Acts. i55

Two Thousand ninety four pounds of Tobacco be by an equall As-
sessm^t of Twenty four pounds of Tobacco p poll Levyed on the Tax-
able Inhabit^ts of this Province And by the Sherriffe of each respec-
tive County Collected and paid to the Severall persons to whome
it is due according to the said Journall and List of payments
And Whereas in and by an Ace of Assembly of this province En-
tituled an Act of direccons for the Sherriffes Office And for the more
Easy paym^t of the publick & County Levy It is Enacted that no Sher-
riffe within this Province should Levy by way of ExecucOn any pub-
lick dues or Officers Fees upon the Body Goods or Chattells of any the
Inhabitants of this Province Except they made a demand thereof at
or before the Twentyeth day of January for that p^rsent yeare and soe
successively every Yeare Therefore this p^rsent Generall Assembly
takeing into Consideracon That by reason of their Sitting so late
this Winter It is thought Impossible for the severall Sherriffes of
this Province to make demands of the publick dues and Officers fees
by the Time appointed in the afore recited Act.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid That for this p^rsent yeare the Several Sherriffes within

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this Province shall have Liberty for and untill the Tenth day of Feb-
ruary next to demand the public dues and noe longer And that if
the same be demanded by that Time It shall be lawfull for them to
Execute for the same according to the Tenour of the s^d recited Act,
And that if any publick Creditor shall on or before the Tenth day of
February next give Notice to the Sherriffe of his Intentions to make
Use of the Tobacco due to such Creditor the Sherriffe shall be Obliged
to pay the same And that if any person whatsoever will pay Money
instead of Tobacco for the Levys by the Tenth day of February next
the Sherriffe shall be Obliged to take Receive & pay the same ac-
cording to the direccOns of the said recited Act, Any thing in this
Act or any other Act Statute Usage or Custome to the Contrary

notwithstanding.

p. 43

An Act Confirming the Probate of the Will of John Harrison late
of Charles County deceased

Whereas heretofore (To Witt) on or about the fifth day of
December Anno Dom. Sixteen Hundred and ninety a Certain John
Harrison of Charles County Gentleman made his Will and Testam^t
and duly perfected the same by signing Sealing and publishing
thereof in the p^rsence of Foure witnesses by which Will he amongst
other Things devised Sundry Interests & Estates in diverse Tracts
of Land unto One John Dent late of St. Maryes County Gentleman
deced and appointed the said John Dent the Executor of his said
Testam^t And Whereas all the Witnesses to the said Will were dead
or gone to Forreigne parts before the yeare Seventeen Hundred and

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