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ized & Impowered at their severall County Courts, & Mayors Court,
in the month of January & in the month of August halfe yearly in
every year dureing the continuance of this act, haveing summoned
each respective Ordnary Keeper within their respective County &
Citty, then & there to Sett & assess the rates and prizes of all Liquors
whatsoever in this present act not hereafter mentioned, by them the
said Ordnary Keepers vended or to be vended for the year ensueing,
& so for every year dureing the continuance of this Act, which rates
& prizes so to be sett & assessed limmitted and appointed by the
Commissioners afforesaid, & by the Magistrates of the Citty affore-
said, shall be by their severall & respective Clerkes transcribed & sett
upp at their severall & respective County Courts & Citty afforesaid,
in some publick place or places there, that any person or persons may
peruse the same, the Coppy of which Table & prizes of Liquors every
Ordnary Keeper within each County are hereby oblidged to tran-
scribe fairly & keep the same set up in the most publick place of their
house or houses for the perusall of all persons that receive any
Ordnary accomodacons from them under the penalty of one thousand
pounds of tobacco to be applyed to the use of the Parish wherein the
said Ordnary Keeper shall live to be sued for in case of non payment
thereoff by the Vestry of the said Parish; for which sums & tables of
prizes every Ordnary Keeper shall pay to such Clerke the summ of
forty pounds of tobacco & no more, & any Ordnary Keeper or In-
holder that shall after setting & assessing the rates & prizes affore-
said directly or indirectly take exact demand or receive for the price
& pay for any such Liquors for which the rates & prizes shall be set
& assessed as afforesaid of any person or persons whatsoever above
the rates & prizes so assessed as afforesaid shall for every offence for-
feit & pay the Summ of five hundred pounds of tobacco one halfe
thereoff to their Majesties & the other halfe to him or them that shall
informe & sue for the same, & loose every such dept so unjustly
charged exacted & demanded the said forfeiture to be recovered
in any Court of Reccord within this Province wherein no Essoin,
protection, or wager of Law to be allowed; And every such Ordnary
keeper that shall demand exact or receive above the summ of tenn
pounds of tobacco per gallon for small beere twenty pounds of tobacco
for strong beer, for a nights lodging in a bed four pounds of tobacco,
for a peck of shelled Indian Corne or cates for a horse twelve pounds
of tobacco, for pastureage for a horse per night six pounds of tobacco
for hay or straw for a horse per night tenn pounds of tobacco shall
allso pay & forfeit for every such offence the sum of five hundred
pounds of tobacco one halfe thereoff to their said Majesties & the
other halfe to him or them that shall informe or sue for the same,
to be recovered as afforesaid, & loose every such debt so unjustly
charged as afforesaid & to the intent that all persons Inhabitants
Travellers & strangers may be certain of good & sufficient accomo-
dacons for themselves & their horses, Be if Enacted by the Authority
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Public
Record
Office,
London.
C. O. 5,
Vol. 731,
Maryland.
From
1694-1702.
Acts
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