352 Assembly Proceedings, April 26-June 3, 1715.

C. P.

the security or securities of such Master for which Certificate
the Navall Officer may have and receive one Shilling and no
more and that the Sev^ll and respective Navall Officers within
this province shall hang a fair Copy of this Law in their
respective Offices for the perusall of all mastrs of Shipps and
Vessells the Navall Officer to have & receive for the said
Copy one hundred pounds of Tob^o to be Allowed in the
County Levy. And fforasmuch as by the Enlargmt of Tob^o
hhds. from the late gauge of thirty Inches in the Diameter of
the head to the present gauge a Larger Quantity of Tob^o will
be Exported in each hogshead whereby the sev^ll Duties and
Imposts on Tob^o by the hhd will be Evidently retrenched and
Lessened unless a Just regard be had to the preservation of
them in their Usuall worth and Value which this Gen^ll As-
sembly is highly obliged To those Duties being Generally
Applyed to the Support of Governmt and for other the most
Important affairs of this province and that therefore itt is not
only Just but necessary that the duties upon the hogsheads
which shall be of this gauge herein Directed should be in some
sort Enlarged proportionably to the Enlargem^t of the said
Gauge It is therefore most Humbly prayed that the Kings
most Excellt Majestic will be graciously pleased to grant that
itt may be Enacted —

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And be itt Enacted by his said Majesty by and with the
Advice and Cons' of his Majesties Governt Councill and
Assembly of this province and the Authority of the same that
from and after the twenty ninth day of September next there
shall be raised Levyed and paid to the Kings most Excellt
Majesty his heirs and Successors for the spport of his
Governmt for the time being in & over this province of
Maryland and the Territories to the same belonging for Every
hhd of Tob^o which shall be shipt in any Shipp or Vessell to be
Exported out of this province or any the Territories Islands
Ports Rivers Creeks or places thereunto belonging on or after
the twenty ninth day of Sept Afd the sume of fifteen pence
Sterling in Lieu and stead of the twelve pence Sterling for-
merly Imposed on Every hhd of the aforementioned former
gauge and for Every hundred weight of Tob^o Exported in box
Chest Barrell or Case two pence halfe penny Sterl and soe
prorato for a greater or Lesser Quantity.
And be itt further Enacted that the said Duty and Imposi-
tion 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 Tob^o shall be Exported upon his or their
Clearing or taking out his or their dispatch or Dispatches for

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Every such respective Shipp or Vessell and before the de-