494 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 21,-May 22, 1756.

Liber H. S.
No. i
[Persons
harbouring
Deserters,
knowing
them to be
such, shall
forfeit 10 1.]

And be it further Enacted, That it any .Person shall harbour or
conceal, or assist any Deserter, from the Service aforesaid, knowing
him to be such, the Person so offending shall forfeit, for such
Offence, the Sum of Ten Pounds Current Money; one Moiety
thereof to the Informer, the other to the Uses in this Act mentioned ;
to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information,
wherein no Essoin, Protection or Wager of Law, to be allowed, or
more than one Imparlance.
And be it further Enacted, That every Person who shall vol-

[Persons
voluntarily
enlisting, on
producing a
Certificate of
their good
Behaviour,
shall be dis-
charged
from Taxes,
&c.]

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untarily enlist in either of the Services aforesaid, and serve therein
for the Space of six Months, upon producing to the County
Court where he shall incline to reside, after his Return from such
Service, a Discharge, and Certificate of his good Behaviour therein,
which Certificate the Clerk of the said Court shall record without
Fee or Reward, shall be exempted from the Payment of all Manner
of Taxes, or Levies whatever, as also from labouring in making or
mending Highways, and from Payment of Ferriages, for the Space
of two Years next after the producing such Discharge and Certificate.

And for repaying and replacing the said Sum of Five Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eighty-four Pounds Fourteen Shillings, and
sinking the Sum of Thirty-four Thousand and Fifteen Pounds Six
Shillings, Part of the said Sum of Forty Thousand Pounds granted
by this Act, for his Majesty's Service :
Be it Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent aforesaid,

[Duty on
Wine, Rum,
&c. except
Wine im-
ported from
Great-
Britain.]

That from and after the twentieth Day of June, in the Year One
thousand seven hundred and fifty-six, there shall be levied, raised,
collected and paid, by Way of Excise, on all Rum, and other Spirits
already imported, or which shall hereafter be imported, or distilled,
or extracted within this Province, from Melasses, or any Grain, or
other Materials, not of the Growth of this Province, which shall be
retailed, or sold, in any Quantity under fifty Gallons; on all Wine
(except Wine imported from Great-Britain), which shall be re-
tailed, or sold, in any Quantity under twenty-five Gallons, or which
(not being bought or sold by Way of Retail) shall be consumed;
and on all Brandy, or other Spirits, made, distilled, or drawn from
any Grain, or Fruit, of the Growth and Produce of this Province,
and sold, or retailed, the following Rates, Duties and impositions,
that is to say, for all Wine (except as before excepted, and also
except Madeira Wine already imported) so retailed or consumed,
Six-pence per Gallon; for all Rum, and other Spirits already im-
ported, or which hereafter shall be imported or distilled, or extracted,
within this Province, from Melasses, or any Grain, or other Mate-
rials, not of the Growth or Produce of this Province, so retailed or
consumed, Four-Pence per Gallon; for all Brandy, or other Spirits,
made, distilled or drawn from Grain, or Fruit, of the Growth and