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IT is Ordered, &c. That whosoever shall kindle any fire in Woods, * 1.1 or Grounds, lying in common, or inclosed, so as the same shall burn Fences, Buildings, or cause any other damage, in any season or manner, not allowed by the Authority in that Plan∣tation, or on the last day of the week, or on the Lords day, such person shall pay all damages, and half so much more, for a fine
to the Plantation, and if not able to pay, shall be corporally pu∣nished, as the Court shall judge meet. But whosoever shall wit∣tingly and willingly burn, or destroy any Farm, or other building, Timber hewed, sawn, or riven, heaps of Wood, Charcoal, Corn, Hey, Straw, Hemp, Flax, or other Goods he shall pay double or treble damages, as the Court shall judge meet; or if not able to make such restitution, he shall be either sold for a servant till by his labour he may doe it, or be severely punished, as the case may require.
Exo. 22.6.