The churchwardens and vestry of the parish of St. John, Berkley county, for repairs to the parsonage house, The commissioners of the parish of St. Matthew, (to be paid to Tacitus Galliard, Esq.) for building a chapel in the said parish,

Churchwardens and vestry of the parish of Prince Fred

erick, for building a chapel,
Churchwardens and vestry of the parish of St. Helena,
for repairs to the church,

David Rumph, William Young, Daniel Linder, William
Steads, Jun'r. and John Brotherer, commissioners,
for building a chapel of ease in the upper part of
St. George's parish, for building the said chapel,

FOR CORONER'S INQUESTS.

480 00 00

Negro Sampson, his annuity,

Jacob Motte, Esq. public treasurer, advanced by him for
levelling the old fortifications and filling up the mote in
Charlestown,

Jacob Motte, Esq. advanced by him to purchase bills of ex-
change to be remitted to Barbadoes for the relief of
the sufferers in the late fires there,
Jacob Motte, Esq. for two tax certificates issued in 1755,
which have been burnt since the balance of the tax for
that year was appropriated,

To replace part of the sum borrowed from the fund for the
encouragement of foreign protestants to settle in this
Province,

For contingent services,

Total,

2250 00 00

5000 00 00

100 00 00

30,000 00 00

500 00 00-£ 39,605 10 09

£99,469 08 11

P. MANIGAULT, Speaker.

In the Council Chamber, the 28th day of May, 1767.

Assented to: C. G. MONTAGU.

A. D. 1768.

No. 963. AN ACT TO PREVENT STEALING OF HORSES AND NEAT CATTLE, AND FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL DISCOVERY AND PUNISHMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AS SHALL UNLAWFULLY BRAND, MARK OR KILL THE SAME.

Preamble.

Penalty for

Horse stealing.

Justices appointed toll

masters.

Horses from

to be

accompa

WHEREAS, the laws now in force in this Province are insufficient to prevent the stealing of horses, and stealing and unlawfully branding, marking or killing of neat cattle, to the great detriment of the honest inhabitants of this Province, for prevention of which evils, and for the more effectual discovery and punishment of such persons as shall be guilty of the same, we humbly pray your most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted,

I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency the Right Honorable Lord Charles Greville Montagu, Captain General, Governor and Commanderin-chief of the Province of South Carolina, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's Council and the Commons House of Assembly of the said Province, and by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, all and every person and persons, who shall be indicted and found guilty of stealing any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly, shall for the first offence be punished with the loss of an ear, and be publicly whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes, on the bare back; and for the second offence, shall be adjudged and deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death without the benefit of the clergy.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the peace for the time being, in the several counties in this Province, shall be and they are hereby appointed toll masters in their respective counties, with full power and authority to exercise, within their several counties, all and every the powers given them by this Act.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons bringing any horses, mares, geldings, colts or fillies, from Georgia, other Provinces or any other of his Majesty's Provinces, by land, into this Province, for sale, shall bring a voucher under the broad seal, county seal or town seal of the respective Province, county or town from which they are brought for sale, describing the notable flesh mark and brand thereof, upon pain of forfeiting the said horse to such person as shall sue or inform for the

nied by a voucher.

Penalty for

or disfiguring horses, &c.

same.

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, all and every person and wilfully killing, persons who shall be lawfully convicted of wilfully killing, marking, branding or disfiguring any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly, or neat cattle, the property of any other person, shall be liable to a fine of twenty pounds proclamation money, for any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly, or neat cattle, so killed, marked or disfigured, and shall be kept close confined in the common goal until payment is made of the same; and in case the person or persons so offending shall not have sufficient effects to discharge the said fine, he, she or they shall receive such corporal punishment, not extending to life or limb, as to his Majesty's justices before whom he or she shall be convicted, shall seem meet.

Informer entitled to £20.

V. And be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every person and persons informing and giving evidence against any of the said offenders, whereby he, she or they shall be convicted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the sum of twenty pounds proclamation money, for every person so convicted, to be paid by the public treasurer, upon a