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applied, and unlaid out as aforesaid, shall be applied to and for the
Defraying of the Public Charge of this Province, as the House of
Delegates in such future Assembly shall direct and appoint.
And be it likewise Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
aforesaid Coll. Edward Sprigg, shall, and he is hereby obliged to,
enter into Bond, with Two good sureties, in the sum of Two Thou-
sand pounds Sterling payable to the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, for the use of the province of Maryland, before one
of the Justices of the Provincial Coun, who is hereby authorized
and empowered to take the same, Conditioned, that just and true
accounts shall be rendered of all Monies Received from such Naval
officer or officers, by Virtue of this Act, and that the same shall be
laid out and paid According to the directions herein mentioned, and
such Bond to transmit to the Chancellor of Maryland for the time
being, to be lodged in the Chancery office of the same Province
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Armourer, or person who now has, or hereafter shall have the Care,
keeping or distributing the Arms and Ammunition now in Store, or
which hereafter may be, shall, and he or they are hereby obliged,
to keep a full and just account of all Arms and Ammunition which
hereafter he or they shall Receive, and to whom, by whose order,
and to what use or Uses the same has been or shall be given out or
distributed, and such account, with vouchers lay before both Houses
of Assembly yearly, Sworn to before our Provincial or County
Magistrate.
Provided always, That nothing herein contained, shall extend, or
be construed to extend to prejudice or take away any Right or Claim
which the people of this province have, or ought to have, to any
Moneys heretofore or now Levied by the Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietary, under colour of an Act of Assembly made in the
year seventeen Hundred and ffour, entituled, An Act for the settle-
ment of an Annual Revenue upon her Majesty's Governor within
this Province for the time being, or by any other ways or means
whatsoever.
Provided also, That in Case of the Death of the aforesaid Edward
Sprigg, during the Continuance of this Act, that then and in such
Case the Naval officers shall pay unto the sureties aforesaid of the
same Edward Sprigg, the monies Arising from the Impost or Duty
aforesaid or so much thereof as shall be in their Hands at the time
of such Death, or shall be Collected after the Death of the same
Edward Sprigg, which Sureties are hereby empowered and Re-
quired to Receive the said money, and to apply and account for the
same in like manner and form as he the said Edward Sprigg is
hereby empowered and Required to do in his Life time; any thing
herein contained to the Contrary notwithstanding.
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