306 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 24, 1749.

Liber B. L. C.

Assizes or any County Court within this Province, who shall at the
same Time reside in a different County than that where such Court
of Assize or County Court shall be held, to which he or she shall be
so summoned to give his or her Evidence; in all such Cases it shall
and may be lawful for the Justice or Justices of Assize, as the Case
shall happen, or the Justices of the County Court, to allow such
Witness as aforesaid for so many Days itinerant Charges, as such
Justice or Justices shall think reasonable, at the Rate of twenty-four
Pounds of Tobacco per Diem, over and above the Time that such
Witness shall attend such Court, to which he or she shall be so sum-
moned to give Evidence.

[Proviso.]

Provided always, And be it further Enacted, That it shall and
may be lawful for the several and respective Inhabitants and Suit-
ors, to pay and discharge the said several and respective Quantities
of Tobacco in Current Money, at the Rate of twelve Shillings and
six Pence per Centum, in the same Manner as they are enabled to
pay and discharge the Public or County Levy.

[Continu-
ance of this
Act.]

This Act to continue for Three Years, and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly which shall happen after the said three Years.

June 23^d 1749
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M. Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Hon^ble the Lord Prop^ry
of this Province I will
this be a Law
Sam: Ogle

The Great Seal in
wax appendant

23^d June 1749
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J Ross Ci Up Ho.

No. 3

An Act repealing Part of an Act Entituled, An Act to encourage
the destroying of Wolves, Crows, and Squirrels.

[Preamble.]

Whereas, by an Act entituled, An Act to encourage the destroying
of Wolves, Crows, and Squirrels, made at a Session of Assembly,
begun and held at the City of Annapolis, the third Day of October,
Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred twenty and eight, it is
amongst other Things enacted, That every Person that should bring
to any Justice of the Peace within this Province the Heads or Scalps
or any more Squirrels or Crows, than the three for each Taxable
by the said recited Act required, should for every such Head or
Scalp be allowed in the County Levy, where such Squirrel or Crow
was killed, the Sum of two Pounds of Tobacco; which Allowance
is found by Experience to be very burthensome to the People, and
no Ways to answer the End for which the same was made :
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 such Part of the said recited Act, so
far as relates to the bringing to any Justice of the Peace within this