28 Assembly Proceedings, May 29-June 8, 1717.

U. H. J.

said Lordship to Support the Government of this Province.
And forasmuch as the Imposition of two shillings p hogshead
formerly setled by his Noble Ancestors in Consideration of
their Accepting of their Alienation fines & Quitt Rents in
Tob^o at two pence p pound determined on the death of Charles
late Lord Prop^ry of this Province, So that the Rents due to
this present Lord Prop^ry are payable in mony And that it
would not only tend much to the disappointment of his Lord-
ship in the due Receipt of his Rents but also to the manifest
disadvantage of such Tenants, as should hold their Lands
under Conditions of such punctuall payments as the Tenour
of their grants require and to the disinheriting many who
wou'd be Obliged to Surrender their Estates for want of
Ability to Comply therewith, which in all pbability wou'd put
a great Check to the future Cultivation of the remote & forrest
Lands of this pvince And be a Cause to Severall of those
remoter Inhabitants to desert their yet but poor Improvements
All which Inconveniencies this prsent Gen^ll Assembly desire
may be pvided against. And forasmuch as the Quantity of
Tobacco now Usually Exported in an hh^d of the Guage by this
Act setled Exceeds the quantity which was Comonly reputed
to be the Contents of an hh^d at the time when the af^d Imp^o of
two Shillings p Hh^d was Setled And also that altho the number

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of Hh^ds Exported are increased since that Time yet for that
the Value of his Lordships Rents are much more Increased
Be It Enacted by the Right honourable the Lord Propry by and
with the advice & Consent of his L^dps Gov^r and the uper and
lower houses of Assembly And by the Authority of the same
that from and after the —— day of this Session of As-
sembly there shall be raised levyed and Collected to the Right
honourable the Lord Propry his heirs and Successors for
every hh^d of tob^o which shall be shiped in any Ship or Vessel
to be Exported out of this Province or any the Territories
Islands Ports Rivers Creeks or places thereunto belonging the
sume of three shillings and three pence Sterl and for every
hundred weight of tobacco Exported in Box Chest or barrell
six pence half penny Sterling and so p rato for a greater or
lesser quantity in recompence & full Satisfaccon to my Lord
Prop^ry for his Alienation fines & quit rents reserved in mony
And the better to Enable his Ldship to support the Govern-
ment of this Province. Provided always th^t the mony which
shall be raised by the said duty shall be applyed to those ends
for which it is raised in manner following and not otherwise
that is to say Three pence of the said three shilling and three
pence p hh^d for the purchasing Armes and Amunition for the
maintaining a magazine for the better defence of this Prov-
ince And for due preservation thereof to be collected by the