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broad at the least the sum of six pounds of Tobacco, & for
every yard of woollen cloath soe to be made as aforesaid being
Three quarters of a Yard broad att the least the summe of
tenne pounds of tobacco, to be Raised & paid to the pson &

Lib. W. H.

psons makeing or causeing to be made such Linnen or woolen
cloth as aforesaid 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 Commiss^rs of the Respective County Courts where hee or
they shall Live or reside, that hee or they haue made or caused
to be made & woven in the same County of the Growth &
Manufacture of this province any quantity of Linnen or
Woollen cloath of the breadth aforesaid Either by produceing
the same to the Commiss^rs of the said severall and Respective.
County Courts in their Courts sitting or to any other pson or
psons by them the said Commissioners from time to time for
that purpose to be appointed or by any other Sufficient proofe
or Testimony by the said severall & Respective County Courts
to be approved & allowed off shall Deliver to the Clk of the
Respective County Courts where he or they shall Inhabitt as
aforesaid a pticular of the quantity of Yards of Linnen or
woollen Cloth by him or them made or woven or Caused to
be made and woven as aforesaid of the breadth aforesaid with
the time when the same was made and woven, & by whome
the same was soe made & woven which said Clk: of such
County Court shall without any ffee or Reward to be paid or
Demanded for the same as well cause an Entry to be made
of the same in the Record booke of the said County Court as
also at the Laying of the next County Court Leavy shall p^rsent
to the Commiss^rs then p^rsent a List of the psons names that
haue made such cloth of the Breadth aforesaid and the quan-
tities thereof Entred as afores^d and the said Commiss^rs of the
Respectiue County Courts aforesaid shall cause to be Levied
by an Equall Assessment upon the Inhabitants of the said
County for every yard of Linnen cloth made & woven as afore-
said of the breadth aforesaid six pounds of Tobacco and for
every yard of woollen cloth made & woven as aforesaid of the
breadth aforesaid Tenne pounds of Tobacco to be paid to the
pties the true owners of such linnen or woollen cloth as
afores^d And for the Encouragement of makeing of good fine

p. 305

& serviceable Linen and woollen Bee It Enacted that whoso-
ever shall make or cause to be made the finest and best piece
of Linnen Cloth being twenty yards in length and three quar-
ters of a yard wide (and the same shall be soe adjudged by
the Commissioners of the County Courts where and when the
same shall be made & produced to them at the Laying their

p. 306