376 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 21-Oct. 29, 1742.

L. H. J.

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 Collected and
Raised, a Duty or Impost of Three Pence Sterling Money on every
Hogshead of Tobacco which now is or hereafter shall be Laden 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 Officers 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 the Honourable Col^o Edward Sprigg the Speaker of the Lower
House of Assembly or to the Honourable Speaker of the Lower
House of Assembly for the time being
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent
af^sd that the same Col^o Edward Sprigg the present Speaker of the
Lower House of Assembly or the Speaker of the Lower House of
Assembly for the time being shall with the Money which he shall
so receive by Virtue of this Act send for and purchase for the use
of this Province such Arms Ammunition and other Warlike Stores
as his Excellency his Lordships present Governor, or his Lordships
Governor for the time being shall direct and appoint
And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the
several Naval Officers shall from time to time make and render to
both Houses of Assembly of this Province sufficient and clear Ac-
counts of all Moneys which they shall receive by Virtue of this Act
and that the same Col^o Edward Sprigg, the present Speaker of the
Lower House of Assembly or the Speaker of the Lower House of
Assembly for the time being, shall from time to time render to both
Houses of Assembly Accounts of what Moneys he shall receive by
Virtue of this Act & how the same shall have been disposed of
And Be it further Enacted, that the said several Naval Officers
for Collecting and receiving the duty aforesaid and paying the same
to the aforesaid Col^o Edward Sprigg the Speaker of the Lower
House of Assembly or the Speaker of the Lower House of Assembly
for the time being shall take and be allowed the Salary of five
Pound p Cent for such part as they shall take or receive as Naval
Officers and that the same Col^o Edward Sprigg the Speaker of the
Lower House of Assembly or the Speaker of the Lower House of
Assembly for the time being shall receive two Pounds ten Shillings
per Cent for laying out and applying such Money collected as afore-
said according to the directions of this Act.

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And Be it further Enacted that if the Governor or Commander in
Chief of this Province for the time being shall not direct any Arms
Ammunition or other stores aforesaid to be purchased with the