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To which said Letter, we wrote his Excellency the following
Answer
January 15, 1742
Sir,
When we receive from the several Naval officers (agreeable to
the address of the House of Delegates) copies of the orders, by
which they Receive the sum of ffourteen pence Sterling per Ton, on
the Tonnage of all Shipping trading into this province, not owned
by the Inhabitants thereof; as also the Sum of Twelve pence Sterling,
for every Hogshead of Tobacco exported out of this Province and
the account of the same respectively for Two Years last past, signi-
fying under, or by what Laws they Receive the said Duties, and
such Copies and Accounts proved on their Corporal oaths Respec-
tively, before some Provincial Justice, and such proofs Authenti-
cated under the Great Seal of this province, we shall, (agreeable
to the Trust Reposed in us) Receive and transmit the same.
We had the Honour to signify to your Excellency, that this the
Request of the House had not been Comply'd with, altho application
had been made to the several Naval officers; and we hope, we shall
stand excused, in not entering into any farther detail of the Subject,
or explanation of your promise, which may serve to retard a com-
pliance with the Request made, or, by speaking truth, give offence.
With all due Respect we are,
Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servants
Thomas Worthington Henry Hall Charles Carroll
Sometime after the aforegoing, we Received from the several
Naval officers, Certificates Attested, declaring, That by virtue of an
Act of Assembly passed Anno Dom. One Thousand Six Hundred
and Sixty one, Entituled an Act for Port Duties, and Masters of
Ships, and an Order of his Majesty's in Council thereon, they
received ffourteen pence per Ton on all Vessells Trading in and to
this Province; except those Built in, or owned by the Inhabitants
thereof; as also, by virtue of an Act of Assembly passed Anno Dom.
Seventeen Hundred and flour Entituled an Act for the Settlement
of an Annual Revenue upon the Majesty's Governor, within this
province, for the time being, they Received Twelve pence Sterling
for every Hogshead of Tobacco exported out of this Province; But
no Accounts of the amount of said Duties. Whereupon the follow-
ing Letter was sent to his Excellency.
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Sir,
Application having been heretofore made to your Excellency, in
pursuance of an Address of the House of Delegates, and your
Excellencies answer thereto, for Copies of the Orders by which the
several Naval Officers receive Twelve pence Sterling per Hogshead,
on all Tobacco exported out of this Province; as also the Sum of
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