Acts. 457

Session of Assembly that shall happen after the End of the said
three Years.

Liber B. L. C.

21^st May 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Sam: Ogle

the great Seal in
wax appendant

1 June 1750
Read & Assented to by
the Upper House of As-
sembly
Signed p Order
J Ross Cl Up Ho.

An Act to remedy some Evils relating to Servants.

No. 5

Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That from and after the End of this Session of Assembly,
where any Servant or Servants now imported, or which hereafter
shall be imported, into this Province, shall by his, her, or their evil
Doings or Actions, commit such Offence or Offences, where by the
Laws they subject him, her, or themselves to Imprisonment; that in
such Case such Servant or Servants shall, and he, she, or they are
hereby obliged to serve the Master or Masters, Mistress or Mis-
tresses, of such Servant or Servants, Day for Day, and no more,
such Master or Masters, Mistress or Mistresses, shall lose of his, her,
or their Service, by such Imprisonment.

[Servants
to serve Day
for Day, in
case of Im-
prisonment.]

And be it further Enacted, That if by the Evil-doing, or Actions
of such Servant or Servants, he, she, or they shall be fined for the
Breach of the Peace, or any Law of this Province, at any Time after
the End of this Session; and that the Master or Masters, Mistress
or Mistresses, of such Servant or Servants, pay such Fine, such
Servant or Servants shall make Satisfaction by Service, or other-
wise, at the Expiration of their first Time of Servitude, for such
Fine or Fines.

[Servants to
pay fines by
servitude.]

And be it likewise Enacted, That the several and respective Jus-
tices of the several and respective County Courts within this Prov-
ince, where the Case shall happen, shall, and they are hereby obliged
and directed to hear and determine any Dispute that may arise be-
tween the Master or Masters, Mistress or Mistresses, and such Ser-
vant or Servants, in Relation to the Cases herein before mentioned,
and to adjudge according to the Directions of this Act herein before
mentioned.

[Disputes
between
Masters and
Servants to
be decided
by the
County
Court.]

This Act to continue from and after the End of this present Ses-
sion of Assembly, for and during the Term of three Years, and unto

[Continu-
ance of
this Act.]