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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 23
p. 122
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the three following Provisoes, proposed by the Upper House, or
not; viz.
" Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted and Declared, That
from and after the End of this present Session of Assembly, every
Information to be made, in order to search and seize as aforesaid,
shall be made within thirty Days next after the purchasing, bar-
tering for, selling, or offering to Sale as aforesaid, and not after.
" Provided also, That no other or greater Quantity of trashy or
unmerchantable Tobacco, not bartered for, bought, or sold, con-
trary to this Act, than the Quantity proved by the Informer, shall
be subject to Seizure, Removal, or being meddled with, by such
Magistrate, Officer, or Officers, Informer of Informers, altho' found
and being in such Houses, but shall remain and be as the Property
of the Owner or Owners of such Tobacco or Tobaccoes; such
Owner or Owners proving, by his, her, or their own Oath, or Af-
firmation if a Quaker, or by the Oath or Affirmation of some other
credible Person, that the said Tobacco has not been bartered for,
bought, or sold, contrary to the Direction of this Act.
" Provided also, That nothing in this Act contained shall be
deemed, taken, or understood, to affect or extend to any Person or
Persons buying, selling, or carrying Tobacco for smoaking, chew-
ing, or other common Use of the People within this Province; or
the Tobacco so by hm, her, or them carried or kept in his, her, or
their House or Houses, purchased for such Purpose and Use as
aforesaid only, so as the same do not exceed the Quantity of ten
Pounds for every taxable Person under his, her, or their Charge."
Proposed by the Upper house; or Not ? Resolved in the Negative.
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