Acts. 495

Produce of this Province, and sold by Way of Retail, Two-Pence
per Gallon; and for all Madeira Wine already imported, and on which
a Duty of Two-Pence per Gallon, by a former Act of Assembly
of this Province, has already been paid, the Sum of Four-Pence per
Gallon.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Sheriffs of the respective Counties within this Province, for the
Time being, shall be Collectors of the Duty by this Act imposed on
Liquors, and shall be commissioned for that Purpose, by the Gov-
ernor, or Commander in Chief, for the Time being; but before
they shall enter on the Execution of their Offices aforesaid, they,
and each of them respectively, shall give Bond, with two sufficient
Securities, to the Right honourable the Lord Proprietary of this
Province, in the Sum of Four Hundred Pounds Current Money, with
the following Condition, that is to say: " The Condition of the
above Obligation, is such, that if the above bound
whilst he shall be and continue in the Office of Collector of the
Excise, in County, shall well and faithfully exercise
and perform the several Duties required of him to be performed by
the Act of Assembly, entituled, An Act for granting a Supply of
Forty Thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service, and striking
Thirty-four Thousand and Fifteen Pounds Six Shillings thereof
in Bills of Credit, and raising a Fund for sinking the same, and do
well and faithfully pay, to the Commissioners of the Loan-Office
for the Time being, the several Sums of Money which he shall
receive, and be answerable for, in Virtue of the same Act, at such
Times as by the said Act is directed, according to the true Intent
and Meaning thereof; then the above Obligation to be void, and of
no Effect, otherwise to remain in full Force and Virtue: " And
take the following Oath, viz. I A. B. will truly and faithfully, with-

[Sheriffs to
be Collectors,
and to be
commis-
sioned by the
Governor.
To enter
into Bond,
&c. The
Condition of
the Bond.]

out Favour or Affection, execute, to the best of my Ability, the
Office of Collecter of Excise, and will, from Time to Time, Account
make, and deliver, to such Persons as by this Act is required, and will
take no Fee or Reward for the executing of the said Office, more
than by the said Act is given: So help me God. Which said several
Collectors are hereby severally impowered by themselves, or their

[Their
Oath.]

Deputies to be by them duly constituted, and for whose Conduct
they shall be accountable, to demand, collect, receive, and recover the
Excise appointed by this Act, within the respective Counties and
Places for which they are appointed, of and from all and every
Person or Persons retailing, vending, or consuming any of the
Liquors by this Act liable to pay, and chargeable with the Duties
aforesaid; and also to recover, and receive, all and every the Fines
and Forfeitures laid, or imposed, or that shall happen to arise, or
become due, for any Thing done contrary to the true Intent and
Meaning of such Parts of this Act as relate to the Excise.

p. 224

[To be
answerable
for the Con-
duct of their
Deputies.]