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

Liber B. L. C.

be collected by the Sheriff of each respective County, and yearly paid
by him, free from all Charges of Collection, to the said Jonas Green,

p. 473

or his Order, for Printing, Stitching, Covering with Marble Paper,
Vellum, or Sheep Skin, and Delivering a Copy of the Public Laws
within three Months, and Votes and Proceedings of the Lower
House of Assembly within the Space of four Months, from the End
of this present Session, and every other Session which shall yearly
happen during the Continuance of this Act, to the Governor, and
every Member of the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly; and
one Book of the Votes and Proceedings to the Clerk of each House,
and three Books of the Votes and Proceedings aforesaid to the
Clerks of the several and respective County Courts, for the Perusal
of the Inhabitants of the several and respective Counties; and deliv-
ering a Copy of the Public Laws, during the Continuance of this
Act, to every Provincial and County Magistrate; and a Copy of each
Law bound up in Leather to each House of Assembly, the high
Court of Appeals, the Provincial Court, and to each County Court
of this Province.

[In case of
no Session in
any one year,
15 l. to be
allowed.]

And be it likewise Enacted, That altho' it may so happen, that in
any Year during the Continuance of this Act, there should not be
any Session of Assembly held within this Province, whereby the
said Jonas Green may be enabled to print Laws, and deliver them
within such Year, that then and in such case, the said Justices of
each respective County shall nevertheless, and they are hereby di-
rected and required to levy the Sum of Fifteen Pounds Current
Money, free from Deduction, in each respective County, to be paid
by the respective Sheriff of each County respectively to the said
Jonas Green, or his Order, for his better Support and Encourage-
ment in serving this Province, and residing within the same: For
the Collection and Payment of which, or any other Sum or Sums in
this Act mentioned, there shall be allowed to the said Sheriffs re-
spectively a Commission of five Pounds per Centum, and no more.

[Proviso.]

Provided always, That the said Jonas Green shall actually reside at
Annapolis during the Continuance of this Act, and comply with the
Terms thereof on his Part; and that upon the Death of the said
Jonas Green, or his Removal from Annapolis, or ceasing to com-
ply with the Terms of this Act on his Part, that the Payment of the
Sums of Money directed by this Act to be paid to him shall cease ;
any Thing contained in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

[The Laws
to have
Marginal
Notes, &c.]

And be it likewise Enacted, That the Copy of the Public Laws
made this present Session of Assembly, as well as those made at any
future Session during the Continuance of this Act, shall have mar-
ginal Notes made and printed thereto, as also the Date of the Year,
wherein such Laws were respectively made, inserted in each Page ;
and a List of such Laws made at the End of each Session, with the
Folio where they are printed: All which the said Jonas Green is
hereby required and obliged to do, as well as all other Services herein