438 Assembly Proceedings, April 23-June 5, 1740.

U. H. J.
Calvert
Paper

No. 735

important Juncture We his Majestys faithful Subjects the Dele-
gates of the Freemen of the Province of Maryland in General As-
sembly convened as well to testify Our Zeal for his Majestys Person
and Government and to contribute as far as in us lieth to the Suc-
cess of his Majestys Arms against all Enemies whatsoever as to put
Ourselves in the best Posture of Defence We are able against any
such Invasion or Attempt of the French or any Others humbly pray
that it may be Enacted And Be it Enacted by the Right Honourable
the Lord Proprietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his
Lordships Governor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly
and the Authority of the same that there shall be levied and raised
a Duty or Impost of Three pence Sterling Money for Every hogs-

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head of Tobacco which shall be exported in any Ship or Vessel out
of this Province from and after the End of this Session of Assem-
bly until the twenty ninth Day of September which shall be in the
year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and forty one and
no longer and be collected and received by the several and respective
Naval Officers of this Province in the same Manner as Other Duties
on Tobacco have been heretofore collected and received and by the
said Naval Officers paid to the respective Treasurers of this Prov-
ince for the time being to be by them applyed and disposed of for
the purchasing Arms Ammunition and other Warlike Stores in
manner as herein after directed for the Defence and Preservation
of the Province af^d
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that at
whatsoever Time or Times after the End of this Session of Assem-
bly it shall please his Excellency the Governor and the Council of this
Province for the time being to consider of and certify by Writing
signed by the Clerk of the Council to the Treasurers aforesaid or
any of them what Arms Ammunition or Other Warlike Stores they
shall judge necessary over and above those already purchased or to
be purchased with the Moneys heretofore raised or collected for that
Purpose for the better Defence and Preservation of this Province
It shall and may be lawful for the same Treasurer or Treasurers
and Each of them and they are hereby impowered and required with
all Convenient Speed after the Receipt of such Certificate to buy up
and purchase in Great Britain or elsewhere in his Majestys Domin-
ions as to them shall seem meet all such Arms Ammunitions and
Stores af^d to him or them as aforesaid certified, or so much thereof
respectively as shall amount in Value to the money to be raised as
aforesaid and lodged and paid into his or their Hands as aforesaid
and shall procure and cause the Arms Ammunition and Stores afore-
said to be imported into this Province and lodged in the Publick
Armory or Magazine of the same Province committed to the Care
and Custody of the Person or Persons who is are or shall be ap-
pointed for the keeping and taking Care of the Armory & Magazine