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caue him to be apprehended and brought before the Court of the County where the Order was made; and the aid Court hall in uch Cae end tge Peron o offending as peedily as may be out of the State, either to Europe or to the Wet Indies, at the Cot and Charges of uch Offender. Provided nevertheles, That all and every uch Peron and Perons hall have Liberty to ell and dipoe of his or their Etates, and after atisfying all jut Demands, to export the Amount in Produce (Proviions and Naval Stores excepted) and may alo nominate and appoint an Attorney or Attornies to ell and dipoe of his or their Etates, for his or their Ue and Benefit; but in Cae any real Etate belonging to any uch Peron hall remain unold for more than three Months next after the Owner thereof hath departed this State, the ame hall be forfeited to and for the Ue of the Public.

VII. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforeaid, That if any Peron o departing or ent off from this State hall return to the ame, then uch Peron hall be adjudged guilty of Treaon againt the State, and hall and may be proceeded againt in like Manner as is herein directed in Caes of Treaon.

VIII. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforeaid, That each and every Jutice in each repective County may cite any Peron or Perons to appear before the County Court where uch Peron or Perons uually reide, and take the aforeaif Oath or Affirmation; and in Cae of non-Attendance or Refual, the aid Court hall and may have full Power to compet uch Peron or Perons to leave the State, under the ame Regulations herein mentioned in other Caes.



HEREAS lawful Oaths, for the Dicovery of Truth, and etablihing Right, are neceary, and highly conducive to the important Ends of good Government; and being mot olemn Appeals to Almighty God, as the omnicient Witnes of the Truth, jut and omnipotent Avenger of Falehood, uch Oaths ought therefore to be taken and adminitered with the utmot Solemnity:

II. Be it therefore Enacted, by the General Aembly of the State of North-Carolina, and by the Authority of the ame, That Judges, Jutices of the Peace, and other Perons, who are or hall be impowered to adminiter Oaths, hall (except in the Caes in this Act excepted) require the Party to be worn to lay his Hand upon the Holy Evangelits of Almighty God, in Token of his Engagement to peak the Truth, as he hopes to be aved in the Way and Method of Salvation pointed out of the bleed Volume, and in further Token, that if he hould werve from the Truth, he may jutly be deprived of all the Bleings of the Gopel, and made liable to that Vengeance which he has impricated on his own Head; and after repeating the Words So help me God, hall kis the Holy Gopels, as a Seal of Confirmation to the aid Engagements. 