298 Assembly Proceedings, March 20, 1734/5-April 24, 1735.

Session
Laws

any such Licence, he shall be punish'd by a Fine of Fifty Pounds
Current Money of Maryland; the one Moiety thereof to His Lord-
ship, for the Support of Government, the other Moiety to him or them
that shall give Information thereof; to be recovered in any County
Court as aforesaid: and further, That he be adjudged to be whipped
and pillor'd, according to the Direction of such Court before whom
his Conviction shall be.
Provided always, and it is hereby further Enacted, That nothing
herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to hinder
any Person or Persons, from selling, or exposing to Sale, any Goods
or Merchandizes in any publick Market or Fair within this Province ;
but that such Person or Persons may do therein as they lawfully
might have done before the making this Act; any thing herein con-
tain'd to the contrary, notwithstanding.

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with
the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any
Person or Persons whatsoever, to transport out of this Province,
either by Land or by Water (save to Great-Britain,) any Furs,
Skins, or Feathers, on any Pretence whatsoever; under the Penalty
of forfeiting the Sum of Two Shillings Current Money, for every
Pound Weight so transported; the one Moiety thereof to His Lord-
ship, for the Support of Government, the other Moiety to him or
them that shall sue for the same: To be recovered in any County
Court within this Province, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or In-
formation; wherein no Essoyn, Protection, or Wager of Law shall
be allowed.
This Act to continue for Three Years, and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly that shall happen after the said Three Years.

Chap. XI

An Act for raising Three Pence per Hogshead on all Tobacco to be
exported, for purchasing Arms, and Ammunition, for the Defence
of this Province.

Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by
and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Governour,
and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That there shall be levied, collected and raised, a Duty or
Impost of Three Pence Sterling for every Hogshead of Tobacco
which shall be laden on board any Ship, or other Vessel, to be
exported out of this Province, and not cleared at some Naval-Office,
til after the first Day of May next, to be collected and received by the
several and respective Naval-Officers, in the same Manner as other
Duties on Tobacco now due and payable are collected and received ;
which said Duty shall be disposed of, for the purchasing Arms, and
Ammunition for the maintaining a Magazine, for the better Defence
of this Province, and for the due Preservation thereof; and paid