290 Assembly Proceedings, March 22-April 11, 1760.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 8

or Merchandizes, or other Chattels or Personal Estate (except as
before excepted) the Sum of Ten Shillings in Bills of Credit, and
so after that Rate for every greater or lesser Sum, or Quantity; and
also all and every Person having or holding any Public Office,
Benefice or Employment of Profit, within this Province, the Sum of
Two Shillings for every Twenty Shillings, or the Value thereof in
any other Specie or Commodity, which he or they do receive in One

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Year, by Virtue of any Salaries, Gratuities, Rewards, Fees, Profits,
Perquisites and Advantages whatsoever, to him or them accruing,
by Reason or Occasion of such their several Offices, Benefices or
Employments; and also all and every Person for every such An-
nuity, Pension, Stipend or other yearly Payment, payable or secured
to be paid by any Person whatsoever within this Province (not
being or issuing out of any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or
chargeable upon the same) the Sum of Two Shillings for every
Twenty Shillings by the Year, for every such Annuity, Pension,
Stipend, or yearly Payment respectively; and also for all and every
such Messuages, Manors, Lands and Tenements; and also for all
such Mines of Lead, Copper, Iron and other Mines, Furnaces, Forges
and other Mines, Furnaces, Forges and other Iron- Works, Tolls,
and other yearly Profits, and all Hereditaments, of what Nature
or Kind they be, situate, lying and being within the said District
or Division, with which they are charged, the Sum of Two Shillings
for every Twenty Shillings of the yearly Value, to be settled and
ascertained as aforesaid, and so after that Rate for every greater
or lesser yearly Value; and also all and every Person or Persons,
dwelling or residing in the District or Division with which they
are charged, practising Law or Physic, acting as hired Clerks without
Commissions, or Trading, Merchandizing, or using Commerce, as
Factor, Agent or Manager, for any Person or Persons as aforesaid,
within this Province, for every Hundred Pounds, or the Value
thereof of such Fees, Wages, Rewards, Profits, or Advantages
whatsoever, to him or them accruing, for or by Reason or Occasion
of such their Professions, Practice, Employments, or Merchandizing,
as aforesaid, for one Year, the Sum of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings,
and so after that Rate for every greater or lesser Sum, or Quantity,
or the Value thereof; and to bring with them, at the Time and Place
so prefixed for their Appearance, a Certificate in Writing of the
said Assessment, wherein shall be inserted the Names and Sir-
Names of every Person dwelling and residing in the said District
or Division, and the Value of the Money, Plate, Goods, Chattels,
and Personal Estate (except as before excepted) of every of them,

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and the Sum of Money assessed thereon, and the yearly Value of each
public Office, Benefice, or Employment of Profit, enjoyed by every
of them, within this Province, at the Time of taking the said
Assessment, and the Sum of Money assessed thereon, and the yearly