Assembly Proceedings, March — April 1671. 295

An Act for the Setling
the Rates & Prizes in mony of all wynes
Liquors and other Comodities Sould by
Retayle within this Province

fforasmuch as divers and Sundry greivous Comp!'.⁵ have beene
made of the great abuses Comitted by the Severall Ordinary
Keepers and Innholders within this Province against severall of
the good People of this Province whoe have of late denyed and
Refused to give Entertainm^t to all or most of the good Peo-
ple of this Province Coming and Resorting to their or any of
their howse or Howses or to lett them have Creddit for Such
necessary Accomodacons as they Stood in need of and had
occasion for in Tobaccoes att the Rates and Prizes Lymitted
and appointed to be paid to and Rec^d by Such Ordinary
Keepers or Inholders (by one Act Intituled an Act Lymitting
Ordinary Keepers) as fformerly was vsed and accustomed vn-
less Such Person or Persons Soe Coming and Resorting to
their Severall and Respective howses as aforesaid did pay
Ready mony for Such wines Victuals and other necesary Ac-
comodacons whereby Severall of the good People of this Pro-
vince Especially Such as have att any Time had Occasion or
were Necessitated to Come to the Provinciall Court as lurors
Witnesses and other Persons that have busines att the Said
Court And att the Secretary's Office att S^t Maries not having
Ready mony have for want of Such necessary accomodacons
and Creddit as aforesaid been putt to very great Inconveni-
ences to the Endangering their Healths And forasmuch as
there is as yet noe Law for Lymitting the Prizes of wines and
other Comodyties Sould by Ordinary Keepers and Inhould^rs
for which Ready mony is to be paid of which the Said Ordi-
nary Keepers and Inholdr^rs taking Advantage they have most
vnconcionably Exacted & demanded of Such Person and Per-
sons who had Ready mony to pay for such necessary accomi-
dacons as aforesaid And the Said Inhabitants of this Province
have beene Compelled to pay and the Said Ordinary Keepers
and Inholders have taken & Rec^d Ready mony for their Said
wines and other Comodities att very Excessive and vnreason-
able Rates and Prizes to the great damage and preiudice of
the good People of this Province for the Remedy and Redresse
whereof for the ffuture Bee it Enacted and Ordained by the
Right Hono^ble the Lord and Proprietary of this Province by and
with the Advice and Consent of the vpper and Lower Howses
of this p^rsent Genii Assembly And the Authority of the Same
That from henceforward noe Ordinarie Keeper Inholde^r or
other Person whatsoever within this Province keeping an Ordi-
nary victualling house or howse of Entertainm^t within this

P. R. O.

Colonial En-
try Book
No. 53