The Lower House. 163

For Two Shillings and Six Pence

M^r Bond M^r Brome M^r Paca
Abell Mackall John Hall
Carroll Courts Wootton
p. Hammond W. Wilkinson Sprigg
Worthington N. Goldsborough Addison
Hen. Hall Lloyd Bordley
Smith Thomas
Jos. Hall Sherredine

L. H. J.
Liber No. 46

The House adjourns to 2 of the Clock

Post Meridiem

The House met according to Adjournment
The Clerk was ordered to go on with the Reading of the Bill for
laying an Imposition on Tobacco &^a and it being proposed in the
said Bill to lay a Duty on Tobacco for Support of Government, A
Question was put, Whether that Duty be Twelve Pence per Hogs-
head, or nine Pence Resolved that it be Twelve Pence

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For Twelve Pence

M^r Abell M^r Dennis M^r Pemberton
Barnes Hooper T. Wilkinson
G. Wilson Ennalls T. Hammond
I. Gresham Lecompte Hopper
R. Gresham George Henry
Harris Colvill Purnell
Stoughton Pearce Selby
King Hyland Outten
D. Wilson Gordon

For nine Pence

M^r Bond M^r Mackall M^r John Hall
Carroll Courts Buchanan
p. Hammond W. Wilkinson Wootton
Worthington N. Goldsborough Sprigg
Hen. Hall Lloyd Addison
Smith Thomas Bordley
Jos. Hall Sherredine
Brome Paca

On motion of a Member, that Three Pence of the Twelve Pence
per Hogshead for Support of Government, be applied for the Pur-
chasing Arms and Ammunition for Defence of this Province; A
Question was put, Whether the said Three Pence shall be applied
that Way? Resolved in the Negative.