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U. H. J.

ping cutting & defacing Tob^o taken on board Ships & Vessels upon

freight, & for laying Impositions on Tob^o p the hh^d for the support

of Government & for the Encouraging Settlements in this Province,

by ascertaining the Manner of paying his Lordships Alienation fines

& Quit Rents, for the Term therein proposed, & for taking off the

three pence p hh^d formerly raised for the publick Charge

Chap. VI

N^o 6. An Act for the laying out of Land, and erecting a Town

at the head of Port Tobacco Creek in Charles County

" VII

N^o 7. An Act impowering and directing the Justices of the sev-

eral Counties within this Province to levy any Quantity of Tobacco,

not exceeding Ten pounds p Poll on the Taxable Persons of any

Parish, in each of their respective Counties, on Application to them

made by the Vestry & Church Wardens of any Parish

" VIII

N^o 8. An Act for the Relief of Creditors & to prevent frauds &

Deceits occasioned by secret Sales, mortgages, & Gifts of Goods &

Chattels

" IX

N^o 9 An Act to Confirm a deed of Bargain & Sale from Stephen

Yoakley to Thomas Colmore

" XI

N^o 10. An Act for the further Assessm^t of forty thous^d p^ds To-

bacco on the Inhabitants of S^t Ann's Parish in Ann Arundel County,

towards enlarging & repairing the Church in the City of Annapolis ;

& building a Chappel of Ease in the s^d Parish; & for a Payment of a

fourth part of the Charge by a publick Assessment on the whole

Province, for the Enlargement & Reparation of the s^d Church.

" XII

N^o 11. An Act for erecting a Town on the North Side of Po-

tapsco in Baltemore County; & for laying out in Lotts sixty Acres

of Land in & about the Place, where One John Fleming now lives.

" XIII

N^o 12. An Act for the Assessment of Ten p Poll on the taxable

Persons in S^t Pauls Parish in Queen Anns & Talbot Counties, the

next Levy; and Ten p Poll the Ensuing; also for the Assessing Ten

p Poll yearly on the Taxable Persons in S^t Lukes Parish in Queen

Anns County, until they shall have raised sufficient to Compleat a

Church in the s^d Parish.

" XIV

N^o 13. An Act concerning the Parishes in S^t Marys & Charles

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Counties

" XV

N^o 14. An Act to Encourage the Importation of Gold & Silver

into this Province

" XVI

N^o 15. An Act for the Relief of Christopher Gardiner a lan-

guishing Prisoner in Baltemore County Goal

" XVII

N^o 16. An Act against Engrossers & Regrators

" XVIII

N^o 17. An Act to aid the Proceedings of some of the County

Courts within this Province

" XIX

N^o 18 An Act for raising a duty of Three pence p hh^d on all

Tobacco exported out of this Province for the Uses therein men-

tioned