630 Assembly Proceedings, July 17-Aug. 10, 1716.

M. H. S.
Collection.

out of this Province in Box Chest Barrel or Case for the Use
of the said Lord Proprietary in Consideration of his taking
his Rents & Alienation Fines in Tob^o at 2^o Stg p lb And
whereas His present Ldp the R^t Honble Charles Ld Baron of
Baltimore since the Decease of his Noble Father the late Ld
Benedict has signified to this present General Assembly his
Willingness to accept of an Additional Duty of Six pence
Stg p Hhd in full Satisfaction of his Quit Rents & Fines for
Alienation that shall arise or grow due within this Province
during the Continuance of this Act which is thought by the
General Assembly to tend to the Good of the Generality of
the poorer Sort of Planters & especially those Orphans who
hold Lands within this Province Be it Enacted by the R^t Honble
the Ld Proprietary by & with the Advice & Consent of his
Ldps Governor & the Upper & Lower Houses of Assembly
& by the Authority of the same that from & after the 29th
Day of Septr next there shall be raised levied collected &
paid for every Hhd of Tob^o which shall be Ship't in any Ship
or Vessel to be exported out of this Province or any the
Territories, Islands Ports Rivers Creeks or places thereto
belonging the Sum of Two Shillings Stg & for every 100 lb of
Tob^o exported in Box Chest Barrel or Case 4s Sterling & so
pro rato for a greater or lesser quantity to his Ldp the Lord
Proprietary in full Discharge & Satisfaction of His Quit Rents
& Fines for Alienations that shall arise or grow due within
this Province from and after the said 29h Day of Septr next
& that the said Duty of Two Shillings Sterg p Hhd shall
after the said 29th Day of Septr aforesaid be paid to such
Officer or Officers as His Ldp shall think fit to appoint to
receive or collect the same by the Master or Masters of
every such Ship or Vessel respectively in which any such
Tob^o shall be exported on or after the said 29th Day of Septr
next during the Continuance of this Act upon his or their
Clearing or taking out his or their Dispatch or Dispatches for
every such respective Ship or Vessel & before the Departure
of such Ship or Vessel & the Master or Masters of every
such Ship or Vessel coming into this Province shall at their
first Arrival here & before their Loading on board any Goods
or Commodities of the Growth Production or Manufacture of
this Province give good & sufficient Security for the payment
thereof as is herein before directed. And be it further
enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Act of Assembly
of this Province entituled an Act for ascertaining the Gage
& Tare of Tob^o Hhds & to prevent Cropping Cutting &
defacing Tob^o taken on board Ships or Vessels upon Freight
& for laying Impositions on Tob^o p the Hhd for the Support