698 Assembly Proceedings, Mar. sS-May 13, 1758.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

laying an Imposition on Negroes and several Sorts of Liquors im-
ported; and also on Irish Servants, and to prevent the Importing too
great a Number of Irish Papists into this Province, on Rum, Spirits,
Wine and Brandy, into this Province by Land from the Province of
Pennsylvania, has not been collected; but that great Quantities of
Rum, Spirits, Wine and Brandy, have been clandestinely imported
into this Province, without the Payment of any Duty, to the great
Discouragement of the fair Trader:

[Part of an
Act
Repealed.]

Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That so much of an Act of Assembly, en-
tituled, An Act Repealing Part of an Act, entituled, An Act laying
an Imposition on Negroes and several Sorts of Liquors imported;
and also on Irish Servants, to prevent the Importing too great a
Number of Irish Papists into this Province, made at a Session of
Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis the Sixth Day of
October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-four, as im-
poses a Duty on Rum, Spirits, Wine and Brandy, from Pennsylvania
by Land, be, and is hereby Repealed.

[Rum, &c.
imported by
Land from
Pennsyl-
vania,
to be entered
with the
Naval-
Officer or
Sheriff ;
and 3d per
Gallon Duty
to be paid.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Importer or Importers of all Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, that shall
after the Eleventh Day of June, Anno Domini One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Fifty-eight, be imported into this Province by Land

from the Province of Pennsylvania, or the Three Lower Counties of
; New-Castle, Kent and Sussex, or the reputed Limits of the said
Province or Counties, shall, before he imports the same, make an
Entry thereof with some Naval-Officer or Sheriff within this Prov-
ince, for the Time being, into or through whose District or County
the same shall be intended to be first imported; and at the Time of
Entering the said Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, shall pay to the said
Naval-Officer or Sheriff, the Sum of Three Pence Current Money,
for every Gallon of Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, so intended to be
imported, or give good Security for the Payment of the same at the
End of Three Months after the obtaining a Permit or Permits to
import the same, subject to the same Discount and Allowance with
Liquors imported from any other Place, to be applied to the Sinking
the Sum of Forty Thousand Pounds, granted by an 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.

[Also an Ex-
cise of 4d per
Gallon.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
Importer or Importers of any Quantity of Rum, Spirits or Brandy,
under Fifty Gallons, or of any Quantity of Wine under Twenty-
five Gallons, that shall, after the said Eleventh Day of June, One