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This a publick act; and persons sued for acting may plead general issue, &c. and have treble costs.
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XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall be sued, molested, or prosecuted for any thing done by virtue of or in pursuance of this act, or any of the clauses therein contained, such person and persons shall and may plead the general issue, and give this act, (which shall be deemed a publick act in all courts of justice) and the special matter in evidence for his, her, or their defence; and if afterwards a verdict shall pass for the defendant or defendants, or the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall discontinue his or their action, or be nonsuited, or if judgment shall be given against him or them upon demurrer or otherwise, then such defendant or defendants shall have treble costs to him, her, or them, to be awarded against such plaintiff or plaintiffs, for which such defendant or defendants shall have like remedy as in other cases, where costs are given by law to defendants.
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