Whereas several tribes of Indians for some time past have perfidiously made incursions within the frontiers of this province and have perpetrated many cruel and barbarous murders on the inhabitants thereof, and it must be in the present circumstance of affairs of dangerous consequence to supply the said Indians with guns, gunpowder or other warlike stores.

For prevention whereof:

[Section I.] Be it enacted by the Honorable James Hamilton, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor under the Honorable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania and counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, by and with the advice and consent of the representatives of the freemen of the said Province in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act if any person or persons whatsoever shall directly or indirectly give to, sell, barter or exchange with any Indian or Indians whatsoever any guns, gunpowder, shot, bullets, lead or other warlike stores without license from the commander in chief of the King’s forces in those parts or from the governor or commander in chief of this province for the time being first had and obtained, every such person or persons so offending, being thereof legally convicted in any county court of quarter sessions within this province, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred pounds, one moiety thereof to the informer and the other moiety to the governor or commander in chief of this province for the time being, and shall furthermore be whipped with thirty-nine lashes on his bare back, well laid on, and be committed to the common gaol of the county, there to remain twelve months without bail or mainprise.