444 Assembly Proceedings, November 5-21, 1770.

Liber R. G.
1770

Years Seventeen hundred and Sixty eight and Seventeen hundred
and Sixty nine by Virtue of the Act of Assembly entituled "An Act

by Virtue of
a former
Act.]

for the relief of the Poor within the Several Counties therein men-
tioned" has not only been Sufficient for the Purchasing of Land and
erecting and finishing good and convenient Houses and Dwellings
for the reception of the Poor of that County and of such Vagrants,
Beggars Vagabonds and other offenders as may be Committed by
Virtue of that Act but enough of the said Assessments still remains
to Purchase for them Sufficient Beds, Bedding, Working-Tools
Kitchen Utensils, Cows, Horses and other Necessarys and also to
defray the Charge of their Maintenance Purchasing Provisions and
other Necessaries for use and Labour of paying a Doctor for his
Salary and Medecines of Providing Men and Women Servants and
of Purchasing Materials for the use and Employment of all the Poor

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and others who may be able to work and who may be Committed by
Virtue of the said Act

[After de-
ducting the
Expences
already in-
curred, all
the Money
and Tobacco
remaining,
the Trustees
to apply to
the same use
&c. as they
might apply
the Tobacco
which was to
have been
assessed in
I771.]

Be it therefore Enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same That after Deducting out of the said Two
Assessments made in the Years Seventeen hundred and Sixty eight
and Seventeen hundred and Sixty nine the expences which have
already incurred in Purchasing the said Land and Erecting Building
finishing and Completing the said Houses and Dwellings and also the
expences which may incur in buying and Purchasing Sufficient Beds,
Bedding Working Tools, Kitchen Utensils, Cows Horses and other
Necessaries the Trustees for the Poor of Frederick County for the
time being or the Major part of them shall be and are hereby im-
powered and required to receive and apply all the Money and Tobacco
which shall remain of the same two Assessments as soon hereafter
as Conveniently may be to and for the same use Benefit and Charge
as they might receive and apply the Tobacco which by the said Act
was to have been Assessed and Levied on the Taxable Inhabitants
of the said County at the time of Laying the said County Levy in the
Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy one —

[The Jus-
tices of
Frederick
County, on
application
of the Trus-
tees, to
assess 10 lb.
of Tobacco
per Poll in
1770 and
1771, and
applied as
by the afore-
said Act, is
directed, &c.]

And be it further Enacted that the Justices of Frederick County
Court for the time being shall and they are hereby Authorized and
impowered upon the Application of the said Trustees for the time
being or the Major part of them and not otherwise to assess and
Levy on the Taxable Inhabitants of the said County at the time of
Laying their County Levy a Quantity not exceeding Ten Pounds of
Tobacco by the Poll on each and every of the Taxable Inhabitants
of the said County in each of the Years Seventeen hundred and
seventy and seventeen hundred and Seventy one together with the
Sheriffs Salary of five Per Cent for Collecting the same and no fur-
ther or other Assessments shall be made by the same Justices by