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Passed in the second year of his late Majesty's Reign intituled
" An Act for the more effectual Collecting in Great Britain
and Ireland, and other parts of his Majesty's Dominions the
Duties granted for the Support of the Royal Hospital at
Greenwich " have given Instructions to their Receivers in For-
eign ports for their Government therein; It is therefore
Our Will and Pleasure that he be aiding and Assisting to the
said Receivers in Our aforesaid Province of Maryland in the
due Execution of their Trusts.
16. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of his
late Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act for the better secur-
ing and encouraging the Trade of his Majesty's Sugar Col-
onies in America," and by another Act passed in the 4th Year of
Our Reign intituled, " An Act for granting certain Duties in
the British Colonies and Plantations in America " &c. Duties
are laid on all Sugar Fancies and several other Species of
Goods therein Enumerated of the Produce and Manufacture
of any of the Plantations not in Our Dominion which shall be
imported in any of Our Colonies or Plantations; Notwith-
standing which, We are informed that great Quantities of
Foreign Sugar Fancies and other Goods mentioned in the
aforesaid Acts are Clandestinely Landed in Our Plantations
without Payment of the said Duties Our Will and Pleasure
is that he be aiding and assisting to the Collectors and other
Officers of Our Customs in Your Government in Collecting
the said Duties and Seizing all such Goods as shall be so
Clandestinely Landed or put on Shore without Payment of the
Duties; and he shall Cause due Prosecution of all such Sugar
Fancies and other Goods as shall be seized for Non-Payment
of the Duties as well as the Persons aiding or assisting in such
unlawful Importations, or that shall hinder resist or molest
the Officers in the due Execution of the said Laws; And you
are to observe that Our share of all Penalties and Forfeitures
so recovered is pursuant tu the said Act made in the fourth
year of Our Reign to be paid into the Hands of Our Collector
of the Customs at the Port or Place where the same shall be
Recovered for Our Use.
17. He shall take care, that in all Places of Trust in the
Courts of Law, or in what relates to the Treasury of Our said
Province of Maryland, be in the Hands of Our Native-born
Subjects of Great Britain or Ireland, or the Plantations.
18. He shall from time to time Correspond with the Com-
missioners of Our Customs in London for the time being, and
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