240 Assembly Proceedings, May 26-June 22, 1741.

L. H. T.

Hindman and Captain Aquila Paca Members returned to serve this
Assembly do find that the said M^r Thomas Hammond M^r Jacob
Hindman and Captain Aquila Paca are duly Elected All which is
humbly submitted to the Consideration of the House
Signed p Order Thomas Jennings Cik.

James Holliday Esq^r from the Upper House delivers M^r Speaker
the Bill entituled An Act for raising three Pence per hhd on all
Tobacco &c^a Indorsed (See page 186)

p. 302

Which Bill was Read and the Amendments proposed by the Upper
House, with which Amendments this House do not Agree: Inas-
much as the said Bill sufficiently provides for the matter intended of
providing Arms and Ammunition for Defence of the Province And
it is therefore Ordered that the said Bill be entred on the Journal of
the House that it may appear by whose Means this Province remains
without the same
The Bill Ordered to be Entred on the Journal follows in these
Words viz.
An Act for raising Three Pence p hogshead on all Tobacco to be
Exported for Purchasing Arms and Ammunition for the Defence
of this Province
Whereas his Majesty Our most Gracious Sovereign is now En-
gaged in a War with Spain and lest the Magazine of Arms and
Ammunition now in the Province and the Monies heretofore raised
by any former Acts should prove Insufficient for the present Pur-
pose We his Majestys faithful Subjects the Delegates of the Freemen
of Maryland in General Assembly Convened, to testify Our Zeal for
his Majestys Person and Government and for putting Ourselves in
the best and Speediest Posture of defence We are able; humbly pray
that it may be Enacted
And Be it Enacted By the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary 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 Collected and raised a Duty
or Impost of three Pence Sterling Money on every hogshead of
Tobacco which now is or hereafter, shall be loaden on Board any
Ship or Vessel to be Exported out of this Province, and not Cleared
at some Naval Office before the end of this present Session of
Assembly to be Collected and received by the respective Naval Offi-
cers in the same manner as other duties on all Tobacco now due and
Payable are Collected and Raised which said duty shall from time
to time by the Naval Officers aforesaid be Paid to Philip Hammond
of Ann Arundel County Esq^r
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
aforesaid that the same Philip Hammond Esq^r shall with the Money
which he shall so receive by Virtue of this Act send for and Purchase