting to the Lord proprietarie
five barrells of Corne or of other Commodities to the value
thereof for every two acres of Corne wherein he shall make
default to the Contrary thereof This Act to Continue till the
end of the next Generall Assembly

An Act For Measures and weights

Be it Enacted By the Lord proprietarie of this province of
and with the advice and approbation of the freemen of the
same That within one month after the end of this Assembly
there shall be one standard measure throughout the province
as shall be appointed by the Leiutenant Generall and after the
said Month no man shall sell by any other measure than what
is Sealed by the Leiuten^t Geneall or some person appointed by
him to that purpose according to the measures of that Standard.
And no more shall be paid then three pounds of Tobacco for
the sealing of one measure And all contracts made for
pay^t in Corne shall be understood of Corne shelled & a bar-
rell of new Corne tendred in payment at or afore the fifteenth
day of October in any Year shall be twice shaked in the barrell
and afterward heaped as long as it will lye on and at or before
the feast of the nativeity shall be twice shaked and filled to the
edge of the barrell or else not shaked and heaped as before
And after the said feast it shall not be Shaken at all but
delivered by Strike

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And within three Months after this Assembly is ended no
man shall sell or receive any Tobacco or other goods by
Steeleyerds or other weight not Sealed by the Leiutenant Gen-
erall or persons appointed by him as afore (after such person
with such seal shall be appointed) except it be small weights
sealed in England And no more shall be demanded for seal-
ing of a pair of Steeleyards or other grosse weight then the
fee afore appointed for sealing of a measure This Act to
Continue till the end of the next Generall Assembly

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