470 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1749.

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The Friends and Allies of the Six Nations upon the River
Ohio are about Seven or Eight hundred more.
The French Settlements being at Quebeck and on the River
of Saint Lawrence or Canada and the Mississippi can have
very Little immediate Effect on this Province
The Revenue arises and is appropriated by the several fol-
lowing Acts of Assembly
166 Port duty of fourteen pence p Ton on all Ships &
Vessels Trading into this Province due to & Received by the
Right honourable the Lord Proprietary thereof and his Ances-
tors from the payment whereof Ships & Vessels wholy belong-
ing to the Inhabitants are Exempt.

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1694. Francis Nicholson Esq^r being then Governor an Act
was made giving three pence p Ton on Tonnage of all Trad-
ing Vessels (Except such as belonged to the Inhabitants) to
the Governor which was made Perpetual in the year 1704.
Colonel Seymour being Governor 1704, A perpetual Law
was made (tbe Government of the Province being then imme-
diately in the Crown) to raise twelve Pence p hhd upon
Tobacco for the Support of Government which is the only one
now in being
1704. By an Act made in that year, Impositions of three
pence p Gallon on Rum, Wine, Brandy, & Spirits Imported
(except from England) Twenty Shillings p Pott on Negroes
and Twenty Shillings p Poll on Irish Servants were Laid which
duties have hitherto been Continued by Subsequent Acts
Excepting on Irish Servants being Protestants and also Ves-
sells wholly Owned by the Inhabitants of this Province from
paying the said Impositions.
1704 A Perpetual Law for Laying a duty of twelve pence
Current Money for every hundred weight of dryed Beef and
Bacon and a duty of Twelve pence p Barrell for every Barrell
of Pork & Beef undryed Exported by any Persons not Inhabi-
tants of this Province which duty is Applyed to the Maintaining
a free School.
1715 An Act was then passed for Laying an Additional
duty of Twenty Shillings p poll on Irish Servants being
Papists to prevent the Importation of too Great a number of
them into this Province and an Additional duty of two Shillings
Currency p Poll on Negroes Imported for Raising a fund to

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Support Publick Schools within this Province which Act is
Still in force
1723 An Act was passed for Laying a duty of Twelve
Pence p Barrell on Pork; for every hundred weight Six pence
for every Barrell of Pitch Twelve pence & for every Barrell of
Tarr Six pence the said Commodities being imported by any
Other than the Inhabitants of this Province.