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the aforementioned former Gauge; and for every Hundred Weight
of Tobacco exported in Box, Chest, Barrel or Case, Two Pence
Half-Penny Sterling, and so pro Rato for a greater or lesser Quan-
tity.
Provided always, That the Money that shall be raised by the said
Duty shall be applyed to those Ends and Uses for which it hath
hitherto been raised (viz.) Twelve Pence of the aforesaid Fifteen
Pence per Hogshead, to the Lord Proprietary, for the Support of
Government, and the remaining Three Pence of the Fifteen Pence
per Hogshead for the purchasing Arms and Ammunition for the
Maintaining a Magazine, for the better Defence of this Province,
and for the due Preservation thereof; to be collected by the proper
Officer, and paid to the Treasurer or Treasurers of this Province,
for the Time being, to be disposed of to the Uses aforesaid, as the
Governour and Council, for the Time being, shall direct.
Provided nevertheless, That in the Absence of the Lord Proprie-
tary himself out of this Province, One Shilling, part of the said Fif-
teen Pence, be applyed towards the Maintaining the Station and
Dignity of his said Lordship's Lieutenant Governour, actually in-
habiting and residing within this Province, and to such other neces-
sary Uses, towards the Support and Defence of the Lord Proprie-
tary's Government of this Province, as in his Lordship's Wisdom to
him shall seem meet. And in case of the Death or Removal of such
Lieutenant Governour from his Government, the one Half of the
said Twelve Pence applyed to the Support of Government, as afore-
said, that shall arise in such Vacancy, shall be applyed to the Main-
tenance and Support of such Person of his Lordship's Council, as
his Lordship, by his Instructions to his Lieutenant Governour or
otherwise, shall appoint to preside; and to such other necessary Uses
towards the Support of his Lordship's Government, as in his Lord-
ship's Wisdom, to him shall seem meet, the other Half towards the
Building a House for his Lordship's Lieutenant-Governour, for the
Time being, to reside in; the Money for the said Building to be
lodged in the publick Treasurer's Hands, and to be applied and laid
out in such Manner and Place as my Lord Propretary, or in his
Absence, his Lieutenant-Governour and Council shall appoint.
And be it further Enacted, that the said Duty and Impost shall be,
from Time to Time, paid and satisfy'd by the Master or Masters of
every Ship or Vessel respectively, in which any such Tobacco shall
be exported, upon his or their Clearing, or taking out his or their
Dispatch or Dispatches for every such respective Ship or Vessel, and
before the Departure of such Ship or Vessel. And the Master of
every such Ship or Vessel coming into this Province, shall at their
first Arrival here, and before their Loading on Board any Goods or
Commodities of the Growth, Production or Manufacture of this
Province, give good and sufficient Security to his Lordship, the
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