302 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

Liber H. S.
No. I

wise, to have Title to any the said new Lot or Lots, to be laid out in
Virtue of this Act.

Saving to his most sacred Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, the
Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, his Heirs and Successors,
and all Bodies politic and corporate, and all others not mentioned in
this Act, their several and respective Rights.

9.^th November 1753.
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this be a Law
Hor.° Sharpe

the great seal in
Wax Appendant

9 Novem.^r 1753.
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J. Ross Cl Up Ho.

No. 20

p. 36

An Act for raising a Duty of Three Halfpence Sterling per Hogs-
head on all Tobacco exported out of this Province, for the use
of the Governor.

[Preamble.]

Whereas his Lordship the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, has been pleased to constitute and appoint his Excellency
Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor in and over this
Province of Maryland, to whom we yield all due Deference; and the
better to demonstrate the good Respect we have for and towards
the said Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, our present Governor, and the
great Hopes and Expectations we have of his Excellency's good
and mild Government over us, we most humbly pray that it may

be Enacted,

[Three
Halfe-pence
Sterling per
Hogshead to
be paid on
all Tobacco
shipp'd for
the Use of
the Gover-
nor.]

And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
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 an Imposition of Three Halfpence Sterling per
Hogshead, over and above the Duty already imposed on the Export
of Tobacco, upon all Tobacco that shall be exported out of this
Province after the First Day of December, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Fifty Three, by Land or by Water, and Three Half-
pence Sterling upon every Three Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, be
it in Chest or Case, to be paid by the Master of every Ship or Vessel,
or other Person, trading into or living in this Province, in Sterling
Money, or Bills of Exchange, at the Election or Choice of the said
Master or Others, to be collected by the Naval-Officer of the Port
or District where such Ship or Vessel shall enter, and be paid by
the Naval-Officers aforesaid to his Excellency Horatio Sharpe,
Esquire, his Lordship's Governor in and over this Province, for
his proper Use.

[In Case of
Loss of any
Tobaccos.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That if any Tobacco shall by any Casualty be lost, after