402 Assembly Proceedings, June 15-July 3, 1773.

Liber R. G.

1773
[Justices of
Frederick
County to
levy 20 lb.
of Tobacco
per Poll in
1773, and
15 lb. per
poll in 1774,
to be applied
by the Trus-
tees for the
Use of the
Poor.]

Be it therefore enacted by the right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and consent of his Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of
the same, That the Justices of Frederick County shall and may,
and they are hereby directed and required to levy on the taxable
Inhabitants of the said County at their november Court in the present
year a Quantity not exceeding twenty Pounds of Tobacco by the
Poll, and at their November Court in the Year seventeen hundred
and seventy four a Quantity not exceeding fifteen Pounds of
tobacco by the Poll together with the Sheriffs Salary of five Pounds
Tobacco p Cent for collecting the same which said Tobacco assessed
by the Poll as aforesaid in Virtue of this Act shall be collected,
Levied accounted for and paid to the Trustees of the Poor for the
County aforesaid in the years seventeen hundred and seventy four
and seventeen hundred and seventy five respectively and shall be
applied by the said Trustees or the Major Part of them to and for
the same use & in the same manner as directed by an Act entitled
"an Act for the relief of the Poor in the several Counties therein
mentioned"

[And after-
wards 10 Ib.
of Tobacco
per poll.]

p. 181

And be it further enacted that the Justices of Frederick County
shall and may and they are hereby required at every of their Novem-
ber Courts to be afterwards held in their said County to levy and
Assess a Quantity not exceeding ten pounds of Tobacco by the Poll
together with the sheriffs Salary of five per cent for collection to
satisfie and pay the Trustees for the Time being in the County afd
for all and every sum or sums of Money which shall by them be
expended to and for the support of the poor within the County afd,
the same sums of Money so as aforesaid expended being first stated
and allowed by the Magistrates of the County afd which said Quanti-
ties of Tobacco so as aforesaid to be levied and Assessed shall be
collected and paid to the said Trustees and by them applied to and
for the same Use, benefit and Charge as they were by former Acts
for that purpose made and applied.

[Continu-
ance.]

This Act to Continue seven Years and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly which shall happen after the end of the said
seven Years.

By the Lower House of
Assembly June 30.^th 1773.
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
Jn.° Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho.

On Behalf of the right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I Will this be a Law.
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly June 30.^th 1773.
Read and assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

the great seal
in Wax Appendant

No. 11

An Act to impower William Bernard and Thomas Jett or either of
them to Sell and Convey the Lands therein mentioned agreeable