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advertising of notices and other matters relating to the business of the ward, 

 and shall also be bound to contribute to the expense of the repairs of the 

 royal roads within the ward, and of the general police force of the colony. 



IX. Warden to be charged with the collection and receipt of all local taxes 

 and assessments, Sfc. And be it enacted, That every such warden, within his 

 ward, shall be charged with the collection and receipt of all local taxes and 

 assessments, and all fines and forfeitures, and shares of fines and forfeitures 

 payable to the uses of the ward, or of the district of the county within which 

 such ward shall be comprised, and with the registration of lands and houses, 

 and of births, deaths, and marriages within such ward ; and with the making 

 and revising of the lists of persons resident within the ward, and qualified to 

 serve as jurors, and with the summoning of such jurors. 



X. Warden to superintend public roads, and to prevent squatting. 



XI. Warden to keep a registry of all holders of land or houses in his 

 ward. 



XII. Surveyor-General to furnish to each warden a map of his ward. 



XIII. Every person in possession of any land or house to make a return to 

 the warden of the ward. And be it enacted, That every person having the 

 possession in his or her own right, or in that of his wife, or as attorney, or 

 agent, or guardian, or committee of any other person, of any land or 

 house within any ward, who shall not have made a return of such land or 

 house under the provisions of the said Ordinance of the 4th day of September 

 aforesaid, shall within the space of one calendar month next after the com- 

 mencement of this ordinance, send in to the warden of the ward within which 

 such land or house may be situated, a return in writing, according to such 

 form as may from time to time be approved by the Governor, of all lands or 

 houses within such ward, of which such person may have such possession, and 

 the local situation, number, quality, or extent of such lands or houses, and the 

 respective quantities of such lands in cultivation, pasture, or wood, dis- 

 tinguishing the nature of such cultivation, and the tenure or right by which 

 he shall hold such lands or houses. 



XIV. Every person coming into possession of any land or house to make 

 a return of the same to the warden of the ward within one month. 



XV. Return of produce grown or manufactured on any plantation or lands 

 to be made annually to the warden. 



XVI. Penalty on default of making returns or any false return. 



XVII. Warden or constable to detain any lumber, fyc. suspected to be cut 

 on crown lands. Lumber, fyc. to be taken to be condemned and sold. 



XVIII. Penalty on persons cutting lumber, ^c., on Crown Lands. 



XIX. Where action would be maintainable against hundred in England, 

 action shall be maintainable against inhabitants of ward. And be it enacted, 

 That where, according to the law of England, an action or summary pro- 

 ceeding against the hundred of any county would be maintainable at the 

 suit of the party injured, for damage done to any property real or personal 

 within such hundred, an action or summary proceeding shall in like cases be 

 maintainable against the inhabitants of any ward, at the suit of the party 

 damaged, to recover full compensation for such damage, and process in all 

 such cases shall be served on the warden of the ward. 



XX. Costs of prosecution of crimes to be borne by the ward in which they 

 are committed. And be it enacted, That the costs of every prosecution be- 

 fore the Supreme Criminal Court, and of the witnesses for the prosecution 

 against any person indicted of any felony, any assault with intent to commit 

 felony, any attempt to commit felony, any riot, any misdemeanour, for 

 receiving any stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen, any 

 assault upon a constable or officer of the Customs in the execution of his 



