444 Assembly Proceedings, October 4-November 26, 1763.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

the same Six Pounds p Centum and no more which the said Sheriff
is hereby Impowered to retain in his own Hands

[Thirty per
Poll to be
paid the
clergy,
instead of 40
by a former
law]

And be it further enacted that during the Continuance of this Act
the County Courts shall levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of the
respective Parishes or Part of Parishes within their Counties no
more than thirty Pounds of Tobacco per Poll instead of forty
Pounds of Tobacco per poll by a former Act directed Notwith-
standing any thing in the said former Act Contained and that the
Clergy shall be paid by Inspector or Inspectors Notes in their
Respective Parishes by th several and respective Sheriffs if an In-
specting Warehouse be in the Parish Otherwise at the next Adjacent
Inspecting Warehouse or Warehouses to the said Parish where such
his Parishoners have their Tobacco Inspected for which Payment

[Sheriff's
Commis-
sion]

p. 457

the Sheriff shall retain in his own Hands five per Centum and no
more.
And be it further enacted That the Several Officers and Attorneys

[10 per cent,
to be de-
ducted: Or,
the Debt
forfeited]

of this Province at the time of sending their several Lists and
Accounts to the Sheriffs of the several Counties for Collection shall
and are hereby obliged to make at the foot of each Account they shall
so send for Collection in Case the same be paid in Tobacco a Deduc-
tion of ten p Centum for Conveniency and that any Officer and
Attorney who shall Neglect or omit to make such Deduction as
aforesaid he or they shall forfeit every such Debt to the party or
Parties from whom the same shall be due and owing any thing
herein Contained to the Contrary Notwithstanding

[Allowance
to Payers
of Officers
fees &c if
paid in
Tobacco]

And be it further enacted that out of every hundred Pounds of
Tobacco paid in discharge of all Officers and Attorneys fees and the
Public and County Levies when paid in Tobacco and so Propor-
tionably for a greater or lesser Quantity there shall be made an
Allowance or Abatement to the payer of ten Pounds of Tobacco p
Centum during the Continuance of this Act

[Allowance
to Clerks of
Courts for
taxing Costs
of any Judg-
ment or
Decree]

And be it further enacted That during the Continuance of this
Act the Clerk or Register of every Court within this Province in
taxing the Costs of any Judgment or decree Obtained or to be
Obtained shall deduct of the said Costs the same Allowance for
Convenience as shall or ought to be made and Allowed to the Party
first Charged with the fees so taxed in the Bill of Costs by the
respective Officers and Execution shall issue for no more than the
said Costs amount to after the said Deduction

[Deduction
of One fifth,
to be made,
at the laying
of County
Levies, &c]

And for the Ease of the Inhabitants of this Province in the
Payment of the Publick and County Levies Be it further enacted by
the Authority aforesaid that at the laying of every such Levy during
the Continuance of this Act there shall be made a Deduction of one
fifth part out of all Tobacco new due and hereafter to become due
(save Officers fees as regulated by this Act) with which the Publick