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the Country and Defraud of the Publiq and being incapacitated
of complying with what by the said Act for the said Moyety
of two shillings per hogshead is required
Be it therefore enacted by the Queens most excellent Majesty
by and with the Advice and Consent of her Majestys Gov-
ernour Councill and Assembly of this Province And the
Authority of the same that the said one Shilling per hogshead
for the Defraying the Charges of Government aforesaid as
well for such Shipps or Vessells as have already Clear'd before
the making of this Act as for such remaining in this Province
be rais'd levyed Collectd and payd unto our Sovereign Lady
the Queens most excellent Majesty her heires and Successors
for the Support of her Government for the time being in and
over this her Majesty's Province aforesaid And the Territorys
to the same belonging for every hogshead and quantity of an
hogshead of Tobacco which hath been for and during the time
af^d or which hereafter shall be at any time Shipp'd in any
Shipp or Vessell to be exported out of this Province or any
the Territorys Islands Ports Rivers Creeks or Places thereunto
belonging as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid that the said Duty and
Imposition shall be from time to time paid and Satisfyed by the
Master or Masters of every such Shipp or Vessell respectively
in which any such Tobacco shall be exported upon his or their
Clearing or taking out his or their Dispatch or Dispatches for
every such respective Shipp or Vessell and before the Depar-
ture of such Shipp or Vessell coming into this Province shall
at their first Arrivall here and before their loading on board
any goods or Comoditys of the Growth production or Manu-
facture of this province give good and Sufficient Security to
his Excellency or to the Officer thereunto especially appointed
for the payment of the said Duty or Imposition accordingly.

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

Provided allways and it is the true Intent and Meaning
hereof that this Act nor anything herein contain'd shall be
Adjudged Construed reputed or taken (any thing herein
express'd to the Contrary Notwithstanding) to disanull or
make void his Lordships Right to the other Moyety of the
said Two Shill per Hogshead to be paid in Consideration of
his rents and Alienation money in Tobacco at two pence per
pound during the term of his Naturall life (but that the same
be kept and hereby preserved to his Lordship in as full and
ample manner as by the said Law is expressed or intended)
or in the least to discharge his Lordship of Receiving the Rents
aforesaid at two pence per pound as by the said Act is injoyn'd
during also the terme of his Naturall life nor to discharge his
Lordship from Accounting for the Arrears of the one Shilling

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