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Necessaries, for the Use of the Men aforesaid, which shall be laid
before the Lower House of Assembly within Twelve Months from
the End of this Session, and allowed by the Lower House.
XLIII. And whereas it is represented to this General Assembly,
that it will be for his Majesty's Service, that there should be a good
Waggon Road cleared through this Province from Fort Frederick
to Fort Cumberland :
XLIV. Be it therefore Enacted, That the Sum of Two Hundred
and Fifty Pounds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be
applied to the defraying the Expence of cutting and making the said
Road; And the Agents herein beforementioned, shall be and are
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Liber No. 51
April 8
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hereby enabled to contract with some Person or Persons to cut,
clear, and make a good Waggon Road from Fort Frederick to Fort
Cumberland, thro' the Grounds most convenient in the Judgment of
the said Agents, and to make what Bridges and Causeways may
be necessary on the said Road for the Conveniency of Waggons,
for any Sum not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds; and
upon the said Road's being compleated, agreeable to such Contract,
to pay the Sum contracted for to the Contractor or Contractors, or
their Order; And the Person or Persons who shall contract for the
cutting, clearing, and making the said Road, are hereby authorized
to cut and clear the same, and cut down any Wood or Timber, other
than such as is fit for Clapboards, that may be necessary for building
Bridges and making Causeways as aforesaid, and they are hereby
indemnified for so doing.
XLV. And for repaying and replacing the said Sums of Two
Thousand Pounds, and Nine Thousand Pounds in the Loan-Office
as aforesaid, and for drawing into the said Office the Sum of Forty-
nine Thousand Pounds, to be sunk and destroyed as aforesaid, Be
it Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent aforesaid, That
all and every Person or Persons within this Province respectively,
having any Estate in ready Money or Plate, or having any Estate
in Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, or other Chattels, or Personal
Estate whatsoever (Debts, Household Goods, Implements, and Tools
of Husbandry, and Tools of manual Occupation, excepted) within
this Province, belonging to or in Trust for them, shall yield and
pay, for two Years successively, to the respective Collectors ap-
pointed by this Act, the Sum of Two Shillings in the Pound, accord-
ing to the true yearly Value thereof; That is to say, For every
One Hundred Pounds of such ready Money, and for every One
Hundred Pounds Worth of such Plate, Goods, Wares, Merchan-
dizes, or other Chattels, or Personal Estate as aforesaid, as the
same would, in the Estimation or Judgment of the Assessors herein
after to be nominated and appointed, sell for in ready Money, the
Sum of Ten Shillings for each Year, and so after that Rate for
every greater or lesser Sum or Quantity, to be assessed, levied, and
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