496 Assembly Proceedings, Feb. 23-May 22, 1756.

Liber H. S.
No. I
[Retailers,
before they
retail any
Liquors to
enter their
Names, &c.
with the
Collectors,
and pay the
Duty once
in three
Months, on
Oath.]

And be it further Enacted, That every Retailer, of all or any of the
said Liquors, before he, she or they draw, sell, or barter, any of the
said Liquors, shall enter his, her or their Names, and Places of
Abode, with the Collector of the respective Counties, or their Depu-
ties, in Books to be by them kept for that Purpose; and all such
Retailers, and every of them, are hereby enjoined, once in every
three Months, or oftener if required, to make true and particular
Entries with the Collectors, or their Deputies respectively, upon
Oath, or Affirmation if a Quaker (which the said Collectors, or
their Deputies, are hereby impowered to administer), of all Rum,
Brandy, or other Spirits, which they, or any of them, shall have
vended, bartered, or retailed within that Time, and so from Time
to Time during the Continuance of this Act; and shall and are
hereby required to account for, and pay to the said Collector, or
their Deputies respectively, once in every three Months, or oftener
if required, all such Sum and Sums of Money as shall become due
and payable, by Virtue of this Act.

And be it further Enacted, That all and every Retailer, of all

[Retailers
to give a
true Ac-
count of
their Quan-
tities of
Rum. &c.]

or any of the Liquors aforesaid, shall, on the Entry of their Names,
and Places of Abode, with the Officers aforesaid, give unto the said
Collectors, or their Deputies, a true Account of the Quantities, and
Measure, and Number of Gallons, of all Wine, except as before
excepted, and all Rum, Brandy and other Spirits, which shall be in
their Possession at the Time of the Entry aforesaid; and shall also,
from Time to Time, after the twentieth Day or June, in the Year
One thousand seven hundred and fifty-six, whenever thereto re-
quired, give true Accounts, and perfect Entries make, of all and
singular the Wine as aforesaid, and Rum, Brandy or Spirits, then
in their Houses, Shops, Cellars, Vaults, or Stores.

[Penalties
on Retailers,
who shall
sell any
Rum, &c.
without
having first
entered their
Names, &c.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That it
any Retailer shall presume to retail, draw, sell, or barter any of the
Liquors aforesaid, without having first entered his, her, or their
Name, and Place of Abode, with the Collectors, or Deputies, as this
Act directs, every such Retailer shall forfeit and pay the Sum of
Five Pounds Current Money, over and above the Duties for all
such Liquors retailed by them as aforesaid; or if, after such Entry
made, any Retailer shall refuse or neglect to make true and particular
Entries when required, or shall refuse or neglect to account with,
or pay the said Collectors, or their Deputies, what shall appear to
be due by this Act, upon the Entries made by them as aforesaid,
once in every three Months, or oftener if required, every such
Retailer shall forfeit and pay, for so neglecting or refusing to
enter the Liquors drawn every three Months respectively, and to
account for pay as aforesaid, for the first Offence, the Sum of Ten
Pounds Current Money, and for the second Offence, the Sum of