456 Assembly Proceedings, May 24-June 22, 1768.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

Magistrate and a Copy of each Law bound up in Leather to each
House of Assembly the High Court of Appeals the Provincial
Court and to each County Court within this Province unless she
shall be hindred by the Death of her Hands employed in the Press
or by Sickness or the unavoidable Accident of her Press breaking

[Her allow-
ance in case
of no
session]

And be it likewise Enacted That if it should happen that in any
Year during the Continuance of this Act there should not be any
Session of Assembly held within this Province whereby the said
Anne Catharine Green may be enabled to print Laws and deliver
them within such Year that then and in such Case there shall be
allowed to the said Anne Catharine Green the several and respective
sums of Tobacco in the several Counties within this Province follow-
ing to wit In Baltimore County four thousand one hundred and
seventy Ann Arundel County three thousand four hundred and
forty Charles County three thousand one hundred and eighty Prince
Georges County three thousand and ninety six Frederick County
two thousand seven hundred and ninety five Queen Anne's County
two thousand seven hundred and six Saint Marys County two thou-
sand four hundred and ninety four Dorchester County two thousand
four hundred and eight. Kent County two thousand three hundred
and sixty five Talbot County two thousand one hundred and fifty
Somerset County two thousand and twenty Worcester County
nineteen hundred and thirty five Cecil County eighteen hundred
and ninety and Calvert County fourteen hundred and sixty which
said respective sums of Tobacco last aforementioned together with
the Sheriffs Salary of five per Cent for collecting the same the
said Justices of the several County Courts within this Province are
hereby impowered and required to allow and assess in their respective
County Levy and shall be by the respective Sheriffs collected and
Yearly paid to the said Anne Catharine Green in manner and form
aforesaid for her better support and Encouragement in serving this
Province and residing within the same

[May be paid
in money]

Provided always and be it hereby Enacted That it shall and may be
lawful for the Taxable Inhabitants of this Province upon whom the
above sums of Tobacco shall be Assessed to discharge and pay the
same in Gold and Silver at the same Rates as by the Act Entitled
An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco for preventing Frauds
in his Majesty's Customs and for the Limitation of Officers Fees
made at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of An-
napolis the fourth Day of October in the Year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and sixty three Gold and Silver as directed
to be received in all Payments made in Virtue of that Act

[Proviso in
case of her
Death or
Removal]
p. 701

Provided always that the said Anne Catharine Green shall actually
reside at Annapolis during the Continuance of this Act and comply
with the Terms thereof and that upon the Death of the said Anne
Catharine Green or her Removal from Annapolis or ceasing to com-