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Samuel Ogle, Esquire, his Lieutenant-Governor in and over this his
Province of Maryland, to whom We (his Lordship's Tenants) yield
all due Obedience; and the better to demonstrate our Gratitude to his
Lordship, and to shew the good Respects we have for and towards
the said Samuel Ogle, Esquire, our present Governor, and the great
Hopes and Expectation we have of his Excellency's good Govern-
ment over us, We most humbly pray, that it may be Enacted,
And 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 an Imposition of Three Pence Sterling per Hogshead,
over and above the Duties already imposed on the Export of Tobacco,
upon all Tobacco that shall be exported out of this Province, after the
Twenty Ninth Day of September next, by Land or by Water; and
Three Pence Sterling upon every Four Hundred Pounds of Tobacco,
be it in Chest or Case, or other Package, to be paid by the Master of
every Ship or Vessel, or other Person trading into, or living in this
Province, in Sterling Money of Great-Britain, or Bills of Exchange,
at the Election and Choice of the said Master, or others; to be col-
lected by the Naval Officer, at the Port or District where such Ship
or Vessel shall enter: To be applied to the Uses, and in the Manner
following, (that is to say,) Three Half Pence of the said Three Pence
per Hogshead so to be collected, as aforesaid, to be applied towards
the Encouragement of One Publick School in every County within
this Province, (that is to say,) One equal Share thereof towards the
Support of each School; and the remaining Three Half Pence so to
be collected, as aforesaid, be paid by the Naval Officers aforesaid,
to his Excellency Samuel Ogle, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor in and
over this Province, for his Use, and better Maintenance; for which
Collection, the several Naval Officers shall be allowed after the Rate
of Eight per Cent.
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And be it Enacted and Declared, by the Authority aforesaid, That
if any Tobacco should by any casual Means be lost, after the Impo-
sition be paid, that then, and in all such Cases, the Owner and
Freighter of all such Tobaccos, shall have Free Liberty to freight and
ship off the like Quantity, without paying the additional Three Pence.
This Act to continue 'till the Twenty Ninth Day of September,
which shall be in the Year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred Thirty
Thirty and Three.
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Chap.
XXXT
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An Act for laying an Imposition of Three Pence per Hogshead on all
Tobacco exported out of this Province, for the Time therein
mentioned.
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 for all Tobacco that shall be exported out of this Province.
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