Acts. 499

Leveyed by Tax or Assessment. Be it Enacted by the Right Hon-
ourable the Lord Proprietary by and with the Advice and Consent

Lib. B. L. C.

of his Lordships Governour and the Upper and Lower Houses of
Assembly and the Authority of the same that the said Commissioners
or Trustees Do And the said Commissioners or Trustees are hereby
required and Authorized Immediately to pay to the Several persons
who have at present any Demands upon the Publick the Severall
Sums of money due to such persons as they Appear to be Stated and
Ascertained by the Journals of Accounts Assented to by both Houses
of this present Assembly as also to pay to such persons the Sum or
Sums of Ten Shillings per Hundred and so pro rato for all Quantitys
of Tob^o which are Allowed them in the said Journals of Accounts
the Several Salaries to the Sheriffs for Collection therein Excepted,
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the said
Commissioners or Trustees for their Trouble in putting this Act
in Execution are hereby Authorized to take to their Own use the sum
of five pounds per Cent for all the moneys which shall be paid by them
by Virtue of this Act and so pro rato for any Lesser Sum

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