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MSS.
Calvert
Papers
No. 584
Md.Hist.Soc.

of that Law And therefore the Memorialist could have no Remedy
against them.
Observ.^ns on this Mem.^ll
In Answer to the Remarks contain'd in M.^r Steuarts Mem.^ll It
may be Observed

That the Money given by this Act is for the immediate Service of
the Crown & not for the Private Emolument of the Prop." To Repell
Enemies who had then Actually Invaded That & the Neighbouring
Prov. ^ces & were become very Formidable from their Success. It was
not only a Supply to his Maty but in Consequence of his Matys Ex-
press Commands Signified by his Secretary of State. The Money
given is made immediately payable (as Required by the Exigencies
of the Times) out of the Publick Funds of the Province then in
hand & the only Office of the Act is to make Provisions for Replacing
the Publick Stock thus Exhausted.
The Taxables or Objects of the Act are of 2 Sorts.
I^st A Duty Imposed upon all Licences to Hawkers & Pedlars & to
Ordinary Keepers which are in Reality part of the Lord Prop.^rys
Private Revenue given him by his Charter but which he has been
pleased not to Insist upon for the present out of his great Regard
to the Province. Also a Duty upon Coaches &c. & upon Madeira
Wines.
2.^d A Duty of 20.^S p Poll payable at entry by all Masters of
Ships & others Importing Servants into the Province to Serve for
the Term of Seven Years or upwards. Also a Duty of 5.^s p Poll on
all Masters of Ships & others Importing Servants to Serve by Indre
or Custom of the Country for a Less Term than 7 years. And a
Duty of io.^s for every Negroe Imported. With a Drawback upon Re
Exportation & an Except." in favor of Germans & o.^r Aliens Imported
from Flanders or the United Provinces.
Convicts Eo Nomine, can never be Serv.^ts within y.^e Lic ar Spirit
of this Act.
The Expences of the Transportation as well as every other
Incident is by the English Acts Imposed upon the Partar County from
whence the Felon is Transported but which Expence (as stated in
the Mem.^ll) so far as Relates to London Middlesex & the Home
Circuit His Maty has taken upon himself
And it is well known That the Contractor has an Allowance of
between £4. & £5. p Poll from the Treasury for every Felon he
Transports w.^ch Considering the Casualty as well as Shortness of the
Voyage & that the Felons Usually Work their Passage over &
Supply the Place of Seamen is a very handsome Allowance and
Enables the Contractor to Engross Almost the Whole Tobacco
Trade, the Advantages of the Outward Bound Voyage Enabling
him to Return at a much Lower Rate of Freight than any other