Acts. 291

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that after the end of this Sessions of Assembly
itt shall and may be Lawfull for the provinciall and County
Courts of this province to hear and Determine Any Complaints

C. P.

between Masters and Servants by way of petition to give
Judgment and Award Execution upon the same and that upon
Appeale or writt of Error brought upon the same from any
County Court of this province to the provinciall Court or from
the provinciall Court to the Governour and Councill no such
Judgment shall be reversed for want of Judiciall process or
that the same was not tryed by a Jury or any matter of forme
Either in the Entry or giving Judgment provided that itt
Appears by the Record that the Defendant was Legally
Sumoned and not Condemned unheard. And

Be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd that if Any
Matter of Dispute Arises Concerning Servants Imported into
this province or any Servant that binds himselfe for years
within this province or any bound out by the County Courts
of this province in relation to their Indentures Contracts or
wages or any other Matter of Difference between the said
Master and Servant the same shall be tryed heard and Deter-
mined by Petition as afd Any Law Statute or Usage to the
Contrary Notwithstanding.
And be itt Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
afd that no Negroe or other Slave within this province shall
be permitted to Carry any Gun or Any other Offensive
weapon from off their Masters Land without License from

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their said Master and if any Negroe or other slave shall pre-
sume soe to doe he shall be Lyable to be Carryed before a
Justice of Peace And be whipt and his Gun or other Offensive
weapon shall be forfeited to him that shall seize the Same and
Carry such Negroe soe Offending before the Justice of Peace.

And be itt Enacted by the Authority afd by and with the

Advice and Consent afd that from and after the end of this
Sessions of Assembly any Servant or Servants whatsoever
within this province that shall feloniously take or purloyne his
or their Master Mistress or Dames Goods or Chattells under
the Value of one thousand pounds of tob^o shall be Ajudged
[guilty of] Felony and being thereof Lawfully Convict in any
County Court of this province shall be Ajudged to pay four
times the Value of such goods soe purloyned to his or their
Master Mistress or Dame which he she or they shall make
good by Servitude after the Expiration of their first time of
Service and shall alsoe Suffer such pains of Whipping or
Pillorying as the Justices before whome such Matter is brought
shall Adjudge.

p. 138