388 Assembly Proceedings, May — June 1674.

Liber
WH&L

ariseing from time by defence of this Prouince against any in-
vasion of any enemy or Enemies or against any domestick Insur-
reccon or Rebellions against the Publick Peace of this Prouince
or the Gouernment established herein and under your Lord-
ship and your heires should be defrayed by the Prouince by
an Equall assessment upon the persons and Estates of the In-
habitants thereof should be & Remaine suspended any thing
in that Act to the Contrary Notwithstanding the foregoing

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Clause of the said act Remaining still in full force & vertue
Provided alsoe that soe long as The said Act should Continue
Your Lordshipps Receiver or Receivours Generall for the time
being should Receive good sound & Marchantable Tobacco
when Tendered for Your Lordships Rents or fines for aliena-
cons of Land reserved vpon the severall & Respective grants
of Land in this Prouince att the Rate of two pence per pound
any thing in his Lordships grants to the Contrary hereof Not-
withstanding Provided alsoe and itt was thereby Enacted
That the Act Entituled an Act for the muster master Generalls
fees should for ever from thenceforward stand Repealed which
said Act was to Continue dureing your Lordships Natureall
life and for one Cropp more next after your Lordshipps de-
cease & noe longer as by the said Act Relacon being there-
unto had may more att Large appeare Now the Delegates of
the freemen of this present Generall Assembly Considering
the great fauour Your Lordshipp doth unto them in Continueing
your onely Sonne & Heir apparent Your Gouernour ouer them
and gratefully acknowledging the many benefitts they Receive
by his Care & Solisitude and desireing that all Marchants
Masters of Shipps and others Tradeing may haue all due
Encouragement for the welfare of this your Prouince doe pray
that itt may be Enacted And Bee itt Enacted by the Right
Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary by and with the aduice & Consent
of the upper & Lower houses of this present Generall Assem-
bly and the Authority of the same That the said Act and all &
every the Articles Provisoes matters and things therein Con-
teined doe & shall stand and bee by this present Act Ratifyed
& Confirmed to all intents and purposes according to the true
intent & meaning thereof not onely for & dureing the Life of
the Right Hon^ble Caecilius absolute Lord & Proprietary of this
Province and for one Cropp after as aforesaid Butt alsoe for
and dureing the Natureall life of the Right Hon^ble Charles
Calvert Esq^r sonne & Heir apparent of the said Caecilius Lord
Proprietary and noe longer And that from & after the decease
of him the said Caecilius Lord Prop^ry The said duty and Im-
posicon of two shillings per Hogshead shall be Leavyed Raysed
Collected and paid to the said Charles Calvert Esq^r for and
dureing the tearme of his Natureall life as aforesaid in such