Acts. 561

from the Twenty Ninth Day of September next, until the Twenty
Ninth Day of September, which shall be in the Year of our Lord Sev-
enteen Hundred Thirty and Three, there shall be raised, collected, and
paid, to the several Naval Officers within this Province, Three Pence
Sterling, in Specie, or good Bills of Exchange, at the Choice of the
Exporter, for every Hogshead of Tobacco; and Three Pence Sterling
for every Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco in any other Package than
Hogsheads, and in Proportion for any other Quantity: and the Pay-
ment thereof, to be made and secured, as other Duties on Tobacco
are directed to be paid and secured: Which Duty shall be applied
and disposed of in such Manner as shall be directed and appointed
by the Governor or President, for the Time being, and the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and not otherwise: Provided the usual
Allowance be made to the several Naval Officers for collecting the
Duties therein mentioned.

Session
Laws

An Act for the Continuance of Saint Mary's County Court, Baltemore
County Court, and Talbot County Court, from the first Tuesday
of August, until the first Tuesday of November next; and for the
further Continuance of Causes in the said Courts.

Whereas, several of the Justices of the said respective Counties,
and also several of the Attornies practising in the said Courts, are
members of the Assembly, and obliged to attend their Duty therein.
Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same. That all Causes, Pleas, Process, and Proceed-
ings, either Civil or Criminal, now depending in, or returnable to, any
of the said County Courts to be held the first Tuesday of August, this
present Year, shall be and are, by Virtue of this Act, continued from
the said first Tuesday in August, until the first Tuesday in Novernber
next, and shall then be in the same State, Plight, and Condition, as
they would be on the said first Tuesday of August; any Law, Usage,
or Custom, to the contrary, notwithstanding.

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XXXIV

And be it further Enacted, That the Justices of the said County
Courts may, by Virtue of this Act, continue any Cause now depending
in any of the said County Courts, or which shall be depending, by
Virtue of any Process returnable to the said first Tuesday in August,
for any longer Time than the present Limitation, not exceeding Two
Courts; any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary, notwith-
standing.

p. 41

An Act impowering a Committee to lay, assess, and apportion, the
Publick Levy, for this present Year, One Thousand Seven Hun-
dred and Thirty Two.

Whereas, this present General Assembly have, for the defraying
the Publick Charge of this Province, to the First Day of August last,
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