[921] This is chap. 35 of the Great Law as given by Hazard, Annals of Pa., 626, 627; but it was not engrossed and does not appear in Linn's edition, which follows Patrick Robinson's copy: Nead, Historical Notes: in Linn, op. cit., 481 n. 3.
[922] Linn, op. cit., 171.
[923] Ibid., 229.
[924] Cf. Cook, op. cit., 358. This act of Feb. 14, 1729/30, is contained in Laws of the Comm. of Pa., 1700-1810, I, 180, 181.
[925] Bioren, Laws, I, 7, 34; Linn, op. cit., 229, note; also Laws of the Comm. of Pa., 1700-1810, I, 21-23.
[926] Pepper and Lewis, Digest (1896), II, 2878 ff.
[927] See the act of 1700 in Franklin and Hall's Laws of the Government of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware (Philadelphia, 1752). It is especially provided that if any servant marry without the consent of his or her master, he or she shall, for such offense, serve for one year after the time of his or her servitude by indenture has expired; and if any free person marry a servant without consent of the master, he or she shall pay to the master, if the servant is a man, 12 pounds, and if a woman, 6 pounds, or one whole year's service; and the servant so marrying shall serve an additional year. Adultery is punished with a fine of 50 pounds or 21 lashes "well laid on." The penalty for fornication is 3 pounds or 21 lashes: ibid., 74.
[928] Col. Records of Pa., I, 144.
[929] Col. Records of Pa. (Jan. 1703/4), II, 114, 115; also quoted by Applegarth, Quakers in Pa., 413, note.
[930] Pa. Col. Rec., I, 121. "The Board then took into their Consideration the alterations proper to be made in the forms of Marriage Lycences."—Ibid., V, 69 (1747). Again, "Order'd, That the President sign all Marriage Lycences."—Ibid., V, 71 (1747).