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II. Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lord-
ship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of As-
sembly, and the Authority of the same, That the Sum of One
Hundred and Twenty Pounds of Tobacco, or Twelve Shil-
lings in Money, be allowed and paid to every Jury, for hearing
or giving their Verdict in any Cause they are sworn to give
their Verdict in, whether in the Provincial or County Courts,
and no more; and that in case any Suitor give more than
what is hereby directed, and be thereof convict, he, she, or
they, shall for such Offence (if to a Juror in the Provincial
Court,) forfeit the sum of Six Thousand Pounds of Tobacco,
or under, at the Discretion of the Court: If in the County
Court, the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, or
under, at the Discretion of the Court, to the Right Honourable
the Lord Proprietary; the one Half thereof to the Use of
Schools, to be applied in the same Manner as the additional
Duty of Twenty Shillings per Head on Negroes and Irish
Papists now is, the other Half to the Informer, or him or
them that shall sue for the same, if on Indictments or Actions
criminal; if otherwise, to the Party grieved only. To be
recovered in the Court where the Forfeiture shall happen, by
Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no
Essoin, Protection or Wager of Law to be allowed.
III. And be it likewise Enacted, That every Petit Juror
Summoned to any County Court, shall be allowed for every
Day such Juror shall attend (by Force of such summons,)
the Sum of Fifteen Pounds of Tobacco, over and above the
aforesaid One Hundred and Twenty Pounds of Tobacco, or
Twelve Shillings to each Jury, for each Cause, and no more ;
the aforesaid Fifteen Pounds of Tobacco per Day to each
Juror in each County Court, to be paid by the County, in the
same Manner as the Jurors of the Provincial Court are al-
lowed by the Public.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act,
Reverdy Ghiselin
Thomas Bacon.
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Bacon
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An Act for the better supporting the Magistrates in the Ad-
ministration of Justice within this Province
Whereas it is obvious to this present Session of Assembly
that there is an absolute Necessity of a Law for the better
preserving the Honour, Dignity and Authority of his Lord-
ship, in the Persons of his Magistrates, in the Administrator
of Justice, from the Insults, Affronts and indecent Demeanour
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Chap. IV
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