326 Assembly Proceedings, Sept. 28-Dec. 16, 1757.

L.H.J.
Liber No. 49
Dec. 8

collect, levy and pay, the several Sums of Tobacco therein mentioned,
by Way of Execution, in the same Manner that County Levies are
usually by Law to be demanded, collected, levied and paid; and shall
pay the same to the several Persons therein named.
Provided always, and be it Enacted, That the said Committee shall,
in every such List, direct and appoint that the Allowances to the said
Delegates shall be levied and paid to each Delegate in the County
where he resides, and not elsewhere, unless the Amount of the Sum
to be levied on the several Taxables in any County should not be
sufficient for that Purpose; in which Case the said Committee shall
direct that the Delegates for such County shall be paid the Remainder
of their Allowance in some one of the next adjacent Counties.
Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That from and after

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the End of this Session of Assembly, for and during the Term and
Time of Four Years, all such Councillors who shall serve in the
General Assembly, and also all such Provincial Magistrates, who are
or shall be Inhabitants and Residents of the City of Annapolis, or
whose Habitations are so near the said City that they shall usually,
in Assembly or Provincial Court Time, lodge at Home, shall be
allowed only one Half the Sum that others are to be allowed under
this Act.
Between the Words Assembly and during, in the second Line of
the second Page, insert the following Words and Commissioners of
the Provincial and County Courts.
Between the Words Assembly and be, in the Third Line of the
same Page, insert the following Words, and Courts. In the Third
Line of the same Page, strike out from the Word Repealed to the
End, and insert the following Words from and after the End of this
Session of Assembly, for and during the Term of Four Years, and
no longer.
Signed p Order, M. Macnemara, Cl Lo Ho

Which said Bill (with the Amendments proposed thereto) was
sent to the Upper House by Mr. Benjamin Mackall and Mr. Tilden.
Col. Lloyd, from the Upper House, delivers to Mr. Speaker, a
Bill, entituled, An Act for Billetting and Quartering his Majesty's
Forces within this Province; Indorsed, "By the Upper House of
Assembly, December 7, 1757. Read the first time and Ordered to
lie on the Table."
Signed p order J Ross Cl Up Ho

And thus " By the Upper House of Assembly 7^th December,
1757. Read the Second time by an especial Order and will pass."
Signed p Order, J. Ross, Cl Up Ho

Which Bill was Read here, and Ordered to lie on the Table.
The House adjourns till the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.