138 Assembly Proceedings, July 7-29, 1740.

Session
Laws

received from the Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid, should not
be applied according to the directions of this Act, that then the said
Agents shall and are hereby obliged to Refund and Pay back to the
Commissioners aforesaid, all, or such part of the same Money, as
shall remain in their Hands unapplied as aforesaid, which Money
so Repaid shall likewise by the said Commissioners be placed to the
Credit of the Money so taken up, borrowed and appropriated as
aforesaid.

Five per
Cent to the
Agents

And be it further Enacted, That the same Agents shall take and
retain to themselves a Commission of Five Pounds Current Money
per Centum, on all Monies which they shall Receive and Apply ac-
cording to the Directions of this Act, and no more: And that the
Commissioners or Trustees and Naval Officers aforesaid, shall have
and receive no Commissions, Fee or Reward whatsoever, for paying
or receiving any Money by virtue of this Act.

Accounts
to be
render'd
to both
Houses of
Assembly.

And be it further Enacted, That the Agents aforesaid, shall at the
next Session of Assembly to be held for this Province, render and
deliver to both Houses of that Assembly, full and clear Accounts of
all Moneys by them Received, and of the Application and Disposi-
tion thereof, and all other Matters and Things which they shall have
done by virtue of this Act.

Five per
Cent to the
Sheriffs

And be it further Enacted, That the several Sheriffs of this Pro-
vince shall take and receive a Commission for collecting and paying
all Moneys .by this Act directed by them to be collected and paid,
after the rate of Five Pounds per Centum and no more.

As soon as
the Money
borrowed
be refunded,
the Duties
to be
applied as
heretofore

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That as soon as the Com-
missioners or Trustees aforesaid, shall, according to the Ways and
Means herein before mentioned, have received Moneys sufficient to
pay and make good, the Money aforesaid, so as aforesaid Borrowed
and Appropriated out of the Public Stock in their Hands, or such
part thereof as shall be taken up and applied as aforesaid, they the
said Commissioners or Trustees shall, and are hereby required to
give Notice thereof to the respective Naval Officers of this Province,
and that after such Notice the said Naval Officers shall pay and
apply the aforesaid Moieties of the said Duties in such manner,
and to such Persons, as the same have heretofore been used and ap-
plied by virtue of the aforesaid former Act or Acts of Assembly;
any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Clerks to
make out
lists of
Ordinary-
keepers.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Clerks of the respective County Courts, shall yearly, during the Con-
tinuance of this Act, between the last Day of November and the last
Day of January, make out two fair Lists of all Persons Licenced to
keep Ordinaries, one of which Lists shall within the said Times be
transmitted to the Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid, and the
other to the Sheriffs of the respective Counties.