The Lower House. 441

William and Queen Mary taking this Province under their imme-
diate Protection), did convert to his own Use, to the Impoverishing
of the Country, and Defraud of the Public; and being incapacitated
of complying with what by the said Act, for the said Moiety of two
Shillings per Hogshead, is required.
Be it therefore Enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty,
by and with the Advice and Consent of her Majesty's Governor,
Council, and Assembly of this Province, and the Authority of the
same, That the said One Shilling per Hogshead for defraying the
Charges of Government aforesaid, as well for such Ships or Vessels
as have already cleared before the making of this Act, as for such
remaining in this Province, be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto
our Sovereign Lady the Queen's most excellent Majesty, her Heirs
and Successors, for the Support of her Government for the Time
being, in and over this her Majesty's Province aforesaid, and the
Territories to the same belonging, for every Hogshead and Quan-
tity of an Hogshead of Tobacco, which hath been for and during
the Time aforesaid, or which hereafter shall be at any Time shipped
in any Ship or Vessel, to be exported out of this Province, or any
the Territories, Islands, Ports, Rivers, Creeks, or Places thereunto
belonging, as aforesaid.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 31

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the said Duty and
Imposition shall be from time to time paid and satisfied by the Mas-
ter or Masters of every such Ship or Vessel respectively, in which
any such Tobacco shall be exported, upon his or their clearing, or
taking out his or their Dispatch or Dispatches, for every such re-
spective Ship or Vessel, and before the Departure of such Ship or
Vessel coming into this Province, shall at their first Arrival here,
and before their loading on board any Goods or Commodities of the
Growth, Production, or Manufacture of this Province, give good
and sufficient Security to his Excellency, or to the Officer thereunto
especially appointed, for the Payment of the said Duty or Imposition
accordingly.
Provided always, and it is the true Intent and Meaning hereof,
That this Act, nor any Thing herein contained, shall be adjudged,
construed, reputed, or taken (any Thing herein expressed to the
contrary notwithstanding), to disannul or make void his Lordship's
Right to the other Moiety of the said two Shillings per Hogshead,
to be paid in Consideration of his Rents and Alienation Money in
Tobacco at two Pence per Pound, during the Term of his natural
Life (but that the same be kept and hereby preserved to his Lord-
ship in as full and ample Manner as by the said Law is expressed or
intended), or in the least to discharge his Lordship of receiving the
Rents aforesaid at two Pence per Pound, as by the said Act is en-
join'd, during also the Term of his natural Life; nor to discharge

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