218 Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669.

P. R. O.

Colonial En
try Book
No. 53

Truth of the Same soe farr as he knoweth And that the mates
Boatswaine or any other seaman shall be sworne if the Collected
See Cause to discover the Truth, of the said ffreight & if any
master or masters of any shipp or other vessell shall wittingly or
willingly Conceale any p^t of his ffreight from the said Collector
or Collecto^rs appointed as aforesaid & shall thereof be Lawfully
Convicted then the said master or masters shall forfeit for
Every Such offence the value of all such Tobacco Soe con-
cealed to the L^t Gen^ll to be Recovered by action of debt Bill or
plaint in the Provinciall Co^t of this Province By virtue of this
Act Ag^t w^ch noe Essoyne wager of Law or Protection shal be
allowed to any pson Soe offending And be it ffurther Enacted
& Ordeyned That if any master or masters shall passe Bills of
Exchange for the s^d Imposition that then the Collector or Col-
lecto^rs are hereby Required and Authorized to take Sufficient
Security for the True & good paym^t of the Same And be it
Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all & Every Merchant
ffacto^r or master th! shall buy any Tobacco in this Province
and the Same shall Carry away in Boates or Sloopes or other-
wise to be shipped on any shipp or vessell Anchoring in Vir-
ginea side the Plant^r shall Before the delivery of the said
Tobacco Receive of the merchant ffactor or master to whom
the Same shal be Sould the Said Impost of Six pence p hogs-
head for Every Hogshead by him Sould vnless the Said mar-
chant ffactor or master shall pduce a discharge for paym^ts
thereof vnd^r the hand or hands of the Collector or Collecto^rs
impowered to Receive the same w^ch if any Plant^r or Plant^rs shall
neglect to doe them the said Plant^r Soe offending shall pay &
be Answerable for the same himselfe to the Said Collecto? or
Collecto^rs who shall be impowered to Receive the Same