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as other County Charges are levied, together with the Sheriffs Sal-
ary; to be applied to the Uses and Purposes following: That is to
say, One Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, to be paid to the Person
who shall bring to the next March Court, and to every other March
Court during the Continuance of this Act, the best Piece of Linen
Cloth, of Twenty Yards at the least in Length, and Seven Eighth? of
a Yard wide; Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, to the Person
who shall bring the Second Piece in Quality, of the Length and
Breadth aforesaid; and Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, to the
Person who shall bring the Third Piece in Quality, of the Length
and Breadth aforesaid: The Quality to be judged of, and deter-
mined, by the Justices of the several County Courts then present, or
the greater Number of them; wherein special Regard is to be had to
the Whiteness of the Linen. And the Rewards or Bounty allowed
by this Act, shall be ordered by the said Justices to be paid to the
several and respective Persons intituled thereto.
Provided Always, That the Linen for which the Bounty by this
Act allowed shall be given, shall be wove after the End of this Session
of Assembly, and made of Flax or Hemp of the Growth of the
respective Counties where the Bounties shall be paid; and that such
Flax or Hemp, shall be actually manufactured in such County: And
that no Person shall be allowed any Bounty for Linen, but in the
County where the Flax or Hemp shall grow, and be manufactured :
of which such Proof shall be made, as shall be satisfactory to the
Justices of the respective County Courts.
And Provided Likewise, That it shall and may be lawful, for the
said Justices, to cut each Piece of Linen, for which the Bounty shall
be allowed, into Two equal Parts, or to use any other Methods they
shall think fit, without much Damage to such Linen, to prevent Two
Rewards being given for one and the same Piece of Linen; and then
to return to the Bringer or Proprietor thereof such Linen.
Provided Also, Where the Tobacco levied as aforesaid shall not
be applied to the Uses aforesaid, that then the Justices of the several
County Courts, where such Application shall not be made, shall apply
the Tobacco so levied, to the Use of the County, the ensuing Year.
This Act to continue until the last Day of March, which shall be
in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty
Five.
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An Act for the Assessment of so much Tobacco on the Taxable
Inhabitants of Westminster Parish, in Anne-Arundel County, as
will build them a new Parish Church, and purchase Two Acres of
Land, to build the said Church on.
Whereas, the Vestry-Men, Church- Wardens, and Parishioners of
Westminster Parish, in Anne-Arundel County, and others in said
County that pay Taxes in the said Parish, have, by their Petition to
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