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tion and power given by your House to your said Committee, to send
for books, persons, papers and Records, your said Committee beg
leave to acquaint your House that they did on the 15^th Instant in the
forenoon, by letters Signed by their Clerk, by order of your Com-
mittee, give Notice unto the Several Naval officers of this province,
being James Hollyday Esq^r George Plater Esq^r Benjamin Tasker
Esq^r Philip Lee Esq^r and Coll Levin Gale, to attend your said Com-
mittee at three of the Clock in the afternoon of the same day, in order
to inform them by what Laws of this province they receive the several
Duties now taken on Tobacco Instead of whose Attendance in pur-
suance of the said Notice your said Committee in the aforesaid after-
noon Received a writing Informing them that the said Naval officers
had Severally received Letters from the Clerk of your said Com-
mittee, dated on the aforesaid 15^th Instant Desiring them to attend
at three of the Clock the said afternoon, and that they had laid the
said Letters before the upper House of Assembly, who were of
opinion, that it was not Consistent with the Dignity of their House
to Suffer their members to attend the Lower House of Assembly,
much less any Committee of it, but that their might not be the least
pretence of any henderance given to the publick business they thought
it proper to acquaint your said Committee that they Collect Twelve
pence Sterl per Hogshead, by Virtue of an Act of Assembly, En-
tituled an Act for Settlement of an Annual Revenue upon her
Majesty's Governor within this province for the time being made,
in September 1704: that they Collect three pence Sterling per Hogs-
head, by virtue of an Act for raising a duty of three pence per hogs-
head on all Tobacco Exported out of this province for the uses
therein mentioned, made in July 1732 that they Collect fifteen pence
per Hogshead by virtue of an Act for Emitting and making Current
ninety Thousand pounds Current money of Maryland in bills of
Credit made in March 1732: that they also Collect three pence per
hogshead by virtue of an Act of Assembly Entituled an Act for
raising three pence per hogshead on all Tobacco Exported for
Purchasing arms and Ammunition for the Defence of this province
made in March 1734 and which said paper so as aforesaid Delivered
to your said Committee was Signed by the said officers Respectively
Viz. Benj" Tasker Naval officer Annapolis, Philip Lee Naval officer
North Potowmack; George Plater Esq^r Naval officer Patuxent.
Levin Gale Naval officer Pocomoke: James Hollyday Naval officer
Oxford: as by the said writing herewith returned to your House,
relation being thereunto had may appear.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45

Your said Committee Humbly beg leave to acquaint your House
that they find that at a Session of Assembly held at the port of An-
napolis the 11^h Day of July 1732 An Act did pass Entituled an Act
for raising a Duty of three pence per hogshead on all Tobacco Ex-
ported out of this Province for the uses therein mentioned, which was

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