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are herebv authorized to call upon such of the in-i habitants of said district, as they may deem neces- sarv. to aid them in seizing and securing all swine so going at large.

III. It shall be lawful for such IIogreeves or any 1 one ofthem, to sell, or cause to be sold at public auction, all swine so seized and taken up as afore- said, forty-eight hours notice having been previously given, by written notices posted up in three ofthc most public placcs in said district; provided always, that the owner or owners ofsuch swine so taken up, shall be entitled to have the same returned to him, her or them, if he, she or they, shall, previous to such sale thereof, as aforesaid, tender to such I‘Iog- reeve or Hogreeves, who shall have seized or taken up the same, the sum of four shillings of lawful money of the said Island, per head, for all swtnc so seized and taken Up, and the proceeds ofsuch sale as aforesaid, or the sum so to be paid by such owner urowners, shall be retained by such IIogreeve or Hogreeves for his or their own use or benefit.

1V. Any person so appointed I-Iogreeve within any such district as aforesaid, and who shall refuse or neglect to perform the duties ofhis said ofﬁce, by not taking up all swine so found going at large as aforesaid, within such district, or in not disposing of the same in manner hereinbefore prescribed, shall forfeit and pay for every such refusal or neglect, the sum oftwenty shillings, to be recovered before any one or more of‘I’Ier Majesty’s Justices ofthe Peace for the County wherein such district shall be situate, together with the 00sts of suit; and to be levied in default of payment, by warrant of «istress on the. goods and chattels of such Ilogreeve, one halfof the said fine to be paid into the 'I‘reasury ofthis Is- land, for the use of Her Majesty ’5 Government, and the other moiety to the person who shall prosecute such I-Iogreeve; provided always, that no person ap- pointed I-Jogreeve as aforesaid, shall be liable to serve as such more than once in every three years.

V. All persons in any way or manner obstructing any such I‘Iogreeve or IIcigi'eev’crs, in the execution of his or their duty, shall forfeit and pay a fine. not exceeding two pounds and not less than five shillings, such fine to be recovered on the oath of any such Ilogreevc, or one or more crediblwwitness or wit- nesses, and in manner last aforesaid; and in the event ofthe offender 0r offenders, not having goods or chattels whercon to levy the said fine, then the said Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized and empowered to commit the said offender or otfenders to the Jail of the County, wherein the. offence shall be committed, for a' period not exceeding ten days.

VI. This Act shall continue and be in force for ten years from the passing thereof, and from thence to the end of the then next Session of the General Assembly and no longer.

CAP. XV].

An Act to alter the time for holding certain Terms ofthe Supreme Count, in the several Counties in

this Island. [Passed April 3, 1865.]

E it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor,Council and Assembly, as follows 2.

I. From and after the time when this .»\i-t shall go intooperation,th several terms ofthe Supreme (‘onit ofJudicature, hereinafter mentioned, held in the several ()ottntiesofthis Island, shall commence and beholden in the respective. days hereinafter men- tioned; on each and every year instead ot on the days now by law appointed for the holding and Con;- iuencenient of the same respectively, that is to say : IIiIary Term in Queen’s County, shall commence on the seCond Tuesday in January; March Town in King’s County is hereby abolished,and instead there- of, a Term to be called February 'I‘erin, is hereby ordained, and required to be held therein, and shall commence on the last Tuesday in Ii'cbruary; and June Term in Prince County, shall commence on the second Tuesday in June, anything in any Act of the General Assembly now in force, to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. All the rules, regulations and provi~ions, pre- scribed by the Laws now in force, to the Ililary June and March Terms, shall be held and deemed to continue. in force, and to apply to the same 'I‘erms respectively, as hereby altered, whether with re- Speet to the days or times appointed for the attend- ance ofGrand and I’etit Juries,duration and extension of’I‘ei'tns, or for return of \Vrits, or of times fir trial of .Iuryﬁummary or Appeal cases, or otherwise howsoever.

III. This Act shall go into operation on the first day ofJuIy next, after the passing thereof.

CAP. XVII.

An Act to amend an Act intituled “ An Act to repeal an Act made and passed in the twentydirst year ofthe reign of King George the. Third, intituled An Act relating to Wills, Legacies and I‘IXPCUIHIS,

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and for the settlement and distribution oftho

tate ofIntestates.” [Passed April II, 1863.] IE it enacted by the Lieutenant Govei nor,Counci! and Assembly, as follows:

I. From and afterthepassingoftliisAt-t,no Admin- istrator shall be cited before the Surrogate and Judge of I’robates of this Island, to render an account of the personal estate of his intestate, (otheiwise than by an inventory or inventories thereof,) unless it be at the instance or prosecution of some person or persons in behalf of a tninor; or having a demand out of such personal I'Istate as a creditor or next of kin, nor be compelleble to account before the said Surrogate and Judge of Probate empowered to take the same, otherwise than as is aforesaid.

II. Ifafter the death ofa Father any ofhis child- ren shall die intestate, without wife or children in- the lifetime of the mother, every brother and sister and the representatives ofthem, shall have an equal; share with her.

COURT OF CIIANCERY, Trinity Term, 1865. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that. the Trinity Term of Her Majesty's High Court. of Chancery, for this Island. will commence on Tuesday, the 13th day of May, instant, and end on.

Saturday, the 3rd day of June. CHARLES DESBRISAY, Registrar- 22nd May, 1865'.