256 Assembly Proceedings, October 2-November 30, 1771.

Liber R. G.
1771

be removed from the old Court House of the said County, all the
Books Rolls, Papers & other Records to some proper and convenient
House in the Town of Cambridge as shall be provided & appointed
by the Justices of the said County Court at the Charge of the said

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County & there safely deposit, keep & preserve the same & the
Justices of the said Court, shall direct & cause a List of all the said
Records and Books to be signed by the Clerk of the said County &
entered upon Record amongst their Proceedings.

[Justices to
cause the
Court-House
to be pulled
down, and
sell the Ma-
terial, &c.]

And be it further enacted That the Justices of the said County
Court or the Major Part of them are hereby authorized and required
immediately after the said Records shall be removed to cause the
present Court House to be pulled down & sell the Materials thereof
& apply the Money arising from the Sale as they were directed by
the said Act.

[Commis-
sioners to lay
off Part of
H. Ennal's
Lot, &c.]

And be it further enacted that the said Commissioners appointed
by the said Act or the Major Part of them shall & they are hereby
authorized & required to apportion & lay off thirty Feet in Front &
forty five Feet in Depth of the said Henry Ennals his Lott next
adjoining & convenient to the Public Ground on which the present
Court House stands & shall cause the same to be laid out by the
Surveyor of the said County with good & sufficient Boundaries & a
Certificate thereof to be returned & recorded in the County Records
& the said Commissioners or the Major Part of them shall draw
their Order on the Sheriff of the said County to pay unto the

[and draw
their Order
on the
Sheriff to
pay 40 l. to
his Guardian
for the Con-
sideration.]

Guardian of the said Henry Ennals the aforesaid Sum of forty
Pounds for the Consideration of the said Part of the Lott of the
said Infant & the said Sheriff is hereby directed & required to pay
the said Order & take the Receipt of the said Guardian thereon &
such Payment for the Land as aforesaid shall invest the Justices
of Dorchester County & their Successors with an Estate in Fee
Simple therein for the use of the County aforesaid for ever.

[Justices to
levy 8000 lb
of Tobacco
on the tax-
ables,]

And be it further enacted that the Justices of Dorchester County
shall & they are hereby authorized & required to assess & Levy on the
Taxable Inhabitants of the said County at the Time of laying the
Public Levy for this present Year the Quantity of eight thousand
Pounds of Tobacco together with the Sheriffs Salary of five per
Centum for Collection, which said Quantity of Tobacco so to be
assessed & levied shall be collected by the Sheriff of the said County
from the several Taxable Inhabitants of the said County in the
same Manner as other public & County Levies are by Law collected,
& the said Tobacco when collected shall be paid by such Sheriff to

[which may
be dis-
charged as
the Public
or County
Levy.]
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the said Commissioners or the Major Part of them or their Order
for the Use & Purpose by the said Act directed and the Inhabitants
of the said County may pay & Discharge the said Tobacco so to be
levied, in Money, in the same Manner as they are now or hereafter
shall be enabled to pay & discharge the public or County Levy.