286 Assembly Proceedings, March — April 1671.

Liber
W H & L

by an Equall Assessment upon the persons and Estates of the
Inhabitants thereof shall be and Remayne suspended any thing
in that Act to the Contrary Notwithstanding The foregoing
Clauses in the said Act Remayning still in full force and vertue
Provided alsoe that soe long as this Act shall Continue his
said Lordship his Receivo^r or Receiveours Generall for the time
being shall Receive good Sound and Marchantable Tobacco
when Tendred for his said Lordships Rent or fines for
Alienacon of lands Reserved vpon the severall and Respective
grants of land in this Province att the Rate of two pence per
pound any thing in his said Lordships grants to the Contrary
hereof Notwithstanding Provided alsoe and itt is hereby
Enacted by the Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary by and with
the Consent of the upper and lower houses of this present
Generall Assembly That the Act Entituled an act for the muster
master Generalls fee be & for ever henceforward stand Re-
pealed
This Act to Continue dureing the Natureall life of the Right
Hon^ble Caecilius now Lord & Proprietary of this Province and
for one Cropp more next after his decease and noe Longer.

P. R. O.
Colonial En-
try Book
No. 53

An Act for the Advancement
of fforreigne Coynes

fforasmuch as Tobacco is the only comoditie of this Province
which is att So Low a Rate that noe Manufactures handicrafts
or Tradesmen in which Consists the welfare of all fflowrishing
Countries Cannot Subsist without the help Conveniences and
assistance of Ready mony Wherefore for Encouragm^t to those
that shall bring monys into this Province as for all manufactures
Handycrafts and other Tradsmen that is already or here after
Shal be Imported into this Province As also for the Ease
Benefitt and Advantage of other the Inhabitants of this Pro-
vince in dealing Trafficking or Trading for inconsiderable
Parcells of goods for which payment cannot Soe well be made
in Tobacco. Bee it Therefore Enacted and it is hereby
Enacted by the Right Hono^ble the Lord Proprietary by and
with the Advise and Consent of the vpper and Lower howses
of this Present Generall Assembly And by the Authority of the
Same That all Coynes (except the Coynes of his Royall Maiestie
the King of great Brittayne) hereafter named shall be Ad-
vanced Taken and Rec^d by all Persons for the ffull value in
mony sterling as they by this Act are Enioyned (That is to say)
That Every shilling of his Lorrpps the Lord Proprietary shal
be deemed to pass for Twelve pence sterling and Every six
penny peece for Six pence sterling Every New England shilling