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to be allowed, assessed, and paid them, and every of them, in the
respective County Levies, where they respectively reside, in the same
Manner as County Levies are; and that every respective County
Clerk, within this Province, shall, for his Trouble in making out
and transmitting the said Lists, have and receive, in the County
Levy, the Sum of Four Pounds and one Half of Tobacco per Side,
to be assessed and paid as aforesaid.
And it is hereby further Enacted, That the Clause or Clauses in
the said Act, entituled, An Act for his Majesty's Service, relating
to Coaches, Chairs, Chaises and Chariots, or such like Carriages,
belonging to, and used by, the Inhabitants of this Province, be, and
is hereby repealed, abrogated, made null and void; any Thing in
the said Act to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, That all Masters, Owners, or Com-
manders of any Ships, or other Vessels, and all Others, who shall
import, or bring into this Province, by Land or Water, any Molasses
or Sugar, other than such Sugars as shall be immediately imported
from Great-Britain, shall make Entry thereof, upon Oath, with the
Naval Officer, or his Deputy, of the Port, Place, or District, where
they shall make their Entry, or where they shall bring any Molasses,
or Sugar, of the true Number of Casks, and the Contents thereof,
and the Quantity of the Gallons of Molasses, and Pounds of Sugar,
be it in Loaf or otherwise, they have so imported or brought into this
Province, (which Oath the said Naval Officer or his Deputy are
hereby directed and impowered to administer), and shall, at the
Time of making their Entry aforesaid, pay, or secure to be paid,
unto the said Naval Officer, or his Deputy, the Sum of One Penny
per Gallon, in Bills of Credit of this Province, for every Gallon of
Molasses, and One Shilling for every Hundred Pounds of Sugar,
in Loaf or otherwise, so by them imported into this Province, and so
pro Rato for a greater or less Quantity.
And be it further Enacted, That when the Importer or Importers,
or other Persons, who shall bring any Molasses, or Sugar, into this
Province, have made fair Entries thereof, as aforesaid, and paid,
or secured to be paid, the Duties, as aforesaid, that then the Naval
Officer aforesaid, or his Deputy, shall give the said Importer or
Importers, Owners, or other Persons aforesaid, a Permit in Writing,
under his Hand, to carry the same to any River, Harbour or Place,
within this Province, to make sale, or otherwise use or disopse of
the same.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
July 7
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