Acts. 303

the aforesaid Imposition paid, that then, and in such Cases, the
Owner or Owners of any such Ship or Vessel, or other Person,
paying the same, shall have free Liberty to freight and ship off the
like Quantity, without paying the said Three Halfpence.
This Act to continue until the First Day of December, which

Liber H. S.
No. I

shall be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Fifty Four.
Provided always, That if the said Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, shall

[Continu-
ance of this
Act.]

die, or be removed from being Governor of this Province, before
the Fifth Day of December, Seventeen Hundred and Fifty Four,
then this Act shall cease from the Time of his said Death or Re-
moval; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwith-
standing.

[This Act to
cease in case
of the Gov-
ernor's
Death or
Removal.]

p. 37

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
Propry of this Province
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. 21 An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, for preventing Frauds
in his Majesty's Customs, and for the Limitation of Officers
Fees.

Whereas it is thought convenient by this General Assembly, to
have a Law for preventing the Exportation of bad, unsound, and
trashy Tobacco, and to prevent the many Frauds in deceiving his
Majesty of his Customs, and for Limitation of Officers Fees.

[Preamble.]

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, 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 all Tobacco which shall be exported
out of this Province, from and after the last Day of November,
Seventeen hundred and fifty-three, shall be first brought to some or
one of the public Warehouses herein after mentioned, and shall be
there viewed and inspected in Manner as is herein after expressed,
except such Tobacco as hath been, or shall be, inspected before the
said last Day of November, under any Act of Assembly of this
Province.

[No To-
bacco to be
Exported,
'til first
brought to a
public Ware-
house.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That no
Person shall put on board, or receive into any Ship, Sloop, Boat, or
other Vessel, in order to be exported therein, any such Tobacco not
packed in Hogsheads, Casks or Cases, upon any Pretence what-
soever; nor in any Hogshead, Cask or Case, to be in that, or any
other Ship, Sloop, or Vessel, exported out of this Province, before
the same shall have been viewed and inspected, according to the

[All To-
bacco for
Exportation
to be taken
on board at
some public
Warehouse,
after the
same is In-
spected.]