370 Assembly Proceedings, May 8-June 2, 1750.

U. H. J.
Liber No. 34
June 2

Saturday Morning 2^d June 1750
This House met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday
The following Message with the Supplementary Bill to the In-
spection Law is sent to the Lower house by Edmund Jenings Esq^r
By the Upper House of Assembly 2^d June 1750

p. 360

Gentlemen
As to the Amendment which this House Proposed in the applying
the Moiety of several Fines to the Lord Proprietary in support of
Government, We must observe that all Fines by the Common Law
as well as Penal Acts are Rights Properly belonging to Govern-
ment; for amongst other Reasons It is always thought for the Bene-
fit of the People, that such Fines should be Applyed to the Govern-
ment as they may be in Particular Cases remitted to the Offender
which cannot be done, if they are Appropriated to particular uses
tho the Family of the Person unhappily forefeiting is Reduced to
want and beggary & the Person himself rendered in cappable to
pay any Part of his Just Debt and therefore such Fines are never
so Applyed but upon cogent Motives However as the due Execution
of the Inspection Law is of the last Consequence to the Welfare of
the Province We are Extreamly Desirous of doing any thing for
that End, therefore we shall agree, that the Fines which now Stand
in the Bill Appropriated to the County Schools shall be Applyed to
the several and Respective Counties to defray the Expence that hath
or may arise in the due Execution of that Act, And Consequently
we must insist that Our Amendment also in Line 11^th Page 7^th and
in 16^th Line of Page 9^th shall be in Like Manner
As to the Amendemnt Proposed in Page 7^th Line 6^th We shall
recede therefrom in Case the following Clauses be substituted in its
stead
And be it further Enacted that no Inspector or Inspectors what-
soever shall directly or Indirectly either for himself or any other
Person buy or Receive by way of Barter Loan or Exchange any
Tob^o whatsoever or suffer or Permit any Tobacco to be bought by
any Person or Persons whatsoever with any Money arising by the
Sale of any Goods Wares or Merchandise whatsoever made by any
of the Inspector or Inspectors either upon their own Accounts or
the Accounts of any other Person or Persons whatsoever under the
Penalty of Twenty shillings Currency for every hundred weight of
Tobacco so bought or Received to be Applyed in the same Manner
as now Proposed
Provided Always that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to hinder any Inspector from receiving his Rents in Tobacco
which shall be first Viewed Examined and Stamped according to
the directions of this Act