158 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts
Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 15
(Amends
1704, ch. 61)

A Supplement to the Act for appointm^t of Constables and what
relates to their Office and Ascertaining what persons are Tax-
ables

Forasmuch As by the Act of Assembly Entituled an Act for ap-
pointm^t of Constables and what relates to their Office made At a
Session of Assembly begun and held at the Town and port of An-
napolis in Ann Arrundell County the fifth day of September In the
Third yeare of the Reigne of our Sov^raigne Lady Queen Anne &c
Anno Dom Seventeen Hundred and four It is directed in what
manner the Constables shall take their Lists of Taxables but As-
certains not what persons are Taxables and what not.

p. 50

Be it therefore Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Maj^ty by
and with the Advice and Consent of her Maj^tys Presid^t Councill and
Assembly of this province and the Authority of the same that all Male
persons Resid^ts in this province and all Female Slaves therein of the
Age of Sixteen yeares or above shall be Accounted Taxables (Except
Clergy Men and likewise such poor people As receive Almes from the
County, And alsoe All such Slaves As shall be Adjudged by the
County Courts to be past Labour who are hereby Exempted from
Taxes.

Acts of
Oct. 1712,
ch. 16

An Act Confirmeing and makeing good and Valid in Law a Certaine
deed of Bargaine and Sale made by Edward Hancox deceased to
Thomas Johnson of Leverpool Esq^r

Whereas S^r Thomas Johnson of Leverpool in the Kingdom of
great Brittaine Knight by his Peticcon to this p^rsent Generall As-
sembly hath Sett forth, That he sometime since Intrusted Edward
Hancox late of Ann Arrundell County deced with a Considerable
quantity of Goods to be disposed of for the proper Account of him
the s^d S^r Thomas Johnson and Company of Leverpool Merchants,
And that the said Edward Hancox not haveing rendred them the
Just Accounts he was Obliged to and makeing Use of and converting
the Goods and Money thereby Arriseing to his own Use, They the
said S^r Thomas Johnson and Company imployed a Certaine Charles
Carroll of Annapolis Esq^r As their Agent to Call the said Hancox
to Account who Obtained Judgm^t against him in the Provinciall
Court to Satisfie which said Judgm^t the s^d Edward Hancox the
Fifteenth day of June Anno Dom One Thousand Seven Hundred
and nine made a deed of Bargaine and Sale to the said S^r Thomas
Johnson by the name of Thomas Johnson of Leverpool Esq^r And for
the Consideracon of Sixty Three pounds Eight shillings Six pence
Sold and Conveyed to the said S^r Thomas Johnson and his Heires
forever, a Certaine Tract of Land lyeing in the Woods in Balte-
more County called Timber Grove Containing Five Hundred Acres
and duely Executed the same deed with a Letter or Warrant of
Attorney directed to William Bladen Esq^r or any other Attor-
ney of the Provinciall Court impowering him or them to acknowl-