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severall & Respective Com^rs of the severall & Respective ^:
Covnty Covrts within this Province where the s^d pson psons
soe makeing or Causeing to be made such Linnen & woollen
Cloath as afores^d shall dwell & Reside, for every y^d of Linnen
Cloath so to be made as afores^d being three quarters of a y^d
broad at the Least, the sume of six pounds of tobb and for
every y^d of woollen Cloath so to be made as afores^d being
three quarters of a y^d broad at the Least, the sume of ten
pounds of tobb to be raised & payed to the pson & psons
makeing or Causing to be made such Linnen or woollen
Cloath as afores^d in manner & forme as herein is sett downe
& expressed that is to say, every pson or psons Inhabiting
within this Province that shall make it sufficiently appeare
to the Com^rs of the Respective Covnty Covrts where he or
they shall live or reside th^t he or they have made or Caused
to be made & woven in the same Covnty of the groth &
manufacture of this Province any quan^ty of Linnen or Woollen
Cloath of the breadth afores^d either by pducing the same to
the Com^rs of the s^d severall & Respective Covnty Covrts in
their Covrts sitting or to any other pson or psons by them the
s^d Com^rs from time to time for th^t purpose to be appointed or
by any other sufficient proof or testamony by the s^d severall &
Respective Covnty Covrts to be appointed & allowed of, shall
deliver to the Clk of the Respective Covnty Covrts where he
or they shall Inhabit as afores^d a pticular of the quan^ty of y^ds of
Linnen or Woollen Cloath by him or them made & woven, or
Caused to be made & woven as afores^d of the breadth afores^d
w^lh the time when the same was made & woven, & by whom

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the same was so made & woven, w^ch s^d Clk of such Covnty
Covrt shall w^thout any fee or reward to be p^d or demanded for
the same, as well Cause an entry to be made of the same in
the Record Book of the s^d Covnty Covrt as also at the laying
of the next Covnty Covrt Leavy shall p^rsent to the Com^rs then
p^rsent A List of the psons names th^t have made such Cloath
of the breadth afores^d & the quan^tys thereof entered as afores^d
& the said Com^rs of the s^d Respective Covnty Covrts afores^d
shall Cause to be Leavyed by an equall Assessm^t upon the
Inhabitants of the s^d Covnty for every y^d of Linnen Cloath
made & Woven as afores^d of the breadth afores^d six pounds
of Tobb & for every y^d of Woollen Cloath made & Woven
afores^d of the breadth afores^d ten pounds of tobb to be p^d to
the p^tys the true Owner or Owners of such Linnen or woollen
Cloath. as afores^d this act to endure for three yeares & no
Longer./

An act for Encovragem^tof Sowing & Makeing
Hemp & Flax w^thin this Province—
Bee it Enacted by the R^tt Hono^hIe the L^d Prop^ry by & w^th the

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