The Upper House. 201

Read and assented to by this House and Ordered to be so Sub-
scribed
The Paper Bill so Endorsed is sent to the Lower House by Philip
Lee Esq^r
Adjourned until Monday morning nine of the Clock

U. H. J.
Lib. No. 33
p. 351

Monday morning 2 I^st April 1735

This House met again according to adjournment
Present as on Saturday

Read the second Time the Bill Entituled an Act ascertaining the
Gauge and Tare of Tob^o Hhds. and to prevent cropping cutting &
defacing Tobacco taken on Board Ships and Vessels upon freight
and to prevent making Seconds; and with the following Amend-
ments will pass After the word allowed in the 11^th Line 6^th Page
put the following Clause And be it further Enacted by the Author-
ity af^d by and with the Advice and Consent af^d that if any Person or
Persons shall after the End of this Session of Assembly pay or tender
any packed Hheads. of Tobacco whereon the full Weight of the
empty Hogshead within five pounds is not cut or marked upon the
Bulge of such Hhead and be thereof Convict He She or they so
convict shall forfeit for every such Hhd or Hhds not having the
weight set thereon as af^d the Sum of fifty Shill Curr^t Mony the one
Half thereof to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary his
Heirs and Successours the other Half to the Informer or to Him her
or them that shall sue for the same to be recovered in a Summary
Manner as af^d before a Single Justice where the sum does not exceed
fifty Shillings to be recovered in the proper County Court by Action
of Debt Bill Plaint or Information Wherein no Essoyn Protection or
Wager of Law shall be allowed And after the Word allowed in the
12^th Line of 9^th page put the following Clause And be it further
Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent af^d that if any Mas-
ter of Ship or other Sea Vessel within this Province or any other
Person after the said twenty ninth Day of September shall receive
take or put on Board such Ship or Sea Vessel any Hhead or Hhds
of Tob^o exceeding the Gauge and Dimensions af^d limitted by this
Act Every such master of a Ship or Sea Vessel shall incur the for-
feiture & penalty of six pounds Curr^t money for every Hhd of Tob^o
which shall be received taken or put on Board by the said Master or
any other Person one moiety of said Penalty to the Lord Proprietary

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his Heirs and Successours, the other half to the Informer or to him
or them who will Sue for the same to be recovered by Action of
Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein no Essoyn Protection or
Wager of Law shall be allowed
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up Ho.

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