142 Assembly Proceedings, October 26, 1686.

Lib. W. H.

of November 1681 Entituled an Act ag^llngrosers & regraters
one other Act made at a Gen^rall Assembly begune & held at
the Citty of S^t Maries the fiue & twenteth day of Aprill 1682
Entituled an Act for Encouragem^t of Tillage & raiseing pro-
visions for Advancem^t of Trade within this Province one other
Act made the same Assembly Entituled an Act limiting the
Expences of the Comission^rs of the County Co^rts of this Prov-
ince, one other Act made the same Assembly Entituled an
Act for a Certeining what damages shall be allowed vpon
protested bills of Exchange one other Act made at a Generall
Assembly begune & held at the Ridge in Ann Arrundell
County the second day of October one Thousand six Hundred
Eighty & three Entituled an Act for regulateing the tares &

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abuses in Tobaccoe Hogsheads, one other Act made the same
Assembly Entituled an Act limiting the Extent of Attachm^ts
& provideing what shall be leavied on Attachm^ts & Execons,
one other Act made at a Gen^rall Assembly held at the
Citty of S^t Maries the two & twenteth day of Aprill 1684
Entituled an Act against Excessiue vsury, one other Act
made at a Gen^rall Assembly held at S^t Johns the seventeenth
day of Aprill 1661 Entituled an Act for appointm^t of Certaine
Officers Excepting the latter clause thereof relateing to
Sheriffs w^ch is not reviued, one other Act made at a Gen^rall
Assembly held at S^t Maries the tenth day of Aprill 1666 Enti-
tuled an Act prohibiting trade with Indians for any flesh dead
or aliue Except deer and Wilde-fowle the same & every of
them be & are hereby reviued & continued to stand in full
force & Virtue for & dureing the terme of three yeares or to
the end of the next Gen^rall Assembly w^ch shall first happen.

. An Act for advancem^t of Coynes

Whereas by Experience it is found th^t the want of ready
money in this province is a very great hindrance & much
imped by trade thereof & th^t without ready money noe
Encouragem^t can be giuen to handicrafts and tradsmen
either to come or continue in this province Be it therefore
Enacted by the Right Hono^rble the Lord Propry by & with the
Advice & consent of the vpper & lower Houses of this p^rsent
Gen^rall Assembly & the Authority of the same for the reasons
aforesaid & for the encourageing such as shall bring Money
into this Province That all Coynes (Except the .Coyne of o^r
soveraigne Lord the Kings most Excellent Majesty of Eng-
land) shall be advanced & paid taken & receiued by all psons
whatsoeuer for the full value in money sterling as by this Act
is nominated & Enjoyned (th^t is to say) th^t every new England