fired. ACT III. The Sabboth to bee kept holy. No journey to THAT the Lord's day be kept holy, and that no be performed on the Lord's journeys be made except in case of emergent necessiday, nor goods tie on that day, that no goods bee laden in boates nor laden, nor guns shooteing in gunns or the like tending to the propha nation of that day, which duty is to be taken care of by the ministers and officers of the severall churches, & by the comissioners in their places, and the partie de linquent to pay one hundred pounds of tobacco or layd in the stocks, and to take care that servants and others do repaire to their severall churches everie Lord': day. Penalty. Servants and others to attend church. Laws of Eng. land against bigamy adopted. ACT IV. Against Biggamy. THE lawes of England against biggamy or haveing more then one wife or husband shall be putt in execution in this countrie. Process to issue from under the clerk's or secretary's hands, or by entry in the co'ty, court, Not to abridge the governor's power. ACT V. Warrants and Writts, how to issue. ALL warrants and other writts for suites in lawe shall ordinarielie issue vnder the secretarie or clarkes hand, either for quarter courte, countie court, or else by entery of actions in the countie courte, and the sherriffes summons on the said actions as formerly and this to be vnderstood to be noe prohibition of the Governours power. Divulgers of false news concerning the present government ACT VI. Against Divulgers of False Newes. IF any personn or persons shall forge or divulge any false or dangerous news tending to the disturbance of the peace of this collony vnder the government now established that vnles hee produce his author forthwith shall by the next com'r. for the peace be comitted to to be finedes as prison and if he brings not his said author the next if they proimprisoned quarter court or countey court hee shall be fined two duce not their thousand pounds of tobaccoe or less if the merritt of author. the cause deserve it. 10 arde ACT VII. value of a hogshead of Comissioners to determine causes to 350 or 1000 lb. To- tobacco not bacco. exceeding 350 lb. two justices to the value of 1000 lb. and award execution. Appeal allow EVERIE comissioner of the severall counties respectively shall bee authorized to hear and determine all pleas and controversies to the value of one hogshead of tobacco not exceeding 350* pounds and to proceed to execution; two or more com'rs. whereof ed to co'ty one to be of the quorum may determine to the value court, but the of 1000 pounds of tobacco, and to proceed to execution, Provided that either partie may appeale to the countie court, these comissioners appealed from, not to sitt or have votes, during the hearing of that cause. ACT VIII. Matters of Shipps to provide four monthes Victuall on their Voyage to Virginia. ALL masters of shipps shall bee obliged hereby to provide fower monthes allowance of victualls for passengers at their setting forth from the Downes or other parts of England and to give the passengers sufficient allowance of diett all the voyage, And commanders of shipps repectively to take care that poor servants do not want cloathes and bedding in the voyage, in which particulars aforesaid if any shall offend they shall be liable to grievous censure here according to the merrit of the offence. * It would seem from this act that the ordinary weight of a hogs. head of tobacco, at this period, was 350 pounds. Justice whose appealed from not to sit as a decision is member of Passengers to be provided with four months' pro visions for a voyage from this country. England to Poor servants with sufficient to be provided cloaths & bed ding. Penalty. arveyors of aighways & support of bridges to be annually kept and appointed. General ways from county to County and church ways, how laid out and cleared. Letters superscribed "for the public service" to be immediately conveyed from plantation to plantation. Penalty for neglect. ACT IX. Concerning Surveyors of High Waise. THAT surveyors of highwaies and maintenance for bridges be yearly kept and appointed in each countie court respectively, and that all gennerall wayes from county to county and all churchwaies to be laied out and cleered yeerly as each county court shall think fitt, needfull and convenient, repect being had to the course vsed in England to that end. ACT X. Dispatch of Publique letters. THAT all letters superscribed for the publique service shall be immediately conveyed from plantation to plantation, to the place and person directed, vnder the pennaltie of one hogshead of tobacco, for each default, and if any extraordnary charge arise thereby, Extraordinary the com'rs. of each county are hereby authorized to judge thereof and leavie payment for the same: These superscriptions are to be signed by the Governour, Councill or Secrettarie or any comission of the quorum or any of the comittee appointed for the militia. charges to be defrayed by the counties. By whom superscription to be signed. Adjourn ment of courts to be avoided and business dispatched. ACT XI. Adjournement of Courts forbidden. THAT all adjournements of quarter courts and countie courts be by all possible meanes avoided, and likewise that all possible dispatch for the determination of all causes bee made. Masters of vessels transporting any person out of the collony ACT XII. Bee it alsoe enacted and confirmed that noe master of any shipp, vessell, boate or barque, shall transport any person or persons out of this collony except the said person or persons do produce a pass vnder the |