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

Liber H. S.
No. I

Leaf, or Coloured; which Notes shall, and are hereby declared to be
Current in all Tobacco Payments whatsoever, in the County where
the Tobacco shall be Inspected, according to the Species expressed

[To be cur-
rent and
transfer-
able.]

in the Note, and shall be transferable from one to another in all
such Payments (except as herein is excepted), and shall be paid and
satisfied by the Inspector or Inspectors, who signed the same, upon
Demand: And for every Hogshead of Tobacco brought to any
public Warehouse, for the Discharge of any public or private Debt,

[Allowance
of 4 per Cent,
for Tobacco
brought in
good Cask.]

in good Cask, of such Dimensions as herein after expressed, there
shall be allowed by the Inspector or Inspectors thereof, to the Person
bringing the same, after the rate of Four Pounds of Tobacco, for
every Hundred Pounds the Tobacco therein contained shall weigh,
after the same shall be viewed and passed. And the said Inspector or
Inspectors shall, and are hereby obliged to make every Hogshead
by him or them paid away, in Discharge of any Note by him or them
given as aforesaid, to contain Nine hundred and Fifty Pounds of

[Weight.]

p. 45

Nett Tobacco at the least, exclusive of the Allowance for the Cask ;
and for every such Hogshead of Tobacco by him or them paid away,
well lined and nailed fit for Shipping, there shall be paid by the
Person receiving such Hogshead, Seven Shillings for inspecting,
and Six Pence for Nails; which said Sum of Six Pence, the said

[Allowance
to Inspectors
for Nails,
&c.]

Inspectors or Inspector shall and may retain in his or their Hands,
for his or their own Use, to reimburse him or them the Expence of
providing Nails: And the Person demanding or receiving Tobacco
in Discharge of Notes as aforesaid, shall allow to the Inspector or
Inspectors Four Pounds of Tobacco per Centum, for the Cask, and
Two Pounds of Tobacco for every Hundred Pounds of Tobacco
contained in such Notes; and so proportionably for a greater or lesser

[Shrink-
age.]

Quantity, for Shrinkage and Wasting, if the said Tobacco be paid at
any Time within Two Months after the Date of the Note given for
the same; and One Pound of Tobacco for every Hundred, for every
Month the same shall be unpaid after the said Allowance; so as such
Allowance for .Shrinkage and Wasting do not exceed, in the whole,
Six Pounds of Tobacco for every Hundred. And if any Inspector or
Inspectors, by whom any such Notes for Tobacco as aforesaid shall
be signed, shall refuse or delay to pay and satisfy the same when
demanded, every Inspector, so refusing or delaying, shall forfeit
and pay, to the Party injured, double the Value of the Tobacco so
refused or delayed to be paid; to be recovered with Costs, in any
Court of Record within this Province, if the Note or Notes so re-
fused or delayed to be paid exceed Six hundred Pounds of Tobacco ;
and if the said Note or Notes do not exceed Six hundred Pounds of

[The Pen-
alty.]

Tobacco, double the Value aforesaid shall and may be recovered
before any Justice of the Peace of the County wherein the Ware-
house shall be, at which the Note or Notes ought to be paid