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

Session
Laws
Chapter V.

Preamble.

An Act to prevent the Exportation of Indian Corn for the Time
therein limitted.

Whereas, by the old Stock of Indian Corn being intirely ex-
hausted, and a certainty of the shortness of the present Crop of the
said Grain, it is apprehended by this present General Assembly, that
there will not be a sufficient Quantity thereof made in the Province
to answer the necessary Occasions of the Inhabitants; it is therefore
prayed that it may be Enacted, and

No Indian
Corn to be
Exported
from Nov.
20, to July I,
1743

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That from and after the Twentieth Day of
November next, no Indian Corn shall be Exported out of this Prov-
ince at any Time, until after the First Day of July next.
. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all

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Indian Corn which shall be taken on board any Ship or Vessel, to be
Exported out of this Province, from and after the aforesaid Twen-
tieth Day of November next, until the First Day of July next, in-
clusive, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Forty-three, shall be forfeited, and may be seized
by the Naval Officer, Collector, or other Officer of the Customs, in
the Port or District where the same shall be laden and put on board
to be Exported, and as soon as possible exposed to public Sale; and

The Owner
of such
Corn to pay
3 s. f or every
Bushel
so seiz'd.

moreover, that the Owner or Shipper of such Corn, so taken on board
to be Exported, shall for every Bushel of such Corn so taken on
board as aforesaid, in order to be Exported, forfeit and pay the Sum
of Three Shillings Current Money of this Province, to be recovered
by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, one Moiety of all,
and every of which Forfeitures, shall be divided amongst the great-
est Objects of Charity in the County where such Seizure shall be
made, of which Objects, the major Part of the Justices of such
County shall judge and determine; the other Moiety to the Informer,
and Officer, or Officers, who shall inform, and seize the said Corn,
and sue for the same.

Corn neces-
sary for the
Use of the
Vessel,
excepted.

Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall extend, to
restrain the taking on board any Ship or Vessel Indian Corn for the
necessary Victualling such Ship or Vessel, during the Voyage, not
exceeding Five Bushels for every Person belonging to, and on board
such Ship or Vessel; any Thing herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent

Masters of
Vessels to
swear to
the Quantity
of Indian
Corn on
Board.

aforesaid, That every Master, or Skipper, of any Ship or Vessel shall
at the Time of his or their Clearing such Ship or Vessel, make Oath
to the Quantity of the Indian Corn he, or they, have on board such
Ship or Vessel, before the Naval Officer or Collector, and which
Oath the said Naval Officer or Collector is, and are hereby impow-