442 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 26-Mar. 9, 1754.

No. 1
Liber H. S.

p. 141

An Act Impowering the Justices of Frederick County Court, to levy
on the taxable Inhabitants of the said County, a Sum of Current
Money for the Use therein mentioned.

[Preamble.]

Whereas George Gordon, late Sheriff of Frederick County, by his
humble Petition to this present General Assembly, has set forth, That
when the Petitioner was Sheriff of Frederick County, the Magistrates
of said County were of Opinion that the Ordinary License Money
belonged to the County, that the Petitioner accounted with the County
for One Hundred and Eighteen Pounds, as per Certificate doth
appear, being Fines arising on the Breach of the Act of Assembly for
regulating Ordinaries, &c. and Ordinary License Money, and the
Magistrates of the said County thought they could not levy the afore-
said Sum without an Act of Assembly; therefore, the Petitioner
prayed there might be an Act passed, to impower the Magistrates of
Frederick County, to levy the atoresaid Sum of One Hundred and
Eighteen Pounds, with the Sheriff's Commission, to enable the Peti-
tioner to pay the said Sum to the Commissioners of the Loan Office,
and prevent his Bonds being put in Suit: Which being thought

[118 l. Cur-
rent Money,
to be levied
in Frederick
County, for
Mr. George
Gordon.]

reasonable, it is prayed that it may be enacted, 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 the Jus-
tices of Frederick County, for the Time being, shall, and may, and
they are hereby authorized and directed to assess and levy on the
taxable Inhabitants of the said County, the aforesaid Sum of One
Hundred and Eighteen Pounds Current Money, in Bills of Credit,
together with the Sheriff's Salary of Five Pounds per Centum for
Collection, at the laying of the next County Levy; which said Sum
of One Hundred and Eighteen Pounds, shall be collected by the
Sheriff of the said County, who is hereby authorized and directed to
collect the same, and to pay the said Money, when so collected, to the
aforesaid George Gordon, or his Executors or Administrators.

8.^th March 1752
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.^o Sharpe

the great seal in
Wax Appendant

8^th March 1754
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J. Ross Cl Up Ho.

p. 142

I do hereby Certify that Richard Burdus Clerk of the Provincial
Court and of the Secretarys Office of this Province of Maryland this
Day personally appeared before me the Subscriber One of the Right
Honourable the Lord Proprietary of the Province aforesaid his
Council of State and made Oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty