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

No. 38

Liber H. S.
No. I

An Act for the speedy and effectual Publication of the Laws of this
Province; and for the Encouragement of Jonas Green, of the City
of Annapolis, Printer.

[20 l. in each
County to
be levied
annually for
Jonas Green,
for his print-
ing Laws
and Votes.]

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 the Justices of the several and respective County
Courts within this Province shall, and they are hereby impowered and
directed, to make an Allowance of Twenty Pounds, Current Money
of this Province, to the said Jonas Green, in the Levy to be laid for
each respective County after this present Session of Assembly; and
that the said Twenty Pounds (with the Sheriff's Commission for
collecting the same) so to be allowed and assessed as aforesaid, shall
be collected by the Sheriff of each respective County, and yearly
paid by them respectively, free from all Charges of Collection, to
the said Jonas Green, or his Order, for Printing, Stitching, Covering
with Marble, Blue Paper, Vellum, or Parchment, and Delivering a
Copy of the Public Laws, made this present Session of Assembly,
by the First Day of March next, and the Votes and Proceedings of
the Lower House of Assembly of this present Session, by the First
Day of April next, and also a Copy of the Laws of any future
Session, within Three Months, and of the Votes and Proceedings of
the Lower House of Assembly, within Four Months respectively,
after the End of every such Session yearly, during the Continuance

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of this Act, to the Governor and each Member of the Upper and
Lower Houses of Assembly, and One Book of the Votes and Pro-
ceedings to the Clerk of each House, and Three Books of the Votes
and Proceedings aforesaid, to the Clerks of the several and respec-
tive County Courts, for the Perusal of the Inhabitants of the several
and respective Counties, and a Copy of the Public Laws, during the
Continuance of this Act, to every Provincial and County Magistrate :
and a Copy of each Law bound up in Leather to each House of
Assembly, the high Court of Appeals, the Provincial Court, and to
each County Court within this Province.

[If no Ses-
sion, 15
Pounds.]

And be it likewise Enacted, That if it should so happen, that in
any Year during the Continuance of this Act, there should not be
any Session of Assembly held within this Province, whereby the said
Jonas Green may be enabled to print Laws, and deliver them within
such Year, that then and in such Case, the said Justices of each
respective County shall nevertheless, and they are hereby directed
and required to levy the Sum of Fifteen Pounds Current Money,
free from Deduction, in each respective County, to be paid by the
Sheriffs of the several Counties respectively, to the said Jonas Green,
or his Order, for his better Support and Encouragement in serving
this Province, and residing within the same: For the Collection and
Payment of which, or any other Sum or Sums herein before men-