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And be it further Enacted, That for every Billiard-Table belong-
ing to or kept by any Inhabitant of this Province, there shall be paid
by the respective Owners or Keepers thereof, for this present and
every Year hereafter, during the Continuance of this Act, the Sum
of Three Pounds Current Money, in Bills of Credit, as aforesaid.
And for the better collecting the said Tax of Three Pounds on every
Billiard-Table, as aforesaid, Be it Enacted, That the several Con-
stables of Hundreds, in every County, within this Province, shall,
and they are hereby directed and required yearly and every Year,
during the Continuance of this Act, by the Time limited by Law for
taking Lists of Taxables, to require and take an Account of all
Billiard-Tables in their respective Hundreds, under the Hand of the
Owner or Keeper thereof, and a fair List of all such Billiard-Tables
shall, for this present Year, within ten Days after taking the same,
deliver to the Clerks of each respective County, and for every Year
hereafter, during the Continuance of this Act, a fair List as afore-
said, shall return to the August Court of their respective Counties,
from which Lists, so delivered for this present Year, the several and
respective Clerks shall immediately make out two fair Lists, one
thereof to be by the said Clerk immediately delivered to the Sheriff
of each respective County, the other to be transmitted by him to the
Commissioners or Trustees, established by Act of Assembly, for
emitting Bills of Credit; and for every Year hereafter, during the
Continuance of this Act, the said Clerks respectively shall, and they
are hereby obliged, at the End of each Court, to which such Lists are
returned, to make out therefrom two fair Lists of all such Billiard-
Tables, to be delivered and transmitted as aforesaid, under the
Penalty of Ten Pounds Current Money, for every Neglect or
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Liber H. S.
No. 1
[3 l. a Piece
to be paid
yearly for
each Billiard
Table.]
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Omission to make out and deliver or transmit such Lists as aforesaid,
one Half thereof to the Informer, or him or them who shall sue for
the same, the other Half to be paid to the Commissioners aforesaid,
and applied as herein after directed, to be recovered in any Court of
Record within this Province, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or
Information, with Costs, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of
Law, or more than one Imparlance, shall be allowed.
And be it further Enacted, That the several Sheriffs within this
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Province, shall, and they are hereby impowered and directed to col-
lect and receive the Tax aforesaid, from all and every Owner or
Keeper of any such Billiard-Table, in Bills of Credit as aforesaid, in
the same Manner as the County Levy is collected, and shall pay the
same, together with all Fines and Forfeitures, which he shall receive
in Virtue of this Act, to the Commissioners or Trustees for emitting
Bills of Credit, established by Act of Assembly, at or before the
twentieth Day of October next, and so yearly and every Year, during
the Continuance of this Act; on which Collection and Payment, the
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[To be col-
lected by the
Sheriffs.]
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