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An Act to prevent the clandestine Running or Importation of Trashy
and other Tobacco, from the Colony of Virginia, into this
Province.
For preventing the clandestine Running or Importation of Trashy
or other Tobacco, out of Virginia, into this Province,
Be It Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the
Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That all Masters, Mates, and Boatswains, of Ships and Vessels
whatsoever, that shall take or receive on Board Tobacco, within this
Province, shall be obliged, at the Time of their respective Entries, or
within Ten Days after, to make Oath, or Affirmation if a Quaker,
before the Naval Officer of the District where their Vessels shall be,
That they have not, nor will not, wittingly or willingly, take or
receive, or suffer to be brought on Board, any Hogshead, or Hogs-
heads, Chest, Case, Bundle, or Fardle of Tobacco, that shall be
brought from the Colony of Virginia, unless the said Hogshead, or
Hogsheads, Chest, Case, Bundle, or Fardle of Tobacco, have passed
some Inspectors Stamp, with a proper Certificate of the said To-
bacco's having been duly inspected, according to the Tenor of the
Virginia Tobacco Law. And if any Master, Mate, or Boatswain, or
any other of the Vessels Crew, shall receive on Board any Hogshead,
or Hogsheads, Chests, Cases, Bundles, or Fardles of Tobacco, the
Said Master. Mate, or Boatswain, shall, for pvpry Offence, being- duly
and legally convicted, by Confession, Verdict, or otherwise, forfeit,
and pay, for every such Hogshead, Bundle, Case, Chest, or Fardle of
Tobacco, so taken on Board, contrary to this Act, the Sum of Twenty
Pounds current Money of Maryland; One Half to the Lord Pro-
prietary, to defray the Charge of the County where the Offence shall
be committed, and the Other Half to him or them who will sue for the
same; to be recovered in any Court of Record within this Province,
by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin.
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Protection, or Wager of Law shall be allowed; any Law, Usage, or
Custom to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And Be It Further Enacted, That any Person or Persons, who-
shall import any Trashy or other Tobacco, out of the Colony nf Vir-
ginia, into this Province, and shall not have paid the Penny per
Pound, for such Tobacco, according to the Directions of the Statute
of the Twenty Fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second,
shall forfeit and pay, over and above the Penalties contained in the
said Statute, the Sum of .Twenty Shillings current Money of Mary-
land, for every Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, which shall be so
imported, and in Proportion for a greater or lesser Quantity, to the
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