=1691.= An act inhibiting the tradeing with Servants and Slaves. "_And it is alsoe enacted_ by the authority aforesaid, that if any servant or servants shall at any tyme or tymes hereafter absent or withdraw him or themselves from his, her, or their master or mistresses service, such servant or servants soe offending shall for every naturall day they shall soe absent themselves serve one whole weeke, and for every weeke, if they shall att any one tyme soe long absent themselves, one whole yeare to theire master or mistresse, over and above their contracted tyme of servitude."--¤_Statutes at Large of South Carolina, II. 53._ =48. Pennsylvania:--Regulation of servants.= =1700.= An Act for the better Regulation of Servants in this Province and Territories. "And for the Prevention of Servants quitting their masters Service, _Be it enacted_ by the Authority aforesaid, that if any Servant shall absent him or herself from the Service of their Master or Owner for the Space of one Day, or more, without Leave first obtained for the same, every such Servant shall, for every such Days absence, be obliged to serve Five Days after the Expiration of his or her Time, and shall further make such Satisfaction to his or her Master or Owner for the Damages and Charges sustained by such Absence as the respective County Courts shall see meet, who shall order as well the Time to be served, as other Recompence for Damages sustained. And whosoever shall apprehend or take up any Runaway Servant, and shall bring him or her to the Sheriff of the County, such Person shall for every such Servant, if taken up within Ten miles of the Servants abode, receive _Ten Shillings_; and if Ten miles or upwards, _Twenty Shillings_ Reward of the said Sheriff, who is hereby required to pay the same, and forthwith to send Notice to the master or Owner, of whom he shall receive _Five Shillings_ Prison Fees upon the Delivery of the said Servant, together with all other Disbursements and reasonable Charges for and upon the same."--¤_Province Laws of Pennsylvania, I. 5._ =49. New York:--Regulation of slaves.=