140 Assembly Proceedings, July 7-29, 1740.

Session
Laws

the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That the Justices of the several and respective County
Courts of this Province, shall be and are hereby impowered and

Allowance
to Jonas
Green for
Printing the
Laws, &c.

directed, to make an Allowance of Fifteen Pounds Current Money
of this Province to the said Jonas Green, in the Levy to be laid for
each respective County Court next after this present Session of As-
sembly, and that the said Fifteen Pounds (with the Sheriff's Com-
mission for Collecting the same) so to be Allowed and Assess'd as
aforesaid, shall be Collected by the Sheriff of each respective County,
and yearly Paid by him, free from all Charges of Collection, to the
said Jonas Green, or his Order, for the Printing, Stitching, and De-
livering, a Copy of the Public Laws, Speeches and Answers made
at this present Session of Assembly, and every other Session or
Sessions of Assembly, which shall Yearly happen during the con-
tinuance of this Act, to the Governor, and every Member of the
Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and of the Laws only to

To whom,
and in what
manner, the
Laws are
to be
delivered

every Justice of the Peace for the Time being, and a Copy of such
Laws, bound in Leather, to each House of Assembly, the high Court
of Appeals, the Provincial Court, and to each County Court, of this
Province, which Laws the said Jonas Green shall, and is hereby
obliged and required to Deliver, or cause to be Delivered, to the
Clerks of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and to the
Clerks of the respective Courts aforesaid, within Four Months after
the End of every Session of Assembly during the Time mentioned
in this Act, and the Clerk of each respective County Court within
this Province, is hereby obliged and required to deliver such Laws
to the respective Persons to whom they belong, when demanded.

The Justices
of each
County to
Assess 15 l.
yearly for
the said
Printer

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Justices of each County Court in this Province, during the continu-
ance of this Act, be, and are hereby impowered and directed, at every
Time of laying the Levy in each respective County, after the End of
this present Session of Assembly, to allow the Sum of Fifteen Pounds
Current Money Annually to the said Jonas Green, or his Order, for
the Purposes aforesaid, which the said Justices are hereby impow-
ered to Levy upon the Inhabitants of the several Counties, with the
Sheriff's Salary for Collection thereof.

Proviso.

Provided always, That the said Jonas Green shall actually reside
at Annapolis, during the continuance of this Act, and comply with
the Terms thereof on his Part, and that upon the Death of the said
Jonas Green, or his Removal from Annapolis, or ceasing to comply
with the Terms of this Act on his Part, that the Payment of the
Sums of Money, directed by this Act to be Paid to him, shall cease,
any thing contained in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

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And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Copy of the Public Laws made this present Session, as well as those
made at any future Session, during the continuance of this Act,